Lewis Central captured eight events to successfully defend its title at the 2006 C.B. Relays Saturday afternoon on the L.C. track. "This year was different ... you definitely have pressure," L.C. coach Ron Frascht said. "It took a lot of effort to defend the title with that kind of pressure."
The Titans took advantage of the splendid spring weather to score 131 1/2 points. St. Albert was second (107) with Abraham Lincoln finishing third, Thomas Jefferson fourth and Iowa School for the Deaf coming in fifth.
St. Albert and Thomas Jefferson each won four events on the day, while Abraham Lincoln captured three races.
"The city was loaded with a lot of talent this year," St. Albert coach Scott Milner said.
Sophomore Hilary Sadler, in her first meet of the season, earned four golds by defending her title in the 3,000 and adding the 800 and long jump titles. She ran the second leg in the winning 4x400 relay.
"That's just a credit to her," Frascht said of Sadler's first time out this season. "She's just such a tough competitor."
For Sadler, it was the first time she's actually got to try some of the events.
"It was the first time I've actually jumped," Sadler said of her winning attempt of 16-feet-0 3/4. "It's good to get back out (on the track)."
L.C.'s Megan Higgins defended both of her titles Saturday by winning the shot put and discus for a second year in a row.
"She's (competing) with a focus and confidence that's amazing," Frascht said.
L.C. also got an individual title from sophomore Mallory Husz in the 400, who was second in the event last year. L.C. went one-two-three in the event with Adriene Hitchcok, Tierra Wells finishing second and third. Husz anchored the 4x400, which also featured Hitchcock, Sadler and Wells.
The Titans also defended their title in the shuttle hurdle relay, with McKayla Christiansen and Connie Smith running on the team again. Sophomore Sydnie Dennis and freshman Lindsey Baker also ran on the race for L.C.
It wasn't all good news for L.C., however. Senior Rachel Terry, a three-time champion in the 100-meter dash, struggled through injury to finish fifth in her attempt for a fourth-straight title in the event.
"She wanted to come out and run (in the race)," Frascht said. "That just shows what a competitor she is."
The other big news was by Thomas Jefferson's Tiffanie Synacek, who cleared 5-feet-9 1/2 in the high jump, besting the meet record of 5-feet-6 by A.L. graduate Ashley Freeman (2001) and also eclipsing her own personal record.
Synacek added titles by running the distance medley and 4x200 with Jamie Swotek, CeCe Wright and Alyssa Hedrick in both races.
"She's just a phenomenal athlete," T.J. coach Pat Nepple said of Synacek.
Hedrick and Swotek teamed with Ashleigh Richardson and Stephanie Davids for the gold in the sprint medley.
St. Albert junior Beth Hamling won her third-straight 200-meter title, while freshman Trevour Yates won the 400 hurdles, an event the Saintes finished one-two-three.
Audrey Weidman added a gold in the 1,500, while the 4x800 team of Jennifer Liston, Krista Kennebeck, Ali Gorman and Natalie Andrews. Andrews, Gorman and Kennebeck all ran on the winning 4x800 relay team last year as well.
Abraham Lincoln, which didn't win any events last season, got a trio of victories on the track Saturday with freshman Stephanie Huntoon winning the 100 and Brittany Ridenour taking the 100 hurdles.
The Lynx, who were missing some people due to the one-day postponement, earned their other victory in the 4x100 with Huntoon turning in an impressive anchor leg to win the race at the wire. Ridenour, Laura Sales and Jessica Flom made up the first three legs of the relay.
"Top to bottom we had a real solid effort in a majority of the events," A.L. coach Don Schwartz said. "Overall I was pretty happy."
ISD finished with 16 points, more than doubling last year's total. The Bobcats finished fifth in three races, the distance medley, the 4x200, the sprint medley and the 4x100.
"There is a lot of great competition in the city this year," said Frascht, "and that's great to see."
CB Relays Meet Results:
(Girls Team Scoring) 1. Lewis Central 131.50, 2. St. Albert 107, 3. Abraham Lincoln 104.50, 4. Thomas Jefferson 73.
3000: 1. Hilary Sadler (LC) 11:41.00, 2. Abby Schlater (SA) 11:43.18, 3. Emilee Sorensen (AL) 11:48.50, 4. Jennifer Hall (LC) 12:04.20, 5. Kristyn Hill (LC) 12:50.79, 6. Mollie Naig (SA) 13:42.23.
4x100 Shuttle Hurdle: 1. L.C. (McKayla Christiansen, Sydnie Dennis, Lindsey Baker, Connie Smith) 1:15.22, 2. A.L. (Sarah Milner, Becca Stehly, Heather Rutledge, Brittany Ridenour) 1:16.11, 3. S.A. (Lauren Doll, Caitlin Finn, Sehlby McGinn, Krista Kennebeck) 1:17.63, 4. T.J. (Marjory Christensen, Charity Oswald, Skyler Marshall, Jessica Flynn) 1:28.49.
4x800 Relay: 1. S.A. (Jennifer Liston, Krista Kennebeck, Allison Gorman, Natalie Andrews) 10:55.65, 2. T.J. (Sam Slobodnik, Marissa Wise, Charis Oswald, Brittany Turpen) 11:24.78, 3. A.L. (Savannah Pike, Liz Ortiz, Devon Murray, Maggie Lewis) 11:54.98, 4. L.C. (Kayla Gundlach, Tara Clark, Sarah Waldron, Brandie Rastede) 13:18.27.
100: Stephanie Huntoon (AL) 12.83, 2. Beth Hamling (SA) 12.87, 3. Jessica Flom (AL) 13.50, 4. Molly Quandt (LC) 14.00, 5. Rachel Terry (LC) 14:02, 6. Mary Weidman (SA) 14:03, 6. Megan Higgins (LC) 14:03.
400: 1. Mallory Husz (LC) 1:01.98, 2. Adriene Hitchcock (LC) 1:04.42, 3. Tierra Wells (LC) 1:04.42, 4. Trevour Yates (SA) 1:05.77, 5. Laura Sales (AL) 1:07.57, 6. Lauren Dolll (SA) 1:08.97.
Distance Medley: 1. T.J. (Jamie Swotek, Cece Wright, Tiffanie Synacek, Alyssa Hedrick) 4:35.80, 2. S.A. (Marissa Finn, Audrey Weidman, Allison Gorman, Jennifer Liston) 4:54.17, 3. A.L. (Dawn Mckown, Alex Jones, Kathy McElroy, Lyndsey McCoy) 4:57.06, 4. L.C. (Jaci Clinkenbeard, Courtney Gibson, Kylee Shank, Aleesha Cox) 5:12.30, 5. I.S.D. (Anjoylen Tofoya, Nadia Tinaco) 6:11.11.
JV Sprint Medley: 1. A.L. (Becca Stehly, Victoria Jones, Annette Collingsworth, Savannah pike) 2:16.22, 2. L.C. (Alexis Tawzer, Jessica Meurer, Becca Kimpe, Brooke Andersen) 2:32.11, 3. T.J. (Sammi Miller, Michelle Sparr, Brittany Imrie, Stephanie Bryan) 2:32.68.
200: 1. Beth Hamling (SA) 26.50, 2. Stephanie Huntoon (AL) 26.86, 3. Jessica Flom (AL) 28.24, 4. Stephanie Davids (TJ) 28.62, 5. Molly Hutchinson (LC) 28.80, Molly Vermillion (SA) 28.81.
100 Hurdles: 1. Brittany Ridenour (AL) 15.81, Jamie Swotek (TJ) 15.91, 3. Heather Rutledge (AL) 17.29, 4. Sarah Milner (AL) 17.60, 5. McKayla Christeansen (LC) 17.71, 6. Lauren Doll (SA) 17.72.
800: 1. Hilary Sadler (LC) 2:30.58, 2. Audrey Weidman (SA) 2:30.80, 3. Abby Schlater (SA) 2:39.47, 4. Sam Slobodnik (TJ) 2:42.25, 5. Natalie Andrews (SA) 2:42.91, 6. Kylee Shank (LC) 2:53.07.
4x200: 1. T.J. (Jamie Swotek, Cece Wright, Tiffanie Synacek, Alyssa Hedrick) 1:50.49, 2. A.L. (Jessica Flom, Carrie Stom, Laura Sales, Stephanie Huntoon) 1:56.85, 3. L.C. (Rachel Terry, McKayla Christiansen, Aleesha Cox, Molly Quandt) 2:02.34, 4. S.A. (Marissa Finn, Katie Devereaux, Kalie Olberding) 2:02.44, 5. I.S.D. (Cassandra Case, Brittany Barker, Heather Nurse, Meredith Kasal) 2:14.28.
400 Hurdles: 1. Trevour Yates (SA) 1:17.87, 2. Krista Kennebeck (SA) 1:20.07, 3. Lauren Doll (SA) 1:21.11, 4. Heather Rutledge (AL) 1:21.40, 5. Sarah Milner (AL) 1:21.72, 6. Connie Smith (LC) 1:22.83.
Sprint Medley: 1. T.J. (Ashleigh Richardson, Alyysa Hedrick, Jamie Swotek, Stephanie Davids) 2:00.45, 2. S.A. (Molly Vermillion, Katie Deveraux, Beth Hamling, Allison Gorman) 2:05.57, 3. L.C. (Sydnie Dennis, Kelsey Tech, Andrea Hutchinson, Courtney Gibson) 2:10.80, 4. A.L. (Annette Collingsworth, Dawn McKown, Alex Jones, Kathy McElroy) 2:11.92, 5. I.S.D. (Kiley Peterson, Liz Gramblin, Danelle Strong, Fawn Humlicek) 2:26.52.
1500: 1. Audrey Weidman (SA) 5:26.58, 2. Emilee Sorensen (AL) 5:29.38, 3. Jennifer Hall (LC) 5:41.06, 4. Krista Kennebeck (SA) 5:46.64, 5. Jennfer Liston (SA) 5:51.68, 6. Marissa Wise (TJ) 5:53.03.
JV 4x100: 1. A.L. (Annette Collingsworth, Victoria Jones, Becca Stehly, Dawn McKown) 59.37, 2. S.A. (Mika Mouri, Becca Gradoville, Shelby McGinn, Caitlin Finn) 59.54, 3. T.J. (Katie Hunter, Sara Slobodnik, Brittany Imrie, Sammi Miller) 1:06.32, 4. L.C. (Alexis Tawzer, Jessica Meurer, Becca Kimpe, Brooke Andersen) 1:08.55.
4x100: 1. A.L. (Brittany Ridnour, laura Sales, Jessica Flom, Stephanie Huntoon) 54.19, 2. S.A. (Mary Widman, Marissa Finn, Molly Vermillion, Beth Hamling) 54.75, 3. L.C. (Rachel Terry, McKayla Christeansen, Megan Higgins, Jamie Swisher) 56.39, 4. T.J. (Stephanie Davids, Tiffany Allen, Skyler Marshall, Charity Oswald) 57.86, 5. I.S.D (Cassandra Case, Brittany Barker, Kelsey Abel, Meridth Kasal.
4x400: 1. L.C. (Adriene Hitchcock, Mallory Husz, Tierra Wells, Hilary Sadler) 4:19.00, 2. T.J. (Cece Wright, Tiffanie Synacek, Ashleigh Richardson, Alyssa Hedrick) 4:25.21, 3. S.A. (Abby Schlater, Kalie Olberding, Audrey Widman, Trevour Yates) 4:35.71, 4. A.L. (Heather Rutledge, Carrie Stom, Laura Sales, Kathy McElroy) 4:47.05.
Shot Put: 1. Megan Higgins (LC) 37-03.00, 2. Rachel Schultz (LC) 33-00.00, 3. Ruth Knott (AL) 31-09.00, 4. Amber Bentzinger (TJ) 31-02.50, 5. Brittany Turpen (TJ) 31-01.50, 6. Melinda Johnson (LC) 29-08.50.
Discus: 1. Megan Higgins (LC) 106-08, 2. Rachel Schultz (LC) 87-06, 3. Leah Wenninghoff (AL) 87-03, 4. Abby Heistand (AL) 86-05, 5. Brittany Turpen (TJ) 85-09, 6. Megan Donegan (SA) 85-00.
Long Jump: 1. Hilary Sadler (LC) 16-00.25, 2. Cece Wright (TJ) 15-01.00, 3. Mallory Husz (LC) 14-09.00, 4. Molly Vermillion (SA) 13-08.50, 5. Katie Devereaux (SA) 12-11.75, 6. Trevour Yates (SA) 12-11.75.
High Jump: 1. Tiffanie Synacek (TJ) 5-09.50 (new meet record, old record 5-06 set in 2001 by Ashley Freeman of A.L.), 2. Tierra Wells (LC) 4-06.00, 2. Brittany Ridenour (A) 4-06.00, 2. Mallory Husz (LC) 4-06.00, 2. Sarah Milner (AL) 4-06.00, Lindsey Baker (LC) 4-04.00.
JV 4x100: 1. A.L. (Annette Collingsworth, Victoria Jones, Becca Stehly, Dawn Mckown) 59.37, 2. S.A. (Mika Mouri, Becca Gradoville, Shelby McGinn, Caitlin Finn) 59.54, 3. T.J. (Katie Hunter, Sara Slobodnik, Brittany Imrie, Sammi Miller) 1:06.32, 4. L.C. (Alexis Tawzer, Jessica maurer, Becca Kimpe, Brooke Andersen) 1:08.55.
JV Shot Put: 1. Carolyn Koch (SA) 26-06.50, 2. Kelsey Anderson (SA) 22-09.75, 3. Lisa Hillar (TJ) 22-04.25, 4. Rachel Wittwer (TJ) 21-05.75, 5. Amanda Rollings (AL) 21-02.25, 6. Melissa Ramirez (AL) 20-08.00.
JV Discus: 1. Carolyn Koch (SA) 68-03, 2. Kelsey Anderson (SA) 68-00, 3. Amanda Rollings (AL) 57-08, 4. Sara Slobodnik (TJ) 55-08, 5. Rachel Wittwer (TJ) 55-07, 6. Melissa Ramirez (AL) 46-10.
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