Sometimes, the race isn’t always for first.
A number of the top seeds are well ahead of the field and will stay so should they perform as expected, which leaves the fight to watch the ones for second and third at the Bloomington South girls track regional on Tuesday, May 26.
Action starts with field events at 6 p.m, followed by the 4×800 and prelims as South looks to repeat as team champ.
Only the top three and those who meet the state standard advance to the IHSAA state finals in Indianapolis and a few battles look to be fierce based on sectional results.
Seemingly well ahead of the fields are Bloomington South’s Ellie Barada in the 800 (5 seconds) and 1,600 (seven), Jasmine Martoglio in the 3,200 (34 seconds) and Adriene Shaevitz in the 100 hurdles (.58) and all three of the Panthers relays.
In the 800, South’s Lexi Kollbaum, Martinsville’s Laura Barco and North’s Hayden McGuire all finished within two seconds of each other. Behind Martoglio in the 3,200 are seven who clocked in between 11:12 and under 11:42 last week, a group that includes North’s Penny Eads and Eastern Greene’s Esther Crane.
The top two in the 300 hurdles. including Shaevitz, are the only ones under 47, but the next four, a group that includes North’s Sophia Winkle, Edgewood’s Kelsey Davis and South’s Claire Hill, are separated by just 1.07 seconds. With call-backs, Winkle is in three individual events.
In the 100, South’s Helena Cutshall (12.59) is a third seed with the next two within .17 while Violet Hall is the No. 2 seed in the 200 by just .01. Cutshall (16-10½) is also a fourth seed in the long jump, where the top three broke 17 feet last week.
In the pole vault, six reached 9-0 last week, just two go over 10-0. North’s Delilah Kilbride (8-6) hopes she can return to the 10-0 mark she reached earlier this year. And in shot put, North’s Ashley Greer is one of seven between 34-0 and 36-4 last week seeded behind Edgewood’s Macey Crider, who has hit 40-footers several times this year.
In the 4×100 relay, fourth-place Edgewood’s sectional time (school record 50.00) is just .35 behind Columbus North. In the 4×400 relay, Bloomington North’s third place time (4:10.46) is just .4 ahead of Southwestern (Hanover).
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH REGIONAL SEEDS
Top seeds and area competitors (state standard in parenthesis).
100 (12.23): 1. Madison Mattingly, Charlstwn 12.12; 2. Tessa Renfrow, Madison 12.26; 3. Helena Cutshall, BSouth 12.59; 4. Miley Scudder, NDecatur 12.60; 5. Macey Crider, Edgwd 12.76; 6. Alaina Bunnell, BSouth 12.82; 10. Jossilyn Draughn, BNorth 13.26; 12. Lily Mishler, BNL 13.38.
200 (25.20): 1. Renfrow, Madison 25.53; 2. Violet Hall, BSouth 25.54; 3. Lola Rondo, Jeff 26.27; 4. Raegan Cook, SlvCrk 26.42; 5. Maggie Stivers, Madison 26.43; 10. Edith Long, BSouth 26.91; 11. Draughn, BNorth 27.04.
400 (57.39): 1. Lucah Feagans, BNorth 59.95; 2. Shayle Killion, Linton 1:00.13; 3. Miley McClellan, ColumbusN 1:00.60; 4. Yaneliz Reed, Jeff 1:01.73; 5. Long, BSouth 1:02.07; 6. Mishler, BNL 1:02.45; 8. Natalia Buitrago, BSouth 1:03.43; 9. Avery Rayl, Edgwd 1:03.44; 11. Juniper Crane, EG 1:03.77; 12. Kaitlyn Spurgeon, Mart 1:03.79.
800 (2:13.68): 1. Ellie Barada, BSouth 2:11.87; 2. Lexi Kollbaum, BSouth 2:16.88; 3. Laura Barco, Mart 2:17.88; 4. Hayden McGuire, BNorth 2:18.29; 5. Tristan Works, ColumbusN 2:22.84; 6. Ellie Vagedes, Edgwd 2:23.19; 7. Paige Voigtschild, BNL 2:25.66; 8. Tori Bilohlavek, BNorth 2:27.43.
1,600 (4:57.56): 1. Barada, BSouth 4:43.73; 2. Kollbaum, BSouth 4:50.01; 3. Barco, Mart 4:59.55; 4. Emma Lowther, ColumbusN 5:15.39; 5. Lila Childers, BNorth 5:20.12; 6. Payton Lukowski, OV 5:23.67; 11. Ryleigh Burnett, Edgwd 5:39.98.
3,200 (10:45.74): 1. Jasmine Martoglio, BSouth 10:38.71; 2. Addistyn Long, JengsCo 11:12.78; 3. Hannah Crain, Edgwd 11:14.78; 4. Adira Sluder, ColumbusN 11:21.44; 5. Penny Eads, BNorth 11:30.14; 8. Esther Crane, EG 11:41.80; 14. Avi Grile, Edgwd 12:11.41; 15. Ashlynn York, BNL 12:44.61.
100 hurdles (14.87): 1. Adriene Shaevitz, BSouth 14.05; 2. Emerson Chambers, ColumbusN 14.63; 3. Lily Miller, ColumbusN 14.75; 4. Claire Hill, BSouth 15.18; 5. Sophia Winkle, BNorth 15.42; 8. Marissa Blais, Mitchell 16.14
300 hurdles (45.07): 1. Miller, ColumbusN 46.02; 2. Shaevitz, BSouth 46.46; 3. Hill, BSouth 47.28; 4. Kelsey Davis, Edgwd 47.82; 5. Winkle, BNorth 48.08; 8. Blais, Mitchell 48.98; 14. Haylee Dille, Orleans 50.48.
4×100 relay (48.05): 1. Bloomington South 48.38; 2. Madison 49.01; 3. Columbus North 49.65; 4. Edgewood 50.00; 5. Charlestown 51.13; 7. Bloomington North 51.88; 9. Owen Valley 52.56.
4×400 relay (3:57.56): 1. Bloomington South 3:59.09; 2. Columbus North 4:09.89; 3. Bloomington North 4:10.46; 4. Southwestern (Hanover) 4:10.86; 5. Owen Valley 4:13.12; 9. Bedford North Lawrence 4:23.67; 13. Martinsville 4:26.34.
4×800 relay (9:20.45): 1. Bloomington South 9:21.27; 2. Bloomington North 9:53.46; 3. Columbus North 9:58.35; 4. Southwestern (Hanover) 10:11.10; 5. Eastern Greene 10:22.02; 11. Edgewood 11:01.13; 15. Bedford North Lawrence 11:33.28; 16. Mitchell 11:48.43.
High jump (5-5): 1. Reese Robertson, BSouth 5-4; T2. Alahna Beinkemper, Lawrencebrg 5-3; Emma Haston, ColumbusN 5-3; 4. Anna Black, Madison 5-2; T5. Kena Maddox, EG 5-1; Kate Coombs, Charlstwn 5-1; Ilene Hifo, JengsCo 5-1; T8. Chloe Gautier, BSouth 5-0; T15. Zoe Shelton, BNL 4-8.
Long jump (18-0): 1. Madison Mattingly, Charlstwn 17-11; 2. Emmy Saliba, SprgVly 17-6½; 3. Dille, Orleans 17-3¼; 4. Cutshall, BSouth 16-10½; 5. Avery Johnson, ColumbusN 16-5½; 7. Winkle, BNorth 16-2; 10. Langley Hill, Edgwd 15-7¼; 12. Layla Wolff, Mart 15-5¼.
Pole vault (11-3): 1. Anna Black, Madison 10-6; 2. Ella LaRoche, Edgwd 10-0; T3. Lilly Riedel, ClayCity 9-6; Anissah Payne-Eldridge, Scotbrg 9-6; T5. Chelsea Johnson, BSouth 9-0; T7. Delilah Kilbride, BNorth 8-6; T11. Emeleia McLauchlin, BSouth 8-0; Mona Thies, Edgwd 8-0
Shot put (41-6¾): 1. Crider, Edgwd 38-2; 2. Sophia Scott, SlvCreek 36-4; 3. Sydni Schiefer, ColumbusN 35-8½; 4. Addy Preston, SwtzCo 35-8; 5. Beinkemper, Lawrncebrg 35-4½; 6. Ashley Greer, BNorth 34-7½; 7. Kaylynn Kohlhaas, Mitchell 34-5½; 11. Ava Norton, Edgwd 32-3½; 13. Hallie Northcutt, BNorth 31-4½
Discus (130-6): 1. Scott, SlvCrk 131-10; 2. Mikayla Prater, Edgwd 127-8; 3. Gabby Revell, ColumbusN 126-4; 4. Greer, BNorth 117-6; 5. Preston, SwtzCo 109-0; 8. Lillian Waldrep, BSouth 106-10; 10. Lia Dickens, BSouth 105-9; 11. Kohlhaas, Mitchell 105-8; 12. Northcutt, BNorth 105-4; 16. Madalyn Mason, BNL 90-8.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Big races are brewing at Bloomington South girls track regional
Reporting by Jim Gordillo, The Herald-Times / The Herald-Times
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