Hillsboro, McClain combine for 10 individual FAC track and field championships
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
WASHINGTON C.H. — Though neither the Hillsboro Indians nor the McClain Tigers were able to win a team Frontier Athletic Conference track and field championship on Thursday, combined in the boys and girls events the two Highland County schools collected 10 individual event championships against their conference counterparts.
McClain totaled five event championships for the two-day events held at Washington High School in Fayette County, with senior Chayden Pitzer winning two of those championships in the 100-meter and 300m hurdles events. Pitzer — who qualified for the Division II state meet last year — dominated the FAC 100m hurdles event with a time of 15.54 for first place, as the second-place time was 17.17. In the 300m hurdles, Pitzer had a time of 47.12, winning the title over the second-place time of 47.99.
Also for McClain in the boys events, Reece Schluep was the winner in the 1600m run with a time of 4:50.35, winning over the second-place time of 4:50.78 run by Chillicothe’s Maxwell Greisheimer.
McClain had success in the boys relay events by winning two of those, including the 4x100m relay event with the team of Riley Moon, Patrick Fout, David Jett and Matt Bliss racing for a first-place time of 45.90, winning over second-place Jackson, who came in at 46.02.
The Tigers also were the champions of the 4x800m relay race as Gabriele Chiossi, Nathan Ernst, Schluep and Trevor Newkirk had the winning time of 8:33.01, surpassing the second-place time of Chillicothe of 8:34.69.
Hillsboro won all five of their FAC championships in the boys competition, with senior Austin Goolsby winning two individual championships during the two-day event. Goolsby won the FAC pole vault event — the event where he was the Division II state champion one year ago — with a height of 14-06.00. Goolsby was also the FAC champion in the long jump with a distance of 21-05.00, winning over the second-place distance of 21-01.00.
Draven Stodgel of Hillsboro was the champion of the shot put event, winning with a distance of 49-11.00, as the second-place distance was 48-07.50.
Hillsboro’s Ty Alexander won the 400m dash with a time of 51.96, outracing the second-place time of 52.77.
Hillsboro’s 4x400m relay team of Tyler Workman, Britton Haines, Mark Gallimore and Alexander won the event and became FAC champions with a time of 3:37.85, as the second-place time was 3:40.66.
For the girls team final scores, the Chillicothe Cavaliers were the champions with a score of 147.5, and next was Washington in second place at 139. In third was McClain (111), followed by Miami Trace (104.5), Hillsboro (82) and Jackson (67).
The boys FAC champions were Chillicothe with a score of 145, and in second place was Miami Trace at 140. Hillsboro earned third place with 132 points, followed by McClain (103), Jackson (73) and Washington (55).
Also for McClain in the girls events, Pitzer was second in the 100m dash (12.67) and teammate Kerigan Pollard was sixth with a time of 13.48. In the 200m dash, Pitzer was third at 26.38 and Pollard was fifth with a time of 27.88.
In the 400m dash, Hillsboro’s Jaeleigh Hart placed second with a time of 1:04.62, while teammate Sydney Callahan was fifth place (1:08.44). Also in the same event, McClain’s Hunter Scott was sixth (1:09.80) and Emma Stegbauer finished seventh (1:11.98).
Hillsboro’s Molly McCreary was fourth in the 800m run with a time of 2:41.24, and in seventh for HHS was Sydney Lanning (2:48.25). McClain had Natalie Cunningham in ninth place at 2:51.26 and Ashley Hardesty in 11th at 2:55.30.
The 1600m run had Hillsboro’s Sami Blair finish in seventh place (6:31.79), while McClain’s Sarah Free was ninth (7:12.72), Hillsboro’s Ellie Howland was 10th (7:22.58) and Erika Martin of McClain was 11th at 7:42.71.
In the 3200m run, Hillsboro’s Keeley Schurman was seventh at 15:11.01. The 4x100m relay had McClain and Hillsboro girls in fourth and fifth places, with the MHS team of Jaelyn Pitzer, Maddy Crawford, Scott and Stegbauer finishing in fourth with a time of 54.63. Hillsboro was fifth with the team of Maddy King, Caroline Crouch, Paige Howland and Anne Throckmorton at 56.20.
Hillsboro’s 4x200m relay team of Throckmorton, Callahan, Howland and Hart were second place at 1:53.95. The McClain team of Jaelyn Pitzer, Crawford, Rachel Clark and Maddy Stapleton placed sixth at 2:02.61.
The Lady Indians were fourth in the 4x400m relay event as the team of Blair, Molly McCreary, Callahan and Hart had a time of 4:35.70. In sixth place was McClain’s team of Hardesty, Clark, Ella Osborne and Cunningham at 4:55.95.
HHS had their 4x800m relay team of Blair, Hart, Lanning and McCreary place third with a time of 11:02.19. McClain was sixth place with the team of Hardesty, Clark, Cunningham and Free having a time of 12:16.46.
In the girls high jump, McClain’s Maddy Crawford was third at 4-06, while Hillsboro’s Cierra Lively and Emma Hess finished in fourth and fifth places with a height of 4-06. Stapleton of MHS was eighth at 4-04.
Pollard of McClain was third in the pole vault at 8-00.00, followed by teammate Patricia Poole in fourth at 7-06.00. Hillsboro’s Lively was fifth at 7-00.00, and Lucy Hart was seventh with a height of 7-00.00.
Stegbauer of MHS was third in the long jump at 14-09.00, followed by Hillsboro’s Callahan in fourth place (14-07.00) and Crawford of MHS in fifth at 14-05.00. Emma Hess of HHS was eighth at 13-01.50.
In the shot put, Scott of MHS was fifth (30-08.00), followed by Hillsboro’s Kaley Burns in seventh place (28-04.00), Kailey Dietrick in eighth (28-01.00) and McClain’s Hannah Smith in ninth (28-00.00).
The discus event had McClain’s Scott in second place at 108-09.50 and Dietrick of HHS in third at 98-00. Burns (HHS) was sixth at 80-01, and McClain’s Maysun Faulconer was eighth at 76-01.50.
In the boys events, McClain had a second-place finish from Matt Bliss in the 100m dash with a time of 11.61, followed by Goolsby (HHS) in third (11.62) and Fout (MHS) in sixth place at 11.73.
The 200m dash had McClain’s Bliss in fourth (24.07), Alexander in fifth (24.16) and Fout in sixth (24.39). The 400m dash saw Hillsboro’s Workman in sixth (55.70).
The 800m run had McClain’s Chiossi in third place with a time of 2:09.83, followed by Haines (HHS) in fifth place at 2:13.13, Brian Shanahan (HHS) in sixth (2:13.45) and McClain’s Justin Osborne in ninth (2:21.52).
Hillsboro’s Johnny Hatfield was sixth in the 1600m run at 5:11.83, while Bailey Lucarello (HHS) was eighth at 5:14.25 and McClain’s Nathan Ernst placed 10th at 5:25.41. The 3200m run included Lucarello (HHS) in fifth place at 11:21.77, Lyle White (MHS) in sixth at 11:25.81 and Johnny Hatfield (HHS) in eighth at 12:02.01.
McClain’s Griffin Foltz was fifth in the 110m hurdles at 17.42, and in the 300m hurdles Foltz was fourth place at 45.16. Teammate Blake Gall was fifth at 46.42, and Quinn Conlon (HHS) was eighth at 1:10.68.
HHS was fourth in the 4x100m relay with the team of Taylor Lucas, Mark Gallimore, Keith Doughman and Goolsby finishing with a time of 46.23. The HHS 4x200m relay team (Workman, Haines, Gallimore, Alexander) was third at 1:36.88, and the McClain team of David Jett, Fout, Braden Goldsberry and Trevor Newkirk was fourth at 1:38.44.
The McClain 4x400m relay team of Jett, Newkirk, Bliss and Chiossi were second place at 3:40.66. The 4x800m relay team for Hillsboro, consisting of Shanahan, Jeremy Kemper, Hatfield and Nathan Spencer, was fourth at 9:21.60.
Conlon (HHS) was third in the high jump at 5-10.00, and Haines was fourth at 5-08.00. In fifth place in the high jump was McClain’s Zane Mustard with a height of 5-06.00, and teammate Alex Snyder was ninth at 5-00.00.
Hillsboro’s Gallimore was second in the pole vault at 13-00.00, and McClain’s Quentin Smith was seventh place at 9-06.00 and Trefz (MHS) was eighth at 9-00.00.
In the long jump, Moon (MHS) was sixth at 18-03.00 and Hester (HHS) was eighth at 18-01.00. Deon Burns (HHS) was third in the shot put at 48-06.50. McClain’s Jordan Pearson was sixth in the shot put at 42-04.50, and Cody Elliott (MHS) was ninth at 38-11.00.
The discus event saw Stodgel (HHS) place third at 129-01, and McClain’s Pearson was fourth at 127-02. In fifth place in the discus was Kole Maynard (HHS) at 125-06, and in eighth was Camden Yates (MHS) at 110-04.
Next is the Division II District Championships on Tuesday, May 15 (4 p.m.) and Saturday, May 19 (10 a.m.) in Washington C.H.
McClain totaled five event championships for the two-day events held at Washington High School in Fayette County, with senior Chayden Pitzer winning two of those championships in the 100-meter and 300m hurdles events. Pitzer — who qualified for the Division II state meet last year — dominated the FAC 100m hurdles event with a time of 15.54 for first place, as the second-place time was 17.17. In the 300m hurdles, Pitzer had a time of 47.12, winning the title over the second-place time of 47.99.
Also for McClain in the boys events, Reece Schluep was the winner in the 1600m run with a time of 4:50.35, winning over the second-place time of 4:50.78 run by Chillicothe’s Maxwell Greisheimer.
McClain had success in the boys relay events by winning two of those, including the 4x100m relay event with the team of Riley Moon, Patrick Fout, David Jett and Matt Bliss racing for a first-place time of 45.90, winning over second-place Jackson, who came in at 46.02.
The Tigers also were the champions of the 4x800m relay race as Gabriele Chiossi, Nathan Ernst, Schluep and Trevor Newkirk had the winning time of 8:33.01, surpassing the second-place time of Chillicothe of 8:34.69.
Hillsboro won all five of their FAC championships in the boys competition, with senior Austin Goolsby winning two individual championships during the two-day event. Goolsby won the FAC pole vault event — the event where he was the Division II state champion one year ago — with a height of 14-06.00. Goolsby was also the FAC champion in the long jump with a distance of 21-05.00, winning over the second-place distance of 21-01.00.
Draven Stodgel of Hillsboro was the champion of the shot put event, winning with a distance of 49-11.00, as the second-place distance was 48-07.50.
Hillsboro’s Ty Alexander won the 400m dash with a time of 51.96, outracing the second-place time of 52.77.
Hillsboro’s 4x400m relay team of Tyler Workman, Britton Haines, Mark Gallimore and Alexander won the event and became FAC champions with a time of 3:37.85, as the second-place time was 3:40.66.
For the girls team final scores, the Chillicothe Cavaliers were the champions with a score of 147.5, and next was Washington in second place at 139. In third was McClain (111), followed by Miami Trace (104.5), Hillsboro (82) and Jackson (67).
The boys FAC champions were Chillicothe with a score of 145, and in second place was Miami Trace at 140. Hillsboro earned third place with 132 points, followed by McClain (103), Jackson (73) and Washington (55).
Also for McClain in the girls events, Pitzer was second in the 100m dash (12.67) and teammate Kerigan Pollard was sixth with a time of 13.48. In the 200m dash, Pitzer was third at 26.38 and Pollard was fifth with a time of 27.88.
In the 400m dash, Hillsboro’s Jaeleigh Hart placed second with a time of 1:04.62, while teammate Sydney Callahan was fifth place (1:08.44). Also in the same event, McClain’s Hunter Scott was sixth (1:09.80) and Emma Stegbauer finished seventh (1:11.98).
Hillsboro’s Molly McCreary was fourth in the 800m run with a time of 2:41.24, and in seventh for HHS was Sydney Lanning (2:48.25). McClain had Natalie Cunningham in ninth place at 2:51.26 and Ashley Hardesty in 11th at 2:55.30.
The 1600m run had Hillsboro’s Sami Blair finish in seventh place (6:31.79), while McClain’s Sarah Free was ninth (7:12.72), Hillsboro’s Ellie Howland was 10th (7:22.58) and Erika Martin of McClain was 11th at 7:42.71.
In the 3200m run, Hillsboro’s Keeley Schurman was seventh at 15:11.01. The 4x100m relay had McClain and Hillsboro girls in fourth and fifth places, with the MHS team of Jaelyn Pitzer, Maddy Crawford, Scott and Stegbauer finishing in fourth with a time of 54.63. Hillsboro was fifth with the team of Maddy King, Caroline Crouch, Paige Howland and Anne Throckmorton at 56.20.
Hillsboro’s 4x200m relay team of Throckmorton, Callahan, Howland and Hart were second place at 1:53.95. The McClain team of Jaelyn Pitzer, Crawford, Rachel Clark and Maddy Stapleton placed sixth at 2:02.61.
The Lady Indians were fourth in the 4x400m relay event as the team of Blair, Molly McCreary, Callahan and Hart had a time of 4:35.70. In sixth place was McClain’s team of Hardesty, Clark, Ella Osborne and Cunningham at 4:55.95.
HHS had their 4x800m relay team of Blair, Hart, Lanning and McCreary place third with a time of 11:02.19. McClain was sixth place with the team of Hardesty, Clark, Cunningham and Free having a time of 12:16.46.
In the girls high jump, McClain’s Maddy Crawford was third at 4-06, while Hillsboro’s Cierra Lively and Emma Hess finished in fourth and fifth places with a height of 4-06. Stapleton of MHS was eighth at 4-04.
Pollard of McClain was third in the pole vault at 8-00.00, followed by teammate Patricia Poole in fourth at 7-06.00. Hillsboro’s Lively was fifth at 7-00.00, and Lucy Hart was seventh with a height of 7-00.00.
Stegbauer of MHS was third in the long jump at 14-09.00, followed by Hillsboro’s Callahan in fourth place (14-07.00) and Crawford of MHS in fifth at 14-05.00. Emma Hess of HHS was eighth at 13-01.50.
In the shot put, Scott of MHS was fifth (30-08.00), followed by Hillsboro’s Kaley Burns in seventh place (28-04.00), Kailey Dietrick in eighth (28-01.00) and McClain’s Hannah Smith in ninth (28-00.00).
The discus event had McClain’s Scott in second place at 108-09.50 and Dietrick of HHS in third at 98-00. Burns (HHS) was sixth at 80-01, and McClain’s Maysun Faulconer was eighth at 76-01.50.
In the boys events, McClain had a second-place finish from Matt Bliss in the 100m dash with a time of 11.61, followed by Goolsby (HHS) in third (11.62) and Fout (MHS) in sixth place at 11.73.
The 200m dash had McClain’s Bliss in fourth (24.07), Alexander in fifth (24.16) and Fout in sixth (24.39). The 400m dash saw Hillsboro’s Workman in sixth (55.70).
The 800m run had McClain’s Chiossi in third place with a time of 2:09.83, followed by Haines (HHS) in fifth place at 2:13.13, Brian Shanahan (HHS) in sixth (2:13.45) and McClain’s Justin Osborne in ninth (2:21.52).
Hillsboro’s Johnny Hatfield was sixth in the 1600m run at 5:11.83, while Bailey Lucarello (HHS) was eighth at 5:14.25 and McClain’s Nathan Ernst placed 10th at 5:25.41. The 3200m run included Lucarello (HHS) in fifth place at 11:21.77, Lyle White (MHS) in sixth at 11:25.81 and Johnny Hatfield (HHS) in eighth at 12:02.01.
McClain’s Griffin Foltz was fifth in the 110m hurdles at 17.42, and in the 300m hurdles Foltz was fourth place at 45.16. Teammate Blake Gall was fifth at 46.42, and Quinn Conlon (HHS) was eighth at 1:10.68.
HHS was fourth in the 4x100m relay with the team of Taylor Lucas, Mark Gallimore, Keith Doughman and Goolsby finishing with a time of 46.23. The HHS 4x200m relay team (Workman, Haines, Gallimore, Alexander) was third at 1:36.88, and the McClain team of David Jett, Fout, Braden Goldsberry and Trevor Newkirk was fourth at 1:38.44.
The McClain 4x400m relay team of Jett, Newkirk, Bliss and Chiossi were second place at 3:40.66. The 4x800m relay team for Hillsboro, consisting of Shanahan, Jeremy Kemper, Hatfield and Nathan Spencer, was fourth at 9:21.60.
Conlon (HHS) was third in the high jump at 5-10.00, and Haines was fourth at 5-08.00. In fifth place in the high jump was McClain’s Zane Mustard with a height of 5-06.00, and teammate Alex Snyder was ninth at 5-00.00.
Hillsboro’s Gallimore was second in the pole vault at 13-00.00, and McClain’s Quentin Smith was seventh place at 9-06.00 and Trefz (MHS) was eighth at 9-00.00.
In the long jump, Moon (MHS) was sixth at 18-03.00 and Hester (HHS) was eighth at 18-01.00. Deon Burns (HHS) was third in the shot put at 48-06.50. McClain’s Jordan Pearson was sixth in the shot put at 42-04.50, and Cody Elliott (MHS) was ninth at 38-11.00.
The discus event saw Stodgel (HHS) place third at 129-01, and McClain’s Pearson was fourth at 127-02. In fifth place in the discus was Kole Maynard (HHS) at 125-06, and in eighth was Camden Yates (MHS) at 110-04.
Next is the Division II District Championships on Tuesday, May 15 (4 p.m.) and Saturday, May 19 (10 a.m.) in Washington C.H.