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Riverton, Williamsville sending several competitors to JH state track meet
The Riverton Hawks and Williamsville Bee Bees each will have several representatives at the state track meet this weekend in East Peoria.
Team-wise, on the seventh grade girls side, Rochester won with 117 points, while Williamsville and Taylorville tied for second (70). Riverton tallied six points.
WJH teammates Rachel Rhodes (1:03.9) and Emily Davis took the top two slots in the 400, while Riverton’s Jessica Dyer finished fifth.
The Lady Hawks’ Heather Dyer placed fourth in the 200.
Rhodes and Davis also went 1-2 in the high jump (both 4-6).
The Lady Bee Bees’ 400 relay (Morgan Higginbotham, Anna Rhodes, Adriana Darow and Hannah Bowen) placed fourth, as did the WJH 800 relay quartet of Hunter Mumaw,
Madie Reter, Caitlin McCain and Halston Fletcher.
The 1600 relay of Anna Rhodes, Lindsay Pearson, McCain and Fletcher was third.
Amber Robbs finished third for the Lady Bee Bees in the pole vault, while Jordan French was fourth in the long jump.
French (92-1) won the discus by over 13 feet.
On the eighth grade side, Rochester cruised with 115 points, while Taylorville was second (59). Williamsville finished fifth (38.5) and Riverton was 10th (11).
The Lady Hawks’ Raegan Wilshusen finished fourth in the 100.
Jessi Siders of Williamsville was fifth in the 800.
Riverton’s Leann Brown was sixth in the 1600.
Williamsville’s French, Rachel Karras, Brittany Glenn and Sydney Dees combined to take fourth in the 400 relay.
WJH’s 800 relay (Rachel Rhodes, Davis, Kylie Walsh and Sephra Urbas) claimed top honors (1:54.5), and the same foursome matched that effort in the 1600 relay (4:27.8).
Riverton got third in the 1600 relay (Morgan Joy, Wilshusen, Erika Shriver and Dyer).
Urbas placed fifth in the high jump and sixth in the long jump.
WJH’s Abbi Penk was fourth in the shot put and third in the discus.
For the boys, WJH was fourth for the seventh graders (52) and Riverton was eighth (34). Mt. Zion won with 110 points.
Riverton’s Matthew Nordyke was third in the 400, and Williamsville’s Daniel Daykin placed fifth.
In the 800, Nordyke took second and WJH teammates Mitchell Owens and Jonathan Miller were third and fourth, respectively.
Owens (second) and Miller (fourth) also placed in the 1600.
The Bee Bees’ Cole Courson was third in the 110 hurdles.
In the 400 relay, the RMS quartet of Jared Wells, Danny Roscetti, Brandon Rogers and Fischer Reed was second to earn a trip to state.
The WJH 800 relay group of Tyler Nichols, Jacob Frank, Brandon Icenogle and Evan Funk was second to earn themselves a trip to East Peoria.
Nichols and Frank joined Daykin and Owens to placed fourth in the 1600 relay, one spot ahead of Riverton’s foursome of Wells, Roscetti, Rogers and Nordyke.
WJH’s Marty Pesch won the pole vault (8-10).
In the long jump, Wells placed third for the Hawks, while teammate Braxton Ladew was fourth in the discus.
On the eighth grade side, Williamsville tallied 15 points and Riverton one. Mt. Zion (87) bested Rochester by nine points.
Williamsville’s Calvin Walter was third in the 100 and second in the 200. The Bee Bees finished sixth in the 800 relay, with Connor Thompson, Nick Sorenson, Walter and Alex
Raycraft doing the honors.
The Hawks placed sixth in the 1600 relay (Michael Coons, Brandon Kietzman, Mitchell Patterson and Tyler Borski).
The Riverton Hawks and Williamsville Bee Bees each will have several representatives at the state track meet this weekend in East Peoria.
Team-wise, on the seventh grade girls side, Rochester won with 117 points, while Williamsville and Taylorville tied for second (70). Riverton tallied six points.
WJH teammates Rachel Rhodes (1:03.9) and Emily Davis took the top two slots in the 400, while Riverton’s Jessica Dyer finished fifth.
The Lady Hawks’ Heather Dyer placed fourth in the 200.
Rhodes and Davis also went 1-2 in the high jump (both 4-6).
The Lady Bee Bees’ 400 relay (Morgan Higginbotham, Anna Rhodes, Adriana Darow and Hannah Bowen) placed fourth, as did the WJH 800 relay quartet of Hunter Mumaw,
Madie Reter, Caitlin McCain and Halston Fletcher.
The 1600 relay of Anna Rhodes, Lindsay Pearson, McCain and Fletcher was third.
Amber Robbs finished third for the Lady Bee Bees in the pole vault, while Jordan French was fourth in the long jump.
French (92-1) won the discus by over 13 feet.
On the eighth grade side, Rochester cruised with 115 points, while Taylorville was second (59). Williamsville finished fifth (38.5) and Riverton was 10th (11).
The Lady Hawks’ Raegan Wilshusen finished fourth in the 100.
Jessi Siders of Williamsville was fifth in the 800.
Riverton’s Leann Brown was sixth in the 1600.
Williamsville’s French, Rachel Karras, Brittany Glenn and Sydney Dees combined to take fourth in the 400 relay.
WJH’s 800 relay (Rachel Rhodes, Davis, Kylie Walsh and Sephra Urbas) claimed top honors (1:54.5), and the same foursome matched that effort in the 1600 relay (4:27.8).
Riverton got third in the 1600 relay (Morgan Joy, Wilshusen, Erika Shriver and Dyer).
Urbas placed fifth in the high jump and sixth in the long jump.
WJH’s Abbi Penk was fourth in the shot put and third in the discus.
For the boys, WJH was fourth for the seventh graders (52) and Riverton was eighth (34). Mt. Zion won with 110 points.
Riverton’s Matthew Nordyke was third in the 400, and Williamsville’s Daniel Daykin placed fifth.
In the 800, Nordyke took second and WJH teammates Mitchell Owens and Jonathan Miller were third and fourth, respectively.
Owens (second) and Miller (fourth) also placed in the 1600.
The Bee Bees’ Cole Courson was third in the 110 hurdles.
In the 400 relay, the RMS quartet of Jared Wells, Danny Roscetti, Brandon Rogers and Fischer Reed was second to earn a trip to state.
The WJH 800 relay group of Tyler Nichols, Jacob Frank, Brandon Icenogle and Evan Funk was second to earn themselves a trip to East Peoria.
Nichols and Frank joined Daykin and Owens to placed fourth in the 1600 relay, one spot ahead of Riverton’s foursome of Wells, Roscetti, Rogers and Nordyke.
WJH’s Marty Pesch won the pole vault (8-10).
In the long jump, Wells placed third for the Hawks, while teammate Braxton Ladew was fourth in the discus.
On the eighth grade side, Williamsville tallied 15 points and Riverton one. Mt. Zion (87) bested Rochester by nine points.
Williamsville’s Calvin Walter was third in the 100 and second in the 200. The Bee Bees finished sixth in the 800 relay, with Connor Thompson, Nick Sorenson, Walter and Alex
Raycraft doing the honors.
The Hawks placed sixth in the 1600 relay (Michael Coons, Brandon Kietzman, Mitchell Patterson and Tyler Borski).
Issue Date: May 21, 2009
