EVANSVILLE — The IHSAA track & field state tournament is right around the corner. But first, it’s conference season.
Castle defended its Southern Indiana Athletic Conference title with a tense victory over Jasper in the girls championship on Tuesday, May 13 at Central High School. The Knights only won two individual events (Elsie Krodel in pole vault and Megan Cleveland in shot put) but was the runner-up in seven others.
The Wildcats were originally announced as the team champion, but a scoring error was found in the 400-meter race. It resulted in the following margin: Castle 128, Jasper 125. The Knights would have lost by two points had the error not be corrected.
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The star of the evening was De’Janay Layne of North. The junior speedster was the SIAC champion in the 100-meter dash (12.01 seconds) and 200-meter dash (24.98). The former was a new meet record after the previous mark stood since 1981. Monica Lorey of Jasper was the other individual double winner with victories in the 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter run.
Gibson Southern won the Pocket Athletic Conference by a slim 85-83 margin over Tell City at Princeton High School. The Titans were victors in three individual events: Paige Schnaus in the high jump, Emma Fuhs in the 300-meter hurdles and Ashlyn Hopf in the discus.
Ava Kelley of Boonville (100 and 200), Maddie Graber of Southridge (1,600 and 3,200) and Riley Hinson of Forest Park (400 and pole vault) were the individual double winners. Kelley set a new PAC meet record with a victory in the 100 at 12.28 seconds.
Below are the team results and top three finishers in each event:
SIAC girls track & field championship
Team: Castle 128, Jasper 125, North 111, Mater Dei 68, Reitz 52.5, Memorial 47, Harrison 40, Central 30, Vincennes Lincoln 14.5, Bosse 8
100: De’Janay Layne (North) 12.01; Bella Cunningham (Castle) 12.64; Jordan Payne (Bosse) 12.77
200: De’Janay Layne (North) 24.98; Jalyn Zaccardelli (Castle) 26.62; Audrey Holt (Memorial) 27.14
400: Morgan Wannemuehler (Mater Dei) 59.56; Brayel Gilbert (Central) 1:01.20; Kate Werner (Jasper) 1:01.95
800: Ruth Dickason (Mater Dei) 2:23.31; Carter Seibert (North) 2:30.76; Ellie Leonard (Jasper) 2:33.08
1,600: Monica Lorey (Jasper) 5:27.89; Carter Seibert (North) 5:37.21; Isabel Land (Castle) 5:40.39
3,200: Monica Lorey (Jasper) 15:03.98; Molly Yunker (Castle) 15:15.04; Claire Stearns (Memorial) 15:26.06
100 hurdles: Alishia Darrett (North) 15.30; Madelyn Knies (Jasper) 16.00; Alyssa Beyer (Reitz) 16.38
300 hurdles: Madelyn Knies (Jasper) 46.45; Alishia Darrett (North) 47.98; SeaBrooklyn McGuire (Memorial) 49.96
4×100 relay: Harrison (Calhoun, Holman, Black, Granderson) 49.68; Castle 50.11; Mater Dei 51.51
4×400 relay: Jasper (Werner, Kluesner, Leonard, Knies) 4:08.40; North 4:09.42; Mater Dei 4:11.32
4×800 relay: Jasper (Fest, Leonard, Werner, Isaacs) 10:12.41; North 10:16.08; Reitz 10:32.73
High jump: Leah Heldman (Mater Dei) 5-4; Claire Townsend (North) 5-4; Jalyn Zaccardelli (Castle) 5-0
Pole vault: Elsie Krodel (Castle) 10-9; Molly Kramer (Jasper) 10-6; Katherine Woebkenberg (Jasper) 10-0
Long jump: Azaria Small (Central) 16-8.5; Katy Beer (Castle) 16-6.75; Audrey Holt (Memorial) 16-0.25
Shot put: Megan Cleveland (Castle) 37-7; Hilary Cleveland (Castle) 36-1; Samantha Husle (Jasper) 33-7
Discus: Anna Bullington (Harrison) 103-9; Hilary Cleveland (Castle) 98-3; Madeline Bedel (North) 96-3.5
PAC girls track & field championship
Team: Gibson Southern 85, Tell City 83, Boonville 68, Forest Park 68, Princeton 62, Southridge 58, Heritage Hills 48, Washington 40, Pike Central 37, Tecumseh 28.5, Mount Vernon 24, North Posey 22.5
100: Ava Kelley (Boonville) 12.28; Cambree DuPont (Tell City) 13.27; Nya Dame (Princeton) 13.41
200: Ava Kelley (Boonville) 25.95; Cambree DuPont (Tell City) 27.13; Kynlee Reeves (Gibson Southern) 27.52
400: Riley Hinson (Forest Park) 1:00.45; Adara Rainey (Washington) 1:00.79; Claire Walden (Princeton) 1:02.19
800: Mallory Watt (Princeton) 2:21.32; Emma Aldridge (Heritage Hills) 2:30.23; Eve Vinson (Heritage Hills) 2:34.49
1,600: Maddie Graber (Southridge) 5:09.78; Xavery Weisman (Pike Central) 5:12.94; Lexi Lain (Tell City) 5:36.31
3,200: Maddie Graber (Southridge) 11:38.20; Xavery Weisman (Pike Central) 11:47.27; Lexi Lain (Tell City) 12:22.16
100 hurdles: Whitney Shoup (Boonville) 18.00; Mya Hudson (Pike Central) 18.01; Emma Fuhs (Gibson Southern) 18.02
300 hurdles: Emma Fuhs (Gibson Southern) 48.65; Kynlee Reeves (Gibson Southern) 50.00; Mackenzie Mills (North Posey) 50.24
4×100 relay: Boonville (Borgman, Shoup, Kelly, Kelley) 50.60; Tell City 51.65; Princeton 51.83
4×400 relay: Washington (Gomez-Moreno, Nalin, Owens, Rainey) 4:16.83; Forest Park 4:17.71; Princeton 4:19.73
4×800 relay: Pike Central (McCutchan, Weathers, Warner, Weisman) 10:04.36; Heritage Hills 10:07.70; Tell City 10:24.12
High jump: Paige Schnaus (Gibson Southern) 5-1; Kynlee Reeves (Gibson Southern) 5-1; Ava Kissel (Tecumseh) 5-0; Avery Little (Tell City) 5-0
Pole vault: Riley Hinson (Forest Park) 10-0; Kapri Granger (Washington) 9-6; Emerson Cox (Heritage Hills) 9-0
Long jump: Ava Kissel (Tecumseh) 17-9; Ava Kelley (Boonville) 17-4; Kassidy Kelly (Boonville) 17-3
Shot put: Angelica Sierra (Southridge) 38-0.75; Ashlyn Hopf (Gibson Southern) 32-1.5; Aubriana Simmons (Princeton) 31-9.75
Discus: Ashlyn Hopf (Gibson Southern) 105-4; Hazel Melton (Tecumseh) 103-0; Lanie Chestnut (Tell City) 101-3.5
This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Who were the top finishers in the SIAC and PAC girls track & field championships Tuesday?
Reporting by Kyle Sokeland, Evansville Courier & Press / Evansville Courier & Press
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