Sports and Outdoors

Monday, June 13, 2011

High school track midwest meet of champions

By Tim Creason, for the Indiana Association of Track & Cross Country Coaches

FORT WAYNE – Chris Geisting wasn't expecting to run as fast as he did Saturday afternoon.

But if clocking 46.89 seconds in the 400-meter dash would help Team Indiana's boys win the 38th annual Midwest Meet of Champions track meet, he was perfectly happy to do it.

“I was more relaxed than I was last week (at the IHSAA state finals),” said the graduating senior from Batesville. “I knew we needed a win, so I gave it everything I had.”

Geisting's first-place finish in the 400, plus a blistering 47.1 opening leg on a record-setting 4 x 400-meter relay, helped Indiana claim the boys championship in the annual three-state meet at Fort Wayne's Northrop High School.

Much like the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star basketball series, the Midwest Meet brings together top graduating senior track athletes from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan for a unique state-vs-state competition.

Indiana's boys scored 184 points for the win, while Ohio was second at 157 and Michigan had 134.

Indiana's girls finished third with 126 ½. Ohio won the girls title with 193 ½ while Michigan had 150.

For his efforts, Geisting was named the running events “star of stars” – the running MVP.

His relay leg, combined with the efforts of Center Grove's Nick Stoner, Hobart's Jarvis McMillan and Andrean's Chris Arvia enabled Indiana to set a new meet record in the 4 x 400 relay. They clocked 3:08.84 and needed every bit of that to beat Ohio, which also broke the previous meet record with a 3:09.34.

“I'm not used to running first,” said Geisting. “The coaches wanted me to get the team an early lead, so I was happy to do it.”

Bloomington South's Gabe Hull was named “star of stars” in the boys field events. He won the discus with a throw of 191-1 and the shot put with a mighty 62-6.

Indiana scored a 1-2-3 sweep in the shot, with Indianapolis North Central's Anthony Bradley second at 61-8 and Huntington North's Travis Gerding third at 60-8 ½.

“Seeing us 1-2-3 in the shot really pumped me up,” said Hull. “This is fun, I love meets like this.”

Tori Bliss of Portage was named the “star of stars” in girls field events. She set a new Indiana state record of 50-9 a week ago, and came back with a 48-4 victory Saturday.

“Coming off a big, intense meet like the Indiana state meet, it was hard to duplicate that intensity today,” said Bliss. “All things considered, I'm pretty happy with the way I threw.”

Ohio's Aisha Cavin, from Bishop Hartley, was the girls running event “star of stars.” She ran a swift 23.95 to win the 200 and also ran a leg on Ohio's first place 4 x 200 relay.

“I didn't have a very good (Ohio) state meet, so this is kind of a surprise,” said Cavin. “I'm glad to redeem myself a little today.”

Michigan's 4 x 200 team of Jake Spuller, D'Ontae Hopson, Jamirus McTear and Andrew Hunt set a new meet record of 1:25.29.

Indiana's 4 x 400 girls also set a meet record, with Lawrence North's Antonia Franklin, Park Tudor's Abby Farley, Lawrence North's Ashley Spencer and Fort Wayne Northrop's Whitney McDonald clocking 3:42.50.

MIDWEST MEET OF CHAMPIONS

BOYS
“Team” scores: Indiana 184, Ohio 157, Michigan 134.

4 x 800 relay: 1, Indiana (Colin Holston, Connor Claflin, Ryan Cutter, Josh Roche) 7:33.75. 2, Michigan (Drew Meylan, Ryan Haag, Jacob Schwiesberg, Eric Buday) 7:44.08. 3, Ohio (Brian Baum, Sal DelGiudice, Ethan Leonard, Jacob Onifer) 7:47.33.

110 high hurdles: 1, Marcus Safer (Indiana) 13.89. 2, Shane Mikesky (Indiana) 14.08. 3, Brett Wehmiller (Indiana) 14.33. 4, Justin Balczak (Michigan) 14.42. 5, Chris James (Michigan) 14.59. 6, Kyle Walker (Ohio) 14.60. 7, Sean Weems (Ohio) 15.12. 8, Trey Hammons-Scott (Ohio) 15.18.
100: 1, Nick Stoner (Indiana) 10.71. 2, Nate Harris (Ohio) 10.77. 3, Ricco Hall (Michigan) 10.82. 4, Jared Walker (Ohio) 10.90. 5, Kendal Frederick (Indiana) 10.94. 6, Chris Arvia (Indiana) 10.99. 7, Jamirus McTear (Michigan) 11.00. 8, Jeremy Sears (Ohio) 11.16.

4 x 200 relay: 1, Michigan (Jake Spuller, D'Ontae Hopson, Jamirus McTear, Andrew Hunt) 1:25.59 (MEET RECORD). 2, Indiana (Tyrennzie Burgess, Ryan Dickson, D'Quan Ruth, Rahim Conwell) 1:26.28. 3, Ohio (Matt Thompson, Matt Jones, Malik Tuck, Jeremy Sears) 1:28.10.

1600: 1, Chris Quinn (Ohio) 4:14.65. 2, Matt Perkins (Indiana) 4:14.99. 3, Josh Sabo (Ohio) 4:17.26. 4, Adrian Glover (Indiana) 4:17.34. 5, Jake Magier (Michigan) 4:17.64. 6, John-Paul Zembrowski (Michigan) 4:17.96. 7, Andrew Bachman (Ohio) 4:19.54. 8, Jeff Sattier (Michigan) 4:22.49. 9, Tyler Wynn (Indiana) 4:26.27.

4 x 100 relay: 1, Ohio (Jared Walker, Matt Thompson, Malik Tuck, Nate Harris) 41.55. 2, Michigan (Jamirus McTear, Max Pewee, Trevon Slater, Kaiman White) 41.58. 3, Indiana (Rahim Conwell, Kendal Frederick, Darin Barbour, Adarius Washington) 42.09.

400: 1, Chris Giesting (Indiana) 46.89. 2, Dakarie McKinnie (Michigan) 48.04. 3, Phil Washington (Michigan) 48.38. 4, Brent Gray (Ohio) 48.61. 5, Waylan Andrews (Ohio) 48.63. 6, Michael Stelle (Indiana) 49.79. 7, DeQuinton Wallace (Indiana) 50.93.

300 intermediate hurdles: 1, Luke Norris (Ohio) 37.14. 2, Sean Weems (Ohio) 37.65. 3, Nathan Mueller (Indiana) 37.70. 4, Mason Borders (Michigan) 38.04. 5, Justin Balczak (Michigan) 38.29. 6, Joel Whittington (Indiana) 38.56. 7, Arq'eil Shaw (Indiana) 38.99. 8, Javonte Lipsey (Michigan) 39.12.

800: 1, Nick Kaiser (Michigan) 1:50.00. 2, Vibushan Sivakumaran (Ohio) 1:52.96. 3, Ben Reed (Michigan) 1:52.99. 4, Jordan Gornall (Indiana) 1:55.72. 5, Anderson Lee (Michigan) 1:56.12. 6, Dillon Webster (Ohio) 1:57.37. 7, Steve Dennig (Indiana) 1:57.48. 8, Dylan Allen (Indiana) 2:05.01.

200: 1, Jake Spuller (Michigan) 21.34. 2, D'Ontae Hopson (Michigan) 21.38. 3, Tyrennzie Burgess (Indiana) 21.40. 4, Darin Barbour (Indiana) 21.64. 5, Malik Tuck (Ohio) 21.88. 6, Trevon Salter (Michigan) 22.06. 7, Jared Walker (Ohio) 22.10. 8, Kyle Schwartz (Indiana) 22.22.

3200: 1, Chris Walden (Indiana) 9:13.47. 2, Austin Whitelaw (Michigan) 9:17.10. 3, Luis Carbajal (Ohio) 9:17.83. 4, James Martin (Indiana) 9:23.01. 5, August Pappas (Michigan) 9:29.97. 6, Cal Magier (Michigan) 9:35.86. 7, Matt Kincaid (Ohio) 9:37.85. 8, Bradley Hess (Indiana) 9:43.72. 9, Curtis Hanle (Ohio) 9:50.30.

4 x 400 relay: 1, Indiana (Nick Stoner, Chris Giesting, Jarvis McMillan, Chris Arvia) 3:08.84. (MEET RECORD). 2, Ohio (Brent Gray, Waylan Andrews, Sean Weems, Luke Norris) 3:09.34. 3, Michigan (Dakariw McKinney, Javonte Lipsey, Andrew Hunt, Phil Washington) 3:32.25.

High Jump: 1, Jonathan Christensen (Indiana) 7-0. 2, Brent Reardon (Ohio) 6-8. 3, Nigel Preacher (Ohio) 6-8. 4, Owen Hughes (Michigan) 6-8. 5, Kody Galloway (Indiana) 6-6. 6, LaRue Layton (Michigan) 6-4. 7, Tyler Fifer (Ohio) 6-4. 8, Steven VanDyke (Indiana) 6-4.

Long jump: 1, Dan Skiba (Ohio) 24-0 ¼. 2, Joshua Bass (Ohio) 23-10 ¾. 3, Trevon Salter (Michigan) 23-5 ¾. 4, John Alsup (Indiana) 23-4 ¾. 5, Nigel Preacher (Ohio) 22-11 ¼. 6, Kody Galloway (Indiana) 22-8. 7, Patrick Ellis (Indiana) 22-6. 8, Logan Howe (Michigan) 7-8 ½.

Shot put: 1, Gabe Hull (Indiana) 62-6. 2, Anthony Bradley (Indiana) 61-8. 3, Travis Gerding (Indiana) 60-8 ½. 4, AJ Hicks (Ohio) 60-6. 5, David Scouten (Michigan) 58-10 ½. 6, Tyler Dukes (Ohio) 58-2. 7, Matt Badger (Michigan) 57-3 ½. 8, Derek Sievers (Michigan) 57-0 ½. 9, Jess Braun (Ohio) 56-4.

Discus: 1, Gabe Hull (Indiana) 191-1. 2, Cale Reiff (Indiana) 186-7. 3, Derek Sievers (Michigan) 181-5. 4, Tie between David Scouten (Michigan) and Conner Neu (Ohio) 180-7. 6, Todd Christy (Ohio) 177-1. 7, AJ Hicks (Ohio) 175-5. 8, Travis Gerding (Indiana) 174-1. 9, Ryan Stankey (Michigan) 160-0.

Pole vault: 1, Joey Uhle (Ohio) 16-0. 2, Chris Uhle (Ohio) 15-6. 3, Elliott Tedquist (Ohio) 15-6. 4, Brian Mitchell (Michigan) 15-6. 5, Dave Schipper (Indiana) 15-3. 6, Austin Isaac (Michigan) 15-0. 7, Jake Knight (Indiana) 15-0. 8, Chase Payne (Indiana) 14-0. Andrew Herring (Michigan) no height.

Field Event “Star of Stars”: Gabe Hull (Indiana)
Running Event “Star of Stars”: Chris Giesting (Indiana)

GIRLS
“Team” scores: Ohio 193 ½, Michigan 150, Indiana 126 ½.

4 x 800 relay: 1, Ohio (Charlotte Myers, Katherine Stultz, Julia Pusateri, Maria Moore) 9:05.43. 2, Michigan (Jessica Sexton, Megan Vitale, Catie Rietsema, Annie-Norah Beveridge) 9:18.78. 3, Indiana (Kyela Specht, Madelyn Webster, Alex Chitwood, Lynette Akai) 9:19.33.

100 hurdles: 1, Je'Rica Sanders (Ohio) 14.16. 2, Alexandria Johnson (Michigan) 14.25. 3, Ashley Spencer (Indiana) 14.63. 4, Teddi Maslowski (Ohio) 14.66. 5, Cristal Wilson (Michigan) 14.74. 6, Bridgey Doughty (Ohio) 14.76. 7, Veronica Schalt (Michigan) 15.14. 8, Jordan Moseby (Indiana) 15.56. 9, Taylor Gilles (Indiana) 16.17.

100: 1, Aisha Cavin (Ohio) 12.11. 2, Rachel Christian (Ohio) 12.18. 3, Michaela Lewis (Michigan) 12.27. 4, Jewel Thomas (Michigan) 12.29. 5, Shayla France (Michigan) 12.50. 6, Brionna Harrison (Indiana) 12.52. 7, Ja'Liza Prophet (Indiana) 12.67. 8, Chanitta Westbrook (Ohio) 12.67. 9, Destiny Patterson (Indiana) 12.78.

4 x 200 relay: 1, Ohio (Teddi Maslowski, Aisha Cavin, Maya Pederson, Chelsea Scott) 1:39.41. 2, Michigan (Yasmine Jones, Allix Miller, Limicah Hughbanks, Rebecca Hall) 1:41.55. No 3rd place (Indiana disqualified – dropped baton).

1600: 1, Brook Handler (Michigan) 4:56.65. 2, Jessica Hoover (Ohio) 4:56.67. 3, Brianna Johnson (Indiana) 4:58.78. 4, Shaina Corbin (Ohio) 5:03.62. 5, Megan McPherson (Michigan) 5:04.03. 6, Hope Jordan (Indiana) 5:04.22. 7, Jordan Chester (Indiana) 5:06.25. 8, Lauren Kettle (Michigan) 5:11.00. 9, Morgan Willis (Ohio) 5:21.72.

4 x 100 relay: 1, Michigan (Jewel Thomas, Kaisha Martin, Shayla France, Rebecca Hall) 46.91. 2, Indiana (Taylor Gilles, Alyssa Walker, Kristy Evans, Ja'Liza Prophet) 47.95. 3, Ohio (Chanitta Westbrook, Erin Rambo, Tchnavia Spencer, Rachel Christian) 48.47.

400: 1, Zena Kolliesuah (Ohio) 55.19. 2, Whitney McDonald (Indiana) 56.10. 3, Charlotte Myers (Ohio) 56.80. 4, Lindsey Hufnagel (Michigan) 56.84. 5, Ravyn Baxter (Michigan) 57.39. 6, Maya Pederson (Ohio) 57.52. 7, Chauntiel Smith (Indiana) 57.88. 8, Cherie Gaines (Michigan) 58.47. 9, Antonia Franklin (Indiana) 59.20.

300 intermediate hurdles: 1, Ashley Spencer (Indiana) 43.22. 2, Veronica Schalt (Michigan) 43.39. 3, Maria Rotello (Ohio) 43.56. 4, Jade Barber (Ohio) 44.35. 5, Bridgey Doughty (Ohio) 44.43. 6, Stephanie Fisher (Indiana) 44.52. 7, Alexis Hall (Michigan) 44.73. 8, Jourdin Heinrichs (Indiana) 46.16.

800: 1, Abby Farley (Indiana) 2:09.79. 2, Brook Handler (Michigan) 2:09.86. 3, Maria Moore (Ohio) 2:16.62. 4, Julia Pusateri (Ohio) 2:17.56. 5, Chinyere Onimo (Michigan) 2:19.59. 6, Kelly Williams (Ohio) 2:20.12. 7, Kyela Specht (Indiana) 2:20.48. 8, Tyreca Jackson (Indiana) 2:23.17. 9, Courtney Stauffor (Michigan) 2:27.51.

200: 1, Aisha Cavin (Ohio) 23.95. 2, Dynasty McGee (Michigan) 24.36. 3, Rachel Christian (Ohio) 24.51. 4, Brionna Harrison (Indiana) 24.77. 5, Yasmine Jones (Michigan) 24.83. 6, Alexandria Johnson (Michigan) 25.11. 7, Kristen Flake (Indiana) 25.21. 8, Shakyla Askew (Indiana) 25.43. 9, Chanitta Westbrook (Ohio) 26.98.

3200: 1, Gabrielle Anzalone (Michigan) 10:29.48. 2, Michelle Thomas (Ohio) 10:48.61. 3, Brianna Johnson (Indiana) 10:49.08. 4, Katie Ollier (Ohio) 10:52.74. 5, Nicole Lucas (Indiana) 10:53.35. 6, Annie-Norah Beveridge (Michigan) 10:59.86. 7, Christina Blair (Ohio) 11:00.48. 8, Skylair Hilton (Indiana) 11:03.05. 9, Ann Marie Arsenau (Michigan) 11:12.63.

4 x 400 relay: 1, Indiana (Whitney McDonald, Antonia Franklin, Abby Farley, Ashley Spencer) 3:42.50 (MEET RECORD). 2, Michigan (Ravin Baxter, Lindsey Hufnagel, Allix Miller, Dynasty McGee) 3:45.99. 3, Ohio (Jalisha Jarrett, Maria Rotello, Jade Barber, Kaila Barber) 3:46.30.

High Jump: 1, Nyki Caldwell (Michigan) 5-8. 2, Kaylee LaPierre (Indiana) 5-6. 3, Emily Beckley (Indiana) 5-4. 4, Emily Gerken (Ohio) 5-2. No fifth place. Lindsey Hufnagel (Michigan ) and Renee McKee (Ohio) no height.

Long jump: 1, Teddi Maslowski (Ohio) 18-6 ½. 2, Jolisa Davis (Michigan) 18-4 ½. 3, Jamira Winborn (Indiana) 18-1 ¼. 4, Kaisha Martin (Michigan) 18-0 ¾. 5, Nicole Hudec (Ohio) 18-0 ¼. 6, Maria Rotello (Ohio) 17-8 ½. 7, Michaela Lewis (Michigan) 16-8 ¼. 8, Destiny Patterson (Indiana) 15-5 ¾.

Shot put: 1, Tori Bliss (Indiana) 48-4. 2, Jackie Leppelmeier (Ohio) 46-1 ½. 3, Beckie Famurewa (Ohio) 44-3. 4, Farin Hickman (Indiana) 42-3 ½. 5, Emily Morris (Ohio) 41-9. 6, Taylor Gunn (Michigan) 41-3 ½. 7, Tonia Pratt (Michigan) 41-2. 8, Angela Bursey (Michigan) 40-3. 9, Alana Rivera (Indiana) 36-7.

Discus: 1, Tonia Pratt (Michigan) 148-4. 2, Carly Pendleton (Ohio) 148-1. 3, Beckie Famurewa (Ohio) 143-3. 4, Taylor Gunn (Michigan) 140-9. 5, Tie between Jackie Leppelmeier (Ohio) and Kayla Zink (Indiana) 131-8. 7, Laura Schroeder (Michigan) 131-3. 8, Farin Hickman (Indiana) 104-3.

Pole vault: 1, MacKenzie Redman (Indiana) 12-6. 2, Nina Gutermuth (Indiana) 12-3. 3, Tori Meyer (Ohio) 12-3. 4, Kassie Powell (Michigan) 12-3. 5, Alex Wasik (Ohio) 11-9. 6, Tie between Jennifer Schornak (Michigan) and Brittany London (Michigan) 11-6. No 8th place.

Field Event “Star of Stars”: Tori Bliss (Indiana)
Running Event “Star of Stars”: Aisha Cavin (Ohio)

BOYS AND GIRLS COMBINED SCORES: Ohio 350 ½, Indiana 310 ½, Michigan 284.


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