Published: May 16, 2008 11:40 pm            

Woodrow Wilson wins boys, girls track titles

TERRE HAUTE — Meet announcer John Lentz was beginning to sound like a broken record due to the number of meet records broken Friday in the final day of the Vigo County middle school track and field championships at Terre Haute North.

The middle schoolers breaking the records weren’t complaining though.

Woodrow Wilson eighth grader Emily Cotterman, who set the 3,200-meter run mark at last year’s meet, snapped a record that had stood for 21 years. Cotterman’s time of 2 minutes, 26 seconds broke Jenny Morris’ mark of 2:30.2 set in 1987 for Honey Creek.

It helped that Cotterman was pushed by Sarah Scott seventh grader Tapring Goatee, who jumped out to the early lead. Goatee had defeated Cotterman in the 800 and 1,600 during the season, but Cotterman wasn’t going to let her pull away. Cotterman passed Goatee about 300 yards into the race and didn’t let it go.

Woodrow Wilson coach Greg Chiado was pumped up watching his standout runner who would lead the Warriors’ 1,600 relay team to a meet-record performance about 20 minutes later.

“That [800] was out of this world! That was 10 seconds faster than she’s run all year long,” said Chiado, who was screaming in support of Cotterman down the front straightaway. “She had a gameplan and she went after it. She told me before the race she was going for it.”

Goatee’s time of 5:21.35 shattered the old record in the 1,600 of 5:36 by Shana Slavens in 1991.

The Wilson mile relay team ran a time of 4:28.89 to grab a record that had stood since 1992. Molly McKee was fading at the end, but “she kept fighting,” Cotterman said.

The Wilson seventh- and eighth-grade girls had the highest scoring day of the team winners, outscoring Honey Creek 141-91 for a second straight title.

The Wilson seventh- and eighth-grade boys were also in a festive mood, dousing coach Jim Cottom with a cooler of ice water in the infield.

Cam Quinn, a future Terre Haute North athlete, bolted to victory in the 100, 200 and 400. Quinn’s 200 and 400 times — 24.81 and 54.80 respectively — were one-half a second off meet records.

“I’m ready for the next year’s track season. I’m going to miss running at Woodrow Wilson for coach Cottom,” Quinn said.

Quinn got 30 of Wilson’s 103 points as the Warriors went back and forth with Honey Creek before coming out on top at the end.

Honey Creek’s sixth grade boys edged Wilson 104-103 1/2 behind Jack Harbaugh’s win in the 100 and school-record second-place finish in the 400. Harbaugh lost to Wilson’s Jacob Johnson’s blistering 59.33 run in the 400.

Johnson set a new meet record in the 400, adding to the new meet record he set in long jump on Wednesday.

Otter Creek’s girls took home first as Jasmine Allen won long jump, but took second in the 100 and 200.

“They’re just a tremendous group to work with. They have the heart, the drive, the will and the talent,” coach Maria Croft said of the Otters.

Sarah Scott’s Larae Clemons was first in the 200 with a meet-record run of 28.80, edging Allen by one-hundredth of a second at 28.81. Summer Scank of Sarah Scott also beat the old meet record at 28.95. Clemons also set a new mark in the 100 with a time of 13.73.

Also in the sixth-grade, Jessi Conley of Otter Creek set a new mark in the 800 with a time of 2:35.73.





At Terre Haute North

Sixth grade

Girls

(* — denotes new time surpassed meet record)

(Field events were previously reported)

Team scores — Otter Creek 119, Honey Creek 75, Sarah Scott 70½, Woodrow Wilson 63½, West Vigo 8, Chauncey Rose 2.

100 — Larae Clemons (SS) 13.73*, Jazmine Allen (OC) 13.79, Summer Scank (SS) 13.85; 200 — Clemons (SS) 28.80*, Allen (OC) 28.81*, Summer Scank (SS) 28.95*; 400 — Layne Curley (OC) 1:09.12, Selina Cox-Humbles (OC) 1:11.08, Kathryn Ruark (WW) 1:11.42; 800 sprint medley — Otter Creek (Bendickson, Cox-Humbles, Herrick, Middleton) 2:13.79, Sarah Scott (Mason, Martin-Sanders, Byerly) 2:17.05, Woodrow Wilson (Sutliff, Comer, Kuehner, Brinza) 2:17.89; 800 — Jessi Conley (OC) 2:35.73, Nicole Theide (HC) 2:36.53, Layne Curley (OC) 2:45.40; 400 relay — Sarah Scott (Scank, Byerly, Martin-Sanders, Clemons) 58.25, Woodrow Wilson (Thomas, Comer, Reed, Kuehner) 1:02.22, Honey Creek (Cottom, Fendrick, Meng, Tapia) 1:02.98; 1,600 relay — Otter Creek (Bell, Conley, Cox-Humbles, Curley) 4:49.38, Honey Creek (Bennett, Kerr, Schmidt, Scott) 5:06.07, Woodrow Wilson (Ruark, Sanders, Dunagan, Brinza) 5:15.17.



Boys

Team scores — Honey Creek 104, Woodrow Wilson 103½, Otter Creek 85, Sarah Scott 18, Chauncey Rose 15½, West Vigo 10.

100 — Brett Scott (OC) 13.52, Jordan Mootherly (WW) 14.08, Matt Barley (HC) 14.16; 200 — Brent Scott (OC) 28.85, Ricky Brookins (OC) 29.38, Taxi Brown (HC) 29.47; 400 — Jacob Johnson (WW) 59.33*, Jack Harbaugh (HC) 1:03.14, M.Tomascwewski (WW) 1:05.61; 800 — Jacob Johnson (WW) 2:29.01, Jerad Fuson (HC) 2:33.14, Chase Cresgy (OC) 2:33.38; 800 sprint medley — Woodrow Wilson (Stoelting, Long, Johnson, Stratton) 1:56.77, Honey Creek (Bertoli, Brown, Deady, Mayfeild) 2:06.32, Otter Creek (Benson, Booth, Carson, Davis) 2:13.26; 400 relay — Otter Creek (Brookins, Carson, Davis, Scott) 56.58, Woodrow Wilson (Stoelting, Stratton, Cherry, Mootherly) 56.82, Honey Creek (Barley, Bertoli, Brown, Mayfield) 57.27; 1,600 relay — Woodrow Wilson (Wtoelting, Tomascwewski, Long, Stratton) 4:32.78, Honey Creek (Bertoli, Deady, Fuson, Harbaugh) 4:35.86, Otter Creek (Carson, Cresgy, Davis, McKanna) 4:48.81.



Seventh and eighth grade

Girls

Team scores — Woodrow Wilson 141, Honey Creek 91, Sarah Scott 37, Otter Creek 37, West Vigo 36, Chauncey Rose 28.

100 — Teoria Keller (WW) 13.41, Mika Allen (HC) 13.65, A.Borders (CR) 13.84; 200 — Teoria Keller (WW) 28.09, A.Borders (CR) 28.18, Mika Allen (HC) 28.57; 400 — S.Dickerson (OC) 1:02.66, Brooke Humphrey (WW) 1:05.36, Molly Nasser (HC) 1:06.95; 800 — Emily Cotterman (WW) 2:26.00*, Tapring Goatee (SS) 2:30.08, Claire Bailey (HC) 2:42.52; 1,600 — Tapring Goatee (SS) 5:21.35*, Brandi Roshel (WW) 5:45.91, Claire Bailey (HC) 5:50.97; 100 H — Katie Lakstins (WW) 18.0, J.Lucas (WV) 18.55, Olivia Stockton (HC) 18.64; 400 relay — Woodrow Wilson (White, McKee, Jakiatis, Baker) 55.58, Honey Creek (Ellis, Stockton, Allen, Serrato) 55.95, West Vigo (McClain, Waters, Lucas, Carlson) 56.02; 1,600 relay — Woodrow Wilson (Beck, Humphrey, Cotterman, McKee) 4:28.89*, Honey Creek (Brown, Bailey, Nasser, Buchannan) 4:39.11, Otter Creek (McKee, Corr, Smiddy, Dickerson) 4:40.15.

Boys

Team scores — Woodrow Wilson 103, Honey Creek 94, Otter Creek 63, West Vigo 49, Sarah Scott 47, Chauncey Rose 14.

100 — Cam Quinn (WW) 12.08, Warren Bryant (HC) 12.18, Jordan Allen (OC) 12.26; 200 — Cam Quinn (WW) 24.81, Jordan Allen (OC) 24.99, Warren Bryant (HC) 25.23; 400 — Cam Quinn (WW) 54.80, Stuart Dagnon (HC) 55.77, Victor P. (OC) 56.16; 800 — Andrew Kump (WV) 2:15.06, Steven Church (WW) 2:17.78, Cole Seward (WW) 2:18.90; 1,600 — Andrew Kump (WV) 4:59.83, Steven Church (WW) 5:12.16, Logan Hambrock (HC) 5:19.79; 110 H — Leon Hill (SS) 16.38, Jermaine Smith (WW) 16.63, Tyler Evans (SS) 17.56; 400 relay — Chauncey Rose (Stallings, McElroy, Appleton, Cooper) 48.67, Honey Creek (Bryant, Jaeger, Whalen, Lockman) 49.33, Sarah Scott (Evans, Hill, Scank, Piloni) 49.84; 1,600 relay — Woodrow Wilson (Church, King, Smith, Woelfel) 3:51.93, Honey Creek (Lockman, Truman, Dagnon, Lough) 3:58.44, Otter Creek (Curley, Meissel, Bartlett, Schefke) 4:14.71.

        

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