BOYS TRACK: Hoosier Conference Meet

Kokomo Tribune - Saturday, May 2, 2021

HC MEET
Western took second in the 10-team meet at West Lafayette. The host Red Devils won with a score of 158.5 with Western scoring an even 100. Northwestern and Hamilton Heights tied for fourth (63), Tipton was sixth (52) and Cass 10th (6).

Western’s Brayden Curnutt won the 1,600 with a PR (4:33.33). Drew Caldwell won the 800 with a PR (2:02.95) and Cade Shock took third (2:09.01). Daniel Marley was third in shot put (48-10.75). Evan Kretz was third in the discus (146-5). Pete Bradshaw was third in the 400 with a PR (:53.27). Curnutt (10:15.94) and Joseph Packard (10:18.8) went 2-3 in the 3,200. And Caldwell was third in pole vault with a PR (12-6).

Western’s team of Curnutt, Bradshaw, Shock and Caldwell won the 4x800 relay (8:33.18).

“I think a lot of people underestimate how

difficult it is to win in this conference,” Western coach Gary Jewell said. “Overall, I think we performed pretty well but West Lafayette has a great program. They were really good in the events where we weren’t.

“Brayden and Drew won the two best races of the day. Both were patient and executed near flawless race strategies to out-kick the pre-race favorites from West Lafayette.”

Northewstern’s A’Marion Conyers was second in the high jump (5-10). And the team of Max Garro, Hunter Mohr, Caden Gaier and Conyers was third in the 4x400 relay (3:41.89).

Tipton’s Nathan Leap won the 110 hurdles (:15.63). Evan Long won the 3,200 (10:13.39) and was third in the 1,600 (4:36.38). And Jackson Money was third in high jump (5-6).