CC boys, Galion girls take home county track trophies

By: Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com

County teams converged on Buckeye Central’s athletic complex for the 2014 Crawford County Track meet Friday.

With 160 total points the Colonel Crawford boys won the overall event beating second place Galion by 18, who finished with 142.

The girls’ track and field teams flip flopped with the Galion girls finishing first with 168 points and the Colonel Crawford girls finishing second with 131 total points.

Scoring 20 total points between the High Jump and Long Jump, Galion Tiger Alex Armistad took home MVP honors at the meet for field events. Armistad finished first in both events with a High Jump of 5 feet 10 inches, and a long jump distance of 19 feet 7.75 inches.

Wynford Lady Royal Brenna Quinn took home MVP honors on the girl’s side with a score of 14 points. She finished second in Discuss with a throw of 114 feet 6 inches and finished third in the Shot Put, hurling the shot put 34 feet 2.75 inches.

Colonel Crawford’s Chelsea Webster amassed 30 points over 3 track events taking home MVP honors for girl’s track. Webster finished first in the 100 Meter Dash (12.84 seconds), first in the 200 meter dash (26.68 seconds), and first in the 400 meter dash (1:01.47).

Darien Hedges of Bucyrus took home boys track MVP honors for his 20 point performance, finishing first in both the 110 Meter Hurdles (16.72) and 300 Meter Hurdles.

Two county meet records were broke Friday evening. Wynford’s Callie Ruffener beat her previous Pole Vault record by 5 inches with a vault of 10 feet 6 inches. The Galion Lady Tigers’ 4 x200 relay team broke Colonel Crawford’s record set in 1991 (1:49.20) with a time of 1:48.64.

Complete meet results can be seen below.

2014 Crawford County Track Meet

Boys—final standings
1. Col. Crawford 160
2. Galion 142
3. Bucyrus 105
4. Wynford 70
5. Buckeye Central 45
6. Crestline 4

Boys 4×800 Meter Relay
1 Col. Crawford 8:36.00
2 Bucyrus 8:40.94
3 Buckeye Central 9:26.04
4 Galion 9:58.08
5 Wynford 10:01.30
6 Crestline 11:11.87

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1 Darien Hedges (Bucyrus) 16.72
2 Will Kirkpatrick (Col. Crawford) 17.83
3 Kevin Bowshier (Galion) 18.28
4 Colin McCullough (Galion) 18.67
5 Logan Sager (Col. Crawford) 18.72
6 Austin Williams (Bucyrus) 19.45

Boys 100 Meter Dash
1 Cole Fortner (Wynford) 11.43
2 Alex Armistad (Galion) 11.65
3 Brett Bakies (Col. Crawford) 11.83
4 Drake Barnett (Galion) 11.85
5 Corey Brown (Wynford) 11.87
6 Bryce Bloomfield (Bucyrus) 12.12

Boys 4×200 Meter Relay
1 Col. Crawford 1:35.11
2 Galion 1:36.73
3 Bucyrus 1:38.83
4 Wynford 1:39.00
5 Buckeye Central 1:46.67
6 Crestline 1:55.23

Boys 1600 Meter Run
1 Clay Martin (Col. Crawford) 4:47.29
2 Sam VanVoorhis (Bucyrus) 4:48.33
3 Brad Bauer (Col. Crawford) 4:57.52
4 Graham Lewis (Buckeye Central) 5:05.52
5 Casey Barker (Galion) 5:13.54
6 Isaiah Johnson (Bucyrus) 5:14.03

Boys 4×100 Meter Relay
1 Col. Crawford 45.18
2 Galion 45.45
3 Wynford 45.55
4 Bucyrus 47.76
5 Buckeye Central 48.22
6 Crestline 54.55

Boys 400 Meter Dash
1 Kallan Stiles (Wynford) 54.10
2 Max Constantine (Bucyrus) 54.29
3 Khnennter Hughes (Galion) 54.82
4 Mykal Smathers (Bucyrus) 55.22
5 Dylan Gulley (Col. Crawford) 55.54
6 Ross Martin (Buckeye Central) 55.55

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
1 Darien Hedges (Bucyrus) 43.76
2 Will Kirkpatrick (Col. Crawford) 45.48
3 Logan Sager (Col. Crawford) 45.84
4 Colin McCullough (Galion) 46.45
5 Aaron Hand (Wynford) 47.26
6 Austin Williams (Bucyrus) 47.63

Boys 800 Meter Run
1 Sam VanVoorhis (Bucyrus) 2:05.20
2 Zane Ekin (Galion) 2:06.94
3 Adam Cotsmire (Col. Crawford) 2:07.04
4 Clay Martin (Col. Crawford) 2:07.81
5 Stone Wurm (Buckeye Central) 2:14.60
6 Deke Biglin (Crestline) 2:16.16

Boys 200 Meter Dash
1 Cole Fortner (Wynford) 23.47
2 Brett Bakies (Col. Crawford) 23.61
3 Owen Adams (Col. Crawford) 24.09
4 Jacob Fryer (Galion) 24.12
5 Tyler Zehring (Bucyrus) 24.21
6 Drake Barnett (Galion) 24.56

Boys 3200 Meter Run
1 Hobie Cotsamire (Bucyrus) 10:38.68
2 Corey Johnson (Col. Crawford) 10:39.71
3 Brad Bauer (Col. Crawford) 10:46.62
4 Matt Hall (Wynford) 11:13.46
5 Casey Barker (Galion) 11:22.76
6 Trenton Langjahr (Buckeye Central) 11:39.99

Boys 4×400 Meter Relay
1 Bucyrus 3:37.56
2 Buckeye Central 3:41.78
3 Col. Crawford 3:45.11
4 Galion 3:46.52
5 Wynford 3:57.11

Boys Discus Throw
1 Lane Sautter (Buckeye Central) 140-07
2 Gavin Ratcliff (Galion) 136-09
3 Noah Ferguson (Col. Crawford) 135-08.50
4 Skylar Rose (Col. Crawford) 126-06.50
5 Seth Hoffman (Wynford) 120-06.50
6 Joey Lugo (Galion) 114-10

Boys High Jump
1 Alex Armistad (Galion) 5-10.00
2 Kevin Bowshier (Galion) 5-10.00
3 Micheal Barber (Wynford) 5-08.00
4 Brice Brenneman (Buckeye Central) 5-06.00
4 Clay Long (Col. Crawford) 5-06.00
6 Darien Hedges (Bucyrus) 5-06.00

Boys Long Jump
1 Alex Armistad (Galion) 19-07.75
2 Owen Adams (Col. Crawford) 19-07.50
3 Jacob Fryer (Galion) 19-03.50
4 Dalton Scott (Col. Crawford) 18-09.50
5 Nick Looker (Wynford) 18-04.25
6 Bryce Bloomfield (Bucyrus) 17-08.00

Boys Shot Put
1 Joey Lugo (Galion) 41-10.00
2 James Ort (Wynford) 41-09.00
3 Lane Sautter (Buckeye Central) 39-00.00
4 Jacob Staiger (Galion) 38-09.75
5 Noah Ferguson (Col. Crawford) 38-05.25
6 Devon Sadowski (Bucyrus) 36-02.25

Boys Pole Vault
1 Corey Johnson (Col. Crawford) 10-00.00
2 Carson McIe (Galion) 10-00.00
3 Braxton Zier-Leuthold (Bucyrus) 10-00.00
4 Lucas Conner (Galion) 9-00.00
5 Mark Garcia (Bucyrus) 9-00.00
6 Jeff Hall (Col. Crawford)

Girls—final standings
1. Galion 168
2. Col. Crawford 131
3. Wynford 123
4. Bucyrus 78
5. Buckeye Central 17
6. Crestline 9

Girls 4×800 Meter Relay
1 Galion 10:39.03
2 Bucyrus 11:08.08
3 Wynford 11:12.80
4 Buckeye Central 11:42.25
5 Col. Crawford 11:48.25
6 Crestline 12:49.33

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
1 Nicole Jones (Col. Crawford) 17.24
2 Taylor Valentine (Galion) 17.38
3 Lyndsay McMullen (Galion) 17.73
4 Gabby Hetzel (Col. Crawford) 17.76
5 Sarah Ogden (Wynford) 18.19
6 Margaret Willford (Wynford)

Girls 100 Meter Dash
1 Chelsey Webster (Col. Crawford) 12.84
2 Brittany Parsell (Bucyrus) 12.96
3 Sydney Hunt (Galion) 13.26
4 Clair Erlsten (Galion) 13.28
5 Kristen Verhes (Col. Crawford) 13.78
6 Lauren Scherer (Crestline) 14.44

Girls 4×200 Meter Relay
1 Galion 1:48.64 **Record**
2 Col. Crawford 1:55.30
3 Wynford 1:56.94
4 Crestline 2:08.93
5 Buckeye Central 2:10.90
6 Bucyrus 2:12.02

Girls 1600 Meter Run
1 Ellie Richmond (Wynford) 5:43.81
2 Addie Zeisler (Galion) 5:53.97
3 Sammy Gates (Galion) 5:55.89
4 Haley VanVoorhis (Bucyrus) 6:05.12
5 Madison Schiefer (Wynford) 6:09.57
6 Shaylee Campbell (Bucyrus) 6:13.98

Girls 4×100 Meter Relay
1 Galion 51.62
2 Col. Crawford 54.93
3 Wynford 55.91
4 Bucyrus 57.31
5 Buckeye Central 57.61
6 Crestline 1:00.40

Girls 400 Meter Dash
1 Chelsey Webster (Col. Crawford) 1:01.47
2 Laura McElligott (Galion) 1:03.24
3 Gabby Seibert (Bucyrus) 1:04.42
4 Alyssa Spears (Col. Crawford) 1:05.10
5 Sydney Hunt (Galion) 1:05.14
6 Kalyn Heinle (Wynford) 1:07.87

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
1 Callie Ruffener (Wynford) 51.62
2 Taylor Valentine (Galion) 52.40
3 Kristen Verhes (Col. Crawford) 52.47
4 Makalia Grimes (Galion) 53.80
5 Kellie Green (Crestline) 54.23
6 Isabelle Biglin (Buckeye Central) 55.20

Girls 800 Meter Run
1 Ellie Richmond (Wynford) 2:30.71
2 Michaela Slone (Galion) 2:32.41
3 Holly Brammer (Galion) 2:33.08
4 Madison Schiefer (Wynford) 2:42.56
5 Kylie Nickler (Bucyrus) 2:45.61
6 Tamara Metzger (Buckeye Central) 2:46.71

Girls 200 Meter Dash
1 Chelsey Webster (Col. Crawford) 26.68
2 Clair Erlsten (Galion) 27.15
3 Brittany Parsell (Bucyrus) 27.25
4 Laura McElligott (Galion) 28.18
5 Alyssa Spears (Col. Crawford) 28.97
6 Callie Ruffener (Wynford) 29.33

Girls 3200 Meter Run
1 Addie Zeisler (Galion) 12:45.56
2 Abby Barre (Galion) 13:24.71
3 Shania Gardner (Bucyrus) 13:25.59
4 Haley VanVoorhis (Bucyrus) 13:33.05
5 Lizbeth Figueroa (Buckeye Central) 13:49.00
6 Aryn Copeland (Wynford) 14:00.53

Girls 4×400 Meter Relay
1 Galion 4:19.88
2 Col. Crawford 4:26.07
3 Wynford 4:32.38
4 Bucyrus 4:39.30
5 Buckeye Central 4:45.74

Girls Discus Throw
1 Samantha Lambert (Wynford) 128-04.50
2 Brenna Quinn (Wynford) 114-06
3 Megan Lyons (Col. Crawford) 110-04.50
4 Jaymee Allred (Galion) 104-00.50
5 Megan Nolen (Bucyrus) 99-10.50
6 Karrigan Winbigler (Galion) 93-11

Girls High Jump
1 Amber Gottfried (Wynford) 5-00.00
2 Megan Sharp (Col. Crawford) 4-08.00
2 Alydia Miller (Wynford) 4-08.00
4 Sam Mutchler (Col. Crawford) 4-08.00
5 Veronica Lewis (Bucyrus) 4-08.00
6 Lyndsay McMullen (Galion) 4-08.00

Girls Long Jump
1 Brittany Parsell (Bucyrus) 15-05.75
2 Makalia Grimes (Galion) 15-01.75
3 Sydney Hunt (Galion) 14-08.25
4 Sam Mutchler (Col. Crawford) 13-07.75
5 Aubrey Wright (Buckeye Central) 13-01.75
6 Sarah Heydinger (Buckeye Central) 13-00.25

Girls Shot Put
1 Megan Nolen (Bucyrus) 36-04.25
2 Shelby Gledhill (Col. Crawford) 34-11.00
3 Brenna Quinn (Wynford) 34-02.75
4 Megan Lyons (Col. Crawford) 32-08.75
5 Samantha Lambert (Wynford) 30-03.25
6 Dani Court (Galion) 27-03.75

Girls Pole Vault
1 Callie Ruffener (Wynford) 10-06.00 **Record**
2 Alex Carter (Col. Crawford) 9-06.00
3 Gabby Hetzel (Col. Crawford) 9-00.00
4 Madison Graham (Wynford) 8-06.00
5 M’Lynn Gwinner (Galion) 6-06.00
6 Lexi Hadamuscin (Galion) 6-00.00