WEST LAFAYETTE — In 2019, West Lafayette’s Ellie Tate broke an 800-meter sectional record that stood for 23 years.
On Tuesday, May 19 at Betty Bolyard Track, Faith Christian junior Ashley Caplinger obliterated the seven-year-old mark, winning the event at the Harrison Sectional in 2:14.84.
While the moment belonged to Caplinger, the rest of the night belonged to the host Harrison Raiders.
Piloted by eight individual event victories, Harrison ran away from the field, outscoring runner-up West Lafayette 208-117 to win its sixth consecutive sectional championship.
Gia Stokes, Sabrina Willis and Tenley Blankenship all added an individual sectional win to their 400 relay victory, teaming with Chloe Verhey for Harrison’s lone relay blue ribbon.
Caplinger teamed with Jiaya Miao, Kimberly Caplinger and Allison Caplinger to close the meet winning the 1,600 relay and West Lafayette’s Cameron Schweigert also was a double winner, claiming both hurdles races.
All sectional qualifiers advance to the Lafayette Jeff regional this upcoming Tuesday, May 26.
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Harrison Sectional
Team scores: Harrison 208, West Lafayette 117, Benton Central 56.5, North White 54, Faith Christian 45.5, Tri-County 41, Rossville 40, Twin Lakes 21, Carroll 17, Frontier 15, Delphi 7
Regional qualifiers
High jump – 1. Olivia Dahlenburg (North White) 5-5; 2. Makayla Ketterer (Harrison) 5-4; 3. Lela Dreblow (Tri-County) 5-2
Pole vault – 1. Katy Hupy (Harrison) 11-3; 2. Kylee Dunbar (West Lafayette) 11-0; 3. Amy Schminke (West Lafayette) 10-0
Long jump – 1. Gia Stokes (Harrison) 17-0; 2. Olivia Dahlenburg (North White) 16-10 1/4; 3. Sabrina Willis (Harrison) 16-7 3/4
Discus – 1. Autumn Reif (North White) 145-7; 2. Sophia Zarate (Benton Central) 129-6; 3. Eva Stokes (Harrison) 127-3
Shot put – 1. Eva Stokes (Harrison) 42-1; 2. Erin Cauble (Harrison) 42-1; 3. Audrey Alexander (West Lafayette) 40-6
3,200 relay – 1. Harrison (Isabella Burgess, Annika Kupy, Lacie Cooley, Anna Felten) 10:06.02; 2. Benton Central (Maddie Peterson, Maggie Rayman, Harlo Holder, Loralei Rayman) 10:08.68; 3. West Lafayette (Annah Stenberg, Annie Dunford, Alivia Lewis, Sarah Flesher) 10:28.27
100 – 1. Sabrina Willis (Harrison) 12.59; 2. Tenley Blankenship (Harrison) 12.67; 3. Rhianna Billups (Rossville) 13.05
100 hurdles – 1. Cameron Schweigert (West Lafayette) 15.49; 2. Olivia Dahlenburg (North White) 15.86; 3. Meredith Anderson (Harrison) 16.04
200 – 1. Tenley Blankenship (Harrison) 26.21; 2. Maddie Peterson (Benton Central) 26.56; 3. Autumn Reif (North White) 27.07
1,600 – 1. Kaitlyn Manfra (Harrison) 5:10.77; 2. Carla Rodriguez (Harrison) 5:11.23; 3. Kimberly Caplinger (Faith Christian) 5:17.61
400 relay – 1. Harrison (Gia Stokes, Tenley Blankenship, Chloe Verhey, Sabrina Willis) 50.04; 2. West Lafayette (Luna Hallberg, Annah Stenberg, Cameron Schweigert, Jamie Delgado) 51.88; 3. Rossville (Olivia Michael, Cassie Schoon, Marleigh Killebrew, Rhianna Billups) 52.89
400 – 1. Charlotte Simpson (West Lafayette) 58.45; 2. Allison Caplinger (Faith Christian) 58.66; 3. Regina Crooks (Harrison) 1:01.28
300 hurdles – 1. Cameron Schweigert (West Lafayette) 47.13; 2. Sophia Ringer (Harrison) 48.05; 3. Marinda Thompson (Harrison) 49.54
800 – 1. Ashley Caplinger (Faith Christian) 2:14.84; 2. Sarah Flesher (West Lafayette) 3:24.20; 3. Isabella Burgess (Harrison) 2:24.46
1,600 relay – 1. Faith Christian (Jiaya Miao, Kimberly Caplinger, Allison Caplinger, Ashley Caplinger) 4:08.47; 2. West Lafayette (Darya Areshkina, Annah Stenberg, Sarah Flesher, Cameron Schweigert) 4:14.39; 3. Rossville (Olivia Michael, Chloe Yeagley, Addi Brunton, Marleigh Killebrew) 4:16.23
This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Harrison track team wins sixth straight sectional title
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