July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
By By RAY COONEY-
Sprinters held the key Monday.
Brandon Reynard won all of his four events and Katie Weaver broke a pair of school records, each leading their respective teams.
The result was a split, with the Jay County boys scoring their first victory of the season 66-56 over South Adams while the Starfires handed the Patriot girls their first defeat, 64-59.
"We have been in the meets," said JCHS boys coach Greg Garringer, whose squad has suffered several close losses. "We were just a race or two away from winning, and we finally broke through and got a win, which is a confidence booster for them."
Reynard led one-two finishes in both of his individual events for the Patriots. He finished the 100-meter dash in 11 seconds flat with Sean Hatzell second, and teamed with Mason Shreve for a one-two finish in the 300 hurdles.
His time of 42.09 in the hurdle victory handed South Adams' Josh Cisney his first loss of the season.
Reynard teamed with Hatzell, Ruben Vela and Lance Franklin to win the 4x100 relay in 46.6 thanks to a rally by Hatzell on the last leg, and joined Franklin, Mason Shreve and Dexter Shreve to take the 4x400 relay at 3-minutes, 42.47 seconds.
On the girls side Weaver held the starring role, taking first place in each of her three individual events.
The senior broke her own school records as she scored solid wins in both the 100 and 200 dashes. She outran Jay County's Sarah Mescher in both events, finishing with times of 12.62 and 26.45. Her previous records were 12.7 and 26.6 respectively.
Weaver and Mescher also did battle on the final leg of the 4x100 relay, with Mescher pulling out a win for Jay County by 25 hundredths of a second in 54.72. But Weaver added a third victory with a leap of 14 feet, 9 inches in the long jump.
"I think they were helped by each other ... I'm guessing both of them by far ran their fastest times of the year," said SAHS coach Clint Anderson of Weaver and Mescher, while also mentioning the wind as a contributing factor. "I think it was beneficial for (Weaver) and the rest of the team before we get into those big meets to have a night ... where we can feel good about ourselves.
"We got Katie running well tonight. She had a really nice meet."
Dexter Shreve and Andrew Lancaster matched Reynard as they each added a pair of individual wins for JCHS.
Shreve took the high jump at 6 feet and the 400 dash in 57.5, and Lancaster came up with close wins in the shot put (40 feet, 91/2 inches) by six inches and the discus (109 feet, 3 inches) by less than three feet.
Hatzell turned in the other individual victory for the JCHS boys with a time of 23.57 in the 200 dash.
"I'm real happy with our times," said Garringer. "We came down quite a bit this weekend (at the Muncie Relays) and then tonight we brought some of our times down more. Sean Hatzell is running a really good 200-meter race."
Haleigh Lehman and Holly Yoder each added two victories to support the record-breaking day from Weaver.
Lehman, who broke the SAHS 3,200-meter record earlier this year, dominated the distance events. She took the 3,200 run in 12:34.34, and was first in the 1,600 run at 5:38.75.
Yoder did her damage in the throwing events at 29 feet, 1 inch in the shot put and 94 feet, 10 inches in the discus.
"I thought Haleigh ran strong," said Anderson of the senior, who also contributed to a 4x800 relay win. "She didn't really have to gut out anything, but she ran a nice meet.
"I was a little worried that we'd come down here and not even have enough to fill events. But it was a nice night for the girls. They came through pretty well."
Despite the loss there were bright spots for the Jay County girls, who got continued dominance from Erika Hunt, and South Adams boys, with strong distance efforts and two more wins from Cisney.
Hunt stayed perfect on the year in both the 100 and 300 hurdles, winning the races in 17.29 and 53.01 respectively. Other individual victories for the Patriot girls came from Amanda Johnson in the run (2:32.2), Tina Gingrasso in the 400 dash (54.72) and Lindsey Current in the high jump (5 feet).
"Erika puts in more time than anybody," said JCHS girls coach Brian McEvoy, whose team also took the meet-ending 4x400 relay. "She's here after practice every day ... working on her form ... And Stephanie Wellman, Kari Hemmelgarn and Amanda Pinkerton are all the same way. ... They really push each other, and they really pride themselves on that.
"We knew this was going to be a tough meet. They've got a very good program ... it's a real good test to see where our girls are at this point of the season."
Despite dropping the 300 hurdles, Cisney still had a double-win day for South Adams as he finished first in the 110 hurdles (15.93) and the long jump (17 feet, 61/4 inches). Nathan Rupp led a sweep of the 1,600 run (5:08.30) and a one-two finish in the 3,200 run (11:08.60), and Brian Lehman led another one-two Starfire effort in the 800 run (2:12.67).
"Our distance boys stood up strong," said Anderson, whose squad took the 4x800 relay as well. "Rupp did a nice job. I think Brian Lehman is really emerging in the 800. He's running four miles a meet, so he's running on tired legs.
"We scored a lot of points (in the distance events), and we were hoping that maybe we could ... Our kids have been doing pretty well for us."[[In-content Ad]]
Brandon Reynard won all of his four events and Katie Weaver broke a pair of school records, each leading their respective teams.
The result was a split, with the Jay County boys scoring their first victory of the season 66-56 over South Adams while the Starfires handed the Patriot girls their first defeat, 64-59.
"We have been in the meets," said JCHS boys coach Greg Garringer, whose squad has suffered several close losses. "We were just a race or two away from winning, and we finally broke through and got a win, which is a confidence booster for them."
Reynard led one-two finishes in both of his individual events for the Patriots. He finished the 100-meter dash in 11 seconds flat with Sean Hatzell second, and teamed with Mason Shreve for a one-two finish in the 300 hurdles.
His time of 42.09 in the hurdle victory handed South Adams' Josh Cisney his first loss of the season.
Reynard teamed with Hatzell, Ruben Vela and Lance Franklin to win the 4x100 relay in 46.6 thanks to a rally by Hatzell on the last leg, and joined Franklin, Mason Shreve and Dexter Shreve to take the 4x400 relay at 3-minutes, 42.47 seconds.
On the girls side Weaver held the starring role, taking first place in each of her three individual events.
The senior broke her own school records as she scored solid wins in both the 100 and 200 dashes. She outran Jay County's Sarah Mescher in both events, finishing with times of 12.62 and 26.45. Her previous records were 12.7 and 26.6 respectively.
Weaver and Mescher also did battle on the final leg of the 4x100 relay, with Mescher pulling out a win for Jay County by 25 hundredths of a second in 54.72. But Weaver added a third victory with a leap of 14 feet, 9 inches in the long jump.
"I think they were helped by each other ... I'm guessing both of them by far ran their fastest times of the year," said SAHS coach Clint Anderson of Weaver and Mescher, while also mentioning the wind as a contributing factor. "I think it was beneficial for (Weaver) and the rest of the team before we get into those big meets to have a night ... where we can feel good about ourselves.
"We got Katie running well tonight. She had a really nice meet."
Dexter Shreve and Andrew Lancaster matched Reynard as they each added a pair of individual wins for JCHS.
Shreve took the high jump at 6 feet and the 400 dash in 57.5, and Lancaster came up with close wins in the shot put (40 feet, 91/2 inches) by six inches and the discus (109 feet, 3 inches) by less than three feet.
Hatzell turned in the other individual victory for the JCHS boys with a time of 23.57 in the 200 dash.
"I'm real happy with our times," said Garringer. "We came down quite a bit this weekend (at the Muncie Relays) and then tonight we brought some of our times down more. Sean Hatzell is running a really good 200-meter race."
Haleigh Lehman and Holly Yoder each added two victories to support the record-breaking day from Weaver.
Lehman, who broke the SAHS 3,200-meter record earlier this year, dominated the distance events. She took the 3,200 run in 12:34.34, and was first in the 1,600 run at 5:38.75.
Yoder did her damage in the throwing events at 29 feet, 1 inch in the shot put and 94 feet, 10 inches in the discus.
"I thought Haleigh ran strong," said Anderson of the senior, who also contributed to a 4x800 relay win. "She didn't really have to gut out anything, but she ran a nice meet.
"I was a little worried that we'd come down here and not even have enough to fill events. But it was a nice night for the girls. They came through pretty well."
Despite the loss there were bright spots for the Jay County girls, who got continued dominance from Erika Hunt, and South Adams boys, with strong distance efforts and two more wins from Cisney.
Hunt stayed perfect on the year in both the 100 and 300 hurdles, winning the races in 17.29 and 53.01 respectively. Other individual victories for the Patriot girls came from Amanda Johnson in the run (2:32.2), Tina Gingrasso in the 400 dash (54.72) and Lindsey Current in the high jump (5 feet).
"Erika puts in more time than anybody," said JCHS girls coach Brian McEvoy, whose team also took the meet-ending 4x400 relay. "She's here after practice every day ... working on her form ... And Stephanie Wellman, Kari Hemmelgarn and Amanda Pinkerton are all the same way. ... They really push each other, and they really pride themselves on that.
"We knew this was going to be a tough meet. They've got a very good program ... it's a real good test to see where our girls are at this point of the season."
Despite dropping the 300 hurdles, Cisney still had a double-win day for South Adams as he finished first in the 110 hurdles (15.93) and the long jump (17 feet, 61/4 inches). Nathan Rupp led a sweep of the 1,600 run (5:08.30) and a one-two finish in the 3,200 run (11:08.60), and Brian Lehman led another one-two Starfire effort in the 800 run (2:12.67).
"Our distance boys stood up strong," said Anderson, whose squad took the 4x800 relay as well. "Rupp did a nice job. I think Brian Lehman is really emerging in the 800. He's running four miles a meet, so he's running on tired legs.
"We scored a lot of points (in the distance events), and we were hoping that maybe we could ... Our kids have been doing pretty well for us."[[In-content Ad]]
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