Heights girls finish as team runner-up, Guerin Catholic boys place third

HH’s Woolever wins high jump, GC sets two records

Hamilton Heights and Guerin Catholic both had strong finishes at the Small School portion of the Hoosier State Relays on Saturday, March 28 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.

The Huskies girls earned team runner-up honors, scoring 69 points. Bishop Chatard won the meet with 97 points.

Waverly Woolever picked up a win in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 6 inches. Woolever also participated in the runner-up 4×400 relay, teaming with Norah Reiger, Gracie Bortone and Reagan Van Kirk.

All four of Heights’ relays finished in the top seven, with the 4×800 relay placing third, the distance medley relay taking fourth and the 4×200 relay finishing in seventh. The Huskies also landed three runners in the top six of the 3200 run; Lillian Higgins led the way by taking third.

Guerin Catholic’s girls finished tied for ninth with 18 points. Amelia Smith led a 1-2 result in the pole vault; she dominated that event by setting a new record of 13 feet, 0.25 inches. Zoe Travelsted placed second by clearing 10 feet, 9 inches.

Another Smith record

Seffrin Smith was a double winner for the Golden Eagles boys team. He set a new record in the 60 hurdles with a victorious time of 8.03 seconds. Later, Smith joined Nolan Ratcliff, Isaac Justin and James Moody to win the 4×200 relay. The relay squad finished in 1 minute, 30.54 seconds.

Guerin Catholic tied for third as a team, scoring 36 points. Bishop Chatard won the meet with 59 points.

Hamilton Heights’ Will Duncan finished second in the shot put, accounting for all eight of the Huskies’ team points. Heights tied for 21^st as a team.

Guerin Catholic’s Zoe Travelsted finished second in the girls pole vault. (Julie Brown)

Hamilton Heights’ Waverly Woolever won the high jump. (Julie Brown)

The Golden Eagles’ Seffrin Smith won the 60 hurdles event in a new record time of 8.03 seconds. (Julie Brown)

GIRLS MEET

60 hurdles – Prelims: Reagan Burt (Guerin Catholic) 10.38, 23. Emma Parker (GC) 10.56.

60 dash – Prelims: 6. Norah Reiger (Hamilton Heights) 8.03.

3200 run: 3. Lillian Higgins (HH) 10:41.41, 4. Allie Bushey (HH) 10:52.60, 6. Matilda Higgins (HH) 10:59.33, 20. Taylor Tragesser (GC) 12:46.42.

4×800 relay: 3. Heights (L. Higgins, M. Higgins, Bushey, Anna Monnin) 9:46.69, 14. Guerin Catholic (Emme Horvath, Tragesser, Kara Van Woerkom, Jillian Tichenor) 10:28.79.

4×200 relay: 7. Heights (Gracie Bortone, Reagan Van Kirk, Reiger, Brooke Cox) 1:48.42.

4×400 relay: 2. Heights (Reiger, Bortone, Van Kirk, Waverly Woolever) 4:02.02.

Distance medley relay: 4. Heights (L. Higgins, M. Higgins, Bushey, Monnin) 12:47.53, 11. Guerin Catholic (Tichenor, Bailey Grider, Keira Hines, Tragesser) 13:36.18.

Pole vault: 1. Amelia Smith (GC) 13-0.25, new meet record, 2. Zoe Travelsted (GC) 10-9.

High jump: 1. Woolever (HH) 5-6.

Long jump: 14. Alexandria Parker (GC) 16-0.

BOYS MEET

60 hurdles – Finals: 1. Seffrin Smith (GC) 8.03, new meet record.

60 dash – Prelims: T13. Nolan Ratcliff (GC) 7.19, 17. Isaac Justin (GC) 7.25.

3200 run: 12. Isaiah Heuer (HH) 9:43.13.

4×800 relay: 16. Heights (Nick Bragg, Tommy Girolamo, Heuer, Charles Wedmore) 8:36.15, 17. Guerin Catholic (Austin Rankin, Hunter Kinzle-Gorman, Brady Linn, Cole Eckstein) 8:41.53.

4×200 relay: 1. Guerin Catholic (Smith, Nolan Ratcliff, Justin, James Moody) 1:30.54, 16. Heights (Andenet Wolfgang, Jacoby Woolever, Hudson Holt, Rowan Donald) 1:35.45.

4×400 relay: 7. Guerin Catholic (Trevor Macey, Ratcliff, Aidan Horn, Isaiah Lewis) 3:31.60.

Distance medley relay: 19. Heights (Bragg, Holt, Heuer, Girolamo) 11:18.32, 23. Guerin Catholic (Rankin, Grant Bauman, Andrew Cantos, Eckstein) 11:34.23.

High jump: 7. Smith (GC) 6-4.

Long jump: 18. Woolever (HH) 19-5.25.

Shot put: 2. Will Duncan (HH) 59-0.25.