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| Named "Best of the Best" at the Div. III district track meet were Archbold's Katrina Gobrogge and Pettisville's Alex Frey (with their coaches, John Downey, left, and Tom Wagner, third from left). Also receiving the award was Ayersville's Demetrius Trapps. Click on the Big Blue Button to see and buy more photos from the district track meet.–photo by Mary Huber |
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Archbold Track Team Wins District Championship
Archbold's Gobrogge, Pettisville's Frey Named "Best of the Best"
The Archbold boys and girls track teams won Division III district championships at Ayersville, Saturday, May 24.
The girls team won seven events and captured the district title with 103.5 points. PH was second with 76.5.
The boys team won three events and totalled 87.5 points for the title. Tinora was second with 71.5.
Autumn Lantz captured the 100, 200, and was on the winning 4x100 team with Ashlie Horst, Katherine Moody, and Rahel Frei.
Katrina Gobrogge won the 800 and was on the winning 4x800 team with Trisha King, Nikki Rupp, and Laura Bowman.
King also won the 1600 and 3200.
The top four finishers in each event advance to the regional at Tiffin. Also advancing to next week's regional on the girls team and their finishes at district:
Horst, 4th-100
Haley Nemcik, 2nd-100 hurdles
4x200 (Horst, Frei, Melinda Sauder, Lantz), 3rd
4x400 (Nemcik, Rupp, Deena Cowell, Gobrogge), 4th
Cowell, 3rd-Pole Vault
Boys
The 4x100 and 4x200 team of Jacob Fidler, Nate Hammersmith, Breon Price, and Garrett Waidelich won district titles.
Hammersmith also won the 200.
Also advancing to the regional:
Garrett Waidelich, 2nd-100 and 200
Price, 4th-100
Michael Volkman, 2nd-800
4x400 (Hammersmith, Colin Shannon, Fidler, Volkman), 3rd
4x800 (Shannon, Noah Keefer, Brian Grime, Volkman), 4th
Shannon, 2nd-High Jump
Pettisville
Haley Nofziger won the long jump and was second in the 300 hurdles.
Also advancing to regional:
Brady Avina, 2nd-400
Stephanie Yoder, 2nd-Pole Vault
4x800 (Rachel Beck, Chelsea Schmucker, Tessa Yoder, Avina), 3rd
Alex Frey, 3rd-1600 and 3200
Austin Borton, 4th-1600.–Posted 5.24, 10:45 p.m.
4x800 (Borton, Lincoln Frey, Christ Matthews, A. Frey), 2nd
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4x800: Trisha King, Nikki Rupp, Laura Bowman, Katrina Gobrogge, from left. King also won the 1600 and 3200; Gobrogge won the 800.
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4x100: Ashlie Horst, Katherine Moody, Rahel Frei, Autumn Lantz, from left. Lantz also won the 100 and 200.
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| 4x100 and 4x200: Garrett Waidelich, Breon Price, Nate Hammersmith, Jacob Fidler, from left. Hammersmith also won the 200. |
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