Putnamville —
Terre Haute North started the South Putnam Girls Track Sectional with a relay win and ended it with a relay win Tuesday, cruising to victory by almost 100 points. North secured its 29th girls track sectional title, which is best in the state.
The Patriots put up 184 to Greencastle’s 98 and Terre Haute South’s 95 points.
Greencastle’s Colleen Weatherford put up impressive performances to win the 1,600 and 800. Terre Haute North’s TaPring Goatee took the lead from Weatherford after 300 meters of the 800, but Weatherford put the hammer down with 150 meters to go to overtake Goatee in a race between two of the state’s elite runners.
Goatee still ran a career best time of 2 minutes, 16.37 seconds as Weatherford’s 2:13.36 was good for the win.
“Colleen’s an athlete and TaPring’s an athlete too. Just focused on getting TaPring ready for the 800, that’s where she has the best chance at the state meet,” North coach Mike Dason said.
Terre Haute South will send plenty of athletes to next week’s Evansville Regional as well. Tasia Brewer made the top four in both hurdles races. South’s 1,600 relay gave North all it wanted to cap the night, giving the Braves second. South’s 3,200 relay was third in 10:30.76, which was a season best by 29 seconds.
The Braves’ Nikki Thiede took runner-up in the 1,600 and 3,200, running times of 5:21.75 and 12:02.78.
“She wants to go to state in both. Times are going to have to improve,” South coach Ed Jarvis said.
Thiede was second to North’s Chanli Mundy in the 3,200, as Mundy won comfortably in 11:23.27.
Keirra Porter won the 100 hurdles for the Patriots in 13.12 seconds
North’s other winners were Jessi Conley in the 400 (1:00.38), Alissa Turpen in the discus (107 feet-11) and Rachel Gutish in the pole vault (10-6).
West Vigo’s Janelle Lucas won the 300 hurdles for the second straight year, running a time of 47.06 to win by more than two seconds over South Putnam’s Ariel Higgins.
“I ran a pretty good time. I feel like I’ve got a better shot this year at getting out at regional. I’m running better times this year,” Lucas said.
Northview sophomore Leanna Knight showed her bright future as a sprinter and long jumper, winning both events and helping the Knights to a regional berth in the 400 relay.
“I work on getting out of the blocks a lot and long jump. It’s great. Love long jump, love hitting the sand after a good jump,” said Knight, who leaped a season-best 16-11 1⁄2.
Northview coach Cole Schroer was pleased with his team’s fourth-place finish but especially with the strong day by Knight.
"Leanna's work ethic is ridiculous. She works harder than everybody and expects great things from herself. She should have a great regional too," Schroer said.
Team scores — Terre Haute North 184, Greencastle 98, Terre Haute South 95, Northview 50, Cloverdale 47, West Vigo 36, Riverton Parke 27, South Putnam 27, North Putnam 21, Sullivan, 19, Clay City 14, South Vermillion 5, North Central 1.
(Top 4 in each event advance to regional)
3,200 relay — Terre Haute North (Jessi Conley, Megan Howes, Emily Cotterman, Sydney Dickerson) 9:54.79, Greencastle 10:21.08, Terre Haute South (Katie Schmidt, Sami Holmes, Allyson Johnson, Cassidy Wood) 10:3076, Cloverdale 10:33.29, Northview 11:12.87, South Vermillion 11:20.97, South Vermillion 11:20.97, Clay City 12:00.88, South Putnam 12:16.40.
100 — Leanna Knight (Nview) 13.12, DaShana Johnson (THN) 13.18, Sarah Fears (THN) 13.36, Kara Birt (G) 13.37, Shaelynn White (West Vigo) 13.56, Carissa Johnson (G) 13.63, Emani Tatum (THS) 13.96, Daiju Rivera (THS) 14.03.
100H — Keirra Porter (THN) 15.82, Tasia Brewer (tHS) 16.40, Brooke Gray © 16.63, Gracie Geswein (Nview) 16.83, Janelle Lucas (WV) 16.97, Taylor Gruener © 17.03, Kelsey Thomas (THN) 17.30, Emily Crawley (G) 18.06.
200 — Page Pickens (G) 27.00, Jenni Wilkes (S) 27.20, Kara Birt (G) 27.30, Sheldan Falls (RP) 28.23, Spencr Grim (THN) 28.30, Mari Bennett (THS) 28.73, Tamarrah Pitt (THS) 28.87, Baelee Stearley (THN) 28.97.
1,600 — Colleen Weatherford (G) 5:16.71, Nikki Thiede (THS) 5:21.75, Anne Mullican (THN) 5:28.29, Kelsey Wright (CC) 5:42.80, Kayla Cash (G) 5:43.00, Sarah Hudson (WV) 5:46.01, Natalie Shanks (THS) 5:59.05.
400 relay — Greencastle 51.45, Northview 53.39, Sullivan 53.50, Terre Haute South 53.72, West Vigo 54.36, Cloverdale 54.98, Clay City 58.30, North Putnam 58.81.
400 — Jessi Conley (THN) 1:00.38, Sara Dickey (RP) 1:00.55, Mariah Oetken © 1:01.78, Kaylee Ellis (THS) 1:02.75, Molly Nasser (THS) 1:03.98, Shelby Sparks (WV) 1:05.30, Emily Cotterman (THN) 1:05.55, Airica Lambert (SP) 1:06.12.
300H — Janelle Lucas (WV) 47.06, Ariel Higgins (SP) 49.12, Jordan Gomes-Kuehner (THN) 49.62, Tasia Brewer (THS) 49.82, Rachel Gutish (THN) 52.03, Gracie Geswein (Nview) 52.63, Shelby Walker (NP) 53.92, Sydney Shrum © 53.93.
800 — Colleen Weatherford (G) 2:13.36, TaPring Goatee (THN) 2:16.37, Sydney Dickerson (ThN) 2:19.34, Emily Gill (G) 2:28.38, Claudia Monnett © 2:30.71, Ailee Stevens © 2:30.71, Baile Stevens © 2:31.85, Sarah Hudson (WV) 2:33.88, Caitlyn Waldrop (SV) 2:34.59.
3,200 — Chanli Mundy (THN) 11:23.27, Nikki Thiede (THS) 12:02.78, Mallory Sanders (THN) 12:12.99, Rachel Stephens (THS) 12:16.06, Madie Egold (SP) 12:54.76, Katie Douglas (NP) 13:18.99, Acetha Tolerson (WV) 13:25.79, Sammy Haynes (G) 13:36.80.
HJ — Mariah Oetken © 5-2, Carson Smith (THN) 5-2, Kelsey Thomas (THN) 5-1, Brittney Pink (THS) 5-0, Deborah Cheatham (SP) 4-11, Tori Goethel (THS) 4-10, Amillia Nally © 4-8, April Webb (S) 4-8.
LJ — Leanna Knight (Nview) 16-11 1/2, Keirra Porter (THN) 15-11, Carissa Johnson (G) 15-11, Jordan Gomes-Kuehner (THN) 15-9, Sheldan Falls (RP) 15-8 1/2, Emani Tatum (THS) 15-7, Daiju Rivera (THS) 14-9 1/2, Audrey Healey (NP) 14-8.
D — Alissa Turpin (THN) 107-11, Brianna Burgess (THN) 104-0, Katie Welch (NP) 102-9, Kylie Fendrick (THS) 99-3, Asie Jeffers (CC) 93-9, Gabby Jett (THS) 93-6, Alexus Bex (Nview) 93-1, Bellami Evans (NC) 89-7.
SP — Sarah Dickey (RP) 39-4, Samantha Lucas (NP) 37-2, Stephanie Penturf (G) 36-8, Alissa Turpin (THN) 36-3, Jessica Lenihan (G) 35-11, Kylie Fendrick (THS) 33-7 3/4, Monica Larsen (THN) 32-4 1/2, Bethany Holland (SV) 30-9.
PV — Rachel Gutish (THN) 10-6, TaPring Goatee 8-6, Jenna Geier (SP) 8-0, Morgan Holt (Nview) 7-6, Darby Siscoe (S) 7-6, Cheyenne Fauvergue (G) 7-6, Brooke Deighton (Nview) 7-0 Olivia Humphreys (G) 7-0.
1,600 relay — Terre Haute North (Dickerson, Conley, Cotterman, Goatee) 4:14.51, Terre Haute South (Ellis, Fendrick, Nasser, Wood) 4:17.86, Greencastle 4:23.53, West Vigo 4:25.63, Cloverdale 4:31.54, South Putnam 4:35.51, Clay City 4:48.19, Northview 4:48.42.
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Related Photos
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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Highest: Terre Haute North pole vaulter Rachel Gutish won the event with a jump of 10 feet, 6 inches.
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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Fastest: Terre Haute North hurdler Keirra Porter won the 100 hurdles. Here she competes in the preliminaries.
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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Longest: Northview standout Leanna Knight won the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 11.5 inches.
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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Teamwork: The Terre Haute North 4x800 relay team won their event. Team members are Jessi Conley, Megan Howes, Emily Cotterman and Sydney Dickerson.
Discussion
North wins easily: Pats’ sectional triumph is their 29th
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Goatee, Bertoli ran away with Spring Athlete of the Year
When honoring athletes after a season of excellence, the phrase “what might have been” doesn’t usually come up.
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Post 346 opens tournament with two victories
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North boys move up to 13th in golf state finals
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Baker wasn’t happy with the 85 he shot in Tuesday’s first round of the IHSAA boys golf state finals.
“He was frustrated,” Nasser said.
Problem solved. Baker bounced back with a 2-over 74 Wednesday, helping the Patriots improve their team score by seven strokes.
The Patriots shot 304 as a team Wednesday, giving them a two-day score of 615, good for 13th place in the 15-team field. -
Big hill to climb for North golf
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Top of her game
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Camp, Howe win, then lose in state tennis tourney
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Terre Haute North heading back to state finals in boys golf
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North, South, Sullivan to compete at golf regional
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Terre Haute North falls 6-1 to Brownsburg in opening game of Class 4A Regional
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Terre Haute North girls shine on dreary day at track state finals
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Valley teams will have to wait until Monday for baseball regionals
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Rockville's season ends at Lafayette Central Catholic
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IHSAA boys state track finals: Standing alone
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Terre Haute North, West Vigo return to baseball regionals
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Patriots girls take aim at state track title
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South, North track athletes looking for big performances at state finals
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South Vermillion softball can't overcome errors, Tri-West
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Clay City softball comes up short against Lutheran
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The Eels wanted to add another win, the school’s first regional title, but they came up short.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Rockville wins baseball sectional
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Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional:The wait is over
Three minutes into an interview with various media members, Terre Haute North baseball coach Shawn Turner couldn’t react fast enough to avoid a bucket of ice water being dumped over his head from behind by his giddy players. The soaking-wet Turner could shake it off with a smile, however, because his Patriots had just won the IHSAA Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional championship with a 13-3 six-inning triumph over Plainfield on Monday evening.
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Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional: TH North, Plainfield win squeakers
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Class 2A Linton Sectional: Eastern rains on Sullivan parade
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Opening Day: Terre Haute Rex host Quincy
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Class A Shakamak Sectional: Stout pitching leads Union, Shakamak to final
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Class A Rockville Sectional: Covington, Rockville title game postponed
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South Vermillion, Linton, Clay City look to stay alive in softball
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West Vigo back on top of Class 3A baseball sectional
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South runs into ‘buzzsaw’ at girls tennis semistate
Postmatch interviews don’t often begin with a coach and a reporter ready to blurt out the same word, but that was the case for Bill Blankenbaker and his interviewer Saturday morning after the Center Grove Semistate for girls high school tennis.
Unfortunately for Blankenbaker’s Terre Haute South team, that word was “buzzsaw.”
Greenwood’s Kawamoto twins made quick work of the top of the Braves’ singles lineup, so despite stellar efforts by both South doubles teams the Woodmen’s 3-2 victory didn’t seem all that close.
Greenwood moves on to Fishers, where it plays Floyd Central or Jasper on Friday in the state quarterfinals.
Also playing Friday, but at Park Tudor, will be South’s Miranda Camp and Nicole Howe, who reached the individual doubles finals for the second straight season by virtue of their 6-4, 6-2 win over the Greenwood team of Taylor Hudnall and Brittany Toney.
“It’s really exciting,” said Howe of the prospect of a second straight finals trip, “but I wish our team could’ve gone with us.”
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