Big Orange Invitational

Kokomo Tribune - Sunday, April 20, 2014

 

BOYS MEET

Guerin Catholic won the team title, topping the host Huskies 103-85. Yorktown (73), Eastern (68.5) and Western (57.5) rounded out the top five.

Western's Matt Grider set a new meet record in winning the 3,200, crossing the line in 9:40.05 to break his own record, set in 2012, by 16 seconds.

Brett Boswell added a second-place finish in the shot put with a heave of 45-9, and Jacob Bradshaw finished second in the pole vault for the Panthers, clearing 11-6.

"I thought Matt really showed he's coming back in the 3,200," Western coach Marvin Boswell said. "He looked really strong. By far, that's the best race he's had in a long time. Looking at the day as a whole, six of our conference teams were there, and we finished third out of that group. So, we're going to have to go back to the drawing board and figure out where we can pull a few more points from. It's a little frustrating to not do as well as we would've liked against conference teams."

Eastern's 4x800 relay team of Lewis Duke, Kevin Zheng, Nick Handy and Joshua Sommers took top honors in 8:24.81.

Also for the Comets, Lewis Duke won the1,600 in 4:34.81, Will Porter was secocnd in the 100 dash in 11.51, Sommers finished second in the 400 in :52.19, and Riley Haupert finished second in the 300 hurdles in :45.52.

"I'm happy with the way things went [Saturday]," Eastern coach Austin Roark said. "We had some really good performances and guys stepped up. Lewis had to leave early so we missed him in a couple events, and Papee [Byers] is banged up. Also, the 4x100 team dropped the baton in the lead in the final exchange, and that's a 12-point swing had we gotten the baton across the finsh line happelned and to score that many points, I'm good with it."

Maconaquah's K.J. Walton was a double winner, taking top" honors in the 200 in :22.22, as well as the 400 in :51.34. His winning time in the 200 was a new meet record.

Cass' Cody Campbell topped the field in the discus with a heave of 140-10. And, Tipton's Chase Bess won the 300 hurdles in :41.53.


GIRLS MEET

Guerin Catholic took top team honors with 87 points, followed by the host Huskies (76), Yorktown (73.5), Western Boone (71), aned Cass (61). Eastern took sixth with 52 points, and Western finished eigth with 47.

Eastern's Avery Ewing won the 400 (1:02.53) and finished second in the 800 (2:34.41). Danielle Reed took second in the shot put for the Comets with a heave of 32-3 1/2.

Western's Nicole Hampshire took top honors in the 3200 in 12:09.01. Erin Knepley added a second-place showing for the Panthers in the 1,600 in 5:39.31, while Western's 4x800 relay team of Hampshire, Knepley, Emily Mullins, and Reagan Ritchie finished second at 10:26.04.

Maconaquah's Maysie Hewitt won the pole vault, clearing 9-6.

And, Cass' Maci Maupin won the long jump, cleairng a meet-record 17-0 for top honors.