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- Val T.
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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Boys track
After setting the Rochester school record in the 100 hurdles at the Warsaw regional Thursday, senior Harrison Dunwoody now prepares for his second state finals.
The state finals begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at North Central High School in Indianapolis. Dunwoody will take to the track at approximately 5:15 p.m. for the trials. The top nine advance to the state finals, which will occur at approximately 6:15 p.m.
Dunwoody was 27th at state last year in 15.36 seconds. His time at the regional was 14.52 seconds.
He is the No. 18 seed coming into this year’s state finals.
Everybody who ran a 14.41 in the heats at state last year made the finals.
Franklin Central’s Rylan Hainje won state last year in a state-record 13.28 seconds. Hainje also broke the state record in the 300 hurdles in 35.82 seconds.
Warsaw boys track regional results Thursday (top 10 plus area schools): Northridge 72, Warsaw 67, Penn 55, Elkhart 40, South Bend St. Joe 39, Westview 34, Manchester 34, Churubusco 32, Lakewood Park 22, Mishawaka 20, Rochester 8, Tippecanoe Valley 0, Culver 0
Scoring on 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for all events
State qualifiers (top three) plus all Rochester, Valley and Culver athletes
100 m
1. Rutland (Penn) – 10.73 seconds, 2. Newbern (Elkhart) – 10.81, 3. Carter-Wortham (Mishawaka) – 10.90, 16. Owen Omondi (TV) – 11.78
200 m
1. Newbern (Elkhart) – 21.47 seconds, 2. Ritchie (CMA) – 21.71, 3. Guzman (Garrett) – 22.12
(NOTE: Omondi (TV) scratched.)
400 m
1. Fisher (Northridge) – 48.45 seconds, 2. Rager (Warsaw) – 48.72, 3. White (Penn) – 48.88
800 m
1. B. Miller (Northridge) – 1:52.67, 2. X. Miller (Northridge) – 1:53.38, 3. Barnard (Elkhart Christian) – 1:53.95
1,600 m
1. Bontrager (Westview) – 4:12.38, 2. B. Miller (Northridge) – 4:16.60, 3. Gackenheimer (Warsaw) – 4:16.98
3,200 m
1. Bontrager (Westview) – 9:10.34, 2. Ritenour (Lakewood Park) – 9:14.50, 3. Martin (Lakeland) – 9:25.02, 16. Leandro Javier (RHS) – 10:54.90
110 m hurdles
1. Heath (Manchester) – 14.32 seconds, 2. Harrison Dunwoody (RHS) – 14.52, 3. Elick (South Bend St. Joe) – 14.57, 4. Bail (Warsaw) – 14.62
(NOTE: Bail made the state qualifying time of 14.62 seconds and also advances to state.)
300 m hurdles
1. Elick (South Bend St. Joe) – 37.71 seconds, 2. Bahradine-Bell (SB Career Academy) – 38.55, 3. Thomas (Angola) – 38.77, 4. Metzger (Manchester) – 38.91
(NOTE: Metzger beat the state qualifying time of 39.10 seconds and also advances to state.)
4 x 100 m relay
1. Elkhart – 41.59 seconds, 2. Penn – 41.68, 3. South Bend St. Joe – 42.62
4 x 400 m relay
1. Northridge – 3:20.41, 2. Penn – 3:21.21, 3. Elkhart – 3:22.70
4 x 800 m relay
1. Northridge – 7:46.92, 2. Westview – 7:56.20, 3. Penn – 7:57.74, 15. Rochester (Grant Bailey, Tyson Wachtmann, Cadyn Furnivall, Leandro Javier) – 8:44.23
Long jump
1. Fowler (Mishawaka) – 23-5, 2. Reed (Warsaw) – 22-7 ½, 3. Korte (Lakewood Park) – 22-5, 4. Elick (South Bend St. Joe) – 22-3, 11. Harrison Dunwoody (RHS) – 20-7 ½, 16. Theron Carrington (Culver) – 18-4 3/4
(NOTE: Elick met the state qualifying standard of 22-3 and also advances to state.)
High jump
1. Randall (Warsaw) – 7-2, 2. Korte (Lakewood Park) – 6-9, 3. Presl (Manchester) – 6-8
Discus
1. Ott (Churubusco) – 183-10, 2. Arnold (Concord) – 176-6, 3. Yoder (NorthWood) – 165-0
Shot put
1. Ott (Churubusco) – 63-0 ½, 2. Yoder (NorthWood) – 57-6, 3. Hunt (Garrett) – 56-7
Pole vault
1. Miller (Churubusco) – 15-6, 2. Reed (Warsaw) – 15-3, 3. Champlain (South Bend St. Joe) – 15-3, 4. Koch (Angola) – 14-9
(NOTE: Koch met the state qualifying standard of 14-9 and also advances to state.)
Rochester’s Dunwoody, Javier, Valley’s Omondi advance to regionals in 2 events; Culver’s Harrington advances in long jump
Rochester’s Harrison Dunwoody finished second in both the 110 hurdles and the long jump at the Plymouth sectional to advance to the regional in both events.
Dunwoody’s time in the 110 hurdles was 15.00 seconds. Manchester’s Carson Heath won in 14.65 seconds. Heath was also first and Dunwoody second in the Three Rivers Conference meet at Wabash May 8.
Dunwoody also moved on in the long jump for the first time in his career. His jump of 20-3 ½ was shorter only than Plymouth’s Kylen Ellery’s 20-5.
The third-place finisher in the long jump was Culver’s Theron Carrington, who jumped 19-9. Carrington, a senior, earned his first trip to the regional.
Dunwoody’s junior teammate Leandro Javier also moved on in two events. He was fifth in the 3,200 in 10:41.29 but got a regional berth on a callback.
Javier also joined Tyson Wachtmann, Camdyn Furnivall and Grant Bailey on the 4 x 800 relay team that advanced. The team placed fourth in 8:38.65 and received a callback.
The other area athlete to advance was Tippecanoe Valley’s Owen Omondi, who won the 100 in 11.42 seconds and finished second in the 200 in 22.89 seconds. Omondi edged out Culver Academy’s Jaeden Ohaegbu by 0.02 seconds for the win in the 100. Culver Academy’s Ainsley Ritchie won the 200 in 22.89 seconds.
Culver Academy beat out a field of 13 for the team title with 126 points. NorthWood was second with 113. Among area schools, Rochester was sixth with 35.25, Valley was eighth with 20.25, Caston was ninth with 11.25, Culver was 10th with 9, North Miami was 11th with 8, and Argos was 13th with 0.
Culver Academy has won nine sectional titles overall, including five in the last six years.
Other scorers for Rochester in individual events included Grant Bailey, who was sixth in the 800 in 2:08.10; Grayson Miller, who was sixth in the pole vault with a clearance of 10-6; Grant Clark, who was eighth in the shot put with a throw of 40-0 ½; and Clarence Garrett, who finished in a four-way tie for eighth in the high jump.
The 4 x 100 relay consisting of Spencer Backus, Clarence Garrett, Preston Luhnow and Kale Shotts took seventh in 46.61 seconds, and the 4 x 400 relay consisting of Bailey, Wachtmann, Evan Rudd and Furnivall was eighth in 3:47.97.
Omondi accounted for 18 of his team’s 20.25 points. Other scorers included Grady Moriarty, who was seventh in the discus with a throw of 127-5, and Hudson Shepherd, who was also a part of the aforementioned four-way tie for eighth in the high jump with a jump of 5-6.
The highest-placing Caston athlete was Nathanial Runkle, who took sixth in the discus with a throw of 127-9. Other placing Caston athletes included Kane Finke, who was eighth in both the 1,600 and 3,200; Kaemen Lee, who was eighth in the 100; and Mack Mappin, who was eighth in the 300 hurdles in 44.67 seconds and who was part of the four-way tie for eighth in the high jump.
Caston was also seventh in both the 4 x 400 and 4 x 800 relays. Daulton Oaf was on both relays. Boaz Yarber, Mappin and Lee joined him on the 4 x 400, and Malakai Clayton, Isaac Albright and Reuben Helt joined him on the 4 x 800.
Carrington accounted for six of Culver’s points, and sophomore Braylon Jackson accounted for the other three by finishing seventh in the 400 meters in 54.45 seconds and eighth in the 200 in 25.14.
North Miami scored seven of their eight points in the field events with Kameron Whann finishing fifth in the shot put with a throw of 44-0, and Jacob Julian placing sixth in the high jump with a jump of 5-8. North Miami’s other point came in the 4 x 100 relay, where the team consisting of Aiden Cash, Alex Towles, Jayce Burns and Julian finished eighth.
No Argos athlete scored. The best finisher in an individual event was freshman Emry Stackhouse, who was 10th in the 3,200.
Plymouth boys track sectional results May 21: Culver Academy 126, NorthWood 113, Manchester 104, Plymouth 95.25, Triton 66, Rochester 35.25, Bremen 35, Tippecanoe Valley 20.25, Caston 11.25, Culver 9, North Miami 8, Whitko 1, Argos 0
Scoring on 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for all events
Regional qualifiers (top three) plus all Rochester, Valley, Caston, Argos, Culver and North Miami results
100 m
1. Owen Omondi (TV) – 11.42 seconds, 2. Ohaegbu (CMA) – 11.44, 3. Garcia (NW) – 11.56, 8. Kaemen Lee (CAS) – 12.34, 11. Jacob Julian (NM) – 11.96, 13. Theron Carrington (CUL) – 11.99, 15. Spencer Backus (RHS) – 12.16, 16. Kale Shotts (RHS) – 12.30, 19. Gage Minniear (CAS) – 12.44, 21. Ruger Benn (TV) – 12.63, 23. Colton Falk (CUL) – 13.36, 24. Parker Northern (ARG) – 13.63
200 m
1. Ritchie (CMA) – 22.70 seconds, 2. Owen Omondi (TV) – 22.89, 3. Allen (NorthWood) – 22.99, 8. Braylon Jackson (CUL) – 25.14, 12. Spencer Backus (RHS) – 24.81, 13. Jacob Julian (NM) – 24.82, 17. Alex Towles (NM) – 25.77, 18. Kale Shotts (RHS) – 26.03, 19. Ruger Benn (TV) – 26.32, 20. Parker Northern (ARG) – 28.80
400 m
1. Ritchie (CMA) – 49.74 seconds, 2. Quintana (TRI) – 50.03, 3. Shipley (PLY) – 51.59, 7. Braylon Jackson (CUL) – 54.45, 12. Evan Rudd (RHS) – 55.93, 13. Isaac Albright (CAS) – 56.02, 14. Kaemen Lee (CAS) – 56.21, 16. Tyson Wachtmann (RHS) – 56.74, 18. George Craig (TV) – 57.74, 20. Keaton Yung (CUL) – 1:05.35
800 m
1. Sorg (CMA) – 2:01.99, 2. Uher (CMA) – 2:02.38, 3. Bodach (NW) – 2:03.36, 6. Grant Bailey (RHS) – 2:08.10, 10. Lincoln Holder (RHS) – 2:13.87, 11. Daulton Oaf (CAS) – 2:17.39, 14. Christopher Marquez (TV) – 2:20.78, 15. Reuben Helt (CAS) – 2:22.85, 17. Michael Miser (NM) – 2:26.48, 21. Keaton Yung (CUL) – 2:55.75
1,600 m
1. Bodach (NW) – 4:38.17, 2. Fitzpatrick (MAN) – 4:38.43, 3. Maxwell (NW) – 4:41.04, 8. Kane Finke (CAS) – 4:56.52, 11. Malakai Clayton (CAS) – 5:05.19, 12. Tyler Tacheny (NM) – 5:10.21, 15. Michael Miser (NM) – 5:11.88, 16. Emry Stackhouse (ARG) – 5:12.60, 19. Caden Biernacki (RHS) – 5:28.66
3,200 m
1. Maxwell (NW) – 10:14.09, 2. Fitzpatrick (MAN) – 10:26.06, 3. Kallenberg (PLY) – 10:32.31, 5. Leandro Javier (RHS) – 10:41.29, 8. Kane Finke (CAS) – 10:55.72, 10. Emry Stackhouse (ARG) – 11:23.70, 12. Tyler Tacheny (NM) – 11:34.95, 13. Lucas Scorsone (RHS) – 11:41.61, 15. Carter Moss (CAS) – 12:18.99
110 m hurdles
1. Heath (MAN) – 14.65 seconds, 2. Harrison Dunwoody (RHS) – 15.00, 3. Lechlitner (NW) – 15.34, 9. Mack Mappin (CAS) – 18.13, 11. Daniel Rodas (CAS) – 19.30, 13. James “Auggie” Wells IV (RHS) – 20.23
300 m hurdles
1. Metzger (MAN) – 38.92 seconds, 2. Poston (MAN) – 39.28, 3. Prater (TRI) – 41.25, 8. Mack Mappin (CAS) – 44.67, 9. Clarence Garrett (RHS) – 45.42, 11. Carter Beem (CUL) – 45.88, 12. Jayce Burns (NM) – 46.61, 17. Daniel Rodas (CAS) – 48.92, 18. James “Auggie” Wells IV (RHS) – 50.38
4 x 100 m relay
1. Manchester – 43.76 seconds, 2. Triton – 44.01, 3. Culver Academy – 44.60, 7. Rochester (Spencer Backus, Clarence Garrett, Preston Luhnow, Kale Shotts) – 46.61, 8. North Miami (Aiden Cash, Alex Towles, Jayce Burns, Jacon Julian) – 47.87, 9. Caston (Daniel Rodas, Boaz Yarber, Gage Minniear, Josiah Helt) – 49.02
4 x 400 m relay
1. Manchester – 3:28.16, 2. Culver Academy – 3:29.94, 3. Plymouth – 3:30.24, 7. Caston (Boaz Yarber, Daulton Oaf, Mack Mappin, Kaemen Lee) – 3:43.19, 8. Rochester (Grant Bailey, Tyson Wachtmann, Evan Rudd, Camdyn Furnivall) – 3:47.97
4 x 800 m relay
1. Plymouth – 8:21.59, 2. NorthWood – 8:25.90, 3. Culver Academy – 8:27.35, 4. Rochester (Leandro Javier, Tyson Wachtmann, Camdyn Furnivall, Grant Bailey) – 8:38.65, 7. Caston (Malakai Clayton, Isaac Albright, Reuben Helt, Daulton Oaf) – 8:56.56
Long jump
1. Ellery (PLY) – 20-5, 2. Harrison Dunwoody (RHS) – 20-3 ½, 3. Theron Carrington (CUL) – 19-9, 10. Alex Towles (NM) – 18-2 ½, 12. Gage Minniear (CAS) – 17-11, 13. Hunter Kamp (RHS) – 17-6 ½, 19. Emry Stackhouse (ARG) – 15-2
High jump
1. Presl (MAN) – 6-2, 2. Heath (MAN) – 6-0, 3. Hundt (PLY) – 6-0, 6. Jacob Julian (NM) – 5-8, t-8. Hudson Shepherd (TV) – 5-6, t-8. Mack Mappin (CAS) – 5-6, t-8. Clarence Garrett (RHS) – 5-6
Discus
1. Yoder (NW) – 158-0, 2. Young (MAN) – 136-4, 3. Hurst (CMA) – 133-1, 6. Nathanial Runkle (CAS) – 127-9, 7. Grady Moriarty (TV) – 127-5, 14. Will Kelly (TV) – 112-0, 15. Nathan Hiffner (NM) – 111-2, 17. Troy McCuen (CUL) – 106-1, 18. Kameron Whann (NM) – 105-0, 19. Jonas Kiser (RHS) – 104-4, 21. Jake Farrer (CAS) – 102-7, 23. Isaiah Milam (CUL) – 92-8, 24. Emry Stackhouse (ARG) – 85-7, 25. Parker Northern (ARG) – 55-2, FOUL. Mason Hisey (RHS)
Shot put
1. Yoder (NW) – 56-0 ½, 2. Lawson (CMA) – 46-9, 3. Schuh (TRI) – 46-0, 5. Kameron Whann (NM) – 44-0, 8. Grant Clark (RHS) – 40-0 ½, 12. Kaiden Badger (NM) – 39-4 ½, 15. Eli Rush (CAS) – 38-3 ½, 17. Izaya Vela (CUL) – 37-10, 19. Grady Moriarty (TV) – 36-5 ½, 20. Blake Cooksey (TV) – 36-2 ½, 21. Mason Hisey (RHS) – 36-0, 22. Nathaniel Runkle (CAS) – 34-1, 24. Zane Whitfield (CUL) – 32-0, 25. Parker Northern (ARG) – 18-9
Pole vault
1. Hundt (PLY) – 12-6, 2. Uher (CMA) – 12-6, 3. McClaid (BRE) – 12-0, 6. Grayson Miller (RHS) – 10-6, 10. Tanner Horn (RHS) – 8-6
