The Panthers won 11 of 12 individual events and claimed a relay victory in the meet between the cross-country rivals.

The Panther boys dedicated the meet to assistant coach Duane Bishir, whose son Bill died Monday.

Jonathon Brittain, Sean Holsapple, Tommy Jenkins and Kyle Walsh each came away with a pair of individual victories. Holsapple led a sweep of the 300 intermediate hurdles and Blayne Burkholder was the winner in a 1-2-3 Western finish in the pole vault.

"I liked how we were able to score in the pole vault and we thought the 300 hurdles would be a key race for us," Neer said. "Jim Jackson ran a 10"37 [in the 3,200 run] running nearly by himself and that's good as he continues to get into better shape."

Ryan Kenworthy claimed the 400 dash Eastern while Jared Hill led the Comets to a sweep in the long jump. Eastern also won the 400 and 3,200 relays.



Girls Track
Western 81, Eastern 50

Thursday, April 22, 2004

Tiffany Reida finished as a quadruple winner to lead the Panthers past their county rivals. Reida won the 100 and 200 dashes and the long jump and she also ran a leg on the winning 400 relay team.

Fellow WHS athletes Annina Gruber and Kristy Irwin also turned in strong efforts. Gruber won the 1,600 and 800 runs and was part of the winning 3,200 relay team. Irwin set a Western record in the pole vault with an effort of 7-foot-6. She bettered the old record of 7-0 set by Ashley Keck in 2003.

Ann Bedwell and Rachael Voorhis led the Comets. Bedwell won the 100 and 300 hurdles and was part of the winning 1,600 relay team. Voorhis was tops in the discus and sot put.