Marietta's Ezra Minard, Williamstown's Julian Johnson and Parkersburg South's Josh Gill placed third through fifth, respectively, in the 3,200 meters at the Russ Parsons Invitational on Saturday at Stadium Field. Ta. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
PARKERSBURG — The Williamstown girls team won the Russ Parsons Invitational here at Stadium Field on Saturday with a match record from Alyssa Sauro at 3,200, while the Parkersburg boys team won the meet from Big Red Daysha. -Hastings and Parkersburg South's Jordan Foster earned high points to top the team standings. – Points of honor.
PHS boys head coach Rod O'Donnell's program was runner-up in the first five meets, but the Red-White scored 173.83 points, including PSHS (123 points), Marietta (115.83 points) and Williamstown (113 points). ) came out on top.
Big Red Landen Dury won the double by defeating teammate Jackson Wharton in both the 200 meters (23.17-23.49) and 400 meters (50.43-51.47).
The host team won the high jump with Connor Gribble clearing 5-10, and Big Red's Jake Baumann took second place in both the shot put and discus. Williamstown's Aiden Corbett won the shot put (50-0, 45.8), and fellow Yellow Jacket Lewis Goodnow won the discus (132-7.5, 130-2).
“It was a good field and we did well.” Coach O'Donnell acknowledged Connor George (9:49.10) in the 3200m, Jacob Bohorn in the 300H (43.47 seconds), and Connor Petty's victory in the 4×4 to close out the meet. . (2nd, 100, 11.87), Christian Rutherford, Wharton and anchor Dury won in 3:31.35. “I had a good day.
Marietta's Charles Putnam defeated Parkersburg's Connor George in a time of 9:39.83 to 9:49.10 to win the 3,200 meters at the Russ Parsons Invitational on Saturday at Stadium Field. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
“We had a lot of season bests today. This is a good game for the track. It started at noon and finished at 4:30. That's a crowd-friendly time. The good thing about this time was the choir's outing. We had 10 players out during that time, a couple of injuries and other things, but they still stepped up and did a good job.”
PHS girls head coach Leah Freak also gave credit to her team's efforts, as the team scored 155 points, second only to WHS (184 points), but ahead of the Patriots (105 points) and Tigers (96 points). I was satisfied with the second.
Hastings not only won first place in the 100 hurdles (15.77 points) and 300 hurdles (48.00 points), but also took second place in the 200 hurdles (27.70 points) and high jump (4-10 points), giving him the highest score total of 36 points. obtained.
Alyssa Barker cleared 9-7 to give the Big Reds the win in the pole vault. The Big Reds' 4×8 team also took first place with a time of 11:05.46, led by Ellie Hines, Lucy Cartwright, Olivia Carpenter, and Makayla House.
“We were just trying different things with her.” Coach Freak said of Hastings, who beat teammate Nedya Cremeans (17.44) in the 100 hurdles. “We were talking about how high the bar was and she was like, 'I think I can do it,' and decided this was the competition where she could do it. And she did a really great job.” He did it for me.
At Saturday's Russ Parsons Invitational, Williamstown's Regan Corbett placed second in the discus to Eastern's Emma Hayes (123-8 to 113-8) and also tied her Yellow Jackets teammate in the shot put. finished second behind Kindra Johnson (37-5 vs. 36-5). . (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
“She's so excited and I'm so proud of her. We have a lot of players out today due to choir trips and injuries, and a few are out of town. So the girls stepped up and filled the roles that were asked of them. They had to do some things a little different than usual, but they did a great job. .”
Williamstown head coach Zach Hall was all smiles after another strong game for the Jackets.
Shelby Smith ran anchor in the 100 (13.04), 200 (26.43), 400 (58.51) and first place 4×1 passing in 52.76 with help from Addison Richardson and Izzy Zaid Thanks to you, I got 32.5 points. Audrey Lefebure.
Yellow Jacket's Eva Reitfritz showed enough strength to hold off Trinity's Jenna Barnett (2:28.63-2:28.72) in the 800 meters. Barnett also placed second in the 1,600 meters (5:08.63-5:27.58) behind Saul, who lapped him. She ran a time of 10:16.44 in the 3200, which surpassed the old record of 10:47.92 set by collegiate Amelia Palladino in 2012.
The WHS girls team also had a one-two finish in the shot put (37-5, 36-5) thanks to Kindra Johnson and Regan Corbett. Corbett finished second in the discus with a record of 113 wins and 8 losses, falling 10 feet short. Eastern Champion Emma Hayes;
Williamstown's Shelby Smith finished in the 100 meters over Parkersburg South's Mia Balwa and Marietta's Sadie Gray at the Russ Parsons Invitational on Saturday, securing wins in the 200 and 400 meters as well. (Photo courtesy of Jay W. Bennett)
“We are moving in the right direction.” Coach Hall said. “Staying healthy is the most important thing. It was a small gathering. Nice day. Nice weather. Short and sweet.”
Hall said Saul's 3,200-meter time was “about five seconds better than his personal PR.” She was right there, but there was no one around her. She's on a different level, but she definitely takes the time to train.
“People don't see her effort, but she's there for a reason. So is Shelby, and so is the women's pitching staff.”
Second place finishes for Kathy Cytos (11:47.71) in the 3,200 and Grace Boone (8-6) in the pole vault contributed to the Jackets' victory.
Hall's program also moved to first place in 4×4 with a time of 4 minutes 27 seconds, thanks to Wrightfritz, Seitz, Lexi Wynn and anchor Saul.
Aiden Corbett of Williamstown won the shot put with a height of 50 feet at the Russ Parsons Invitational on Saturday. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
Foster placed first in the 110 hurdles (15.90 points) and 300 hurdles (42.68 points), placed second in the high jump (5-4) and finished with a 30.5 point after running the leg in the shuttle for first place. did it. (59.73) Team with Tobi Adebulu, Landon Meredith and Triston Walker.
The Patriot boys also watched as Meredith won the 100 meters with a time of 11.72 seconds. South's Byron Diaz cleared 12 feet, but Marietta's Kaden Gepchik hit the mark first and won the pole vault title.
Last year's Class AAA state high jump champion Mya Baruwa (Parkersburg South) finished second to Smith in the 100 meters with a time of 13.17 seconds, clearing 5 feet, 2 inches to win the race.
The PSHS girls team took first place in the shuttle with a time of 1:09.67 thanks to the quartet of Jaclyn Welch, Kaimani Prince, Presley Scott and Addison White.
1st place in 4×2 (1:51.05) with Scott, Prince and Barwa. Prince also scored 10 points in the long jump with a jump of 16 feet, 7 inches, and his best teammate, Mya Johnson, was runner-up with a record of 15 wins and 11.5 seconds.
Other runners-up were White in the 300 hurdles (49.59) and Marietta's Izzy Becker in the 400 hurdles (1:03.57).
The Marietta boys won gold medals from Ezra Minard in the 800 meters (2:00.95) and Charles Putnam in the 3200 meters (9:39.83). Putnam was second behind Minard, and his younger brother Ian Putnam was second behind Jackett Frank Connor in the 1,600 meters (4:26.83-4:27.70).
MHS, where Carson Chavez took second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 16.37 seconds, also won in the 4×2 thanks to Gepchik, Thomas Smith, Cameron Davis and Reed Sloter finishing in 1:37.47. He achieved victory.
Trinity's Chase Livengood won the long jump with a jump of 20 feet, 5 inches. Will Seitz of Williamstown was second (18-7.5).
The WHS boys team also won 4×1 (Cooper Billingsley, Seitz, Jackson Carr, Carson Brundidge, 46.48) and 4×8 (Will Coyner, Connor, Julian Johnson, Chase Pickering, 9 minutes). He won with a time of 26.07 seconds and earned 20 points.
Contact Jay Bennett at jbennett@newsandsentinel.com.
