Tiger Cub girls repeat WIC track title

Greencastle's girls won the Western Indiana Conference track meet on Tuesday evening.

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NOTE: This story has been amended to reflect a change in the final results in the 300 hurdles, and to correct the name in a photograph.

ELLETTSVILLE — With nationally-ranked Emma Wilson winning three events as expected, Greencastle’s girls’ track and field team had a leg up on the competition on Tuesday evening in the Western Indiana Conference meet.

Yet, to win such a meet requires more balance and contributions throughout the remainder of the events — and the Tiger Cubs got exactly that in defending their WIC championship.

Greencastle's Jada Amis launches a throw during the shot put at the Western Indiana Conference Meet. Amis was the runnerup for the Tiger Cubs.

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“We had incredible performances from our entire team,” Greencastle coach Craig Jordan said. “They exceeded our expectations, which was necessary as we knew going in that it would be difficult to win this year.

Seelye Stoffregen had a lifetime best in the 100 hurdles by a tenth of a second “which was huge,” Jordan said.

Jordan was also pleased with the contributions of several new additions to his team this year, both freshmen and upperclassmen.

“They went out as if they were seasoned and many placed in the top five of their events,” he said, noting the efforts of Kiearra Hayes, Rose White, Kennedy Trigg and Claire Gillen.

“Allison Stevens ran for us last year and this year decided to focus on the throws,” Jordan noted. “She stepped up big time in the discus to place third.”

Wilson was “tough as nails,” Jordan said, and managed to defend her titles in the 1,600 (broke her meet record), 800 and 3,200 (broke her meet record). She also ran a leg on Greencastle’s third-place 4x400 relay team.

“Keeghan McLain was another huge performer for us as she tied for fifth in the high jump, which was an event she fell short of scoring in last year,” Jordan said. “Our girls gained a lot of confidence in their ability to handle multiple events and we’re excited for sectionals next week.”

Other winners from Putnam County were North Putnam’s Emily Gasho in the discus and Ashley O’Neal in the long jump, while Greencastle’s 4x100 relay team consisting of Stoffregen, Trigg, Sydney Lewis and Hayes also took first place.

Cloverdale's Kenzie Stoltz (second from left) races away from the field in her 100-meter hurdle heat race.

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Recording second-place finishes were North Putnam’s Ashley O’Neal in the high jump, Cloverdale’s Kenzie Stoltz in the 100 hurdles and Greencastle’s Jada Amis in the shot put and Lewis in the pole vault.

North Putnam’s Hannah Sims was third in the 300 hurdles, while other third-place finishers besides Greencastle’s Stevens were South Putnam’s Ally Nichols in the 1,600 and the 3,200, Cloverdale’s Chelsie Edwards in the 800 and Stoltz in the long jump.

Greencastle won the team title with 112.5 points, while Edgewood was second with 97.5.

North Putnam's Ashley O'Neal clears the bar during the high jump at Tuesday's Western Indiana Conference Meet at Edgewood High School.

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North Putnam finished fifth with 62 points, while Cloverdale was eighth with 38 and South Putnam was 11th with 17.

Western Indiana Conference girls’ track meet results

NOTE: Results are those taken from abtiming.com, the official meet timer. Any errors are the responsibility of the timing crew. The top eight qualifiers from preliminary heats advanced to the finals.

Team scores — Greencastle 117.5, Edgewood 97.5, Northview 71.5, Brown County 63, North Putnam 62, Cascade 47.5, Owen Valley 38.5, Cloverdale 38, Sullivan 35, Indian Creek 27, South Putnam 17, West Vigo 9.5.

4x800 relay — 1. Edgewood 10:11.89; 5. South Putnam (Ally Nichols, Grace Burdge, Lexi Vanihel, Alex Fanning) 11:07.46; 6. Cloverdale (Chelsie Edwards, Jasmine Blankenship, Lily Monnett, Ashley Cumbee) 11:29.55; 9. North Putnam (Madison Trotter, Taylor Hensley, Abby Spencer, Alanna Nunez) 12:11.01.

100 hurdles — Finals: 1. Vivien Crimmins (BC) 16.04; 2. Kenzie Stoltz (Cl) 16.72; 4. Seelye Stoffregen (G) 17.15; 7. Hannah Sims (NP) 17.62. Preliminaries: 10. Ashlyn Cooke (NP) 18.40; 18. Jennifer Scott (G) 22.77

100 — Finals: 1. Whitnee Newby (Su) 13.00; 4. Ashley O’Neal (NP) 13.23; 6. Kiearra Hayes (G) 13.78; 8. Emily O’Neal (NP) 14.17. Preliminaries: 14. Kamrie Monnett (Cl) 14.30; 17. Tiana Shrewsbury (G) 15.02; 18. Rachel Carter (SP) 16.23.

1,600 — 1. Emma Wilson (G) 4:59.79; 3. Ally Nichols (SP) 5:28.18; 8. Grace Burdge (SP) 5:47.79; 11. Anna Haste (NP) 6:02.86; 12. Lily Monnett (Cl) 6:09.58; 16. Alanna Nunez (NP) 6:36.90.

4x100 relay — 1. Greencastle (Seelye Stoffregen, Kennedy Trigg, Sydney Lewis, Kiearra Hayes) 53.08; 3. North Putnam (Hannah Sims, Reagan Christy, Emily O’Neal, Ashley O’Neal) 53.57; 9. Cloverdale (Kamrie Monnett, Allison Taylor, Grace Leonard, Kenzie Stoltz) 54.97.

400 — 1. Eden Siples (N) 59.99; 3. Kennedy Trigg (G) 1:01.75; 9. Rose White (G) 1:04.96; 10. Jasmine Blankenship (Cl) 1:05.28; 14. Madison Trotter (NP) 1:09.95; 16. Sydney Sims (NP) 1:11.97; 22. Ally Menke (SP) 1:16.86; 23. Alex Fanning (SP) 1:18.36.

300 hurdles — 1. Shelby Hall (Su) 48.83; 3. Hannah Sims (NP) 50.50; 4. Seelye Stoffregen (G) 50.54; 12. Josie Lyons (NP) 54.55; 13. Kamrie Monnett (Cl) 55.49; 16. Alexia Wynia (Cl) 56.42; 19. Keeghan McLain (G) 1:02.09.

800 — 1. Emma Wilson (G) 2:20.05; 3. Chelsie Edwards (Cl) 2:26.15; 14. Mika Mozawa (G) 2:47.85; 17. Ally Menke (SP) 2:58.01; 18. Alanna Nunez (NP) 3:02.67; 20. Abby Spencer (NP) 3:25.96.

200 — 1. Kathleen McCann (BC) 27.46; 5. Kiearra Hayes (G) 28.46; 8. Rose White (G) 28.55; 10. Allison Taylor (Cl) 29.73; 13. Grace Leonard (Cl) 30.36; 18. Emily O’Neal (NP) 31.32; 20. Sydney Sims (NP) 32.18; 21. Rachel Carter (SP) 34.49.

SP — Finals: 1. Claire Gillen (G) 38-7.5; 2. Jada Amis (G) 37-1; 4. Cheyenne Graham (NP) 35-7. Preliminaries: 15. Madison Shoemaker (Cl) 26-7; 18. Audrey Havernor (Cl) 25-3; 23. Autumn Allee (SP) 18-7.5.

D — Finals; 1. Emily Gasho (NP) 107-5; 3. Allison Stevens (G) 96-7; 4. Madison Shoemaker (Cl) 92-9; 5. Cheyenne Graham (NP) 91-7. Preliminaries: 17. Jessica Geiger (Cl) 65-11; 21. Autumn Allee (SP) 56-7.

LJ — 1. Ashley O’Neal (NP) 15-5; 3. Kenzie Stoltz (Cl) 14-9; 98. Kennedy Trigg (G) 14-3; 12. Tiana Shrewsbury (G) 13-7.5; 13. Emily O’Neal (NP) 13-5.

HJ — 1. Eden Siples (N) 5-2; 2. Ashley O’Neal (NP) 5-2; 4. Rose White (G) 5-0; 5. Keeghan McLain (G) 4-10; 9. Anita Spencer (NP) 4-6; 13. Alexa Wynia (Cl) 4-4; 13. Grace Leonard (Cl) 4-4.

PV — 1. Dazia Drake (OV) 9-6; 2. Sydney Lewis (G) 9-3; 4. Kenzie Stoltz (Cl) 8-6; 5. Kaya Daub (Cl) 8-6.

3,200 — 1. Emma Wilson (G) 10:55.03; 3. Ally Nichols (SP) 12:00.29; 10. Anna Haste (NP) 13:23.23; 12. Lily Monnett (Cl) 13:33.69; 16. Taylor Hensley (NP) 16:05.62.

4x400 relay — 1. Edgewood 4:13.08; 3. Greencastle (Kennedy Trigg, Seelye Stoffregen, Rose White, Emma Wilson) 4:20.20; 5. Cloverdale (Chelsie Edwards, Kamrie Monnett, Jasmine Blankenship, Grace Leonard) 4:27.37); 8. North Putnam (Hannah Sims, Reagan Christy, Madison Trotter, Anna Haste) 4:39.78