t&f: mONTGOMERY cOUNTY SCHOOLS DOMINATE cHARGER rELAYS

	April 18, 2009

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Southmont’s Kylie Lippencott ran on two winning relays.

Girls track and field

Friday

Charger Relays

At North Montgomery

Sprint
medley relay: 1:55.1 Southmont (Creasy Clauser, Megan Arnold, Shelby
Harris, Allie Norris); 2. 1:56.3 Benton Central; 3. 2:01.1 Carroll; 4.
2:02.4 Western Boone; 5. 2:03.1 Frankfort; 6. 2:05.8 Lafayette Central
Catholic; 7. 2:07.0 North Montgomery (Celia Kauth, Macie Long, Madi
Smith, Kaylea Stanley); 8. 2:07.7 Lebanon; 9. 2:14.4 Horizon Christian;
10. 2:15.2 Crawfordsville (Natalie Kiger, Howland, Lizzy Guinter,
Kelsey Hungerford).

400 relay: 1. :52.6 Lebanon; 2. :52.6
Western Boone; 3. :54.6 North Montgomery (Marie Long, McCauley, Smith,
Stanley); 4. :55.3 Frankfort; 5. Lafayette Central Catholic; 6.
Southmont; 7. Crawfordsville; 8. Carroll.

3,200 relay: 10:41.0
Frankfort; 2. 10:56.0 Southmont (Madison Fouty, Shelby Harris, Dusty
Lawton, Kylie Lippencott); 3. 11:10.0 Benton Central; 4. 11:14.0 North
Montgomery (Tasha Borta, Alyssa Carey, Jessi Leaman, Melissa Scott); 5.
11:35.0 Western Boone; 6. 11:40.0 Lebanon; 7. 11:48.0 Carroll; 8.
13:09.0 Horizon Christian.

9th-grade 800 relay: 1:59.8
Frankfort; 2. 2:09.6 Lafayette Central Catholic; 3. 2:10.1 Western
Boone; 4. 2:11.9 Lebanon; 5. 2:12.1 Horizon Christian.

800
relay: 1:50.9 Benton Central; 2. 1:52.2 Lebanon; 3. 1:53.3 Western
Boone; 4. 1:59.6 Carroll; 5. 2:01.1 Frankfort; 6. 2:03.8 North
Montgomery (Kauth, Long, McCauley, Stanley); 7. 2:05.9 Crawfordsville
(Homer, Guinter, Hungerford, Howland); 8. 2:11.3 Southmont (Martin,
Fouty, McNew, Berwenger).

1,600 relay: 4:20.7 Southmont
(Creasy Clauser, Shelby Harris, Kylie Lippencott, Allie Norris); 2.
4:22.9 Western Boone; 3. 4:26.8 Carroll; 4. 4:29.7 Lebanon; 5. 4:30.6
Frankfort; 6. 4:36.5 North Montgomery (Borta, Carey, Mar. Long, Smith);
7. 4:49.1 Crawfordsville (Haley Horner, Guinter, Howland, Hungerford);
8. 4:52.9 Benton Central.

Distance medley relay: 10:00.5
Southmont (Shelby Davis, Dusty Lawton, Kylie Lippencott, Creasy
Clauser); 2. 10:08.1 Frankfort; 3. 10:11.3 Lafayette Central Catholic;
4. 10:36.8 North Montgomery (Borta, Carey, Leaman, Stanley); 5. 10:39.2
Benton Central; 6. 10:45.1 Lebanon; 7. 11:00.4 Horizon Christian; 8.
11:01.4 Carroll; 9. 11:21.7 Western Boone.

HJ: 9-0 Southmont
(Kyra Burton and Morgan Fouty); 2. 9-0 Frankfort; 3. 8-10 Western
Boone; 4. 8-10 Lafayette Central Catholic; 5. 8-6 Carroll; 6. (tie) 4-8
Lebanon and North Montgomery (Celia Kauth and Samantha Copeland); 8.
4-6 Benton Central.

LJ: 29-9½ Benton Central; 2. 29-4½
Lebanon; 3. 27-10 Frankfort; 4. 27-1 Western Boone; 5. 27-¾ Southmont
(Burton and Kara Price).

Pole vault: 14-0 Southmont (Kyra
Burton and Kara Price); 2. 9-6 Frankfort; 3. 7-6 Carroll; 4. 7-6 Benton
Central; 5. 6-6 Western Boone.

Shot put: 70-1½ Benton Central;
2. 60-9 Lebanon; 3. 56-10½ North Montgomery (Long and Copeland); 4.
54-3½ Crawfordsville (Liz Fowler and Betty Elliott); 5. 52-5½ Western
Boone; 6. 49-3½ Southmont (Evin Martin and Cassie Parker); 7. 47-8
Lafayette Central Catholic; 8. 43-2½ Carroll; 9. 42-2½ Frankfort; 10.
37-8½ Horizon Christian.

Discus: 188-4 Benton Central; 2.
186-0 Lebanon; 3. 179-11 Frankfort; 4. 166-2 Crawfordsville (Fowler and
Elliott); 5. 154-10 Carroll; 6. 141-11 North Montgomery (Cara McCauley
and Morgan Mullen); 7. 140-4 Southmont (Kelsey Bowman and Megan Artz);
8. 115-5 Western Boone; 9. 115-0 Lafayette Central Catholic.

Boys track and field

Friday

Charger Relays

At North Montgomery

Sprint
medley relay: 1:37.9 Benton Central; 2. 1:40.2 Crawfordsville (Dustin
McCloud, Shane Brown, Nic Baker, James Miller); 3. 1:40.2 Frankfort; 4.
1:41.6 North Montgomery (Clay Birdsong, Matt Ryker, Jake Thomas, Kyle
Walden); 5. 1:41.9 Lafayette Central Catholic; 6. 1:42.0 Western Boone;
7. 1:48.2 Southmont (Austin Burton, Joel Himes, Jacob Roberts, Cole
Wills); 8. 1:50.2 Lebanon; 9. 1:50.6 Carroll; 10. 1:52.7 Horizon
Christian.

400 relay: :45.1 Lafayette Central Catholic; 2.
:45.6 Crawfordsville (Craig Fairley, Trace Cotten, Ronnie Myers, Jordan
Boykin); 3. :45.8 Frankfort; 4. :46.1 Western Boone; 5. :46.7 Southmont
(Himes, Huckstep, Patrick Posthauer, Ronnie Posthauer); 6. :47.3 Benton
Central; 8. :52.8 Carroll.

3,200 relay: 8:50.0 Frankfort; 2.
8:55.0 Benton Central; 3. 9:01.0 Crawfordsville (John Lawson, Antonio
Bonilla, Tony Sturm, Myers); 4. 9:16.0 Western Boone; 5. 9:26.0
Lafayette Central Catholic; 6. 9:34.0 Carroll; 7. 9:41.0 Lebanon; 8.
10:03.0 Southmont (Tyler Abraham, Cody Bowman, Ethan Miller, Andrew
Maynor); 9. 10:51.0 Horizon Christian.

9th-grade 800 relay:
1:43.2 Western Boone; 2. 1:49.3 Southmont (Kyle Burger, Burton, Cory
Hesler, Mitch Record); 3. 1:51.0 Frankfort; 4. 1:52.8 Lafayette Central
Catholic; 5. 1:57.6 Lebanon; 6. 2:06.0 Horizon Christian.

800
relay: 1:35.4 Crawfordsville (Craig Fairley, Trace Cotten, Jim Shelton,
Jordan Boykin); 2. 1:35.4 Benton Central; 3. 1:36.8 Southmont (Himes,
P. Posthauer, R. Posthauer, Roberts); 4. 1:38.5 Western Boone; 5.
1:39.0 North Montgomery (Riddell, Walden, Birdsong, Ryker); 6. 1:40.7
Lafayette Central Catholic; 7. 1:42.5 Frankfort; 8. 1:52.9 Carroll; 9.
2:00.6 Horizon Christian.

1,600 relay: 3:34.3 Crawfordsville
(James Miller, Ronnie Myers, Dustin McCloud, Jordan Boykin); 2. 3:39.8
Frankfort; 3. 3:41.9 Southmont (P. Posthauer, R. Posthauer, Roberts,
Utterback); 4. 3:48.5 Carroll; 5. 3:48.8 Benton Central; 6. 3:49.1
Lafayette Central Catholic; 7. 3:54.9 Western Boone; 8. 3:58.0 North
Montgomery (O’Neal, Leal, Ryker, Oliver); 9. 4:12.3 Horizon Christian;
10. 4:19.1 Lebanon.

Distance medley relay: 8:17.6 Frankfort;
2. 8:30.7 Benton Central; 3. 8:41.0 Carroll; 4. Lafayette Central
Catholic; 5. Western Boone; 6. Lebanon; 7. Southmont (Burger, Hesler,
Tyler Johnson, Overpeck); 8. North Montgomery (O’Neal, Jordan Galloway,
Josh Leal, Reece Oliver); 9. Horizon Christian; 10. Crawfordsville
(Myers, Brown, Victor Reyes, Sturm).

Co-ed freight train
relay: :54.6 North Montgomery (Clay Birdsong, Cody Stephens, Marie
Long, Cara McCauley); 2. :54.9 Benton Central; 3. :57.48 Western Boone;
4. :59.3 Lafayette Central Catholic; 5. :59.8 Carroll; 6. 1:00.0
Southmont (Brooke Miller, Brooke Nace, Jesse Martin, David Smith); 7.
1:03.0 Frankfort; 8. 1:06.1Horizon Christian.

HJ: 12-4 Central
Catholic; 2. 12-0 Southmont (Jonathan Christensen and Ronnie
Posthauer); 3. 11-6 Crawfordsville (Jordan Boykin and James Miller); 4.
11-6 Frankfort; 5. 11-2 Benton Central; 6. 10-6 Western Boone; 7. 5-6
North Montgomery (Matt Ryker); 8. 5-2 Lebanon.

LJ: 37-4¾ North
Montgomery (Ricky Langford and Jake Thomas); 2. 37-1¼ Lafayette Central
Catholic; 3. 36-8½ Benton Central; 4. 36-7¾ Frankfort; 5. 35-4¾ Horizon
Christian.

Pole vault: 19-0 North Montgomery (Zach Minchin and
Matt Riddell); 2. 18-6 Southmont (Austin Burton and Kyle Utterback); 3.
16-6 Carroll; 4. 15-0 Frankfort; 5. 8-6 Benton Central; 6. 6-0 Western
Boone.

Shot put: 83-½ Benton Central; 2. 81-10½ Lafayette
Central Catholic; 3. 79-1 Frankfort; 4. 74-5 Lebanon; 5. 70-2 North
Montgomery (Kyle Walden and Clay Birdsong); 6. 69-2½ Crawfordsville
(Dustin Watkins and Tyler Hudson); 7. 68-0 Southmont (David Smith and
Matt Overpeck); 8. 66-4½ Western Boone; 9. 59-9 Carroll; 10. 58-8½
Horizon Christian.

Discus: 222-11 Frankfort; 2. 213-9
Lafayette Central Catholic; 3. 211-3 Benton Central; 4. 197-3
Crawfordsville (Mark Menard and Roberto Cortez); 5. 186-9 Western
Boone; 6. 179-11 North Montgomery (Cody Stephens and Walden); 7. 171-5
Carroll; 8. 164-5 Southmont (Kyle McCormick and Overpeck); 9. 148-7
Horizon Christian; 10. 98-9 Lebanon.

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LINDEN
– Montgomery County track coaches were pleased with two things at
Friday night’s Charger Relays – strong efforts and picture-perfect
weather.

The field of 10 teams had ideal conditions to perform
in and several county athletes took advantage of the weather to record
personal bests.

Southmont won five overall events, with all five
coming on the girls side. Crawfordsville won three – all in the boys
meet – and North Montgomery won three, including the co-ed freight
train relay.

Southmont coach Marvin Walters watched his girls team rebound from an ominous start.

The
Mounties had to overcome some early adversity when they lost freshman
Kara Price to a foot injury in her first pole vault attempt of the
evening.

The injury forced Walters to re-arrange his personnel in some of the events.

“We
had to quickly shuffle our athletes after Kara was injured,” Walters
said. “But we had kids step up and do extremely well. Megan Arnold
jumped into two of Kara’s events and we still won them.”

Arnold also ran on Southmont’s winning sprint medley relay (1:55.1), along with Creasy Clauser, Shelby Harris and Allie Norris.

Besides
that relay, the Mounties took the 1,600 (Clauser, Harris, Kylie
Lippencott and Norris, 4:20.7) and the distance medley (Shelby Davis,
Dusty Lawton, Lippencott and Clauser, 10:00.5).

Kyra Burton and Morgan Fouty teamed together to win the high jump competition (9-feet).

Crawfordsville coach Brian Miller said although his girls team has only 11 members, he cannot fault their effort.

“I told the girls I was extremely proud of their effort tonight,” Miller said. “The girls just need numbers.”

But Crawfordsville’s boys had enough numbers to have the most success among their county counterparts.

One Athenian who had a tremendous meet was senior Jordan Boykin.

Boykin was a part of three champion relay teams.

He was a member of the winning 400-meter relay, 800-meter relay and the shuttle hurdle teams.

He
ran on the 800 relay team with Craig Fairley, Trace Cotten and Jim
Shelton and on the 1,600 relay with James Miller, Ronnie Myers and
Dustin McCloud.

Boykin said he enjoys big relay events like the Charger Relays and his school’s Athenian Relays.

“I
like running in big meets like this one,” he said. “You get to see good
competition and it also gives you an idea of some of the other teams
you will see down the road.”

North Montgomery’s boys teams won
two field events – with Ricky Langford and Jake Thomas teaming up to
win the long jump (37-4¾) and Zach Minchin and Matt Riddell taking the
pole vault (19-0).

Just as impressive, the Chargers earned the
co-ed freight train title with Clay Birdsong, Cody Stephens, Marie Long
and Cara McCauley finishing in 54.6 seconds.

“We had several
kids turn in personal bests,” North Montgomery coach Ed Stuffle said.
“We are seeing improvement in our kids and after tonight we are really
pleased with our team.