Warren boys take division at Morgan

From staff reports
McCONNELSVILLE —Warren senior Tyler Cantley and Morgan freshman Cassie Copeland were the individual high scorers Saturday, leading their respective teams to divisional titles at the 28th annual Morgan Invitational at Morgan High School.

Cantley was part of two new meet records as he anchored Warren’s 4x800 relay (8:05.80) behind Justin Roush, Sam Majoy and Nick Wilson and won the 800-meter run in 1:58.60. Cantley also edged Wilson in the 1,600-meter run (4:32.60) and anchored Warren’s winning 4x400 relay (3:34.70) behind Majoy, Roush and Andrew Wunderlich.

Wilson also established a new meet record in the boys 3,200-meter run (9:44.90).

Warren’s boys won all four relay races and had multiple placers in all but two events in amassing 199 points. Morgan was a distant second with 69 points and Waterford was third in the 14-team field with 41 points. Warren’s boys remain undefeated on the season.

“We had a pretty good day,” Warren boys track coach Al Riffey said. “Our times are really consistent right now. The distance kids keep dropping their times.”

Behind the efforts of Cantley and Wilson, Warren’s distance runners have been the team’s strong suit, but Riffey has seen continued improvement from his sprinters — Andrew Wunderlich, Andrew Dunfee, John Starner and Tim Najewicz.

Riffey agreed that this year’s team is perhaps the most balanced track squad he’s had at Warren.

“The 2004 team that won the SEOAL (Southeastern Ohio Athletic League) was strong in the hurdles and sprints, while our distance guys were just starting to develop. Cantley was just a freshman back then, but I’d say in my 18 years this is about as solid a team as we’ve had.”

On the girls’ side, the competition was much more even with Morgan leading the way with 91 points and Warren finishing second with 75. Waterford finished third (71 points) and Belpre was fourth (62 points).

Three girls meet records were set with Waterford senior Ashleigh Tornes being part of two of them. Tornes ran the lead leg on Waterford’s 4x800 relay (10:13.50), which also featured Courtney Barker, Sina King, and Jessi Drayer, and broke the existing meet standard in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:48.10.

Belpre’s 4x200 relay team of Justine Hendershot, Cydney Hoffman, Callie Logston, and Hannah Hoffman turned in a time of 1:49.30.

Individually, Copeland breezed to a win in the 300-meter hurdles in 49.10 seconds and placed second in the 100-meter hurdles (16.61 seconds). She also placed third in the 100-meter dash in 13.20 seconds and ran the second leg on Morgan’s 4x100 relay, which placed second.

n NEXT MEET: Gallia Academy at WARRIORS, 4:30 p.m., Tuesday.

28th annual Morgan Invitational

Boys team scores: 1 Warren 199, 2 Morgan 69, 3 Waterford 41, 4 (tie) Eastern and Philo 39, 6 West Muskingum 32, 7 Nelsonville-York 26, 8 Belpre 25, 9 Buckeye Trail 19, 10 Athens 13, 11 Fairfield Christian Academy 10, 12 Maysville 9, 13 New Lexington 5, 14 Caldwell 1.

4x800 relay — Warren (Justin Roush, Sam Majoy, Nick Wilson, Tyler Cantley) 8:05.80 (new meet record), 2 Waterford 8:33.20, 3 Philo 8:53.30, 4 Eastern 9:03.50, 5 Morgan 9:10.70, 6 Athens 9:19.80.

110-meter high hurdles — 1 Ethan Snyder (BT) 15.30, 2 Brandon Roe (Wat) 16.50, 3 Tyler Cox (War) 16.80, 4 Adam Steer (NL) 17.30, 5 Todd Rhinehart (WM) 17.40, 6 Eric Keller (War) 17.50.

100-meter dash — Tyler Hickerson (Mor) 11.40, 2 Andrew Dunfee (War) 11.41, 3 Lance Hambrick (P) 11.60, 4 John Starner (War) 11.70, 5 Bill McCullough (NY) 11.80, 6 Keenan Erwine (WM) 11.90.

4x200 relay — 1 Warren (Sam Majoy, Andrew Dunfee, Josh Hennen, Andrew Wunderlich)1:34.60, 2 West Muskingum 1:40.10, 3 Eastern 1:40.80, 4 Athens 1:41.70, 5 Morgan 1:42.00, 6 Buckeye Trail 1:42.10.

1,600-meter run — 1 Tyler Cantley (War) 4:32.60, 2 Nick Wilson (War) 4:34.60, 3 Brandon Crislip (Bel) 4:41.10, 4 Blake Pumphrey (WM) 4:44.40, 5 Steven Rhue (A) 4:52.40, 6 Brandon Saling (C) 4:56.70.

4x100 relay — 1 Warren (John Starner, Andrew Wunderlich, Tim Najewicz, Andrew Dunfee) 45.80, 2 Philo 46.80, 3 West Muskingum 47.60, 4 Belpre 48.20, 5 Morgan 48.40, 6 Maysville 48.70.

400-meter run — 1 Sam Majoy (War) 52.60, 2 (tie) Alex Burroughs (E) and Brandon Hendershot (Wat) 53.20, 4 Brandon Smith (P) 54.20, 5 Klint Connery (E) 55.20, 6 Josh Hennen (War) 55.40.

300-meter intermediate hurdles — 1 Tyler Hickerson (Mor) 40.50, 2 Ethan Snyder (BT) 42.70, 3 Brandon Roe (Wat) 43.40, 4 Tim Najewicz (War) 43.50, 5 Kris Hayes (May) 44.40, 6 Andrew Gable (Mor) 45.00.

800-meter run — 1 Tyler Cantley (War) 1:58.60 (new meet record), 2 Justin Roush (War) 2:03.70, 3 Blake Pumphrey (WM) 2:06.20, 4 Brandon Crislip (Bel) 2:06.60, 5 Brad Miller (Wat) 2:09.10, 6 Allen Coen (P) 2:10.20.

200-meter dash — 1 Andrew Wunderlich (War) 23.20, 2 Andrew Dunfee (War) 23.90, 3 Bill McCulloch (NY) 24.10, 4 Zach Smith (P) 24.70, 5 Cody Hall (Wat) 25.00, 6 Eric Conway (A) 25.01.

3,200-meter run — 1 Nick Wilson (War) 9:44.90 (new meet record), 2 Wes Richards (War) 10:20.50, 3 Aaron Martindale (E) 10:24.50, 4 Tyler Smith (May) 10:46.20, 5 Brin Manoogian-O’Dell (A) 10:55.70, 6 Ben McAdoo (A) 11:02.10.

4x400 relay — 1 Warren (Sam Majoy, Justin Roush, Andrew Wunderlich, Tyler Cantley) 3:34.70, 2 Waterford 3:48.50, 3 Eastern 3:48.90, 4 Belpre 3:51.10, 5 Morgan 3:54.10, 6 West Muskingum 3:59.50.

High jump — 1 Brandon Smith (P) 5-10, 2 John Wine (NY) 5-8, 3 (tie) Devon Washington (War) and Mike Johnson (E) 5-6, 5 Kevin Wolfer (War), 6 Josh Price (Mor) 5-4.

Long jump — 1 Eric Knechtel (FCA) 18-4 1/2, 2 Devon Washington (War) 18-2 1/4, 3 John Wine (NY) 17-9 3/4, 4 Tim Najewicz (War) 17-6 1/2, 5 Alex Burroughs (E) 16-11 1/2, 6 Brandon Crislip (Bel) 16-9 1/2.

Discus — 1 Craig Call (War) 143-5, 2 Morgan Pavol (Morr) 135-7, 2 Jimmy Earich (Mor) 133-2, 4 Zach Talbert (NY) 129-7, 5 Seth Sebring (War) 128-0, 6 Zach Newell (E) 123-7.

Shot put — 1 Morgan Pavol (Mor) 49-11 1/2, 2 2 Craig Call (War) 49-3 1/4, 3 Jimmy Earich (Mor) 49-1, 4 Kevin Wolfer (War) 45-2 1/2, 5 Eric Kearch (May) 42-9, 6 Josh Conrad (NL) 40-8.

Pole vault — 1 Tyler Cox (War) 13-0, 2 J.J. Daly (Mor) 12-0, 3 Bryan Walker (Bel) 10-6, 4 M. Hardwick (WM) 96, 5 Ben Williford (A) 9-0, 6 Brody Hensley (Mor) 8-6.

Girls team scores: 1 Morgan 91, 2 Warren 75, 3 Waterford 71, 4 Belpre 62, 5 Maysville 44, 6 West Muskingum 42.5, 7 Athens 28.5, 8 Nelsonville-York 28, 9 Eastern 26, 10 Philo 19, 11 Miller 18, 12 Buckeye Trail 15, 13 Fairfield Christian Academy 4, 14 Caldwell 2.

4x800 relay — 1 Waterford (Ashleigh Tornes, Courtney Barker, Sina King, Jessi Drayer) 10:13.50 (new meet record), 2 Warren 10:16.50, 3 Morgan 10:25.90, 4 West Muskingum 10:35.10, 5 Athens 11:23.30, 6 Buckeye Trail 11:40.50.

100-meter hurdles — 1 Rachel McConnell (May) 16.60, 2 Cassie Copeland (Mor) 16.61, 3 Kendra Riley (Mor) 17.40, 4 Katie Riggles (WM) 17.50, 5 Emeri Connery (E) 17.70, 6 Shayna Shriver (Wat) 18.30.

100-meter dash — 1 Calle Logston (Bel) 13.10, 2 Olivia Lent (P) 13.20, 3 Cassie Copeland (Mor) 13.20, 4 Justine Hendershot (Bel) 13.40, 5 Lisa Meade (NY) 13.41, 6 Cheryl Bourne (Mil) 13.60.

4x200 relay — 1 Belpre (Justine Hendershot, Cydney Hoffman, Callie Logston, Hannah Hoffman) 1:49.30 (new meet record), 2 Warren 1:54.40, 3 Morgan 1:56.20, 4 Buckeye Trail 1:57.00, 5 West Muskingum 1:57.70, 6 Maysville 1:59.20.

1,600-meter run — 1 Ashleigh Tornes (Wat) 5:27.00, 2 Kaylee Nutter (WM) 5:34.60, 3 Alyssa Newland (E) 5:49.00, 4 Lauren Truesdale (FCA) 5:51.20, 5 Brianna Hasley (Bel) 5:54.70, 6 Crystal Clawson (Mor) 5:56.00.

4x100 relay — 1 Belpre (Justine Hendershot, Hannah Hoffman, Cydney Hoffman, Callie Logston) 52.20, 2 Morgan 54.60, 3 Athens 54.80, 4 Buckeye Trail 55.10, 5 Nelsonville-York 55.60, 6 Warren 55.70.

400-meter run — 1 Olivia Lent (P) 1:01.50, 2 Faith Daigle (War) 1:02.30, 3 Becca McGee (May) 1:05.60, 4 Emily Hickerson 1:05.90, 5 Jamie Hall (A) 1:06.40, 6 Gamble Kellan (Mil) 1:07.30.

300-meter hurdles — 1 Cassie Copeland (Mor) 49.10, 2 Emeri Connery (E) 50.10, 3 Arika Urbauer (BT) 50.60, 4 Katie Hayman (E) 51.70, 5 Kristen Thomas (A) 52.40, 6 Rachel McConnell (May) 52.60.

800-meter run — 1 Jessi Drayer (Wat) 2:31.60, 2 Kaylee Nutter (WM) 2:33.60, 3 Audra Hook (Mor) 2:35.60, 4 Kylynn Adams (War) 2:36.70, 5 Sina King (Wat) 2:38.00, 6 Chelsea Smith (Cal) 2:38.30.

200-meter dash — 1 Calle Logston (Bel) 27.10, 2 Hannah Hoffman (Bel) 27.50, 3 Ali West (Wat) 27.90, 4 Lisa Meade (NY) 28.50, 5 Liz Long (WM) 29.00.

3,200-meter run — 1 Ashleigh Tornes (Wat) 11:48.10 (new meet record), 2 Kaylee Nutter (WM) 12:15.40, 3 Syd Schultz (A) 12:39.50, 4 Sara Foy (War) 13:05.70, 5 Kaci jago (Mor) 13:38.,20, 6 Kelsey Crislip (Bel) 13:47.10.

4x400 relay — 1 Morgan (Emily Hickerson, Rachel Beam, Audra Hook, Mary Jo Chern) 4:25.90, 2 Waterford 4:30.90, 3 Athens 4:31.70, 4 Belpre 4:32.70, 5 Eastern 4:39.10, 6 Warren 4:44.50.

High jump — 1 Marah Gierard (May) 4-8+, 2 Shawna Anderson (NY) 4-8, 3 Cheryl Bourne (Mil) 4-6 , 4 Morgan Burt (E) 4-6, Kaili Ross (War) 4-6, 6 (tie) Mary Page Dalrymple (A) and Katie Coleman (WM) 4-6.

Long jump — Cheryl Bourne (Mil) 15-7, 2 Lisa Meade (NY) 15-0 1/2, 3 Ali West (Wat) 14-9, 4 Bokah Grippa (A) 14-3 3/4, 5 Danielle Gherke (Bel) 14-0 1/4, 6 Latasha Roberts (War) 13-9 1/4.

Discus — 1 Nicole Abbott (Wat) 114-8, 2 Sina King (Wat) 109-9, 3 Katie Sidwell (May) 102-3, 4 Courtneyt Greer (Mor) 94-3, 5 Brianna Blackburn (Mor) 89-2, 6 Cara Rittenhouse (P) 87-8.

Shot put — 1 Katie Sidwell (May) 34-7 1/2, 2 Brianna Blackburn (Mor) 33-9 3/4, 3 Nicole Abbott (War) 32-3 1/2, 4 Jessica Boggs (War) 32-2 1/4, 5 Courtney Greer (Mor) 30-11 3/4. 6 Lizzy Nau (Cal) 28-7.

Pole vault — 1 Amelinda Marengo (War) 10-0, 2 Chelsea Kidder (War) 9-6, 3 Katie Coleman (WM) 7-6, 4 Kim Kline (NY) 7-6, 5 Amanda Hodnett (Mor) 7-6, 6 Alisha Driggs (Bel) 7-6.