The Highlands Latin girls and Collegiate boys track and field teams won titles Tuesday during the Class A, Region Three meet at Ballard High School.
Highlands Latin’s girls scored 146 points and were followed by Kentucky Country Day (92.5) and Walden (77).
Highlands Latin won the 800-meter relay and got individual victories from Mollie Robson (1,600), Ulla Dodd (300 hurdles), Molly-Louise Denley (high jump) and Logan Boyd (discus, shot put).
KCD junior Ellie Beam had a big day by sweeping the 100, 200 and 400 and anchoring her team’s victory in the 400 relay. Walden junior Natalie Svidal won the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump.
Collegiate’s boys took the team title with 103 points and were followed by KCD (88) and Highlands Latin (80).
Collegiate won the 1,600 and 3,200 relays and got individual wins from Henry Hasselbacher (400), Roman Sierpina (800, 1,600) and Julien Veliquette (110 and 300 hurdles).
Portland Christian junior Finn Popp swept the discus and shot put.
The top two finishers in each event earned automatic spots in the Class A State Track and Field Championships set for May 29 at the University of Kentucky. Others may earn spots based on their performances versus others from around the state.
Tuesday at Ballard High School
Girls
Team standings – 1. Highlands Latin 146; 2. Kentucky Country Day 92.5; 3. Walden 77; 4. Collegiate 67; 5. Holy Cross 51; 6. Presentation 33.5; 7. Whitefield Academy 26; 8. Brown 23; 9. Portland Christian 19; 10. Francis Parker 9.
100-meter dash – 1. Ellie Beam (Kentucky Country Day) 12.65; 2. Chabely Perez Tolon (Brown) 13.20; 3. Ulla Dodd (Highlands Latin) 13.43.
200 – 1. Ellie Beam (Kentucky Country Day) 25.95; 2. Chabely Perez Tolon (Brown) 27.02; 3. Riley Webb (Collegiate) 27.25.
400 – 1. Ellie Beam (Kentucky Country Day) 58.55; 2. Riley Webb (Collegiate) 59.95; 3. Katherine Baum (Highlands Latin) 1:03.55.
800 – 1. Sophia Westergren (Walden) 2:32.85; 2. Ellie Whitfill (Whitefield Academy) 2:32.97; 3. Mollie Robson (Highlands Latin) 2:33.95.
1,600 – 1. Mollie Robson (Highlands Latin) 5:27.06; 2. Hailey Hack (Kentucky Country Day) 5:28.64; 3. Elizabeth Mathews (Walden) 5:31.13.
3,200 – 1. Elizabeth Mathews (Walden) 12:23.54; 2. Hailey Hack (Kentucky Country Day) 12:25.37; 3. Mary Thomas Kute (Collegiate) 12:39.97.
100 hurdles – 1. Natalie Svidal (Walden) 15.00; 2. Ulla Dodd (Highlands Latin) 16.89; 3. Molly-Louise Denley (Highlands Latin) 17.27.
300 hurdles – 1. Ulla Dodd (Highlands Latin) 50.59; 2. Paige Daniels (Kentucky Country Day) 50.63; 3. Molly-Louise Denley (Highlands Latin) 50.66.
400 relay – 1. Kentucky Country Day (Layla Peoples, Paige Daniels, Janie Jennings, Ellie Beam) 54.16; 2. Walden 55.35; 3. Collegiate 55.44.
800 relay – 1. Highlands Latin (Aydah Abbott, Coco Magar, Reagan Moore, Ronda Whyatt) 1:55.95; 2. Collegiate 1:56.15; 3. Kentucky Country Day 1:59.53.
1,600 relay – 1. Collegiate (Alice Lam, Nora Lam, Riley Webb, Paris Pace) 4:32.48; 2. Highlands Latin 4:36.71; 3. Kentucky Country Day 4:45.66.
3,200 relay – 1. Whitefield Academy (Elisabeth Kennedy, Sarah Loran, Isabella Guzman, Ellie Whitfill) 11:22.46; 2. Highlands Latin 11:48.71; 3. Francis Parker 12:15.27.
High jump – 1. Molly-Louise Denley (Highlands Latin) 4-4; 2. Taylor Wright (Holy Cross) 4-4; 3. Avery Summers (Portland Christian) 4-4.
Pole vault – 1. Emma Diehl (Presentation) 7-0; 2. Lucy Roach (Presentation) 6-6.
Long jump – 1. Natalie Svidal (Walden) 17-8.5; 2. Aydan Abbott (Highlands Latin) 14-11; 3. Adele Miles (Portland Christian) 14-6.5.
Triple jump – 1. Natalie Svidal (Walden) 37-2; 2. Aydah Abbott (Highlands Latin) 31-10.5; 3. Kate Tyler (Walden) 30-0.
Shot put – 1. Logan Boyd (Highlands Latin) 32-11; 2. Graycee Clark (Holy Cross) 32-10; 3. Jaelynn Dillard (Holy Cross) 27-10.
Discus – 1. Logan Boyd (Highlands Latin) 120-10; 2. Jaelynn Dillard (Holy Cross) 89-6; 3. Olivia Vonderheide (Highlands Latin) 85-4.
Boys
Team standings – 1. Collegiate 103; 2. Kentucky Country Day 88; 3. Highlands Latin 80; 4. Holy Cross 68; 5. Portland Christian 36; 6. Walden 34; 7. DuBois 27; 8. Francis Parker 26; 9. Whitefield Academy 25; 10. Shawnee 17; 11. Brown 8.
100-meter dash – 1. Ayden Jackson (Kentucky Country Day) 11.33; 2. Tyler Wilson (Kentucky Country Day) 11.46; 3. Cameron Fugate (DuBois) 11.53.
200 – 1. Cameron Fugate (DuBois) 23.51; 2. John Paul Butler (Highlands Latin) 23.82; 3. Deion Davidson (Kentucky Country Day) 23.92.
400 – 1. Henry Hasselbacher (Collegiate) 52.67; 2. Josh Vander Woude (Highlands Latin) 53.90; 3. Collin Taylor (Portland Christian) 54.01.
800 – 1. Roman Sierpina (Collegiate) 2:00.18; 2. Leo Hasselbacher (Collegiate) 2:05.70; 3. Michael Cook (Walden) 2:06.17.
1,600 – 1. Roman Sierpina (Collegiate) 4:37.44; 2. Ryan Shaps (Kentucky Country Day) 4:41.38; 3. Thomas Mathews (Walden) 4:43.58.
3,200 – 1. Thomas Mathews (Walden) 9:55.85; 2. Ryan Shaps (Kentucky Country Day) 9:56.01; 3. Adam Dockstader (Kentucky Country Day) 10:04.06.
110 hurdles – 1. Julien Veliquette (Collegiate) 14.70; 2. Dion Brent (Holy Cross) 18.87; 3. Connor Gilcreast (Highlands Latin) 19.04.
300 hurdles – 1. Julien Veliquette (Collegiate) 39.05; 2. Thomas Kennedy (Highlands Latin) 43.97; 3. Malachi Watkins (Holy Cross) 45.95.
400 relay – 1. Kentucky Country Day (Zachary Rudolph, Ayden Jackson, Deion Davidson, Tyler Wilson) 44.78; 2. Shawnee 47.39; 3. Francis Parker 48.78.
800 relay – 1. Highlands Latin (John Paul Butler, Thomas Kennedy, Josh Vander Woude, Jacob Lane) 1:35.25; 2. Kentucky Country Day 1:35.72; 3. DuBois 1:36.16.
1,600 relay – 1. Collegiate (Henry Hasselbacher, Cameron Kiefer, Julien Veliquette, Roman Sierpina) 3:32.92; 2. Highlands Latin 3:43.61; 3. Kentucky Country Day 3:48.46.
3,200 relay – 1. Collegiate (Henry Hasselbacher, Leo Hasselbacher, Alexander Makdah, Everest Snyder) 8:45.62; 2. Whitefield Academy 8:51.76; 3. Kentucky Country Day 8:59.86.
High jump – 1. Jordan Jackson (Holy Cross) 5-6; 2. John Henry Brown (Francis Parker) 5-4.
Pole vault – No competitors.
Long jump – 1. Jamari Pennebaker (Holy Cross) 20-5.5; 2. Adrian Grady (Francis Parker) 20-0; 3. Adam Kennedy (Highlands Latin) 19-3.5.
Triple jump – 1. Jayden Smith (Holy Cross) 37-1.5; 2. Adam Kennedy (Highlands Latin) 36-5.5; 3. Jamari Pennebaker (Holy Cross) 35-10.
Shot put – 1. Finn Popp (Portland Christian) 36-11.5; 2. Brock Blackwell (Whitefield Academy) 36-10.75; 3. Will Gonterman (Portland Christian) 36-6.25.
Discus – 1. Finn Popp (Portland Christian) 112-8; 2. Elliott Johnson (Kentucky Country Day) 103-9; 3. Julien Veliquette (Collegiate) 103-3.
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