Today is Saturday, May 24| The 145th day of 2008
Daily Chief-Union/Lonnie McMillan
Running in the pack
Lauren Bruynis (left) glides along in the 800 run at the Division II district track and field meet at Lima Shawnee on Friday. Bruynis was part of three of the Rams’ regional qualifying squads that will move on to Lexington.
Upper Sandusky track and field teams qualify many for regionals
LIMA — Two of Upper Sandusky’s relay teams clocked the fastest times on the final day of the Division II girls district track and field meet at Lima Shawnee, punching their ticket to the regional competition next weekend.
Lynzi Daughenbaugh, Emily Caudill, Lacy Daughenbaugh and Lauren Bruynis finished first in the 400 relay in a time of 51.21, while Lynzi Daughenbaugh, Caudill, Shanae Ankney and Bruynis won the 800 relay in 1:46.04.
Three members of the relay team found a considerable amount of success in the individual finals, as well, as Lynzi Daughenbaugh finished second in the 300 hurdles (47.05) and Lacy Daughenbaugh took runner-up honors in the long jump (16-4.25).
Ankney also qualifed for the regional meet with a fourth-place finish in the 200 dash (27.18).The Rams’ 1,600 relay team consisting of Lynzi Daughenbaugh, Annalee Frey, Ankney and Bruynis also sneaked in with a fourth-place finish in a time of 4:08.11.
FRIDAY MAY 23, 2008
Daily Chief-Union/Brandon Drake
Balancing act
Riverdale's Orey Gobrecht clears the bar in the pole vault at the Division III district track and field meet at Spencerville High School. Gobrecht tied for fourth by clearing 12-0.
Falcons run at Spencerville
SPENCERVILLE - The long haul to the Division III district meet at Spencerville yielded some good results for Riverdale's track and field team Thursday afternoon.
Kayla Brown recorded the top qualifying time in the 300 hurdles (45.47), and was part of two of the Falcons' middle distance relay squads that qualified.
Brown teamed with Shaye Eatherton, Kylie Brown and Vanessa Stewart in the 1,600 relay for a third-place finish in 4:09.73, and joined up with Eatherton, Ashley Fox and Stewart in the 800 relay for a fifth-place finish in 1:50.74.
Brown also placed fifth in the 100 hurdles (16.84) and 1,600 run (16.84) to qualify in those two events.
Eatherton and Ashley Zickefoose posted times of 28.91 and 29.61 respectively in the 200 dash, and Garnes finished seventh in the 400 dash. Kourtney Lewis also qualified with a fourth-place finish in the high jump (5-0) and a 10th-place finish in the 800 run (2:46.37).
On the boys side, Andrew Huffman posted the Falcons best finish with a third-place finish in the 1,600 run (5:08.05).
Darko Markovich and Orey Gobrecht both qualified for the Falcons with a pair of fourth-place finishes.
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
Daily Chief-Union/Kenrick Jesionowski
Out at first
Riverdale's Chelsea Dilley reels in a ball at first base to record an out in Thursday's district final against Convoy Crestview. The Falcons tournament run came to an end with a 4-2 loss.
Eikholt home runs leads Crestview past Riverale in district final
By KENDRICK JESIONOWSKI
DC-U News Bureau
ELIDA - Riverdale was able to keep it close against Crestview for seven innings on Thursday night.
But unfortunately for the Falcons, close doesn't count for much in tournament play as a two-run blast over the center field fence in the third inning by Melissa Eikholt proved to be the difference in the Knights' 4-2 victory in a Division IV softball district final matchup.
Convoy Crestview, the state's No. 1 ranked Division IV team, improves to 24-1 and advances to next week's regional tournament at Findlay, while Riverdale falls to 13-9.
It is the fourth year in a row the Knights have won a district championship at Elida and the second time in four years that they have knocked Riverdale out in the district finals. In 2005 the Knights defeated the Falcons 2-0.
"We did the same thing here three years ago when we came down here - we gave them a game - and that's the same thing we wanted to do today," Riverdale coach Doug Ebright said. "We thought if we could stay with them and keep it close we had a chance, but that two-run homer she (Eikholt) hit was the big difference in the game. That really hurt us."
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)