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Wilson sets regional records; Barker wins long jump crown
BLOOMINGTON — Emma Wilson of Greencastle won the 1,600 and 3,200 races as expected on Tuesday evening at the Bloomington North girls’ track and field regional, qualifying for the June 3 state finals in both events for the second straight year.
Wilson has had a successful season, but hasn’t been pushed to turn in her best time on many occasions this year.
Facing the best competition so far, Wilson turned on the jets and set a regional record in both events.
In the 1,600, Wilson’s time of 4:55.96 was 2.04 seconds faster than the previous best set by Stephanie Bassett of Bloomington North in 1984.
Wilson won by a margin of nearly 17 seconds over runnerup Grace Williams of Bloomington North.
The state record is 4:43.46, set by Waverly Neer of Culver Academies in 2011.
In the 3,200, Wilson was even more dominant in shattering her own record set last spring. Wilson turned in a time of 10:41.86, more than eight seconds faster than her record effort in 2016.
The state record is 10:22.20, set in 2015 by Anna Rohrer of Mishawaka.
Putnam County got another state finalist when Aubrey Barker leaped nearly a foot longer than her seeded distance to win the long jump.
Barker had the 11th-best distance of 16-2.75 entering the competition, but also rose to the occasion and had a winning leap of 17-2.25.
Wilson’s double victories helped Greencastle to finish eighth in the team standings with 21.33 points.
Other scorers for the Tiger Cubs were sophomore Jada Amis (eighth in the shot put) and sophomore Sydney Lewis (in a three-way tie for eighth in pole vault).
South Putnam got additional scoring from sophomore Chelsie Edwards (seventh in the 400), junior Ally Nichols (seventh in the 800) and from its 4x400 relay team (sixth in 4:18.80).
Members of the 4x400 relay team were senior Lois Cheatham, freshman Lexi Vanihel, Edwards and Nichols.
North Putnam got one point from sophomore Emily Gasho, who placed eighth in the discus. Cloverdale picked up one-third of a point when freshman Kenzie Stoltz tied for eighth in the pole vault.
The girls’ state finals are June 3 at Indiana University.
Team scores — Bloomington South 84, Bloomington North 72, Jeffersonville 53, Terre Haute South 49, Brown County 27, Jennings County 23, Springs Valley 22, Greencastle 21.33, Madison 21, Sullivan 19, Linton-Stockton 19, Brownstown Central 18, South Putnam 17, White River Valley 15, Rock Creek Academy 11, Terre Haute North 11, Switzerland County 11, Trinity Lutheran 10, Bedford North Lawrence 10, Northview 10, Clay City 8, Orleans 8, Shakamak 8, Paoli 6, Crothersville 6, Southwestern (Hanover) 6, New Washington 5, Silver Creek 5, Martinsville 3, West Vigo 2, Owen Valley 2, Scottsburg 1, North Putnam 1, Mitchell 1, Cloverdale 0.33
4x800 relay — 1. Bloomington South 9:41.60, 13. Greencastle (Sydney Kallem, Molly Eising, Mike Mozawa, Katie Haynes) 10:55.38, 16. South Putnam (Ally Nichols, Chelsie Edwards, Alex Fanning, Lexi Vanihel) 12:01.86
1,600 — 1. Emma Wilson (G) 4:55.96, 10. Sydney Kallem (G) 5:44.88
4x100 relay — 1. Jeffersonville 49.42, 14. North Putnam 54.45
400 — 1. Jhala Henry (Jeff) 59.18, 7. Chelsie Edwards (SP) 1:01.99
800 — 1. Toudora Galuska (BS) 2:23.04, 7. Ally Nichols (SP) 2:29.37
Shot put — 1. Dontrice Barbee (BN) 44-1, 8. Jada Amis (G) 35-2, 9. Mia Stevens (G) 35-1.25
Discus — 1. Elaina Walls (BN) 134-11, 8. Emily Gasho (NP) 108-10
Long jump — 1. Aubrey Barker (SP) 17-2.25
High jump — 1. Hailey Peters (Trinity Lutheran) 5-4, 15. Aubrey Barker (SP) 4-10
Pole vault — 1. Maddie Holland (Madison) 13-0, 8. (tie) Sydney Lewis (G) 9-0, 8. (tie) Kenzie Stoltz (Cl) 9-0
3,200 — 1. Emma Wilson (G) 10:41.86, 14. Sydney Kallem (G) 12:49.68
4x400 relay — 1. Silver Creek 4:17.17, 6. South Putnam (Lois Cheatham, Lexi Vanihel, Chelsie Edwards, Ally Nichols) 4:18.80