The Trenton High School track and field teams traveled to Maryville on Tuesday and if it had not been for the home team, they would have returned with a couple of first-place team titles. The Trenton girls scored 139.5, finishing behind only Maryville in second place. The Trenton boys scored 145 points, finishing second to only Maryville as well.
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Lady Bulldogs
The Trenton girls were battling some injuries and went to the meet without the aid of Amber Fischbach, Katey Norris, Katie Lenhart and Nicole Fairchild. Despite the losses to the roster, Trenton still had a relatively good day, capturing four gold medals.
The 4×800-meter relay team, running with two replacement runners, captured gold with a time of 11:05. Regulars Molly Boyle and Megan Sole teamed with Kendra Lickteig and Ashley Osborn to take the top spot in the event.
“I was really pleased with the way the 4×800 performed,” Lady Bulldogs’ Coach Chris Parks said. “Kendra Lickteig stepped in and did a good job and Ashley Osborn did an exceptional job for someone who hasn’t trained for an 800.”
Trenton also scored gold in the 4×100-meter relay as Chandler Wilson, Mackenzie Mack, Scotlin Hurley and Maddie Hooyman broke the tape with a time of 51.4, a new personal record for the foursome and a new meet record.
Trenton’s other two relay teams finished with personal best times as well and took second. The 4×200-meter relay team of Magie Steinhoff, Mack, Hurley and Hooyman finished runner-up with a time of 1:50.9 and the 4×400-meter relay team of Rebekah Capeder, Hooyman, Sole and Hurley was second with a time of 4:29.5.
The Lady Bulldogs won two gold medals in individual events to round out their quota of four for the meet. Kaylee Lickteig cleared 8-0 to win the pole vault and Hooyman cleared 5-2 to win the high jump.Trenton double-placed in both of those events as Capeder cleared 4-10 to take second in the high jump and Shania Anderson finished third in the pole vault.
Elsewhere in the field, Trenton got a second-place finish from Chandler Wilson, who jumped 32-6 1/2 in the triple jump. Sole was fourth in the triple jump, Lindsey Derry was fifth in the discus and Kandis Taylor was sixth in the long jump.
Other placewinners for the Lady Bulldogs on the track included Wilson, second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.5 and third in the 400-meter dash; Kendra Lickteig, third in the 3200-meter run and eighth in the 1600-meter run; Mack, fourth in the 200-meter dash and fifth in the 100-meter dash; Hurley, fifth in the 200-meter dash; Osborn, fifth in the 300-meter hurdles and seventh in the 100-meter hurdles; Alexis Fender, sixth in the 100-meter hurdles; and Sole, sixth in the 800-meter run.
Bulldogs
The Trenton boys came away with four gold medals in their second-place finish as well. James Fairchild finished first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:07 and was also a member of the first-place finishing 4×800-meter relay team. Fairchild teamed with Seth Acton, Addison Fuller and Sam Cool to win the event with a time of 8:42.
Trenton’s other gold medals came from Dalton Preston, first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.32, and Freddie Pannell, first in the triple jump with a leap of 41-9.
Trenton just missed gold with Preston in the 200-meter dash, finishing second with a time of 23.63, and placed second in all three of the other relays. The 4×100-meter dash team of Preston, Acton, Keegan McGinness and Colby Larson was runner-up with a time of 45.23; the 4×200-meter relay team of Trevor Whitley, Acton, Cool and Larson was second with a time of 1:32.01; and the 4×400-meter relay team of Cool, Whitley, Fairchild and Preston placed second with a time of 3:40.
Other placewinners for the Bulldogs included Fuller, third in both the 3200- and 1600-meter runs; Larson, third in the 300-meter hurdles and fourth in the long jump; Acton, third in the 800-meter run; Cool, fourth in the 400-meter dash; James Deaver, fourth in the discus and fifth in the shot put; Fairchild, fourth in the 1600-meter run; Whitley, fifth in the high jump and sixth in the 100-meter dash; McGinness, fifth in the long jump and eighth in the 200-meter dash; Aric Helmandollar, sixth in the 110-meter hurdles; and Josh Jarrett, eighth in the 3200-meter run.
“We were fortunate to have a pretty good night to run,” Bulldogs’ Head Coach Wes Croy said. “I thought the boys continued to go in the direction we wanted them to go as far as improving at this point of the season. We had some great individual performances from some of our kids and hopefully we are where we need to be heading into districts. Hopefully we can come away with a lot of kids advancing.”
Next up for the Trenton track and field teams is the district meet at LeBlond High School in St. Joseph on Saturday.