Boys and Girls Track - Hendricks County Champions - 2011
Girls:
On what turned out to be a great evening for track and field, the Lady Bulldogs took home the first place trophy in an impressive team effort! As they have all season, the 4x800 relay team of Rio James, Jenny Gleissner, Sydney Lesko, and Veronica Goduto got things going by taking first place! Kirsten Gaerke tripled on the night by taking the 100 meters, the 400 meters in 59.31 and anchoring the winning 4x400 relay team of James, Goduto, and Haley Johnson; a team that turned in season's best and blistering time of 4:05! Sibong Ncube ran away from the field in the 100 meter hurdles to take first in a personal best time of 16.48 while Laura Bess took home honors in the 1600 meters going 5:14 and Maddie Webster snagged the 800 in a season best time of 2:22! Sydney Lesko ran a great race in the 3200 meters to finish first as well!
Others who added valuable points on the night were Caitlin Dressler, second in the high jump, Megan Cole fourth in the 100 and third in the 200. Cole also anchored the 4x100 relay team of Florence Akinribade, Morgan Miller, and Ncube that finished in a close second on the night in 51.42. Ncube also took seventh place in the high jump while Akinribade placed fifth in the 200. Goduto finished second in the 400 as did Webster in the 1600 with Bess taking taking second in the 800! KJ Gaerke ran an incredible personal best time in the 3200 of 12:11 to take second place honors there! Sara Tate added points in the 100 hurdles in fourth place and Kerry Devney took fourth place in the 300 hurdles and fifth in the long jump with a personal best of 15'3"! Morgan Miller and Shay Roberson took fifth and sixth in the shot while Ryne Carr and Katie Reinhart went fourth and fifth. Elissa Hall was solid in the pole vault taking home fourth! Congratulations to the guys team for their county victory as well!
Boys:
Congratulations to the Hendricks County boys' track and field champions for 2011. The Bulldogs held off a tough Avon squad for a narrow four-point victory, 156 to 152, giving the boys their second consecutive county championship. Leading the Dog attack was double winner Kyle Steinbaker, not only claiming titles in the 110 high hurdles and the 300 intermediate hurdles, but smashing his own school record in the 300s by almost one full second. Also claiming individual county titles were Daniel Purdy in the 800 m run, Kurt Darling in the pole vault, Todd Nibbs in the high jump, and Wyatt Rondot in the 1600 m run. All three Brownsburg relay teams claimed runner-up honors as did Jeremy Shupperd in the high hurdles, Matt Phillips in the 400 m dash, and Ben Hendricks in the 3200 m run. Strong third-place finishes were earned by Taylor Hemmert in the long jump, Wyatt Rondot in the 3200 m run, and Jeremy Shupperd in the high jump.
County Champions:
Kyle Steinbaker 110 high hurdles... 16.35
300 intermediate hurdles... 40.32
Daniel Purdy 800 m run... 2:02
Todd Nibbs high jump... 6'6"
Kurt Darling pole vault 12'6"
Wyatt Rondot 1600 m run... 4:35
