Lancer boys 3rd, girls 4th at Raider meet

Van Wert independent sports

The Lincolnview High School boys’ 4x800-meter relay team took first place at the Wayne Trace Invitational on Friday in a time of 8:53. The team consists (from the left) Lucas Myers, Ben Bilimek, Jeff Jacomet and Bayley Tow. (photo by Ken Myers for the Van Wert independent)

HAVILAND — The Lincolnview varsity track teams competed in the Wayne Trace Invitational on Friday night. Both teams had a solid evening competing in their first invitational of the season. The boys took home the third place trophy and the girls finished fourth as a team.

“I was very excited to see the kids compete so hard tonight,” said Lincolnview Coach Matt Langdon. “They did such a great job in all areas of the meet.

“Because of their focus and effort, we were able to have a lot of fun and see a large number of season and career bests,” Coach Langdon added. “The kids competed the right way from the very beginning and kept up that attitude until the last event of the night.”

Scoring in the meet for the boys:

Austin Treesh 1st long jump 20′ 3

Wes Collins 4th shot put 45′ 6

Michael Garay 6th 100m 11.9

Brooks Ludwig 4th 400m 55.7

Bayley Tow 3rd 800m 2:15.9; 5th 1600m 4:58.3

Ben Bilimek 4th 800m 2:17.2

Jeff Jacomet 2nd 3200m 10:36.7

4×100 relay 3rd Garay, Brake, Treesh, Whitaker

4×200 relay 6th Garay, Treesh, Williams, Brake

4×400 relay 6th Ludwig, Whitaker, Treesh, Myers

4×800 relay 1st Jacomet, Myers, Bilimek, Tow

Scoring in the meet for the girls:

Hannah McCleery 3rd High Jump 5′ 0; 2nd 800m 2:40

Crystal Protsman 6th Long Jump 13′ 11

Kaylee Thatcher 1st 100 hurdles 16.85; 6th 300 hurdles 52.9

Haley McAbee 5th 100m 13.9

Kerri Grothaus 6th 800m 2:44; 5th 1600m 6:00

Karissa Burns 6th 3200m 13:30

4×100 relay 3rd Miller, Harris, Thatcher, McAbee

4×200 relay 4th Miller, Harris, Thatcher, McAbee

4×400 relay 5th Miller, Harris, McCleery, McAbee

4×800 relay 4th Grothaus, Burns, Stemen, McCleery

POSTED: 04/16/12 at 1:36 am. FILED UNDER: Sports