H.S. boys track: Superior depth lifts Saint Joseph and Penn to Goshen Relays crowns

Saint Joseph and Penn exhibited superior depth at Saturday’s Goshen Relays.

As a result, they are now exhibiting new team awards in their school trophy cases.

Saint Joseph strung together first-place finishes in four events and second place in four others to claim the Class B (small school) championship at one of Indiana’s largest high school boys track meets.

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Victories in the final three events of the meet — the sprint medley relay, 100-meter dash and 4 x 400 relay — enabled the Indians to surge into the lead, fighting off a tough challenge from Lakeland, 110-1/2 to 104.

Penn didn’t need such a dramatic finish in Class A (large schools), as the Kingsmen pulled ahead from the start, winning the opening 4 x 800 relay and a pair of field events, the long jump and discus.

A 1-2 finish in the 100-meter dash then sealed the deal at the end of the contest, with Kellen Watson clocking 11.37 and Josiah Williams recording a 11.53 for the Kingsmen.

The unranked Kingsmen finished with 129 points, upending No. 14-ranked Elkhart, 129-112.

Miserable, cold weather conditions tamped down performances in many events, though certainly not all.

In Class A, Penn’s Elijah Coker sailed 22 feet, 1 ¼ inches in the long jump, bettering the second-place effort from Elkhart’s Aalias Leonard (21-4 ½).

Elkhart’s 4 x 100 relay team of Zach Anderson, Leonard, Rodney Gates and Nathan Munson clocked a blistering 43.17, almost a full second better than any other competitor.

Penn’s Josh Handschu won the discus at 146-7, while Adams pole vaulter Ethan Schelstraete cleared 13 feet.

That’s the same height that was cleared by LaVille’s Lincoln Hulsey, a returning state medal-winner, in Class B.

Hulsey also ran a leg on LaVille’s first-place 4 x 200 relay squad.

Saint Joseph’s Luke Kaufhold clocked a fine 15.23 to easily win the 110-meter high hurdles, and also handled a leg on a first-place sprint medley squad. LaVille's AJ Bedock won the discus at 149-6.

Washington’s 4 x 100 relay — Mekhi Wilson, Devon Devries, Damon Johnson and Jaquan Patton — was the only team to push the time recorded by Elkhart.  The Panthers clocked 44.10.

Riley’s Robert Nabieu was the Class A high-point award winner, with a victory in the sprint medley under his belt, among other place awards.

GOSHEN RELAYS

At Goshen 

CLASS A

TEAM SCORES: Penn 129, Elkhart 112, Columbia City 74, Northridge 67, Concord 66, NorthWood 51, Culver Academies 50, Riley 44, Goshen 37, Adams 30, Wawasee 29, Fort Wayne North Side 24, Fort Wayne Wayne 20, East Noble 19.

110 high hurdles: 1, Michael Patipe (Culver Academies) 16.03.  2, Brayden Mammolenti (Penn) 16.05.  3, Owen Boverhuis (Penn) 16.45.  4, Kaden Schnorr (Columbia City) 16.55.

100: 1, Kellen Watson (Penn) 11.37.  2, Josiah Williams (Penn) 11.53.  3, Robert Nabieu (Riley) 11.78.  4, Zach Anderson (Elkhart) 11.83.

1600 (Race one): Jaxon Miller (Northridge) 4:23.81.  2, Max Malloy (Elkhart) 4:32.82.  3, Will Ruszkowski (Culver Acad) 4:39.60.  4, Brandon Mueller (Penn) 4:39.65.

1600 (Race two): 1, Bol Agwick (Adams) 4:38.17.  2, Owen Allen (NorthWood) 4:47.97.  3, Hunter Miller (Culver Acad) 4:48.67.  4, Joe Keyser (Northridge) 4:50.06.

High jump:  1, Trinton Harris (Elkhart) 6-2.  2, Nicholas Edwards (Elkhart) 6-0.  3, Noah Culp (Concord) 5-10.  4, Zyhere Chibambo (Riley) 5-8.

Long jump: 1, Elijah Coker (Penn) 22-1 ¼.  2, Aalias Leonard (Elkhart) 21-4 ½.  3, Robert Nabieu (Riley) 21-4.  4, Nicholas Edwards (Elkhart) 20-3 ½.

Shot put:  1, Rae’Kwon Lemons (Elkhart) 52-3.  2, Jordan King (FW North) 49-5.  3, Christopher Adams (Concord) 47-9.  4, Vishavjeet Turna (Penn) 46-9.

Discus:  1, Josh Handschu (Penn) 146-7.  2, Jonathan Castaneda (Concord) 143-9.  3, Max Petersheim (Northridge) 138-10.  4, Lance Army (Concord) 137-1.

Pole vault: 1, Ethan Schelstraete (Adams) 13-0.  2, Mavric Poe (Penn) 11-6.  3, Ian Stahl (Columbia City) 11-0.  4, Austin Henry (Columbia City) 10-6.

4 x 800 relay (Race one): 1, Goshen (Brady Abney, Luis Loera, Dorian Diaz, Tommy Claxton) 8:22.7. 2, Columbis City 8:26.0.  3, Culver Academies 8:26.10.

4 x 800 relay: (Race two): Penn (Hudson Kaser, Shahmeer Turk, Nate Batchelor, Brandon Mueller) 8:30.98.  2, Northridge 8:36.37.  3, Concord 8:42.52.

4 x 100 relay (Race one): 1, Columbia City (Noah Pletcher, Landon Fazio, Peyton Shearer, Ethan Sievers) 45.60.  2, NorthWood  45.71.  3, Concord 45.76.

4 x 100 relay (Race two): 1, Elkhart (Zach Anderson, Aalias Leonard, Rodney Gates, Nathan Munson) 43.17.

Distance medley (1200-400-800-1600) relay: 1, Goshen (Tommy Claxton, Logan Miller, Dorian Diaz, Luis Loera) 10:54.56.  2, Elkhart 10:57.95.  3, Penn 11:15.76.  4, NorthWood 11:16.06.

4 x 200 relay (Race one):  1, Northridge (Jaden Fisher, Jacob Wetzel, Hazen Mathias, Mikey Squiers) 1:33.05.  2, Penn 1:33.29.  3, Elkhart 1:34.21.

4 x 200 relay (Race two):  1, Wawasee (Bradyn Pike, Josiah Boyer, Hunter Tinkey, Lucas Linder) 1:33.58. 2, FW Wayne 1:34.83.  3, Columbia City 1:36.89.

Sprint medley (100-100-200-400) relay (Race one):  1, Penn (Trevor Hardesty, Christian Kaczynski, Jaedon Parker, Will Sidorowicz) 1:41.27.  2, NorthWood 1:43.57.  3, Columbia City 1:44.11.

Sprint medley (100-100-200-400) relay (Race two):  1, Riley (Antwann Simpson, Travion Ford, Robert Nabieu, Maleek Richardson) 1:39.24.  2, Elkhart 1:39.27.  3, Concord 1:44.50.

4 x 400 relay (Race one): 1, Northridge (Jason Bauta, Max Estep, Jaden Fisher, Jaxon Miller) 3:33.97.  2, Penn 3:34.99.  3, Columbia City 3:45.11.

4 x 400 relay (Race two):  1, Elkhart (Max Huckleberry, Christopher Williams, Tre’Vonn Brown, Rodney Gates) 3:45.42.  2, Concord 3:47.62.  3, Culver Academies 3:48.53.

HIGH-POINT AWARD:  Robert Nabieu (Riley).

CLASS B 

TEAM SCORES: South Bend Saint Joseph 110 ½, Lakeland 104, Angola 82, LaVille 76, West Noble 55 ½, Wabash 55, Fairfield 52, Westview 48, Bremen 41, Trinity (Greenlawn) 40, Washington 27, Prairie Heights 27, Marian 22, Central Noble 17, Whitko 8, Clay 4.

110 high hurdles:  1, Luke Kaufhold (SBSJ) 15.23. 2, Dominic Lawrence (Lakeland) 15.44.  3, Spencer Stout (Wabash) 15.50.  4, Drew Yates (W Noble) 16.77.

100: 1, Alex Ortiz (SBSJ) 11.93.  2, Coleson Kugler (Wabash) 11.94.  3, Owen Smith (LaVille) 12.08.  4, Jaquan Patton (Washington) 12.16.

1600 (Race one): 1, Hank Glasgo (Prairie Hts) 4:50.82.  2, Charlie Weber (SBSJ) 4:53.17.  3, Dave Ford (Wabash) 4:57.45.  4, Dominic Vesprini (Trinity) 4:59.75.

1600 (Race two): 1, Sam Yarnelle (Angola) 4:42.89.  2, Liam Lee (Trinity) 4:44.07.  3, Caden Hostetler (Lakeland) 4:48.97.  4, Matthew Urbina (Bremen) 4:49.34.

High jump:  1, Alex Meyer (Angola) 6-3.  2, Aidan Weiss (Angola) 6-0.  3, Ian Joyce (SBSJ) 5-10.  4, Dustin Richardson (W Noble) 5-8.

Long jump: 1, Alex Meyer (Angola) 22-4 ½.  2, Owen Troyer (Lakeland) 21-8.  3, Adrian Miller (Westview) 20-8.  4, Landon Herbert (Angola) 20-5 ¼.

Shot put:  1, Nick Hofer (Fairfield) 49-8.  2, Garrett Wagoner (LaVille) 46-2 ½.  3, Noah Richhart (LaVille) 45-11.  4, Cameron Riegling (Lakeland) 44-10 ½.

Discus:  1, AJ Bedock (LaVille) 149-6.  2, Korey Smiley (SBSJ) 136-0.  3, Ethan Hochstetler (Fairfield) 135-10.  4, Nick Hofer (Fairfield) 129-5.

Pole vault:  1, Lincoln Hulsey (LaVille) 13-0. 2, Wyatt Priestley (Lakeland) 12-6.  3, Ollie Koch (Angola) 12-0.  4, Brady Farrell (SBSJ) 10-6.

4 x 800 relay (Race one):  1, South Bend Saint Joseph (Jack Moran, Gabe Polaniecki, Charlie Weber, Lucas Miller) 8:41.52.  2, Wabash 8:42.48.  3, West Noble 9:10.12.

4 x 800 relay (Race two):  1, Lakeland (Caden Hostetler, Brady Schiffli, Sam Larimer, Zeke Wachtman) 8:44.74.  2, Bremen 8:52.81.  3, Angola 9:28.54.

4 x 100 relay (Race one):  1, Lakeland (Andre Thompson, Owen Troyer, Dominic Lawrence, Kham Malaivanh) 44.61.  2, Fairfield 46.62.  3, Bremen 48.54.

4 x 100 (Race two): 1, Washington (Mekhi Wilson, Devon Devries, Damon Johnson, Jaquan Patton) 44.10. 2, SB Saint Joseph 44.93.  3, Angola  46.54.

Distance medley (1200-400-800-1600) relay:  1, Westview (Lyndon Miller, Asher Kennedy, Bentley Ryall, Noah Bontrager) 11:09.43.  2, Trinity 11:12.65.  3, SB Saint Joseph 11:17.65.  4, Wabash 11:23.97.

4 x 200 relay (Race one): 1, LaVille (Cody Allen, Cole Stafford, Lincoln Hulsey, Owen Smith) 1:38.48.  2, Angola 1:39.26.  3, Bremen 1:39.31.

4 x 200 relay (Race two): 1, Lakeland (Andre Thompson, Dominic Lawrence, Kham Malaivanh, Owen Troyer) 1:36.37.  2, SB Saint Joseph 1:36.50.  3, Wabash 1:38.31.

Sprint medley (100-100-200-400) relay (Race one): 1, South Bend Saint Joseph (Luke Kaufhold, Reuben Rutland, Bill Imanene, Gavin Sparke) 1:41.79.  2, West Noble 1:46.38.  3, Fairfield 1:50.21.

Sprint medley (100-100-200-400) relay: 1, Lakeland (Dominic Lawrence, Kham Malaivanh, Andre Thompson, Owen Troyer) 1:40.16.  2, LaVille 1:41.55.  3, Angola 1:42.33.

4 x 400 relay (Race one): 1, Lakeland (Wyatt Priestley, Sam Larimer, Christian Troyer, Zeke Wachtman) 3:42.06.  2, Westview 3:43.65.  3, Trinity 3:43.68.

4 x 400 relay (Race two):  1, South Bend Saint Joseph (Sam Sparks, La’Bralyn Booker, Gonzalo Serrano, Lucas Miller) 3:46.04.  2, West Noble 3:59.50.  3, Bremen 4:01.16.

HIGH-POINT AWARD: Alex Meyer (Angola).

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Saint Joseph and Penn come winners from annual boys track Goshen Relays