The Trenton girls’ stellar start to the 2019 track and field campaign continued on Tuesday as the Bulldogs dominated a handful of schools at the Brookfield Quad. With the event being a quad, Trenton wasn’t limited to just two athletes per event as is the case at traditional track meets.
The result? A 186-point day.
Brookfield finished a distant second with 106 points while South Shelby (56) and Milan (16) rounded out the field.
Trenton took gold in 12 of the 19 events with Kristi Ewing and Lexi Whitaker both going four-for-four in their events. The two combined with Lexi Gott and Chandler Lynch to win the 4×200-meter relay with a time of 1:52.31 and those same four won the 4×400-meter relay to close the quad with a time of 4:26.02. Individually, Ewing won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.77 and the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:04.15. Whitaker, meanwhile, won the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.45 and the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.38.
Other first-place finishers for Trenton included Katie Markell in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 15:40, Evy McCullough in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 19.76, Maci Moore in the high jump with a mark of 4-10 and in the triple jump with a mark of 31-6.5. The 4×100-meter relay team of Gott, Emma Curtis, Mykah Hurley and Shay Westerhof won gold with a time of 54.38 and the 4×800-meter relay team of Gwyneth Foster, Gracyn Rongey, Markell and McKayla Blackburn was first as well, finishing with a time of 11:24.52.
Trenton backed up the 12 gold medals with seven runner-up finishes and eight third-place finishes. Hurley was second in the long jump and third in the triple jump, Curtis was second in the pole vault and third in the long jump, Salem Croy was second in the javelin, Moore was second in the shot put, Katie Lovell was second in the 3,200-meter run, Foster was second in the 800-meter run, Westerhof was second in the 200-meter dash, Sidney Lynch was third in the high jump, Kendall Crowley was third in both the javelin and discus, Jenna Reeter was third in the 100-meter hurdles, McKayla Blackburn was third in the 400-meter dash and Gott was third in the 200-meter dash.
TRENTON BOYS
The Trenton boys won five events at the quad, placing second overall with 105 points. Brookfield won the quad with 110 points while South Shelby was third with 60 and Milan was fourth with 48.
Brian Ewing and Dylan Harris each won two gold medals. Ewing was first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.76 and the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.13. Harris, meanwhile, placed first in the high jump with a mark of 5-1 and won the triple jump as well, doing so with a mark of 39-1. Jadan Whitney added a first-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 48-2.5.
Behind the first place finishers, Carson Burchett was second in the shot put; Whitney was second in the discus; Matt Sibbit was second in the triple jump, second in the 110-meter hurdles and third in the 300-meter hurdles; Harris was third in the long jump; Camdyn Leeper was third in the 110-meter hurdles; Kayden Spencer was second in the 3,200-meter run and third in the 1,600-meter run; and Hayden Griffin was second in the 400-meter dash and third in the 200-meter dash.
Trenton hosted the Trenton Relays on Thursday and travels to the Higginsville Relays on Monday.
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