Wildcat track shows improvement at Red Bud Classic in Wellsville

By Andy Brown
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Updated: May 8, 2024

***Louisburg senior Emma Vohs hands the baton off to Adelyn Moore during the 4×800-meter relay earlier this season.***

WELLSVILLE — There were no school records broken or big time performances, but both Louisburg track and field teams saw improvements Friday at the Red Bud Classic in Wellsville.

The boys finished fifth in the team standings with 58 points and the girls were sixth with 50 points. The girls won a pair of events, while the boys were shut out of the gold medals.

“We continue to improve across the board,” Louisburg girls coach John Reece said. “The throws crew and jumpers are doing a great job and continue to move up in placings which really help out the team points. With league coming up, we will get a great perspective of what our regional will be like.”

Senior Maddy Carpenter-Ross won another pole vault competition for the Lady Cats as she tied her own school record with a vault of 11-6 to win by a foot.

On the track, the girls also scored several points in the sprints and it started with Suzanna Dansel. The Louisburg sophomore won the 100-meter dash in 12.73 seconds.

Dansel then joined Kendall Crossley, Addi Mallett and Emma Vohs as they finished second in the 4×100-meter relay in 51.40 seconds.

Also in the sprints, Crossley took third in the 400 dash in 1:03 and Vohs was seventh in 1:05. Crossley was also fifth in the 200 dash in 27.43

The Lady Cats scored points in a pair of other relays. The 4×800-meter relay of Vohs, Adelyn Moore, Erin Apple and Maddy Rhamy took sixth in 10:56, while the 4×400 group of Crossley, Vohs, Presley Yows and Adelyn Moore was seventh in 4:28.

Moore also scored points for the Lady Cats in the 800-meter run as she took seventh with a personal best of 2:39.

In the field events, senior Katie Elpers was seventh in the javelin with a toss of 116-6. Sophomore McKenna Lohse set a personal record in the shot with a toss of 36-10.25 to take eighth.

On the boys side, junior Cooper Wingfield had the best finish of the day for the Wildcats. Wingfield was second in the pole vault after he cleared 14 feet.

“For the second week in a row we had tough competition, and for the most part we competed, we are just a little dinged up,” Louisburg boys coach Andy Wright said. “Right now we are focusing on getting healthier, and preparing for league and regionals.”

Junior Gavin Lohse had a solid day on the track for the Wildcats as he scored in three events. Lohse was third in the long jump with a mark of 21-10.

He went on to finish fifth in the 100-meter dash in 11.35 seconds and set a new personal best time in the prelims with a time of 11.23. Lohse, Myles Vohs, Caleb Feldkamp and Gage Feldkamp also took fourth in the 4×100 in 44.58 seconds.

Both Feldkamps also scored points in the 200-meter dash. Caleb was fourth in 23.36 seconds and Gage was seventh in 23.52.

***Louisburg senior Jaymes Melton set a new personal best the shot put Friday at Wellsville.***

Senior Hunter Heinrich ran a strong 400-meter dash as he set a new personal best in 51.83 seconds and took fifth overall. Heinrich, along with Emmett White, Aidan Meyer and Blaise Vohs, set a new season-best time in the 4×400 relay in 3:29 and took third.

In the distance races, junior Jerynce Brings Plenty was eighth in the 1,600-meter run in 4:40.

Senior Ben O’Bryan led the Wildcat throwers as he scored in a pair of events. O’Bryan set a new personal best in the discus with a toss of 152-8 to take fourth and was eighth in the shot put 45-9.5

Another senior, Jaymes Melton, set a personal record in the shot put with a toss of 46-3.5 to take seventh.

Junior Myles Vohs scored points in the long jump and set a new personal best doing it. Vohs was fifth with a mark of 20-9.

Jacob Brown scored points in the pole vault as the Louisburg junior took fourth at 12-6.

Louisburg is back in action Thursday when the Wildcats travel to Eudora for the Frontier League Invitational. Events are set to begin at 4 p.m.

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