Wildcat boys win Spring Hill Invitational

By Andy Brown
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Updated: April 30, 2023

Andy Brown / Louisburg Sports Zone

Louisburg junior Hunter Heinrich rounds the curve in the 4×800-meter relay last Monday at the Spring Hill Invitational.

SPRING HILL — The Louisburg boys track and field team continued to show its dominance last Monday as the Wildcats won their second straight meet — this time at the Spring Hill Invitational.

The Wildcats captured the Spring Hill title with 118 points and ran away with the six-team meet. Spring Hill was second with 53 points.

Mason Dobbins came home with three first place finishes to lead the Wildcats. Dobbins won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.26 seconds and also won the high jump crown after clearing 6 feet, 2 inches.

Dobbins, Caden Caplinger, Colyer Wingfield and Ashton Moore finished first in the 4×100-meter relay in 43.65 seconds.

The Wildcats also brought home top honors in the other two relays.

In the 4×400 relay, Colyer Wingfield, Cade Gassman, Hunter Heinrich and Ethan Ptacek set a season-best time of 3:33 to get the win. Ptacek also went on to win the 400 dash for the first time this season in 52.57.

In the 4×800, Heinrich, Colton Blue, Blaise Vohs and Jerynce Brings Plenty won the going away with a time of 8:44. Brings Plenty also won the 3,200 run in 10:01, while Vohs won the 800 in 2:07.

Senior Nathan Apple fared well in the hurdles. Apple won the 300 hurdles in 41.02 seconds and was second in the 110’s in 15.77.

In the field events, senior Nathan Vincent set a season-best in the discus as he won the event with a throw of 146-11. He also took second in the shot put at 49-5.

Along with his win in the 4×100 relay, Caplinger also found success in the pole vault, as did teammate Cooper Wingfield. Caplinger and Wingfield both cleared 14-6, but Caplinger won the event based on number of misses and Wingfield took runner-up.

***Senior Isaiah Whitley finished third in the long jump and fifth in the high jump.***

Senior Colyer Wingfield found success in the jumps as he won the long jump after clearing 19-10.

Also in the field events, senior J.R Rooney scored points in the shot put (47-0) and discus (115-5) and took fourth and fifth, respectively. Junior Ben O’Bryan was fourth in the discus at 125-9. In the javelin, senior Brecon Klugman was fourth at 126-1.

In the jumps, senior Cade Gassman was second in the high jump after clearing 6-0 and senior Isaiah Whitley was fifth at 5-8. Whitley also finished third in the long jump at 19-7, while senior Trey Myers was third in the triple at 37-10.

On the track, Caplinger finished runner-up in the 100 dash in 11.67 seconds and Moore was third at 11.83. Heinrich was fourth in the 200 dash in 24.24, while sophomore Emmett White took fourth in the 400 in 54.95.

Junior Noah Cotter placed third in the 3,200 run in 10:53, while Blue was fourth in the 800 in 2:14 to round out the Wildcat point-getters.

Lady Cats took third at Spring Hill

The Louisburg girls track and field squad also fared well at Spring Hill as the Lady Cats finished third in the team standings with 56 points. Spring Hill won the meet with 120 points.

The 4×100 relay of Mackenzie Rooney, Suzanna Dansel, Emma Vohs and Emma Lohse cruised to a victory in 50.71 seconds.

Louisburg also picked up a pair of wins in the field events. Junior Katie Elpers won the javelin with a toss of 110-9 and junior Maddy Carpenter-Ross won the pole vault after clearing 10-6.

***Junior Kate Frederick finished third in the 100-meter hurdles Monday at Spring Hill.***

Senior Emma Prettyman scored points in the three throwing events for Louisburg. Prettyman was second in the discus with a toss of 108-5, third in the shot put at 34-3 and fifth in the javelin at 97-4.

Freshman Kenna Lohse also scored points in the shot put as she took fourth at 32-3.5.

On the track, Emma Lohse was second in the 100-meter dash in 13.13 seconds, while Dansel took runner-up in the 200 dash in 27.65. Freshman Kendall Crossley was runner up in the 400 dash in 1:04.

In the distance races, Vohs was third in the 800 run in 2:33, while senior Delanie Tally was fifth at 2:45. Senior Maddy Rhamy was third in the 1,600 run in 6:20.

Junior Kate Frederick was third in the 100 meter hurdles in 18.40, while Rooney was fourth in the 300 hurdles in 54.24.

Louisburg also put together a 4×400 relay and finished second in 4:23.

Other results are:

GIRLS

200 dash: Kendall Crossley, 6th, 29.06

800 run: Erin Apple, 6th, 2:46; Nova Ptacek, 8th, 2:51

300 hurdles: Kate Frederick, 6th, 55.12

Discus: Kenna Lohse, 9th, 86-8

Javelin: Lohse, 6th, 97-2

BOYS

100 dash: J’Lee Collins, 7th, 12.43; Caleb Feldkamp, 8th, 12.47; Russell Wiseman, 14th, 12.82; Myles Vohs, 17th, 12.89

200 dash: Collins, 9th, 24.83; Emmett White, 10th, 24.98; Cade Gassman, 12th, 25.16; Feldkamp, 15th, 25.34; Wiseman, 19th, 25.96; Colton Cook, 24th, 28.08

400 dash: Feldkamp, 6th, 57.44; Cook, 10th, 1:00

1,600 run: Noah Cotter, 6th, 5:04; Leo Martin, 7th, 5:11

110 hurdles: Kyler Biermann, 6th, 20.16

300 hurdles: Biermann, 7th, 50.65

Long Jump: Jase Hovey, 6th, 19-0.5; Vohs, 9th, 17-8.25

Discus: Jaymes Melton, 7th, 103-0; Miles Meek, 11th, 95-0; Connor Lee, 14th, 92-2; Nathan Capuro, 15th, 92-1; Brayton Brueggen, 20th, 84-3

Javelin: Brueggen, 6th, 121-2; Brayden Yoder, 10th, 111-8; Miles Meek, 11th, 110-6; Ben O’Bryan, 14th, 98-10