TRACK & FIELD: Monday's roundup
SHIPPENSBURG SWEEPS JAMES BUCHANAN >> The girls meet between Shippensburg and James Buchanan couldn't have been much closer – the Lady Hounds won 76-74 by taking first place in the final event, the 4x400 relay, by a tenth of a second. Ship's boys racked up a 104-46 victory.
In the final girls relay, Shippensburg's team of Morgan Wendle, Natalie Nye, Maddie Bender and Leah Fleming ran a time of 4:24.80 to edge JB's Tristen Amsley, Emma Wise, Micki Heinbaugh and Hailey Alger, who finished in 4:24.90.
For Ship (2-2, 2-2 MPC), Marissa Musser (100, 200), Ava Franklin (1600, 3200) and Natalie Nye (400, 800) were double winners, while for the Rockets (1-1-1), Jenna Carbaugh (100 and 300 hurdles, high jump) captured three wins and Heinbaugh won the long and triple jump.
The Hound boys (4-0, 4-0 MPC) did not have a multiple winner, but Zach Greenawalt raised his own school record in the pole vault (13-7) for the fourth time in his last five competitions. For JB (1-2, 1-2 MPC), Peter Hughey won the 100, 200 and 400 and anchored the winning 4x400 relay to a win.
Shippensburg 104, James Buchanan 46 at Mercersburg
BOYS
4x800 relay — 1.Ship (Sean Braet, Hayden Rhinehart, Ethan Bert, Luke Ashberry) 9:16.4; 110 hurdles — 1.Clay Ziemba (JB) 16.6; 100 — 1.Peter Hughey (JB) 11.4; 1,600 — 1.Hunter Kent (S) 5:07.0; 4x100 relay — 1.Ship (Jacob Cox, Andrew Norman, Jackson VanHorne, Jordan Turner) 46.2; 400 — 1.Hughey (JB) 50.9; 300 hurdles — 1.Turner (S) 42.1; 800 — 1.Ashberry (S) 2:16.6; 200 — 1.Hughey (JB) 23.3; 3,200 — 1.Luke Lyman (S) 12:20.6; 4x400 relay — 1.JB (Joey Heintzleman, David Robinson, Brian McCauley, Hughey) 3:38.6; Shot put — 1.Dylan Rotz (S) 38-2.25; Discus —1.Collin Eyer (S) 115-6; Triple jump —1.Cody Gustafson (S) 38-2.5; Long jump — 1.Ryan Lynch (JB) 18-4; High jump — 1.David Boarts (S) 6-0; Pole vault — 1.Zach Greenawalt (S) 13-7; Javelin — 1.Tyler Gustafson (S) 140-7.
Shippensburg 76, James Buchanan 74 GIRLS
4x800 relay — 1.JB (Micki Heinbaugh, Sydney Benedick, MacKenzie Shugart, Kaylee Kriner) 11:11.5; 100 hurdles — 1.Jenna Carbaugh (JB) 17.8; 100 — 1.Marissa Musser (S) 13.7; 1,600 — 1.Ava Franklin (S) 5:57.6; 4x100 relay — 1.JB (Brianna Cook, Shayla Ramsey, Tristen Amsley, Hailey Alger) 53.7; 400 — 1.Natalie Nye (S) 1:05.1; 300 hurdles — 1.Carbaugh (JB) 51.4; 800 — 1.Nye (S) 2:45.7; 200 — 1.Musser (S) 28.4; 3,200 — 1.Franklin (S) 13:15.0; 4x400 relay — 1.Ship (Morgan Wendle, Nye, Maddie Bender, Leah Fleming) 4:24.8; Shot put — 1.Wendle (S) 29-6; Discus — 1.Taylor Junkin (S) 92-3; Triple jump — 1.Heinbaugh (JB) 30-8; Long jump — 1.Heinbaugh (JB) 14-11; High jump — 1.Carbaugh (JB) 4-8; Pole vault — 1.Alger (JB) 9-0; Javelin — 1.Shelby Rowles (S) 102.5.