Lafayette High School in St. Joseph hosted the Irish Track and Field Relays on Thursday afternoon, with the Chillicothe Lady Hornets (123 points) and Maryville Spoofhounds (137 1/3 points) taking the team titles. Â The Chillicothe boys were a close second to MEC rival Maryville with 130 points, followed by the Trenton Bulldogs, with 90 points. Â The Trenton Lady Bulldogs scored 64 1/2 points to finish in 5th place in the 12 school meet.
Trenton boy’s coach Scott Stevens reported that the Bulldogs ran their “district line-up” on Thursday afternoon, bowing out of the 100, 200, and 400 meter competitions, and not running in the 4 by 200 relay.
Zane Rottman finished 2nd for THS in the 1600 meters to Chillicothe’s Layne Worman, and Austin Burkeybile won the long jump (11 feet, 5 inches), with the 4 by 800 relay team running a time of 8:52.62 to beat runner-up Cameron by over 22 seconds to win that event. Â Jadan Whitney of Trenton was second in both the shot put (to Chillicothe’s Walker Graves) and discus (to Maryville’s Elijah Green). Â Carson Burchett was fourth in the shot put for the Bulldogs, with Luke Schilling 5th in javelin and 4th in the 800, Rottman was 3rd in the 800. Â Daniel Rodriguez was 5th in the 1600 and 3rd in the 3200. Â Trenton’s 4 by 100 relay was third, with the 4 by 400 relay finishing third.
Other boy’s individual winners from the Irish Relays were:
Javelin : Walker Graves (Chillicothe)
High Jump: Peyton Forck (Chillicothe)
100 : Tre Washington (Lafayette)
200 : Reese Bickford (Maryville)
400 : Josh Sanders (Maryville)
800 : Josh Goodloe (Richmond)
3200 : Layne Worman (Chillicothe)
100 hurdles : Isaiah Johnson (Benton)
300 hurdles : Brett Shaffer (Chillicothe)
4 by 100 : Lafayette
4 by 200 : Lafayette
4 by 400 : Chillicothe
Whitley Richman won a first-place mark for the Trenton Lady Bulldogs in the javelin, at 103 feet and 9 inches. Â The 4 by 400 relay ran a season best of 4:22.38 to beat runner-up Chillicothe (4:27.19). Â The 4 by 200 relay also ran of personal best of 1:52.36, finishing just 0.84 seconds behind the winning squad from Lafayette. Â Lafayette claimed the by 4 by 100 relay with Richmond winning the 4 by 800 relay race.
Trenton’s Richman was 3rd in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles and 5th in the high jump for the Lady Bulldogs. Â Tenna Roberts ran 1:04.34 to finish 2nd in the 400 meter dash, while McKayla Blackburn finished 4th in the 800 meter run.
Other girl’s individual champions from St. Joseph on Thursday were:
Discus : Jessica Phelan (Lafayette)
High Jump : Whitney Clampitt (Chillicothe)
800 Meters : Whitney Clampitt (Chillicothe)
1600 and 3200 Meters : Nicole Jackson (Cameron)
100 and 300 Hurdles : Jaime Albertson (Chillicothe)