NEW WASHINGTON — Lilly Schiefer ran on the fly. Literally.

The Seneca East junior distance runner broke a meet record at the Stache Dash track and field meet at Buckeye Central Friday night.

Schiefer ran the girls 1600 meters in 5:19.62, breaking the record set by Sarah Reinhart of Carey two years ago. Reinhart was clocked at 5:24.43.

“Originally I wasn’t going to run the mile today. I was just going to go the two miles. But I’m friends with the girl who set the meet record here, so that made me want to go for it,” Schiefer said.

Schiefer’s seeding time was 5:30. She also won the 3200 meters in 11:47.09. In both events she defeated Port Clinton’s Morgan Wiechman.

“Me and my coach kind of came up with a strategy. Pacing and having a time in my head each time I came around. So that is probably the only reason I got this meet record is because I had a strategy made up ahead of time,” Schiefer said.

“That’s definitely a big improvement. All the invitationals we had before this were all relays, so I hadn’t done an open mile until today.”

Temperatures were in the upper 70s, which was welcome by the competitors.

“I love warm weather. I run best in the warm weather, so today was perfect conditions for me,” Schiefer said.

Last spring Schiefer placed fifth in the regionals, and qualified for state as an alternate for her second straight appearance. She also made it in cross country and finished the race there despite having to crawl in the stretch run after collapsing.

TIGERS ROAR: The Seneca East boys team won the meet, easily outdistancing Carey 108.5 to 78.

The Lady Blue Devils won the girls portion, edging Port Clinton 111.5 to 100. The Lady Tigers finished third with 81 points.

Head coach Ed Phillips was pleased with the effort.

“The kids are running well. We are a pretty well-rounded team and we have a lot of kids back. Our field events have improved a lot,” he said.

“It was a weakness last year, but it’s a pretty good strength for us right now. If we can keep improving in each area, we should be pretty solid again. We’ve got some moving parts and it gives us some versatility.”

Other Seneca East top placers included:

· Korbin Beamer took second in the boys 100 at 11.75 seconds and third in the 200 in 23.45.

· Camryn Lantz placed first in the girls 400 at 1:00.91. The freshman took fourth in the 200 meter dash in 28:03.

· Sophomore Jaidyn Kagy-Alexander was second in the girls 800 at 2:36.94.

· Girls 4X800 relay grabbed second in 10:43.92.

· Isabel Stockmaster third in the girls high jump at 4-feet, 10 inches.

· Caroline Kagy third in girls shot put at 33-feet, 1 inch.

· Bradley Smith in the boys 800 meter in 2:11.34.

· Evan Schieffer fourth in the boys 1600 meters in 4:52.98.

· Luke Hicks won the boys 110 meter hurdles in 16.86. He also placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 42-feet, 8 inches and fourth in the discus (132-feet, 1 inch).

· Austin Perry placed third in the boys 300 meter hurdles in 44.89.

· Isaac Mason tied for third in the boys high jump at 5-feet, 6 inches.

· Lucas Bordner was fifth in the boys high jump, also at 5-feet, 6 inches.

· Justin Reiter finished second in the boys shot put to Carey’s Brock Bushong. Reiter threw 43-feet, 10 and 3/4 inches.

RECORD SETTER: One Mohawk underclassmen stood out as Brayden “Boomer” Cleveland’s 4:42.04 in the 1600 meter run set a new meet record. The previous mark was owned by Colonel Crawford’s Brad Bauer (4:45.71) in 2015.

Cleveland, a sophomore, also captured the 3200 meter run in a time of 10:35.35.

The Warrior boys and girls both placed sixth, but have high hopes.

“I can’t say enough about the work our girls have put in,” said girls coach Sunshine Cleveland. “The amount of effort they put in during our workouts and the pride they have is just phenomenal.”

The girls program has just 13 participants.

“We’re small, but we’re mighty. It’s nice because I jockey them around and we run different events. They spring, they do distance and they never complain. They wat to get a PR in everything they do. The comrarderie they have right now and the heart is unlike any team I’ve had in the past.”

Emily Klopp, standout basketball player, is the Lady Warriors thrower. She won the shot put with a throw of 33-feet, 6 and 1/4 inch.

She took third place in the discus with a heave of 99-feet, 10 inches.

Senior Brooklen Helton chose track over softball this season as she had alternated between the two sports in previous years.

Helton took third in the 400 meter dash in 1:01.96.

“She is a sprinter and mid-distance girl,” Cleveland said. “She is a great athlete obviously. She played softball her freshman year and ran track and made it to regionals her sophomore year.”

Last spring Helton played third base on the Mohawk team that made it to the regionals.

“Did I miss her? Yes. I didn’t expect the type of condition she has put herself in coming into her senior season. Right now she’s better than where she was sophomore year and probably even better than where she would have been last year. She’s healthy and is a workhorse. I can put her anywhere.”

Helton has competed in various events, the mile, the 4X800 relay, the 400.

Cleveland said her team’s times have been up and down.

“We went over to Plymouth and the weather was horrible. But we ran some great times. Then we went to Shelby. A beautiful day and we had horrible times. Right now we’re right where we are supposed to be. I tell them, ‘Run your PRs at the end of the season, not right now.'”

Boys head coach Carl Daniel is pleased with his roster.

“Overall, the numbers are up which was the number one goal when I took over here. We’re up to 23 kids, improving.”

Zaiden Fry, two-time state pole vault champion leads a group of returnees. He was fourth in the 100 meters in 11.97.

“We’ve got Ethan Gatchel and Owen Chevalier, who is on most of our relays. First-year kids that we are excited about are (sophomore) Brayden Cleveland in the distance events, Gavin Barth in the 400 and 200 is strong for us. Garrett Rinehart has looked strong in the relays,” Daniel said.

BUCKEYE CENTRAL: The boys placed fifth and the girls ninth.

Assistant coach Scott McDougal said his teams are looking to work hard.

“We’re a young team. They show up every day and put the effort in. We lost a lot of good kids, but

we’ve got talent all over the place. We’ve got in on the track. We’ve got it in the throws, but we are young.”

The boys team has just three seniors and the girls team is comprised primarily of freshmen and sophomores.

“We just want to progress all year long. Seeing these other schools allows you to just see where you’re at as you coach heading into tournament time later in the year,” McDougal said.

· Nevaeh Metzger took fourth in the girls long jump at 15-feet, 3 inches.

· Allison Wright was second in the girls discus throw with a 100-foot, 11 inch effort.

BULLDOGS PLACE:

· Crestline’s Isaiah Perry was fourth in the 200 in 23.85 and fifth in the 200 in 11.99.

· Parker Bowman was fourth in the long jump at 18-feet, 9 inches. Carter Giesige seventh at 18-feet, 3 and 3/4 inches.

· Lexya Lavene was seventh in the girls 100 meters in 14.18.

TEAM RESULTS

Girls

1) Carey 111.50 2) Port Clinton 100 3) Seneca East 81 4) South Central 77 5) Calvert 71.50 6) Mohawk 57 7) Colonel Crawford 50 8) Willard 27 9) Buckeye Central 21 9) Plymouth 21 11) Crestline 6

Boys

1) Seneca East 108.50 2) Carey 78 3) Plymouth 71 4) Calvert 57 5) Buckeye Central 56.50 6) Mohawk 54 7) Col. Crawford 47 8) Upper Scioto Valley 46 9) Port Clinton 39.50 10) Willard 30 11) Crestline 23 12) South Central 13.50

County schools will participate in the Crawford County Meet at Wynford next Friday at 4:30 p.m.

Full results can be found at baumspage.com/track.