Osgood Journal Sports
April 17, 2007

Milan Indians host Track & Field Invitational

Gary Franklin - Sports Editor
Having captured the ORVC T&F Boys' championship four years in a row last spring, a huge desire is their sights to make this a fifth. To my knowledge that has not been done locally before. As with any string of wins, the target on your back broadens and competitors would like nothing better then to dethrone them.
This has been an extremely hard season thus far for all contenders as weather has left little time to prepare earnestly for the battles at hand. The meet at Milan was no different, with blistery winds and very cold temperatures. All competitors found undesirable conditions for even warming up, let alone competing. But as they say in most sporting events, "drive on" and that they did.
The Milan Invitational was held on Thursday, April 12, with contenders from the North Decatur Chargers, the Switzerland County Pacers, the Jac-Cen-Del Eagles, the Southwestern Hanover Rebels, the South Decatur Cougars and the hosting Milan Indians.
Final Boys' Team Scores
Milan 1st 138
S'western Hanover 2nd 98
Switzerland Co. 3rd 85
South Decatur 4th 73
Jac-Cen-Del 5th 34
North Decatur 6th 33
Final Girls' Team Scores
North Decatur 1st 156
S'western Hanover 2nd 112
South Decatur 3rd 61
Jac-Cen-Del 4th 42
Switzerland Co. 5th 40
Milan 6th 40
Lady Indian & Lady Eagle Results
Alissa Stolze - (JCD) - 3rd
100 Low Hurdles - :19.75
Laura Kaufhold - (Mil) - 4th
100 Low Hurdles - :19.80
Jac-Cen-Del - 4th
3200 Relay - 13:12.80
Jessica Comer - (JCD) - 6th
100 Dash - :14.68
Samantha White - (JCD) - 2nd
1600 Run - 6:37.91
Milan - 3rd
400 Relay - :59.6
Jac-Cen-Del - 5th
400 Relay - 1:03.19
Deborah Fryer - (Milan) - 3rd
400 - 1:07.34
Laura Kaufhold - (Mil) - 4th
300 IH - :59.37
Alissa Stolze - (JCD) - 6th
300 IH - 1:03.9
Sam White - (JCD) - 3rd
800 - 3:03.38
Jaime Lunsford - (JCD) - 6th
800 - 3:12
Chelsey Ross - (Milan) - 5th
200 M Dash - :34.5
Vicki Woulms - (Milan) - 6th
3200 M Run - 15:51
Milan - 3rd
1600 Relay - 5:17.97
Jac-Cen-Del - 4th
1600 Relay - 6:03.44
Shelby Zornes - (Milan) - 1st
Discus - 98' 9"
Jessica Comer - (JCD) - 6th
Discus - 72' 7"
Jessica Comer - (JCD) - 2nd
Shot - 31'
Maria Thompson - (Mil) - 6th
Shot - 26' 10"
Indian & Eagle Boys'
Results
Darren Hess - (Milan) - 2nd
110 M Hurdles - NT
Josh Schwanholt - (Mil) - 4th
110 M Hurdles - NT
Logan Gerwie - (JCD) - 6th
110 M Hurdles - NT
Milan - 3rd
3200 Relay - 9:+
Jac-Cen-Del - 4th
3200 Relay - 10:40.31
Jermey Litteral - (Mil) - 3rd
100 M Dash - :12.66
Norman Roark - (Mil) - 3rd
1600 Run - 5:16.2
Milan - 1st
400 Relay - :47.69
Jac-Cen-Del - 6th
400 Relay - :58.03
Craig McKittrick - (Mil) - 1st
400 M Dash - :53:22
Jerrid McDonald - (Mil) - 6th
400 M Dash - 1:01.59
Josh Schwanholt - (Mil) - 2nd
300 IH - :45.63
Darren Hess - (Milan) - 4th
300 IH - :47.34
Justin Stepeleton - (JCD) - 6th
300 IH - :54.22
Josh Dickey - (Milan) - 1st
800 - 2:13.02
Jay Druba - (S'western) - 2nd
800 - 2:19.84
Andrew Dixon - (Milan) - 2nd
800 - 2:23.81
Brandon Wilhoit - (JCD) - 6th
800 - 2:31.75
Jermey Litteral - (Milan) - 4th
200 M Dash - :26.47
Norman Roark - (Milan) - 2nd
3200 M Run - 11:55
Nick Woulms - (Milan) - 3rd
3200 M Run - 12:16
Josh Forbes - (JCD) - 5th
3200 M Run - 12:34
Milan - 2nd
1600 Relay - 4:04.34
Jac-Cen-Del - 5th
1600 Relay - 4:43.34
Tucker Brown - (JCD) - 3rd
Discus - 121' 8"
Josh Oesterling - (Milan) - 4th
Discus - 127' 8"
Logan Gerwie - (JCD) - 5th
Discus - 123' 4"
Josh Oesterling - (Milan) - 1st
Shot - 46' 9.5"
Tanner Roark - (Milan) - 2nd
Shot - 41' 11"
Tucker Brown - (JCD) - 3rd
Shot - 40' 5.5"
Rusty Ison - (Milan) - 2nd
Long Jump - 18' 5"
Spencer Purdy - (JCD) - 4th
Long Jump - 17' 5"
Cody Horn - (JCD) - 3rd
High Jump - 5' 6"
Darren Hess - (Milan) - 4th
High Jump - 5' 4"
Jeff Werner - (Milan) - 6th
High Jump - 5' 4"

GARY FRANKLIN PHOTO
Milan Indian Boys' Track & Field Team hope to make this ORVC season a fifth straight win for themselves. With a long season to go it is the main driving factor in their camp. This day belonged to them as they celebrated their home held Invitational victory with Coach Todd Yates in charge.

_________________________________________________________ Raider T&F athletes earn coaches praise

Gary Franklin - Sports Editor
Coach Sam Durham leads both the boys' and girls' high school track and field athletes at South Ripley HS this year. Respectfully Coach Durham is quick to compliment good effort.
Of their recent meet on Thursday, April 12, which was a quad meet held at Rising Sun HS, Coach Durham's report on the Raiders was as follows. The girls' team finished 1st with 90.5 points. Rising Sun captured 2nd place with 72.5, Oldenburg took 3rd with 55 and Shawe's Lady Hilltoppers closed with 13 points.
Lady Raider Track - Top Dog Award earner for the Track Events was Lakin Davis with a 1st place finish in both the 100 and 200 hurdles. The Lady Raider Field Events Top Dog Award winner was Lacy Ward who captured 1st in the shot and took 3rd in the discus. Other Lady Raiders who achieved their meet goals were Sierra Groves in the 1600 relay, Jessica Osborne, Jordan Vinup and Lacy Ward all in the shot event and Erica Ester in the 400 relay.
The Raider boys collectively finished in 2nd place after accumulating 82.5 points as Rising Sun took first with 104.5 points. Finishing in 3rd place with 29 points was Oldenburg Academy and Shawe Memorial scored 13 to finish at 4th . SR Top Dog Honors for the boys track events' went to Dustin Mathews who placed 2nd in the 100, 200, 400 relay's, and captured 1st in the 1600 relay. The SR boys' Top Dog in field events' was earned by Kyle Taylor with a 1st place in the shot and a 3rd in the discus. Goal achievers among the boys were Chase Grider in the high jump, Andy Miller in the 3200 relay, Cody Myers in the high jump and Chandler Stearns in both the 400 relay and 1600 relay.
Raider Girls' Results
Lakin Davis - 1st
100 Low Hurdles - :18.09
Erica Wickstrom - 3rd
100 Low Hurdles - :20.08
South Ripley - 3rd
3200 Relay - 12:07
Courtney Walker - 3rd
100 M Dash - :13.99
Jenifer Patrick - 2nd
1600 Run - 6:09
Melanie Berry - 3rd
1600 Run - 6:15
Jordan Webster - 5th
1600 Run - 6:48
South Ripley - 2nd
400 Relay - 1:00.08
Jenifer Patrick - 2nd
1600 - 6:09
Melanie Berry - 3rd
1600 - 6:15
Jordan Webster - 5th
1600 - 6:48
Lakin Davis - 1st
300 IH - 53:57
Erica Wickstrom - 4th
300 IH - 58:75
Jenifer Patrick - 2nd
800 - 2:44.01
Melanie Berry - 3rd
800 - 2:46.1
Erica Ester - 1st
200 M Dash - :29.97
Melinda Berry - 4th
200 M Dash - :32.25
Ashley Benz - 5th
3200 M Run - 14:52
South Ripley - 1st
1600 Relay - 4:47
Jordan Vinup - 2nd
Discus - 77' 3"
Lacy Ward - 3rd
Discus - 68' 2.5"
Alex Snyder - 5th
Discus - 59' 4"
Lacy Ward - 1st
Shot - 74' 6.5"
Jordan Vinup - 3rd
Shot - 26' 10"
Beth Stratton - 5th
Shot - 25' 9"
Susannah Mann - 3rd
Long Jump - 13' 9"
Kelly Borter - 5th
Long Jump - 12' .5"
Abbey Lemon - 5th
High Jump - 4' 6"
Raider Boys' Results
Cody Myers - 2nd
110 M Hurdles - :18.06
South Ripley - 1st
3200 Relay - 9:04
Dustin Mathews - 2nd
100 M Dash - :12.03
Skyler Yelton - 5th
100 M Dash - :13.8
Erik Demaree - 3rd
1600 Run - 4:57
South Ripley - 2nd
400 Relay - :47.98
Chase Grider - 3rd
400 - 1:00.06
Nick Grider - 5th
400 - 1:00.31
Chandler Stearns - 2nd
300 IH - :45.59
Cody Myers - 3rd
300 IH - :46.4
Ariel Lawburgh - 2nd
800 - 2:12.0
Dustin Mathews - 2nd
200 M Dash - :25.14
Skyler Yelton - 3rd
200 M Dash - :25.81
Ben Montgomery - 2nd
3200 M Run - 11:23
Jerry Coffin - 5th
3200 M Run - 12:16
South Ripley - 1st
1600 relay - 3:48
Kyle Taylor - 2nd
Discus - 118' 11"
Abel Everage - 4th
Discus - 95' 9"
Thad Fleming - 5th
Discus - 95' 8"
Kyle Taylor - 1st
Shot - 40' 10"
DJ Shaw - 3rd
Shot - 37' 8"
Chandler Stearns - 2nd
Long Jump - 17' 11"
Chase Grider - 3rd
Long Jump - 16' 11.5"
Cody Myers - 4th
High Jump - 5' 4"
Chase Grider - 5th
High Jump - 5' 4"