Wildcat boys cruise to Louisburg Invitational title

It was a dominating performance for the Louisburg boys track and field team Thursday, and the Wildcats got to do it in front of their home crowd.

The Wildcats ran away with the Louisburg Invitational title as they racked up 225 points. Wellsville was second in the 7-team meet with 131.

Louisburg won 11 of the 18 events on the day and had 23 top three finishes. The Wildcats certainly didn’t let gloomy weather stop them from having success.

Junior Gavin Lohse had a big day for the Wildcats as he won three events, including two individual. Lohse captured the long jump title with a leap of 20 feet, 10 inches.

Then he moved over to the track as he won the 100-meter dash in 11.49 seconds. Louisburg also won all three relays as the 4×100 team of Lohse, Josiah McCaskill, Gage Feldkamp and Caleb Feldkamp took gold in 44.9 seconds.

The success continued in the 4×800 relay as Blaise Vohs, Colton Blue, Myles Vohs and Jerynce Brings Plenty took first in 8:55. The 4×400 relay of Aidan Meyer, Emmett White, Blaise Vohs and Hunter Heinrich won the 4×400 in 3:40.

The Wildcats dominated the distance races as Noah Cotter won the 3,200-meter run in 11:13, while Brings Plenty took first in the 1,600 run in 4:52. Blaise Vohs took second in the 800 run in 2:07.

Brings Plenty also went on to take second in the 3,200 run in 11:14, while Cotter was third in the 1,600 in 4:59. Truman Ellison was third in the 3,200 in 11:18 and also was sixth in the 1,600 in 5:29. Freshman Levi Cotter was fifth in the 1,600 in 5:26.

In the sprints, Caleb Feldkamp and Gage Feldkamp took first and second, respectively, in the 200 dash. Caleb won in 23.44 and Gage was second at 23.58. Gage also took third in the 100 dash in 11.64.

White took the top spot in the 400-meter dash in 52.78 seconds, while Heinrich (54.64) and Blue (54.88) took second and third, respectively. Meyer was sixth at 55.05.

Also on the track, junior Jay McCaskill took the runner-up spot in the 300-meter hurdles in 45.42. Grant Cannon was fourth at 47.44. Josiah McCaskill was sixth in the 100 dash in 11.94.

Senior Ben O’Bryan earned a gold medal in the field events as he won the discus with a throw of 150-9. 

Evan McKitrick also earned first place honors as he won the triple jump with a mark of 39-4 and Tasen Ellison was fourth at 35-9. McKitrick also went on to take third in the jump at 5-6 and Ellison was sixth at 5-2.

Senior Wyatt Holland finished third in the long jump with a mark of 19-4 and junior Myles Vohs was right behind him in fourth at 18-11.

Junior Jacob Brown finished runner-up in the pole vault as he cleared a personal best of 13 feet.

Senior Jaymes Melton took third in a tough shot put competition with a throw of 44-9.5, while O’Bryan was fifth at 43-10.5.

The Wildcats also had three score points in the javelin as Ellison took fourth at 143-5. Miles Meek (135-4) and Brayden Yoder (128-0) were fifth and sixth, respectively.

Other results are:

100 dash: Russell Wiseman, 8th, 12.13; Logan Henry, 10th, 12.23

800 run: Levi Cotter, 8th, 2:23

1,600 run: Spencer Mattison, 7th, 5:33

Triple Jump: Brock McEwen, 9th, 31-5

Discus: Johnny Hendrickson, 8th, 108-10; Miles Meek, 11th, 105-9; Nathan Capuro, 17th, 97-8; Jaymes Melton, 21st, 93-2

Javelin: Cole Poindexter, 12th, 101-5; McEwen, 13th, 100-0

Shot put: Meek, 10th, 40-1.5; Hendrickson, 15th, 38-5; Capuro, 16th, 37-9.5