VIKINGS GAIN 16 GOLD, 9 FOR LADY VIKINGS – 7 FOR VIKING BOYS

By William

BELLEVILLE – Despite getting all the results gathered late, it is worth noting that the Smoky Valley track/field team nearly dominated the Buff Invitational on Thursday in Belleville as they earned a total of 16 first-place finishes.

The Lady Vikings were led by Belle Peters who earned herself four gold medals in the long jump, pole vault, 100 hurdles, and the 200 meters.

Abby Rose gained three gold medals by winning the 400 meters and running a leg on both the winning 4×800 and 4×400 meter relay quartets while Grace Lambert also earned gold in three events as well as she won the 800 meters and then ran a leg on both the 4×800 and 4×400 meter relay teams.

Smoky Valley swept all three of the relays, winning the 4×100 relay with a quartet of Aubrey Boldra, Clara McElroy, Keira Mullen and Gabby Behanna while the quartet of Lambert, Rose, Mullen and Lydia Peterson took first in the 4×400 and the team of Lambert, Rose, Peterson and McKinley Johnson took gold in the 4×800 meters.

In the girls pole vault the Peters sisters, Belle, Breanna, and Noelle took first, second and third.

For the Viking boys, they were led by Ryan Heline who earned four golds by winning both the 800 and 3,200 meters while anchoring a leg on the winning relays in the 4×800 and 4×400 meters. Steve Peterson won the pole vault and both Tytus Reed and Lukas Apel scored three golds with wins in the 1,600 meters for Reed and the 400 meters for Apel while also running legs on both the 4×800 and 4×400 meter relay teams. Samuel Peterson was the fourth leg of the two winning relay teams.

 According to Jay Myers, head coach of the Viking track/field team the weather hampered times as he reflected on the meet by noting, “We ran all the dashes and high hurdles into a really stout wind from the south, so our times were disappointing to some of the kids. The triple jumps were also against the wind.”

Next up for the Viking track/field team will be on Friday when they travel to Marion for the Marion Invitational.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING INDIVIDUAL RESULTS at Belleville:

LADY VIKINGS (Top 10 Finishes):

Javelin = 4. Keira Mullen 88’2”.

Shot Put = 6. Illeia Wampler 24’10”.

Discus = 10. Kajsa Peterson 66’5”.

Triple Jump = 3. Aubrey Boldra 29’8 1/2”; 5. Bri Franklin 28’10 ½”.

Long Jump = 1. BELLE PETERS 16’7”; 4. Gabby Behanna 15’0”; 6. Breanne Peters 14’11”; 7. Aubrey Boldra 14’11”; 8. Clara McElroy 14’5”; 9. Noelle Peters 13’10”.

Pole Vault = 1. BELLE PETERS 12’0”; 2. Breanna Peters 10’0”; 3. Noelle Peters 9’0”.

High Jump = 4. Lydia Peterson 4’0”.

4×800 Relay = 1. LADY VIKINGS 10:37.95 (McKinley Johnson, Abby Rose, Lydia Peterson, Grace Lambert)

4×400 Relay = 1. LADY VIKINGS ‘A’ TEAM 4:28.08 (Grace Lambert, Lydia Peterson, Keira Mullen, Abby Rose); 2. Lady Vikings ‘B’ Team 4:44.74 (Oakes, Kajsa Peterson, Rylee Ebert, Clara McElroy).

4×100 Relay = 1. LADY VIKINGS ‘A’ TEAM 54.49 (Aubrey Boldra, Clara McElroy, Keira Mullen, Gabby Behanna); 5. Lady Vikings ‘B’ Team 56:46 (Belle Peters, Noelle Peters, Grace Lambert, Abby Rose).

300 Hurdles = 2. Clara McElroy 54:07’; 4. Lydia Peterson 58.21.

100 Hurdles = 1. BELLE PETERS 17.64.

3,200 Meters = 3. Olivia Bengtson 15:18.00.

1,600 Meters = 4. Ellise Peterson 6:30.76.

800 Meters = 1. GRACE LAMBERT 2:27.60; 2. McKinley Johnson 2:46.92; 7. Rylee Ebert 2:59.55.

400 Meters = 1. ABBY ROSE 1:03.09.

200 Meters = 1. BELLE PETERS 28.05; 5. Keira Mullen 29.90; 6. Gabby Behanna 30.25.

100 Meters = 6. Gabby Behanna 14.77; 7. Noelle Peters 14.79; 10. Rylee Ebert 15.30.

VIKING BOYS (Top 10 Finishes):

100 Meters = 6. Jerome Autry 12.93’ 10. Justice Autry 13.08.

200 Meters = 8. Trystan Stambaugh 26.28; 10. Zach Gross 16.73.

400 Meters = 1. LUKAS APEL 54.64; 5. Wyatt Johnson 59.29.

800 Meters = 1. RYAN HELINE 2:18.17; 4. Justice Gardner 2:22.70; 5. Garrett Huffman 2:22.96.

1,600 Meters = 1. TYTUS REED 5:07.87; 2. Garrett Huffman 5:11.88; 4. Justice Gardner 5:22.41; 8. Samuel Peterson 5:35.21.

3,200 Meters = 1. RYAN HELINE 10:09.00; 2. Tytus Reed 10:42.00; 3. Justice Gardner 11:40.00; 7. Sebastian Pavlovich 12:37.00; 10. Immanuel Cooper 14:50.00.

110 Hurdles = 3. Jamison Sattler 19.54.

300 Hurdles = 6. Jamison Sattler 50.21; 9. Vincent Pickering 50.89.

High Jump = 4. Tate Brewer 5’2”; 5. Vincent Pickering 5’2”; 6. Kade Blanchat 4”10”.

Pole Vault = 1. STEVE PETERSON 10’0”.

Long Jump = 3. Tate Brewer 18’1”; 4. Justice Autry 17’7”; 5. Jerome Autry 17’7”; 6. Kade Blanchat 17’5”.

Triple Jump = 3. Tate Brewer 34’ 51/2”.

Shot Put = 7. Skylar Hopkins 34’7”; 8. Justin Holt 33’7”.

Discus = 6. Skylar Hopkins 101’11”; 8. Mason Morel 93’8”.

Javelin = 2. Kort Sjogren 141’5”.

4×800 Relay = 1. VIKINGS 8:50.51 (Tytus Reed, Samuel Peterson, Lukas Apel, Ryan Heline)

4×100 Relay = 3. Vikings 47.83 (Trystan Stambaugh, Kort Sjogren, Samuel Peterson, Jamison Sattler)

4×400 Relay = 1. VIKINGS ‘A’ TEAM 3:43.44 (Tytus Reed, Ryan Heline, Samuel Peterson, Lukas Apel); 5. Vikings ‘B’ Team 4:40.26 (Vincent Pickering, Wyatt Johnson, Jerome Autry, Justice Autry).

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