By Mark Carpenter-
Fairfield High School was the chosen site for the 2019 Southern Hills Athletic Conference High School Track Meet. The May 10 event matched up the best of the best in the conference in track and field and when it was all said and done, it was the Peebles girls squad that proved to be the best team in the SHAC, riding a wave of eight first-place finishes on their way to the girls’ team title.
The Lady Indians dominated the individual and relay champions list, with sophomore Lilly Gray winning the 400 Meter and 800 Meter Dash, senior Jenny Seas capturing the 1600 and 3200 Meter Runs, junior Kierra Stone winning the 300 Meter Hurdles, and the Peebles quartets taking the 4 x 100, 4 x 200, and 4 x 400 relays.
“Winning the SHAC was a big accomplishment for our team,” said Peebles head coach Tyler Wilson. “It was one of our goals we had set at the beginning of the season and the girls really stepped up and performed. We had several top finishes and got a lot of help from our field events this year. I’m very proud of all of the kids in the way that they rose to the occasion and competed in a way that I knew they could.”
Adams County also produced numerous other SHAC champions, including the West Union girls 4 x 800 relay event. North Adams freshman Sierra Kendall won the Girls Long Jump and classmate Lizzie Gill took the Girls Shot Put. On the boys side, West Union senior Conner Campbell was a double champion, winning the 200 Meter Dash and the Long Jump. North Adams freshman Jacob Campbell also won the Boys High Jump event. All of the individual and relay champions will be honored at the SHAC Spring Sports Awards at Eastern High School on May 28.
At the May 10 SHAC meet, points were awarded to the top eight finishers in each event, on the typical sliding scale of 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
Following are the athletes from Adams County schools who earned points for their squads (and their places) in the SHAC competition:
Girls 100 Meter Dash: 2. Jacey Justice (PHS, 13.31), 3. Lilly Gray (PHS, 13.40), 4. Karissa Buttelwerth (NAHS, 13.56), 5. Sierra Kendall (NAHS, 13.62), 7. Sophia Paul (MHS, 13.91)
Girls 200 Meter Dash: 2. Karissa Buttelwerth (NAHS, 27.46), 3. Jacey Justice (PHS, 27.72), 4. Alisan Behr (PHS, 28.37)
Girls 400 Meter Dash: 1. Lilly Gray (PHS, 1:01.27), 3. Madison Beekman (PHS, 1:08.07), 6. Alyssa Thatcher (NAHS, 1:12.66), 8. Meagann Stamm (MHS, 1:45.06)
Girls 800 Meter Run: 1. Lilly Gray (PHS, 2:32.19), 2. Jenny Seas (PHS, 2:34.70), 3. Myla Toole (NAHS, 2:35.57), 7. Anna Shupert (WUHS, 2:48.89)
Girls 1600 Meter Run: 1. Jenny Seas (PHS, 5:29.70), 2. Katy Seas (PHS, 5:34.79), 3. Myla Toole (NAHS, 5:35.64)
Girls 3200 Meter Run: 1. Jenny Seas (PHS, 12:06.55), 2. Katy Seas (PHS, 12:44.95), 4. Adelyn Shupert (WUHS, 13:02.62), 7. Kaitlyn Fulton (WUHS, 15:45.96)
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles: 2. Kierra Stone (PHS, 18.23), 4. Brooklyn Cluxton (PHS, 19.03), 6. Katie Smith (MHS, 20.27), 7. Kaedence Zornes (MHS, 20.81)
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles: 1, Kierra Stone (PHS, 49.36), 2. Sierra Kendall (NAHS, 49.95), 4. Brooklyn Cluxton (PHS, 57.30), 6. Katrina Boldman (WUHS, 58.96), 7. Sophia Paul (MHS, 59.18), 8. Sasha Blythe (WUHS, 1:03.82)
Girls 4 x 100 Relay: 1. Peebles (Cluxton, Beekman, Behr, Justice, 53.19), 3. North Adams (Kendall, Toole, Buttelwerth, White, 56.04), 4. West Union (Anna Shupert, Mason, Trotter, Rowe, 57.27)
Girls 4 x 200 Relay: 1. Peebles (Justice, Behr, Stone, Beekman, 1:54.51), 3. West Union (Nelms, Mason, Trotter, Weakley, 2:08.06), 6. Manchester (Barlow, Freeman, McClanahan, Stamm, 2:10.11), 7. North Adams (Thatcher, White, Staggs, Wright, 2:12.18)
Girls 4 x 400 Relay: 1. Peebles (K. Seas, Behr, Stone, Gray, 4:29.27), 4. West Union (Adkins, Adelyn Shupert, Boldman, Anna Shupert, 5:09.50), 5. North Adams (Staggs, Hubbard, Toole, Thatcher, 5:13.60), 7. Manchester (Barlow, Freeman, McClanahan, Stamm, 5:17.95)
Girls 4 x 800 Relay: 1. West Union (Adkins, Adelyn Shupert, Anna Shupert, Rowe, 11:19.95), 3. Peebles (J. Seas, K. Seas, Shiveley, Laxton, 11:53.05), 5. Manchester (Barlow, McClanahan, Paul, Freeman, 12:55.19), 7. North Adams (Wright, Hubbard, Taylor, Staggs, 14:20.36)
Girls High Jump: 4. Sophia Paul (MHS, 4’6”), 5. Olivia Parrett (PHS, 4’6”), 6. Karissa Buttelwerth (NAHS, 4’6”)
Girls Long Jump: 1. Sierra Kendall (NAHS, 17’3.5”), 3. Houston Adkins (WUHS, 15’6”), 8. Madison Beekman (PHS, 12’10.5”)
Girls Shot Put: 1. Lizzie Gill (NAHS, 30’4.5”), 2. Hope Brown (PHS, 30’2”), 8. Celina Nickell (WUHS, 26’3.5”)
Girls Discus: 2. Hope Brown (PHS, 87’8”), 3. Taylor Cluxton (PHS, 81’8”), 4. Lizzie Gill (NAHS, 76’2”)
Boys 100 Meter Dash: 3. Conner Campbell (WUHS, 11.72)
Boys 200 Meter Dash: 1. Conner Campbell (WUHS, 23.44), 7. Andrew Brand (NAHS, 25.31)
Boys 400 Meter Dash: 1. 4. Nolan Newman (NAHS, 57.39), 6. Trent Heater (WUHS, 57.96), 7. Austin Lloyd (NAHS, 58.18), 8. Braxton Blanton (WUHS, 58.34)
Boys 800 Meter Run: 2. Kyle Lightner (PHS, 2:10.14), 6. Jonathon McDowell (WUHS, 2:25.03), 7. Nolan Newman (NAHS, 2:27.22)
Boys 1600 Meter Run: 5. Steven Runyan (WUHS, 5:00.94), 7. Bryce Willoughby (PHS, 5:11.54)
Boys 3200 Meter Run: 6. Steven Runyan (WUHS, 11:04.53), 7. Bryce Willoughby (PHS, 11:18.08)
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles: 2. Brandon Figgins (NAHS, 18.32), 7. Logan Evans (PHS, 19.24)
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles: 3. Brandon Figgins (NAHS, 45.92), 8. Logan Evans (PHS, 49.98)
Boys 4 x 100 Relay: 3. North Adams (Figgins, Zimmerman, Campbell, Brand, 48.81), 4. West Union (Conner Campbell, Queen, Cameron Campbell, Schulz, 48.82), 6. Peebles (Jackson, White, Lightner, Shoemaker, 49.44)
Boys 4 x 200 Relay: 3. North Adams (Lloyd, Zimmerman, Brand, Campbell, 1:41.84), 4. West Union (Cameron Campbell, Blanton, Schulz, Queen, 1:42.48), 8. Manchester (Gilvin, Dunn, Brookbank, Rigsby, 1:51.74)
Boys 4 x 400 Relay: 2. Peebles (White, Lightner, Shoemaker, Skinner, 3:52.87), 5. North Adams (Lloyd, N. Newman, Parks, Brand, 4:01.80), 6. West Union (MacDowell, Cameron Campbell, Blanton, Heater, 4:02.23)
Boys 4 x 800 Relay: 2. West Union (Heater, Blanton, MacDowell, Runyan, 9:22.64), 3. Peebles (Lightner, Syroney, Skinner, Willoughby, 9:24.17), 7. North Adams (Parks, I. Newman, N. Newman, McCann, 10:57.66)
Boys High Jump: 1. Jacob Campbell (NAHS, 5’4”), 2. Hunter White (PHS, 5’4”), 6. Jonathon MacDowell (WUHS, 5’2”)
Boys Long Jump: 1. Conner Campbell (WUHS, 20’6”), 3. Chris Schulz (WUHS, 19’1”), 4. Payne Zimmerman (NAHS, 18’10.75”), 7. Jacob Campbell (NAHS, 17’7”)
Boys Shot Put: 5. A.J. Frye (WUHS, 32’11.5”), 6. Samuel Crothers (PHS, 32’6”), 7. Garrett Workman (PHS, 31’9.5)
Boys Discus: 4. Samuel Crothers (PHS, 110’7”), 7. Brett Ferguson (PHS, 80’4”), 8. Brody Hazelbaker (WUHS, 76’7”)
Final Girls Team Standings: Peebles 186, Fairfield 119, North Adams 82, Eastern Brown 64, West Union 46, Whiteoak 44, Lynchburg 41, Manchester 24, Fayetteville 14
Final Boys Team Standings: Fairfield 131, Whiteoak 98, West Union 75, Eastern Brown 68, North Adams 65, Ripley 64, Lynchburg 56, Peebles 52, Fayetteville 11, Manchester 1
All of the Adams County girls and boys track squads were in district competition at Southeastern High School on May 15 and May 18. Look for reports on that action in future issues of The People’s Defender.
