Jay County track tallies nine victories

BLUFFTON — The Patriots graduated one of the best throwers in school history in Gabi Bilbrey.

The new throwers have held their own to start the season, and are starting to win events.

Jordyn Hutzler and Austyn LeMaster each captured first place in one of the throwing events for the Jay County High School track teams in a three-team event at Bluffton on Wednesday.

The meet between Jay County, Bluffton and Adams Central replaced a meet that got rained out between Heritage and Jay County that was supposed to take place on Tuesday. The girls team won the meet with 76 points while the Tigers trailed with 46 and the Jets came in at 34. The boys team split, as their 39.5 points couldn’t overcome Bluffton (100) but took care of Adams Central (16.5).

Hutzler pulled off a win in the shot put for the girls with a mark of 31 feet, 5 inches. LeMaster’s throw of 122 feet, 2 inches, took the top spot for the boys discus competition.

Joseph Boggs won the only other event for the boys. The JCHS sophomore captured first place in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5 minutes, 0.27 seconds.

The girls claimed two more field events as Molly Muhlenkamp and Mya Kunkler both jumped 4 feet, 8 inches, in the high jump, while Morgan DeHoff hit a mark of 14 feet, 8.5 inches, in the long jump.

The other four victories for the Patriots came in the sprints. Ariel Beiswanger came out victorious in the 100 dash with a career best time of 12.8 seconds, while DeHoff won the 100 hurdles in 17.25 seconds.

Jenna Dues had the only other individual victory in the 200 dash. She finished with a time of 28.27 seconds.

The 4x100 meter relay team DeHoff, Dues, Beiswanger and Cash Hollowell claimed the top spot with a time of 53.4 seconds.