By Colin Altevogt
Staff Writer
HUNTINGTON
â??? In preparation for the upcoming Summit Athletic Conference meet, third-ranked
Fort Wayne Northrop easily won the Lime City Relays April 29 at Huntington
North.
The
Bruins, rebounding from a tough defeat to Elkhart Memorial at last weekendâ??s
Goshen Relays, scored 127 points to beat runner-up and defending meet champion
Hamilton Southeastern (96), Homestead
(84.5), Huntington North (84.5) and cross-town rival Fort Wayne Snider (75).
Northrop
got individual victories from Quentin Walker in the long jump (22â??1â?), Brian
Abernathy in the shot put (49â??9â?), and Scott Wims in the 100-meter dash (:11.13).
Walker also
placed third in the 110-meter high hurdles.
The Bruins
also won four of the five relays. In a rare mid-distance medley, an event that
consists of two 400 and two 800 legs, Northrop got a 1:58 split from junior
Casey Johnson and a :49.2 split from senior Travis White to win by eight seconds.
Later in
the meet, the Bruins broke a 31-year-old meet record in the 4×400 meter relay
with a time of 3:21.57, which currently ranks seventh in the state. Northropâ??s
4×100 (:43.01) and sprint medley (1:37.86) relays were also victorious.
Hamilton Southeastern
banked off distance-running success to place second overall in the standings.
Cale Allen (9:52.78) and Madison Roeder (9:55.25) made a clean sweep for the
Royals in the 3200 meters. Carrollâ??s Micah Milliman led for seven laps before
being swallowed up by a pack of three that included the Royal duo and Prairie Heightsâ?? Matt Hammersmith, an All-State
cross country runner.
In the
1600, former cross country state champion Justin Roeder led wire-to-wire,
winning in 4:25.54. Hammersmith doubled back to place second in 4:30.49, with
Carrollâ??s Mitch White finishing third in 4:34.23.
Homesteadâ??s Hunter Hall cleared 15â??9: in the
pole vault, the third-best performance in the state this season.
Other
individual champions were Huntington Northâ??s Matt Mook in the 110 hurdles (:15.19),
Prairie Heightsâ?? Tyler Grubb in the 300 hurdles
(:39.82), Southeasternâ??s Chad Zagar in the discus (145â??4â?), and Pennâ??s Milton
Redwine in the high jump (6â??2â?).
Northrop 127
Southeastern 96
84.5
North 84
Snider 75
South 65.5
Wayne
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