Lancer track teams both 3rd at St. John’s

Lincolnview track and field news

DELPHOS — The Lincolnview Lancer boys’ and girls’ track teams competed in the Delphos St. John’s Invitational on Saturday. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams had excellent showing, with both placing third overall. The Lady Lancers finished with 79.5 points, only 6.5 points behind Fort Jennings, which won the meet. The boys finished the meet with 86 points.

“The kids had a great meet, following a very long week,” said Lincolnview Coach Matt Langdon. “This is our third meet in six days; however, they came out and had some amazing performances.

“It is a testament to their heart and desire to compete and do their best,” Coach Langdon added. “It was tough for the girls falling just a few points short of winning, but there is very little they could have done differently. We just ran out of girls.”

The Lincolnview said he likes where his team is right now, noting that he feels the team is in a great place to be going into the last part of the regular season schedule, with the conference meet and tournament down the road.

Those finishing in the top four for both the Lancer boys and girls are as follows:

Boys 4×800-meter relay – third place, 8:46

100-meter hurdles – Kaylee Thatcher, first place, 16.38 seconds

110-meter hurdles – Hunter Blankemeyer, second, 16.75 seconds

1600-meter run – Bayley Tow, first place, 4:44

3200-meter run – Tow, first, 10:20

3200-meter run – Jeff Jacomet, second, 10:23

Girls 4×100-meter relay – second, 54.4 seconds

400-meter dash – Kade Carey, third, 52.7 seconds

High jump (boys) – Carey, third, 6 feet even

300-meter hurdles – Doug Hicks, fourth, 45.3 seconds

800-meter run – Ben Bilimek, third place, 2:10.6

High jump (girls) – Hannah McCleery, second, 5 feet even

Long jump (girls) – McCleery, second, 14 feet, 10 inches

Long jump (girls) – Haley McAbee, fourth, 14 feet, 2 inches

100-meter dash – McAbee, fourth, 13.32 seconds

Discus (girls) – Brittany O’Daffer, third place, 85 feet, 9 inches