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BOYS' TRACK SECTIONAL: Rumley wins 800, Clovers finish 8th
TERRE HAUTE — Six individuals and one relay team will be advancing to Thursday’s Bloomington North Regional boys’ track and field meet after qualifying during Thursday night’s Terre Haute North sectional.
Highlighting the county performers was South Putnam junior Austin Rumley, who took first in the 800.
Other regional-qualifying performances came from Cloverdale’s Tyler Kaeff, second in the 110 high hurdles; Cloverdale’s Andrew Monnett, second in the 300 low hurdles; Cloverdale’s Blake Willis, second in the pole vault; North Putnam’s Scott Proctor, third in the long jump; Greencastle’s Ben Gellman, third in the 3,200; and North Putnam’s 4x100 relay team, which finished second but set a school record.
The previous Cougar record in that event was set in 2009 by a team consisting of Jarrett Ban, P.J. Enders, Kolten Everts and Jeremy Miner.
This year’s Cougar team had a time of 43.85, beating the previous mark by .38 of a second.
Cloverdale placed eighth overall to take top honors among Putnam County teams, while North Putnam was ninth, South Putnam was 10th and Greencastle was 11th.
Kaeff was also highly-seeded in the 300 low hurdles, but suffered an injury during the high hurdles and did not run the longer event.
Greencastle coach Craig Jordan was pleased with his team’s effort, and was glad that Gellman was able to continue his Tiger Cub career.
“I’m proud of the way our boys came out and competed,” he said. “ It was exciting to see them set personal bests and just flat out challenge themselves.”
Jordan noted that Chris Mitchell got a six-inch personal best in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet, and Elijah Standers cut 50 seconds from his 1,600 to run 6:00 without wearing spikes.
Carter Black cut two seconds from his 300 hurdle personal best.
“The biggest highlight came from Ben Gellman,” Jordan said. “He’s always been good about jumping in the fire and being tough, but his performance in the 3,200 was by far the deepest I’ve seen him dig as he went through 800 meters in 2:28 to start the race off and still finished with a five-second personal best of 10:24.”
Last year at sectionals, Jordan noted that Gellman was the first guy not to get called back.
“He was determined not to have that happen again by achieving a top three finish to automatically qualify for regionals,” Jordan said. “I’m excited to see how he’ll rise to the occasion next week at regionals as our lone qualifier and I’m even more excited to see how our boys program will develop next year.”
2018 Terre Haute North boys' track and field sectional results
NOTE: Names of specific runners for relay teams are not available on official meet website.
Team scores — Terre Haute North 127.5, Terre Haute South 127, Northview 76, West Vigo 63, South Vermillion 58, Clay City 42.5, Cloverdale 32, Sullivan 31, North Putnam 30, South Putnam 21, Greencastle 8, North Central 7, Rockville 1.
4x800 relay — 1. Terre Haute North 8:22.68; 6. Cloverdale 9:26.92; 8. North Putnam 10:06.73; 98. South Putnam 10;24.88.
110 high hurdles — 1. Brylar Metz (WV) 14.92; 2. Tyler Kaeff (Cl) 15.00; 5. Andrew Monnett (Cl) 16.51; 13. Jordan Pope (NP) 19.65; 16. Christopher Mitchell (G) 19.96; 19. Bryce Wiggins (SP) 20.91; 21. Bryce Smith (NP) 23.08.
100 — 1. Ethan Roach (WV) 10.76; 16. Gage Bell (NP) 12.21; 16. T.J. Wilson (SP) 12.21; 18. Connor Cain (SP) 12.28; 20. Daniel Davis (G) 12.38; 21. Gerald Burton (Cl) 12.41; 22. Bradley Johnson (Cl) 12.64; 24. Skylar Warren (NP) 12.99.
1,600 — 1. Cael Light (THS) 4:36.82; 4. Caleb Duncan (NP) 4:41.19; 13. Chase Ashcraft (Cl) 5:09.14; 15. Seth Geiger (Cl) 5:14.36; 16. Karl Egold (SP) 5:15.66; 17. Eric Hinkle (SP) 5:18.06; 20. Kyle Young (NP) 5:20.07; 23. Elijah Standards (G) 6:00.97.
4x100 relay — 1. Terre Haute North 43.70; 2. North Putnam 43.85; 8. South Putnam 47.28; 10. Cloverdale 48.20.
400 — 1. Gary Spence (SV) 51.24; 4. Colton Clifford (NP) 52.93; 6. Tyler Scroggin (SP) 53.43; 12. Michael Crossman (SP) 55.71; 13. Elliot Williamson (Cl) 56.11; 15. Jacob Meyer (G) 58.39; 18. Levy Godsey (Cl) 1:02.91
300 low hurdles — 1. Brylar Metz (Nview) 42.43; 2. Andrew Monnett (Cl) 42.43; 12. Jordan Pope (NP) 47.64; 13. Zach Culberson (NP) 4.66; 14. Christopher Mitchell (G) 47.78; 16. Xavier Langley (SP) 49.39; 18. Gabriel Langley (SP) 52.03; 21. Carter Black (G) 57.66.
800 — 1. Austin Rumley (SP) 2:01.47; 7. Leo Weeks (G) 2:07.41; 10. Ray Bates (Cl) 2:09.45; 12. Dru Bottorff (SP) 2:12.25; 14. Brady Szczerbik (Cl) 2:13.76; 15. James Duncan (NP) 2:14.54; 21. Adam Bonebrake (NP) 2:31.73; 27. Elijah Standards (G) 2:55.08.
200 — 1. Ethan Roach (WV) 21.79; 11. Jacob Smith (Cl) 24.72; 13. T.J. Wilson (SP) 24.94; 14. Chris Murray (NP) 24.96; 15. Connor Cain (SP) 25.76; 16. Ethan Christy (NP) 25.79; 19. Michael King (G) 26.52; 20. Elijah Standards (G) 30.88.
SP — 1. Jason Swarens (THS) 56-9; 9. Dillon Binnion (NP) 40-2; 10. Trever Wood (G) 45-0; 11. Braedan Blue (SP) 41-10.5; 12. Payton Patterson (NP) 41-2; 13. Tray Dickison (Cl) 41-2; 15. Abel Bates (Cl) 39-2; 22. Connor Hilburn (SP) 37-4.5.
D — 1. Angelo Cooper (THN) 145-5; 5. Payton Patterson (NP) 122-4.5; 9. Dillon Binnion (NP) 117-10; 15. Kole Bemish (SP) 101-1; 18. Dalton Matthews (G) 110-0; 19. Connor Hilburn (SP) 107-10.5; 20. Dalton Henry (CL) 110-9.
LJ — 1. Damon Shaw (THS) 20-11; 3. Scott Proctor (NP) 20-2.5; 7. Christian Zeffel (SP) 18-8.5; 15. Michael King (G) 17-10; 16. Trey Blaydes (SP) 17-0.5; 22. Daniel Davis (G) 17-10.
HJ — 1. Braden Kalber (SV) 6-3; 9. Christian Zeffel (SP) 5-6; 10. Zach Culberson (NP) 5-8; 16. Trey Blaydes (SP) 5-0.
PV — 1. Wesley Bedwell (S) 13-0; 2. Blake Willis (Cl) 12-6; 8. Jordan Berardi (Cl) 11-6; 9. Christopher Mitchell (G) 9-6; 12. Luca Magni (G) 9-0; 14. Travis Mitchell (SP) 6-0.
3,200 — 1. Damon Kesler (WV) 10:11.26; 3. Ben Gellman (G) 10:24.43; 8. Caleb Duncan (NP) 10:56.03; 9. Ben Wilkerson (G) 11:04.50; 12. Chase Ashcraft (Cl) 11:19.54; 15. Seth Geiger (Cl) 11:27.38; 16. Andrew Carr (SP) 11:28.61; 19. Grant Jarboe (NP) 12:03.52.
4x400 relay — 1. Terre Haute North 3:30.57; 4. South Putnam 3:39.85; 9. North Putnam 3:57.69; 10. Greencastle 3:58.69.