Track sweeps Heritage

The Patriot girls won every event.

The boys weren’t as successful in terms of event victories, but won the final race of the night to secure the sweep.

Jay County High School’s boys and girls track teams both defeated Heritage on Tuesday. The girls had a dominating 104-18 win, while the boys edged Heritage 62-60.

Abby Benter, Elisa Parazzi, Gabi Bilbrey and Kinsey Shannon all had two individual wins for the JCHS girls. Benter was first in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles with times of 16.21 seconds and 50.7 seconds, respectively. Parazzi had a distance of 13 feet, 9 inches, to win long jump, and a height of 5 feet, 4 inches, for a high jump win. Bilbrey won shot put (30 feet, 8 inches) and discus (89 feet, 5 inches), and Shannon won the 100 dash (12.72 seconds) and 400 dash (1 minute, 4.74 seconds) races.

Shea Bailey got a victory in the 200 dash (27.5 seconds), Natalie Miles was first in the 800 run (2:42.88), Sophia Fugiett won the 1,600 run (6:07.19) and Lindy Wood earned a victory in the 3,200 run (13:41).

Willow Hardy, Molly Muhlenkamp, Miles and Wood teamed for a victory in the 4x800 relay; Bralee VanSkyock, Natalie Wehrly, Makinsey Murphy and Bailey won the 4x100 relay; and Bailey, Miles, Murphy and Shannon combined to win the 4x400 relay.

For the Jay County boys, Aaron Funkhouser handled all three sprinting events to become the lone triple winner of the night. He won the 100 dash (10.98), 200 dash (23.55) and 400 dash (52.78 seconds) races.

Jean Pieterse took first in the 110 hurdles (18.09) and high jump (5 feet, 10 inches), while Dylan Knapschafer had the top long jump (17 feet, 6.25 inches). Jacob Hart picked up a field event win in the discus (121 feet, 5 inches).

Owen Ransom, Gavin Farmer and Knapschafer joined Adrek Pogue to win the 4x100 relay, then teamed with Funkhouser to win the meet-ending 4x400 relay to secure the overall victory.