News From Terre Haute, Indiana

May 14, 2008

Dominant performances turned in at middle school track meet

By Craig Pearson

TERRE HAUTE — Tyeson Mundy of Otter Creek and Emily Cotterman of Woodrow Wilson kicked off the opening night of the Vigo County middle school track and field championships with dominant victories Wednesday in the 3,200-meter run.

Mundy fell short of Milton Brinza’s 2007 meet record by 20 seconds, but the eighth graders closest competitor was more than 38 seconds behind his time of 11:02.70. Mundy looks forward to joining a strong Terre Haute North team next year.

Two meet records fell Wednesday as Jacob Johnson of Woodrow Wilson shattered Brock Lough’s sixth-grade long jump mark of 15-feet-6 with a leap of 15-11. Jazmine Allen also topped Teoria Keller’s meet record in the sixth-grade long jump with a leap of 14-6.

Cotterman ran to her second straight county title in a time of 12:19.55, which came up short of her meet record time of 12:03.59 set as a seventh grader in 2007. Cotterman will also run for the Patriots in the fall.

“I just ran my pace,” Cotterman said when asked if she was trying to break her own record.

Her Woodrow Wilson Warriors teammate Andie Clark was second in a time of 13:53.06 to help give Wilson’s seventh and eighth graders a 53-33 lead in team points after the opening night.

Jerad Fuson won the 1,600 for sixth grade boys to help his Honey Creek team take the lead, and Nicole Theide of Honey Creek won the 1,600 girls. Sixth graders do not compete in the two-mile run.

Field events were also contested Wednesday.

Otter Creek eighth grader Jordan Allen won the long jump with an impressive leap of 17-feet, 10 inches. Leon Hill of Sarah Scott was second at 16-10 3/4.

Allen, the son of Terre Haute North girls basketball coach Mike Allen, also won his preliminary races in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

“I think i have a good chance, as long as I do my best, to do well in the 100 and 200,” said Allen, who plans to complete in track and basketball next year at North. “I hope with these qualifying times, I just get faster.”

Other Wednesday seventh- and eighth-grade winners were Warren Bryant and Katie Lakstins in the high jump, Trey Decker and Haley Corghum in shot put, and Teoria Keller in long jump (with Wilson teammate Tayler White right behind in second).

In sixth-grade finals, Layne Curley and Ricky Brookins won high jump, and Kylie Fendrick and Junior Berry won shot put.

Vigo County Middle School championships

Seventh and eighth grade

Boys

Team scores through field events and 3,200

(Running finals are Friday at Terre Haute North)

Team scores (Not final) — Honey Creek 40, Woodrow Wilson 27, Otter Creek 22, West Vigo 18, Sarah Scott 17.

3,200 — Tyeson Mundy (OC) 11:02.70, Devon Fuson (HC) 11:40.78, Nathan Kump (WV) 11:47.76.

HJ — Warren Bryant (HC) 5-5, Jermaine Smith (WW) 5-4, Ben Bird (WV) 5-0, Nathan Gregg (WV) 5-0.

LJ — Jordan Allen (OC) 17-10, Leon Hill (SS) 16-10 3/4, Nick Jaeger (HC) 16-10 1/2.

SP — Trey Decker (WW) 48-8 1/2, Jay Turner (HC) 48-0, Jeremy Williamson (SS) 40-1 1/2.

100 finals lineup (in order of Friday’s lane assignment, time is Wednesday’s preliminary time) — Cayleb Knox (WW) 12.71, Augustus Scank (SS) 12.50, Warren Bryant (HC) 12.18, Cam Quinn (WW) 12.18, Jordan Allen (OC) 12.28, Pedro Piloni (SS) 12.42, Ray Appleton (CR) 12.51, Chris gyumon (WV) 12.76.

110 hurdles finals lineup — L.Meissel 18.48, C.Curley (OC) 18.29, Jermaine Smith (WW) 17.14, Leon Hill (SS) 17.06, Tyler Evans (SS) 17.95, Jon McElroy (CR) 18.26, Ethan Truman (HC) 18.38, Daniel Woelfel (WW) 18.54.

200 finals lineup — Tyler Evans (SS) 25.86, Nick Jaeger (HC) 25.69, P. Victor (OC) 25.19, Jordan Allen (OC) 24.61, Cam Quinn (WW) 24.84, Waarren Bryant (HC) 24.68, Augustus Scank (SS) 25.87, Chris Guymon (WV) 25.89.

Girls

Team scores (Not final) — Woodrow Wilson 53, Honey Creek 33, Sarah Scott 13, Otter Creek 10, Chauncey Rose 8, West Vigo 7.

3,200 — Emily Cotterman (WW) 12:19.55, Andie Clark (WW) 13:53.06, Paige Collins (HC) 14:31.43.

HJ — Katie Lakstins (WW) 4-7, Diamond Riley (SS) 4-6, Lindsey Clark (WW) 4-6.

LJ — Teoria Keller (WW) 15-0 1/2, Tayler White (WW) 13-10 1/2, Mika Allen (HC) 13-4 1/2.

SP — Haley Corghum (HC) 29-7, J.Elliott (CR) 28-5 1/2, C.Baiter (WV) 28-4 1/2.

100 finals lineup — A.Borders (CR) 14.52, Molly McKee (WW) 14.24, B. Waters (WV) 14.05, Teoria Keller (WW) 13.10, Mika Allen (HC) 13.87, S.Dickerson (OC) 14.12, Kayla Serrato (HC) 14.25, C.McClain (WV) 14.72.

110 hurdles lineup — T.Perkins (OC) 19.41, Olivia Stockton (HC) 19.18, Katie Lakstins (WW) 18.36, J.Lucas (WV) 18.05, Taisa Brewer (WW) 18.77, Diamond Riley (SS) 18.88, C.Arney (OC) 20.40, E.Barton (WV) 19.45.

200 finals lineup — Diamond Riley (SS) 30.36, J.Lucas (WV) 29.62, Joy Jakiatis (WW) 29.61, Teoria Keller (WW) 28.0, A.Borders (CR) 28.29, Mika Allen (HC) 28.57, B.Waters (WV) 29.87, Kaylee Ellis (HC) 30.81.

Sixth grade

Team scores through field events and 1,600

Boys

Team scores (Not final) — Honey Creek 42, Woodrow Wilson 37 1/2, Otter Creek 25, Sarah Scott 8, Chauncey Rose 7 1/2, West Vigo 4.

1,600 — Jerad Fuson (HC) 5:49.48, Fred Erskine (SS) 5:54.26, Caleb McKanna (OC) 5:56.15.

HJ — Ricky Brookins (OC) 4-7, Nick Long (WW) 4-7, Matt Barley (HC) 4-2.

LJ — Jacob Johnson (WW) 15-11, Jerad Fuson (HC) 13-3 3/4, Nick Long (WW) 13-3.

SP — Junior Berry (WW0 33-9, Jack Harbaugh (HC) 33-3, Dickie Rollins (CR) 33-1 1/2.

100 finals lineup — Beau Dycus (SS) 14.92, Rick Brookins (OC) 14.21, Jack Harbaugh 14.02, Brett Scott (OC) 13.57, Jordan Mootherly (WW) 13.89, Matt Barley (HC) 14.55, John Rogers (CR) 14.82, C.Houghton (WV) 14.99.

200 finals lineup — Beau Dycus (SS) 32.23, Jordan Mootherly (WW) 30.83, Matt Barley (HC) 30.10, Rick Brookins (OC) 28.985, Brett Scott (OC) 28.91, Taxi Brown (HC) 29.20, Still Cherry (WW) 31.50, Tyson tolerson (WV) 32.82.

Girls

Team scores (Not final) — Otter Creek 45, Honey Creek 36, Woodrow Wilson 26 1/2, Sarah Scott 14 1/2, West Vigo 2.

1,600 — Nicole Theide (HC) 5:49.65, Jessi Conley (OC) 6:02.93, Mallory Sanders (WW) 6:06.99.

HJ — Layne Curley (OC) 4-0, Kelsey Thomas (WW) 4-0, Jordan Meng (HC), Elizabeth Weber (HC) 4-0.

LJ — Jazmine Allen (OC) 14-6, Larae Clemons (SS) 12-11, Summer Scank (SS) 12-6 3/4.

SP — Kylie Fendrick (HC) 31-5, Abby Middleton (OC) 30-1 1/2, Lorrie Latourette (WW) 28-3.

100 finals lineup — Shaelyn White (WV) 15.07, Kylie Fendrick (HC) 14.70, Jazmine Allen (OC) 13.92, L.Clemons (SS) 13.87, Summer Scank (SS) 14.07, Kathryn Ruark (WW) 14.70, Mari Bennett (HC) 15.10, Kelsey Thomas (WW) 15.41.

200 finals lineup — Kelsey Thomas (WW) 30.65, Kylie Fendrick (HC) 30.36, R.Ruddock (OC) 31.34, Jazmine Allen (OC) 28.76, Summer Scank (SS) 29.39, L.Clemons (SS) 29.13, Jamai Buckoy (CR) 32.03, Shaelyn White (WV) 32.03.