WHS has nearly 150 track & field athletes this year who are working hard and making great progress, despite the delayed onset of spring. We have three home meets in the coming days, and we'd like to invite you all to consider volunteering at theses meets. Most jobs are low intensity responsibilities, and they offer a front-row-seat to the action. Click HERE to go to an online sign up form.
Western's chapter of NHS is holding a blood drive this Friday. Track & field athletes should not give blood, however, the community is invited to donate. Just one pint can help save three lives. Next week is sprINgSANITY. This springtime version of homecoming and snowfest begins with a dodgeball tournament on Monday and culminates with Friday's running of the Ralph Rice Invitational, as well as several other home sports events. Click HERE for more information, and to order a sprINgSANITY tee-shirt. This year's throwback theme is pretty sweet!
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Western's track & field teams gathered on the infield for a group photo after both teams won first place at the Marshall Sports Fest on Friday, April 13, 2018. Western's girls varsity assistant coach was excited to point something out.
"Depth wins track meets," she said. "We did well really well in a couple events, but this meet was close and we won it because we scored points in some unexpected places." The Marshall Sports Fest scored to six places, and Western's women won the meet as a team by scoring just four more points than runners-up Lansing Sexton. Western had 86, Sexton scored 82, and third place Milan scored 79.5. On the men's side, Western racked up 105 points, compared to Olivet's 81 and Niles' 82. Adrian finished in a close fourth place, with 81 points. The most notable and historic performance on the guys score sheet came in the pole vault when Alex Inosencio broke the a 23-year-old school record when he cleared 15'-1" and won the event. Stand out performances for the women came from Maddie Humphries, who won the 400m dash and was joined by Maisey Nichols, Eryn Lewis, and Ashley Oliver to win the 4x400m relay. Oliver finished second in the 800m run, and Nichols finished third in the 300m hurdles. Another first place finish came in the 4x100m relay, by the team of Tylissa Doss, Meg Kuhl, Hannah Pariseau and Kiersten Stoddard. Corrie West tied for second in the high jump, while Emalee deLaGrange placed second in the pole vault. Pariseau and Nichols finished third and fourth, respectively, in the long jump. Other standout results for the guys include Tyler Oxley's win in the shot put (47'-2.5"), Ian Devine's win in the 300m hurdles (40.94), and Gezahegn Starr's win in the 1600m (4:41.9). Starr finished second in the 800m, as did Inosencio in the 110m high hurdles. Third place finishers included Devine in the 100m, Nate Burk in the 400m, James Bloomfield, who placed out of the slow heat in the 200m, Elijah Ebong in the high jump, and Aaron Miller, who ran a smart and gutsy 3200m. "Part of what makes track and field unique is the fact that there are times when it's just you in your lane, until the finish line, or you on the runway or the apron, or just you in the circle," boys head coach Lucas Sponsler said. "But what makes Western Track & Field different, we hope, is our emphasis on the team, the community. It can make it so athletes know they aren't alone, that they're an important part of something greater." Blazers 2018: Annual Meeting
4 p.m. April 15, 2018 225 Watson St., Albion (in the former Albion High School) The Blazers Track Club provides an excellent summer program of training and competition for athletes from second grade through high school. Marshall Sportsfest Track Invitational
Friday, April 13, 2018 Teams Attending: Adrian, Lansing Sexton, Marshall, Milan, Niles, Portland, Olivet and Western. The meet will be FAT timed. SCORING Individual events will be scored 10-8-6-4-2-1 Relays: 10-8-6-4-2-1 FIELD EVENTSBegin at 3:00 PM GIRLS First then followed by boys (Discus, Pole Vault, and Long Jump ) BOYS First then followed by girls (Shot Put and High Jump) Pole VaultBOYS --- 6’, 6’6”, 7’, 7’6”, 8’ then raise by 3” GIRLS --- 8’, 8’6”, 9’, 9’6”, 10’, 10’6”, 11’, 11’6”, 12’ then raise by 3” Long Jump (no finals) GIRLS --- Open Pit from 3:00 – 4:00 pm (four jumps) BOYS --- Open Pit from 4:00 – 5:00pm (four jumps) High JumpGIRLS --- 4’, 4’3”, 4’6”, 4’8”, 4’10”, then raise by 1” BOYS --- 5’, 5’3”, 5’6”, 5”8”, 5’10” then raise by 1” Shot Put and Discus (no finals)Four throws (2 + 2) 3200 Meter Relay will begin at 3:30 pm (Boys run first) Remaining running events begin at 4:00 pmThere will be one heat of the 800m, 1600m, 3200m runs and all relays. There will be three heats of all the other events when necessary, with finishing places determined by times. Awards1st place and runner up trophies to the top two teams of the meet, boys and girls. Medals for top three finishers in all relays and individual events. The Panthers traveled to Marshall on April 11 for their second league dual meet and came away with a 92-71 win.
"It's exciting to see how much grit and determination this team has," coach Lucas Sponsler said. "Tonight we also showed our youth and inexperience in a few areas, but that gives us something to focus on as we grow and improve." Western performed well in most event areas, but was dominant in the throws, sweeping the Redhawks in the both the shot put and the discus. Winning first place for Western in the field events were Tyler Oxley in the shot put (47'-1"), and Brady Yokom in the discus (126'-3"). Alex Inosencio won both the pole vault (14'-0") and the 110m high hurdles (16.32). Ian Devine won the 100m (11.53) and the 300m intermediate hurdles (42.78). Gezahegn Starr won the 1600m (4:49.5) and the 800m (2:04.42). Nathan Burk won the 400m (53.95). Landon French won the 200m (24.81). Western's boys team is 2-0 in the Interstate-8. This Friday they will return to Marshall for an eight-team invitational, the Marshall Sports Festival. Their league schedule resumes next Tuesday, when they will host I-8 rival Coldwater. It's a busy week in track & field at Western High School.
Marshall This week we travel to Marshall twice. The entire team will compete in a dual meet against our Interstate-8 foes on Wednesday, and on Friday we'll take a varsity roster to an invitational, the Marshall Sports Fest. We get three entries in each open event. Testing Schedule Practices this week will begin at the normal time (2:48 p.m.) despite this week's testing schedule. Some athletes will want to go home for lunch and return for practice. Otherwise, it is okay to pack a lunch and wait for practice to begin. Toughness Click HERE for an article about Florida high schooler Hugh Brittenham and the kind of mentality needed for running the 800m and 1600m |
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