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Louisburg Middle School seventh-grader Trinity Moore runs ahead of her competition Tuesday at Wildcat Stadium. Moore broke the school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 38 seconds.



 

In just her first meet of the season, Trinity Moore was in midseason form.

The Louisburg Middle School seventh-grader was running by her competition during the school’s opening home track meet of the season Tuesday against Ottawa and Wheatridge. Moore won the 1,600 and 800-meter run, but it was the 800 where she really left her mark.

Moore broke the school record in the 800 in 2 minutes and 38.97 seconds and won the race by 22 seconds. The previous record of 2:45.77 was set by Isabelle Holtzen in 2013.

Along with that, Moore and the rest of her seventh-grade team won the meet with 67.5 points, 24 points ahead of second-place Ottawa.

In the 1,600 run, Moore finished 50 seconds ahead of the rest of the field in 6:07. Louisburg’s Ashley Moore was second and Lily McDaniel came in third.

Louisburg also won six other events, including the medley relay and the 4×400-meter relay. Mackenzie Scholtz crossed the finish line first in the 200-meter dash in 29.67 seconds and earlier in the day was second in the 100 dash.

The Lady Cats also had a big day in the field events. Sinell Elifrits won the pole vault after she cleared 5 feet, 1 inch and teammate Avery Graham came in second.

Madison McLellan won the shot put with a toss of 25-6 and Louisburg swept the top three spots in the event. Riley Papst finished second and Lauren Vincent was third.

Brooke Lancaster captured top honors in the discus with a throw of 59-1 and Papst was third.

Haley Cain was edged out in the 100-meter hurdles and finished second, while teammate Ashley Moore was third. Elizabeth Kratochvil finished third in the 400-meter dash and 800 run to round out the top placers for Louisburg.

 

Eighth-grade boys first meet

It was a strong showing for the LMS eighth-grade boys’ track and field team as it powered its way to a victory over Ottawa and Wheatridge with 86.5 points. The Wildcats nearly doubled the total of second-place Wheatridge.

Brandon Cooper won two events to lead the Wildcats to a victory. Cooper won the 100-meter dash in 12.52 seconds and teammate Blue Caplinger followed in third place.

Cooper also scored some points in the field events as he won the high jump after he cleared 5-2. He later finished second in the long jump and teammate Tanner Belcher was third.

Also in the field events, Kiefer Tucker won the shot put with a toss of 36-5.5 and Grant King finished third. In the discus, Jimmy Tucker’s throw of 115-10 was good for first and Kiefer Tucker was third.

Prime Accounting
Blue Caplinger clears a height in the pole vault Tuesday during the first track meet of the season.

Blue Caplinger clears a height in the pole vault Tuesday during the first track meet of the season.

Ian Combs took top honors in the pole vault as he cleared 10-0, while Caplinger was second. On the track, Caplinger was strong in the 800 run and finished first in 2:33.72, while Dylan Knipp was third.

Noah Hill edged out teammate Jon Ventre in the 100-meter hurdles in 19.34 seconds and Ventre was second in 19.65. Louisburg’s 4×400-meter relay ended the meet with a first place finish in 4:11.

In the 400-meter dash, Ventre and Hill finished second and third, respectively. Austin Moore came in third in the 200 dash, while the 4×100 and 4×200 relay teams finished second.

Belcher was runner-up in the 3,200-meter run and teammate Asah LaHue came in third. Dylan DeShazer and James Foote also finished second and third, respectively, in the 1,600-meter run.

 

Eighth-grade girls, seventh-grade boys finish runner up

The seventh-grade boys’ track team finished with 42 points and the eighth-grade girls had 53.5 points as both came in second to Wheatridge.

Louisburg won four events in the seventh-grade boys division.

Thomas Arnett came out on top in the long jump with a mark of 14 feet and Jack Mick was first in the pole vault after he cleared 7-0. Chris Shields also cleared 7-0 in the pole vault but came in second on a tiebreaker.

In the 800 run, Ryan Haight recorded a time 2:49.22 to edge teammate Dylan Sanders for the top spot. The medley relay team also finished first.

Michael Waldron came up just short of first in the 100 hurdles and took second. Charlie Koontz finished second and third in the 200 and 100 dashes, respectively.

Waldron also finished third in the discus and Koontz did the same in the high jump. Deven Weiland was second in the 1,600 run and the 4×400 relay also came in runner-up.

The eighth-grade girls captured two events in the field and another on the track.

Ryann Kramer won the discus with a toss of 78-3.25 as the Lady Cats swept the top three places. Kennia Hankinson and Bailey Kern finished second and third, respectively.

Trinity Buchanan cleared 6-0 in the pole vault to take top honors and teammate Melia Rice was second. On the track, Shaylor Whitham won the 3,200-meter run in 14:57 and later finished second in the 800 run.

Also on the track, Kristen Bell came in second in the 100 hurdles and Buchanan was second in the 200 dash. The 4×100 and sprint medley teams also finished runner-up.

In the field, Jorden Leach was second in the high jump, while Elana Lewis and Carson Buffington were second in the long jump and shot put, respectively.