(5-1-18) Day 1 of the 2018 K of C Mercer County Track Invitational at Cavalier Stadium is in the books. Most of the night consisted of qualifying for Friday’s finals, finals were held in several events.
In the girls meet Parkway leads Coldwater by six points 26-20.
The Panthers picked up two field events titles, Sydney Crouch won the long jump and Monica Steen won the discus. Celina picked up 1st place in the 4X800 meter relay with the team of Caleigh Ross, Sara Wenning, Emma Lutz and Lauren Jackson.
In the boys meet Coldwater leads Celina by five points 44-39.
Leading the Cavs to the early first day lead was pole vaulter Galen Backs who picked up the title. Celina had two wins on the night, the 4X800 meter relay team of Ethan Ly, Jacob Klosterman, Hunter Lynch and Adrian Hurley and Tyler Ross in the shot put. St. Henry’s Blake Ontrop won the high jump.
2018 K of C Mercer County Track Invitational 5/1/2018 to 5/5/2018 Cavalier Stadium GIRLS 4x800 Meter Relay 1 Celina 9:56.62 1) Ross, Caleigh 10 2) Wenning, Sara 12 3) Lutz, Emma 11 4) Jackson, Lauren 12 FIELD EVENTS Long Jump 1 Crouch, Sydney 12 Parkway J17-09.50 Discus 1 Steen, Monica 10 Parkway 105-08.50 BOYS 4x800 Meter Relay High School 1 Celina 8:40.24 1) Ly, Ethan 10 2) Klosterman, Jacob 10 3) Lynch, Hunter 12 4) Hurley, Adrian 12 FIELD EVENTS High Jump 1 Ontrop, Blake 11 St. Henry J6-00.00 Pole Vault 1 Backs, Galen 11 Coldwater J12-06.00 Shot Put 1 Ross, Tyler 12 Celina 51-03.00