Huskies run strong at Tipton Invitational

Hamilton Heights competed at the Tipton Invitational on Friday.
The Huskies girls finished a strong second, scoring 172 points to first-place McCutcheon’s 220. Heights won eight events, including double victories for Maria Mitchell in the 1600 and 3200 runs and Kelsey Smith in the 400 dash and high jump. Other winners were Abby Christiansen in the 800 run, Markaela Pugh in the 200 dash, and the Huskies’ 4×800 and 4×400 relays.
Heights’ boys placed third with 96.5 points. The Huskies had three second-place finishes: Jake Brinker in the 300 hurdles, Tad Defoe in the long jump and Alex Naylor in the discus.

BOYS MEET
Team scores: McCutcheon 170, Maconaquah 130.5, Hamilton Heights 96.5, Winchester 75, Mishawaka Marian 54, Tipton 47, Lapel 40.
4×800 relay: 5. Heights 9:17.87.
110 hurdles – Finals: 3. Jake Brinker 17.60, 8. Troy Beland 19.04.
100 dash – Finals: 3. Nate Josza 11.57. Preliminaries: 10. Lukas Knepper 12.45, 16. Chandler Thomas 13.00.
1600 run: 8. Clayton Forrer 5:17.33, 11. Drew Monnin 5:22.68.
4×100 relay: 3. Heights 46.77.
400 dash: 6. Luke Vanderwall 56.13, 11. Drew Tomaszewski 59.12.
300 hurdles: 2. Brinker 45.81, 14. Charlie Reiger 53.00.
800 run: 5. Preston Miller 2:14.73, 13. Monnin 2:33.62.
200 dash – Finals: Tad Defoe 24.25. Preliminaries: 9. Nate Josza 25.39, 11. DeShawn King 25.74.
3200 run: 3. Mitchell Walbolt 10:48.53, 6. Josh Russell 11:14.64, 10. Forrer 11:46.68.
4×400 relay: 4. Heights 3:49.91.
Pole vault: 5. Bayden Lutz 11-0, T6. Tyler McQuinn 10-0, 8. Andy Lineman 9-6.
Long jump: 2. Defoe 18-5.5.
Discus: 2. Alex Naylor 130-8, 7. Randall Hubbell 109-0, 11. Ethan Knoll 101-10.
Shot put: 3. Naylor 42-8.5, 9. Knoll 35-10.5, 18. Trevor Cunningham 29-10.5.

GIRLS MEET
Team scores: McCutcheon 220, Hamilton Heights 172.5, Maconaquah 93, Winchester 48, Tipton 47.5, Lapel 25.
4×800 relay: 1. Heights 10:12.20.
100 hurdles – Finals: 3. Bailey Haworth 17.72, 4. Veronica Meredith 18.37, 8. Katie Smith 20.36.
100 dash – Finals: 2. Markaela Pugh 13.50, 3. Victoria Lopez 13.68, 7. Jenna Peterson 14.20.
1600 run: 1. Maria Mitchell 5:28.47, 4. Chloe Henderson 5:54.82.
4×100 relay: 2. Heights 52.99.
400 dash: 1. Kelsey Smith 1:02.76, 7. Morgan Guthrie 1:07.56, 11. Erin Hanlon 1:10.35.
300 hurdles: 4. Meredith 55.27, 5. Haworth 55.31, 9. Kylie Kaiser 1:00.53.
800 run: 1. Abby Christiansen 2:34.49, 3. Abby Roth 2:35.37, 7. Alex Lopez 2:43.48.
200 dash – Finals: 1. Pugh 27.57, 3. V. Lopez 28.13, 7. Samera Henson 29.74.
3200 run: 1. Mitchell 11:58.43, 4. Henderson 13:22.50, 8. Maddie Dotlich 13:52.85.
4×400 relay: 1. Heights 4:17.68.
High jump: 1. Ke. Smith 5-2.
Pole vault: 8. Brianna Spencer 7-0.
Long jump: 8. Hanlon 12-8.75, 10. Henson 12-6.5.
Discus: 6. Hannah Tinch 79-11, 7. Emily Bonebrake 74-8.
Shot put: 4. Taylor Mason 33-5.5, 5. Kami Speicher 32-4.75, 6. Lauryn Wiley 31-3.75.