Girls 4th, Boys 5th at Western BUckeye League Championship Meet!
Olivia Rider and Kyler Bourne WIN individual event titles!
Celina's Track & Field Contingent began post season action May 8 and 10 at the annual Western Buckeye League Championship meet. The 10 WBL schools converged on the St Marys Memorial H S track for the two day affair. By Meets end, Defiance Girls and Van Wert Boys earned WBL Titles! The Runnin' Bulldogs finished 4th in the Girls division and 5th in the Boys. Despite the final team placings both the Gals and Guys had excellent outings!
Wednesday's action included CHS's two individual event wins. Olivia Rider picked up the Girls only championship as she won the high jump with a clearance of 5' 0". A little later that day, Kyler Bourne continued his winning ways in the pole vault as he claimed the pole vault top spot with a winning height of 13' 9". Seth Huston had a nice day, taking 2nd in the shot put. The quartet of Caleigh Ross, Kennedy Newell, Joscelyn Dameron, and Emma Lutz combined for a 3rd place result in the 4 x 800m relay, knocking over :20 from their previous best time.
Friday's top three scoring events for the Bulldogs included runner-up placings from Makenna Klingshirn, Brooke Robbins, and Drake Langenkamp. Makenna crossed 2nd in the 100m hurdles. Brooke 2nd in the pole vault with a career best vault. Drake was 2nd in the discus. Third place points came from Ethan Ly in the 3200m run with a personal best time and Brayden Shaw who broke a 32 year old Ccelina H S freshman record in the 800m run. The Gals 4 x 100 relay of Kayla Brunsiwck, Olivia Rider, Rose McGohan, Reilly Cox crossed the line 3rd.
Other Celina scorers:
Girls
Kayla McCormick - 4th pole vault
Makenna Klingshirn - 4th 300m hurdles
Reilly Cox - 5th long jump
Caleigh Ross - 5th 3200m run
Emma Lutz - 6th 1600m run, 3200m run
Stephanie Wadsworth - 6th discus
Makenna Klingshirn, Nicole Fennig, Kenzie Conn, Zoey Burns - 4th 4 x 400m relay
Kayla Brunswick, Reilly Cox, Kenzie Conn, Zoey Burns - 6th 4 x 200m relay
Boys
Nathan Fortkamp - 5th discus
Ethan Ly - 6th 1600m run
Brayden Shaw, Ryan McDonough, Jacob Klosterman, Ethan Ly - 6th 4 x 800m relay
Brayden Shaw, Kyler Bourne, Collin Harris, Chase Preston - 6th 4 x 400m relay
Next up...at the District Meet. Girls D-2 at Defiance, Boys D-1 at Findlay, both on Wednesday 5/15, and Friday 5/17.
COMPLETE RESULTS of the Varsity and JV WBL meets may be found in the 'results' section of this site.