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PREP TRACK & FIELD: College Heights athletes shine at Mount Vernon

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SoMo Sports staff reports

 

The College Heights Christian girls track and field squad won four events at the Mountaineer Relays on Thursday at Mount Vernon High School.

Addie Lawrence crossed the line first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.5 seconds, while teammate Grace Bishop won the 1600 in 5:41.

The College Heights girls won two relays, the 4×200 in 1:49 and the 4×400 in 4:17. The Cougars were second in the 4×100 and third in the 4×800. 

Also for the Cougars, Jayli Johnson finished third in the 200, Bishop was third in the 800 and Lauren Ukena took third in the 300 hurdles. 

Allie Fiscus finished seventh in the 300 hurdles and eighth in the 100 hurdles.

For the College Heights boys, Derrick McMillan finished third in the 800, while Colsen Dickens took seventh in the 400. 

College Heights finished second in the 4×800 relay with a time of 8:51. The Cougars were fourth in both the 4×100 and 4×400 relays while also finishing fifth in the 4×200.

SENECA HIGHLIGHTS

The Seneca Indians also competed at the meet.

For the Seneca girls, Danessa Macy placed third in the 100 hurdles and Samarah Mittag finished fourth in the 200.

Isabella Renfro was fifth in the shot put, Kamryn Fox took sixth in the 400, Makenzie French was eighth in the 100, Amber Garrison took eighth in the javelin and Katelyn Fyock finished eighth in the long jump.  

For the Seneca boys, Hayden Smith and Jacob Brown were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the pole vault. 

Ethan Altic was fourth in the 1600, Max Golden took fifth in the 110 hurdles, Jaxson Graham was seventh in the 100 and Morgan Bryan finished sixth in the discus and eighth in the shot put.

LOCAL EVENT WINNERS

Mount Vernon standout Sadie Heisner won the 100 hurdles, the triple jump and the pole vault. 

Other local event winners from the girls meet were Nevada’s Tylin Heathman (300 hurdles), Taylor Thompson (discus) and Claire Pritchett (shot put) and Mount Vernon’s Payton Dennis (javelin). 

Area boys winning individual events were Greenfield’s Conner Lewandowski (100), Aurora’s Jacob Rohlman (200, 400), Southwest’s Christian Long (800) and Travis Sickles (1600, 3200), Mount Vernon’s Wyatt Cordray (110 H) and Nevada’s Drew Beachler (long jump).

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