Triton girls, boys track beat Rochester, Valley

Wagner beats Shepherd in 300 hurdles showdown; Valley’s VanDusen wins 100, 200

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Ashlynn Weyant Jabez Yarber Eli Sterk McKenna Lowe

Track

Triton 69, Rochester 54, Tippecanoe Valley 40 (girls)

Triton 77, Tippecanoe Valley 44, Rochester 41 (boys)

The Triton girls and boys track teams won at home over Rochester and Tippecanoe Valley Tuesday in the final meet for the Zebras and Vikings before their respective conference meets.

In the girls meet, Rochester winners included Maddie Bailon in the 100 meters, Vivian Miller in the 400, Kyra Doran in the 100 hurdles, Audrey Wagner in the 300 hurdles and Ashlynn Weyant in the shot put.

Rochester also won the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relays. The 4 x 100 relay consisted of Doran, Wagner, Kyla Conley and Bailon. The 4 x 400 relay consisted of Bailon, Conley, Miller and Wagner.

Valley winners in the girls meet included McKenna Lowe in the 3,200 and Betty Shepherd in the discus.

Wagner ran a Rocheter school record of 45.44 seconds to win the 300 hurdles. Shepherd, who finished 18th at state last year in the event, was second in 47.53 seconds.

Valley boys winners included freshman Parker VanDusen in both the 100 and 200, Eli Sterk in the 1,600 and Christopher Marquez in the 3,200.

Valley also won the 4 x 800 relay. The team consisted of Sterk, Isaac Whetstone, Marquez and Mason Miller.

As for Rochester, senior Owen Prater won the open 400 and teamed with Bryce Baugher, Grant Bailey and Jabez Yarber won win the 4 x 400 relay. 

Harrison Dunwoody won the 110 hurdles in 14.93 seconds, and Mason Hisey won the discus with a toss of 138-7.

Rochester will travel to Wabash for the Three Rivers Conference meet Friday. Valley will travel to John Glenn for the Indiana Northern State Conference meet May 14.

Rochester, Valley and Triton are three of the 12 teams that will compete in the Bremen girls sectional May 20 and the Plymouth boys sectional May 22.

Since Valley’s track is being renovated this spring, Valley held their senior night Tuesday.

Seniors recognized included Bailey Bussard and Carlee Snyder on the girls team and Noah Rutherford, Whetstone and Sterk on the boys team.

Girls results: Triton 69, Rochester 54, Tippecanoe Valley 40

Scoring on 5-3-2-1 basis for individual events and 5-3 basis for relays

Winners plus all Rochester and Valley scorers

100 m

1. Maddie Bailon (RHS) – 13.18 seconds, 3. Izabella Woodruff (TV) – 13.48

200 m

1. Reichard (TRI) – 27.56 seconds, 2. Izabella Woodruff (TV) – 28.84, 3. Audrey Birge (TV) – 29.53, 4. Chaney Miller (TV) – 30.32

400 m

1. Vivian Miller (RHS) – 1:08.0, 4. Katie Sterk (TV) – 1:12.0

800 m

1. Heckaman (TRI) – 2:40.97, 2. Hadley Wise (TV) – 2:44.34, 3. Taylor Navara (RHS) – 2:57.00

1,600 m

1. Heckaman (TRI) – 6:24.0, 3. Ella Hake (RHS) – 6:52.0, 4. Brooklyn Chandler (RHS) – 7:02.0

3,200 m

1. McKenna Lowe (TV) – 14:21.0

100 m hurdles

1. Kyra Doran (RHS) – 15.59 seconds, 2. Betty Shepherd (TV) – 16.07, 3. Kyla Conley (RHS) – 17.41

300 m hurdles

1. Audrey Wagner (RHS) – 45.44 seconds, 2. Betty Shepherd (TV) – 47.53

4 x 100 m relay

1. Rochester (Kyra Doran, Audrey Wagner, Kyla Conley, Maddie Bailon) – 52.56 seconds, 2. Valley (Izabella Woodruff, Hadley Wise, Gaby Gonzalez, Betty Shepherd) – 53.02

4 x 400 m relay

1. Rochester (Maddie Bailon, Kyla Conley, Vivian Miller, Audrey Wagner) – 4:34.0

4 x 800 m relay

1. Triton (Reichard, Wright, McKinney, Heckaman) – 11:44.0, 2. Rochester (Trinity Baine, Addisyn Zimmerman, Adison Hayes, Allyson Calloway) – 12:35.0

Long jump

1. Reichard (TRI) – 15-1, 3. Izabella Woodruff (TRI) – 12-5 ¾, 4. Claire Haney (TV) – 12-2 1/4

High jump

1. Viers (TRI) – 5-0, 2. Taylor Navara (RHS) – 4-4, 3. Avarie Montel (RHS) – 4-4, 4. Claire Haney (TV) – 4-2

Discus

1. Betty Shepherd (TV) – 91-1, 3. Claire Kelley (TV) – 87-7, 4. Ashlynn Weyant (RHS) – 80-3

Shot put

1. Ashlynn Weyant (RHS) – 30-4, 2. Sydney Hall (TV) – 29-1, 4. Haley Derf (TV) – 27-10

Pole vault

1. Beamish (TRI) – 8-6, 3. Anne Horban (RHS) – 5-0

Boys results: Triton 77, Tippecanoe Valley 44, Rochester 41

Scoring on 5-3-2-1 basis for individual events and 5-3 basis for relays

Winners plus all Rochester and Valley scorers

100 m

1. Parker VanDusen (TV) – 10.93 seconds, 2. Owen Omondi (TV) – 11.03

200 m

1. Parker VanDusen (TV) – 23.13 seconds, 2. Owen Omondi (TV) – 23.37

400 m

1. Owen Prater (RHS) – 53.47 seconds, 3. Bryce Baugher (RHS) – 55.16, 4. Isaac Whetstone (TV) – 56.28

800 m

1. Williams (TRI) – 2:17.81, 2. Mason Miller (TV) – 2:18.00, 4. Evan Rudd (RHS) – 2:39.31

1,600 m

1. Eli Sterk (TV) – 5:16.0

3,200 m

1. Christopher Marquez (TV) – 12:06.0, 3. Noah Rutherford (TV) – 12:41.0

110 m hurdles

1. Harrison Dunwoody (RHS) – 14.93 seconds, 2. Clarence Garrett (RHS) – 16.53

300 m hurdles

1. Large (TRI) – 43.31 seconds

4 x 100 m relay

1. Triton (Prater, Quintana, Overmyer, Callahan) – 45.00 seconds, 2. Valley (Parker VanDuden, Grady Moriarty, Owen Omondi, Hudson Shepherd) – 45.04, 3. Rochester (Spencer Backus, Maddox Jewell, Jabez Yarber, Harrison Dunwoody) – 45.72

4 x 400 m relay

1. Rochester (Bryce Baugher, Grant Bailey, Jabez Yarber, Owen Prater) – 3:37.22, 3. Valley (Isaac Whetstone, Mason Miller, Luis Nuñez, Eli Sterk) – 3:59.31, 5. Rochester (Nicolas Aguileta Amaro, Gavin Mollencupp, Evan Rudd, Cailab Tyler) – 4:34.09

4 x 800 m relay

1. Valley (Eli Sterk, Isaac Whetstone, Christopher Marquez, Mason Miller) – 9:34.00, 3. Rochester (Leandro Javier, Jonas Kiser, Lincoln Holder, Camdyn Furnivall) – 10:06.00

Long jump

1. Callahan (TRI) – 18-5 ½, 2. Preston Luhnow (RHS) – 17-2, 4. Hunter Kamp (RHS) – 16-2 1/4

High jump

1. Callahan (TRI) – 5-8, 2. Hudson Shepherd (TV) – 5-8, 4. Clarence Garrett (RHS) – 5-4

Discus

1. Mason Hisey (RHS) – 138-7, 2. Liam Pinder (RHS) – 119-5

Shot put

1. Overmyer (TRI) – 43-9, 2. Xavier Vance (RHS) – 41-5, 3. Grant Clark (RHS) – 40-3, 4. Tyler Reese (RHS) – 39-3

Pole vault

1. Hudson (TRI) – 11-0, 4. Grayson Miller (RHS) – 8-0