Winamac boys track update: Pierzchalski takes 7th in 3,200 at Valpo regional

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys track

Winamac senior Nathan Pierzchalski finished seventh in the 3,200 meters at the Valparaiso regional Thursday in the final race of his prep career.

Pierzchalski accounted for Winamac’s two team points. Winamac finished in a tie for 28th place.

Chesterton won with 99 points.

Pierzchalski ran in the 3,200 only at the regional. His time was nearly 30 seconds faster than his sectional time.

He scratched in the 1,600 after earning a regional berth by finishing third at the Kankakee Valley sectional May 21.

Other Winamac athletes in individual events included Charles Disinger, who was ninth in the discus with a throw of 130-2 and 16th in the shot put with a throw of 39-2; and Ethan Burgess, who was 15th in the 400 in 53.76 seconds.

The Winamac 4 x 800 relay took 15th in 9:09.54.

VALPARAISO BOYS TRACK REGIONAL RESULTS THURSDAY (TOP 10 TEAMS PLUS WINAMAC): Chesterton 99, Merrillville 89, Crown Point 82, Lake Central 72, Hammond Morton 37.5, LaPorte 33, Lowell 31, Munster 21, Griffith 20, Hanover Central 18, WINAMAC 2

Scoring on 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for all events

State qualifiers (top three) plus all Winamac results

100 m

1. Walker Jr. (Hammond Morton) – 10.55 seconds, 2. Jones (Hammond Morton) – 10.64, 3. Whinsenton (Bowman Academy) – 10.81, 4. Wisniewski (Chesterton) – 10.94

(NOTE: Wisniewski beat the state qualifying standard of 10.97 seconds and also advances to state.)

200 m

1. Walker Jr. (Hammond Morton) – 21.70 seconds, 2. Becton (Merrillville) – 22.17, 3. White-Hutsler (Lake Central) – 22.20

400 m

1. Smoot (Merrillville) – 48.25 seconds, 2. Holt (Merrillville) – 49.22, 3. Lopez (Hammond Noll) – 49.44, 15. Ethan Burgess (Winamac) – 53.76

800 m

1. Metzger (Crown Point) – 1:55.01, 2. O’Brien (Lake Central) – 1:55.55, 3. Moyo (Griffith) – 1:55.98

1,600 m

1. Perschon (Lake Central) – 4:25.40, 2. Zona (Crown Point) – 4:26.80, 3. Drost (Illiana Christian) – 4:27.49

3,200 m

1. Neves (Lake Central) – 9:29.63, 2. Perschon (Lake Central) – 9:30.68, 3. Bachmann (New Prairie) – 9:33.46, 7. Nathan Pierzchalski (Winamac) – 9:53.65

110 m hurdles

1. Strong (Merrillville) – 14.75 seconds, 2. O’Neill (Lake Central) – 14.90, 3. Kajer (North Judson) – 15.04

300 m hurdles

1. Vaughan (Chesterton) – 38.28 seconds, 2. Raffin (Chesterton) – 39.15, 3. Kajer (North Judson) – 39.33

4 x 100 m relay

1. Chesterton – 41.19 seconds, 2. Merrillville – 42.20, 3. Lake Central – 42.31

4 x 400 m relay

1. Chesterton – 3:18.51, 2. Merrillville – 3:22.07, 3. Lake Central – 3:24.85

4 x 800 m relay

1. Crown Point – 7:55.06, 2. Chesterton – 8:00.35, 3. Griffith – 8:03.27, 15. Winamac – 9:09.54

Long jump

1. Vaughan (Chesterton) – 23-11 ¼, 2. Becton (Merrillville) – 23-7 ¼, 3. Smith (Crown Point) – 22-8 ¼, 4. Matzke (LaPorte) – 22-5, 5. Wisniewski (Chesterton) – 22-4 ½

(NOTE: Matzke and Wisniewski both beat the state qualifying standard of 22-3 and also advance to state.)

High jump

1. O’Barski (Crown Point) – 6-4, 2. Scheidt (LaPorte) – 6-2, 3. Visak (Griffith) – 6-2

Discus

1. Richards (Munster) – 161-3, 2. Gudgel (Lowell) – 147-0, 3. Washington (LaPorte) – 143-9

Shot put

1. Lofay (Andrean) – 55-0, 2. Cochran (LaPorte) – 54-10, 3. Washington (LaPorte) – 52-6 ½

Pole vault

1. Roman (Crown Point) – 16-6, 2. Easter (Merrillville) – 15-0, 3. Donovan (Crown Point) – 14-6

Winamac places 3rd at Kankakee Valley sectional

Charles Disinger finished second in both the discus and shot put, and fellow seniors Nathan Pierzchalski and Ethan Burgess also qualified for the regional from the Kankakee Valley sectional May 21.

Winamac scored 61 points and finished third out of 13 teams. Kankakee Valley won with 136.75 points. Rensselaer was second with 117.75.

Disinger threw the discus 128-2 and the shot put 43-10.

Pierzchalski was second in the 3,200 in 10:23.64 and third in the 1,600 in 4:42.08. Burgess was third in the 400 in 53.54 seconds.

The only Winamac relay to advance was the 4 x 800 relay, which finished second in 8:43.91. Rensselaer won in 8:40.74.

Other scoring Winamac athletes included Logan Fredel, who was fourth in the 800; Hunter Haschel, who was fourth in the discus; and Burgess, who was seventh in the 200.

The 4 x 400 relay finished fourth.

KANKAKEE VALLEY BOYS TRACK SECTIONAL RESULTS MAY 21: Kankakee Valley 136.75, Rensselaer 117.75, WINAMAC 61, North Judson 59, Boone Grove 44, Morgan Township 38.75, DeMotte Christian 33, Hebron 30, Kouts 29.75, North Newton 24, West Central 23, Knox 22, South Newton 5

Scoring on 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis

Top three in each events plus all Winamac results

100 m

1. Claybon (REN) – 11.08 seconds, 2. Ritchie (KV) – 11.48, 3. Moore (KV) – 11.65, 20. Preston Freet (WIN) – 13.02

200 m

1. Claybon (REN) – 21.94 seconds, 2. Kooistra (KV) – 22.92, 3. Ritchie (KV) – 23.09, 7. Ethan Burgess (WIN) – 24.24, 10. Parker Zeider (WIN) – 25.08

400 m

1. Kooistra (KV) – 51.96 seconds, 2. Chappell (REN) – 52.84, 3. Ethan Burgess (WIN) – 53.54, 10. Parker Zeider (WIN) – 56.36

800 m

1. Bakker (DMC) – 1:59.32, 2. Mills (WC) – 2:02.44, 3. Yeager (REN) – 2:07.09, 4. Logan Fredel (WIN) – 2:07.70, 14. Hector Gallegos (WIN) – 2:22.68

1,600 m

1. Oldham (KOU) – 4:39.86, 2. Sharp (KV) – 4:40.08, 3. Nathan Pierzchalski (WIN) – 4:42.08, 15. Paxton Moon (WIN) – 5:20.08

3,200 m

1. Hoffman (KV) – 10:09.64, 2. Nathan Pierzchalski (WIN) – 10:23.64, 3. Ehrhardt (KV) – 10:27.75, 21. Joel Showley (WIN) – 13:51.25

110 m hurdles

1. Kajer (NJSP) – 15.05 seconds, 2. Dippo (MT) – 15.65, 3. Kooistra (KV) – 16.15, 13. Ethan Kruzick (WIN) – 19.56, 19. Brayden Hall (WIN) – 21.23

300 m hurdles

1. Kajer (NJSP) – 40.89 seconds, 2. Dippo (MT) – 42.16, 3. Barringer (KOU) – 42.74, 16. Kannon Hoover (WIN) – 47.80, 24. Braylen Becker (WIN) – 53.50

4 x 100 m relay

1. Kankakee Valley – 44.25 seconds, 2. North Judson – 44.47, 3. Rensselaer – 44.99, 11. Winamac – 48.90

4 x 400 m relay

1. Kankakee Valley – 3:30.31, 2. Rensselaer – 3:30.51, 3. North Judson – 3:41.81, 4. Winamac – 3:44.18

4 x 800 m relay

1. Rensselaer – 8:40.74, 2. Winamac – 8:43.91, 3. DeMotte Christian – 8:44.99

Long jump

1. Wielert (HEB) – 20-5 ½, 2. Bradley (KNOX) – 19-2 ¼, 3. Crouch (REN) – 19-1 ¾, 18. Ethan Kruzick (WIN) – 16-1 ½, 21. Kannon Hoover (WIN) – 15-11 ¾

High jump

1. Doe (BG) – 6-0, 2. White (NJSP) – 5-10, 3. Clinton (BG) – 5-10, t-11. Ethan Burgess (WIN) – 5-4

Discus

1. Metzger (REN) – 138-10, 2. Charles Disinger (WIN) – 128-2, 3. Heinold (KOU) – 126-1, 4. Hunter Haschel (WIN) – 125-8

Shot put

1. Villarreal (WC) – 46-7, 2. Charles Disinger (WIN) – 43-10, 3. Epler (BG) – 43-5, 16. Hunter Haschel (WIN) - 36-6

Pole vault

1. Sadowski (NN) – 12-6, 2. Riley (MT) – 12-6, 3. Huff (KV) – 12-6