Rochester indoor track roundup: Dunwoody wins 60 hurdles at Indiana Wesleyan HSR Qualifier, set for indoor state

Doran takes 2nd in long jump, 10th in 60 hurdles at IWU, also state-bound

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Track

Rochester senior Harrison Dunwoody won the 60 hurdles at the Indiana Wesleyan University Hoosier State Relays Qualifier in 8.43 seconds March 14.

Dunwoody topped a field of 33 competitors and earned a spot at the indoor state finals Saturday. He was also a state qualifier in the 110 hurdles outdoors last spring.

Dunwoody also finished 22nd out of 67 runners in the 60-meter dash in 7.51 seconds.

Rochester coach Ryan Helt said that Dunwoody’s time in the 60 hurdles is the fastest by any Zebra since Helt became coach in 2009. Dunwoody also has the fastest 60-meter dash, though Will Thonn’s converted 55 time of 7.40 seconds in 2019 is still the fastest on record.

“Dunwoody is in position to return to the state finals in the hurdles and should compete for a medal there,” Helt said in a statement.

Among relay teams, Rochester finished 17th in the 4 x 400 relay, 12th in the 4 x 800 relay and 13th in the distance medley relay.

The 4 x 400 team consisted of Tyson Wachtmann, Grant Bailey, Lincoln Holder and Caden Biernacki. The 4 x 800 team consisted of Holder, Camdyn Furnivall, Wachtmann and Leandro Javier. The distance medley relay team consisted of Biernacki (1,200), Furnivall (400), Bailey (800) and Javier (1,600).

“Rochester’s boys have a strong history in the 4 x 800, and this year’s team compares well to past years,” Helt said. “They rank fifth on our performance list, but two of the squads ahead of them only edged them out by a few tenths, and they are only 2.42 seconds out of second place on our list (a team that ran at indoor state on a banked track). What is more, the team has plenty of room for growth, particularly by adding Grant Bailey to their mix.”

Other individual results included Hunter Kamp, who was 63rd in the 60 meters; Preston Luhnow, who was 66th in the 60 meters; and Tanner Hamilton, who was 31st in the shot put with a throw of 33-10 ¾.

In the girls meet, Kyra Doran was second out of 22 competitors in the long jump with a leap of 16-3 1/4 and 10th in a field of 42 in the 60 hurdles in 10.33 seconds.

Doran lost out only to Delta sophomore Reese Backus in the long jump. Backus jumped 17-2.

Doran will compete in both the 60 hurdles and the long jump at the indoor state meet.

Rochester was also 15th in the 4 x 200 relay, 17th in the 4 x 400 relay, 12th in the 4 x 800 relay and 12th in the distance medley relay.

The 4 x 200 relay consisted of Doran, Kyla Conley, Maddie Bailon and Maddy MacLain. The 4 x 400 relay consisted of Dani Ochoa, Vivian Miller, Taylor Navara and Elise Enyart. Brooklyn Chandler, Adison Hayes, Vivian Miller and Allyson Calloway made up the 4 x 800 relay. Hayes (1,200), Miller (400), Ochoa (800) and Calloway (1,600) ran the distance medley relay.

“The girls 4 x 200 team… ran the fastest time on our performance list,” Helt said. “The previous best team was comprised of the same girls with the exception of Maddy MacLain, who replaces Audrey Wagner on the team.”

MacLain, a freshman, also finished 21st in the 60 meters in 8.50 seconds and 18th in the long jump with a jump of 14-6.

Bailon was 40th in the 60 meters in 8.82 seconds. Elise Enyart was 55th in the 60 in 9.08 seconds.

Ashlynn Weyant took 16th out of 41 in the shot put with a throw of 30-7 ½. Conley took 19th in the 60 hurdles in 11.03 seconds.

At the West Lafayette Individual Qualifier March 6, Dunwoody won his heat in the 55 hurdles in 7.97 seconds and fourth overall in 7.93 seconds.

Doran was second in her heat in the 55 hurdles in 9.27 seconds and fifth overall in the final in 9.16 seconds. Conley was 10th overall in 9.93 seconds.

Among other Rochester girls, MacLain was 21st in the 55 dash (7.90 seconds), Jordyn Hackworth was 27th (7.98 seconds), and Bailon was 38th (8.22 seconds).

Calloway was seventh out of 14 runners in the 3,200 in 13:09.89.

MacLain was also 12th in the long jump with a leap of 14-3 ½.

Among other Rochester boys, Clarence Garrett was 16th out of 35 boys in the 55 hurdles with a prelim time of 8.79 seconds, and he also tied for eighth in a field of 19 in the high jump with a leap of 5-6.

Javier was 14th in the 3,200 in 11:23.49. Biernacki was 48th in the 1,600 in 5:28.69. Mason Hisey was 32nd in a field of 41 in the shot put with a throw of 33-6 ½.