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Carterville wins track title in final BDC season

May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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By Les Winkeler, The Southern

CARMI – The Carterville Lions went out in style.

In their last year in the Black Diamond Conference, the Lions outdistanced Fairfield, 131-114, to reclaim the BDC track crown. Carterville will compete in the Southern Illinois River to River conference next year.

“I think there was a little bit of pressure to win this year,” said Carterville co-coach Ian Thackrey. “I guess the River to River is supposed to be a step up. It’s a good way for us to go out.”

The Carterville victory came a year after Fairfield ended the Lions’ run of 10 straight titles. Vienna finished third at 85, Sesser-Valier fourth with 55 and Hamilton County fifth with 52.

“I knew we were going to have a hard time repeating,” said Fairfield coach Rick Book. “We had some athletes that didn’t come back this year that could have and we had some injuries.”

Carterville came on top despite winning just three events. Chris Culp won the pole vault (12-0) and Dalton James doubled up in the 100- and 400-meters. James ran the 100 in 11.5 and the 400 in 52.6.

James’ 400-meter win may have tipped the scales in the Lions’ favor.

“He had never run the 400 before,” Thackrey said.

The race was particularly big since Alec Waldron finished a stride behind James, giving Carterville 18 points in the event.

“That really helped,” Thackrey said. “That’s the 15th event.”

While the Lions took just three firsts, they piled up seven seconds and scored well in the field events.

“Our field events got us off to a strong start,” said co-coach Zach Cox. “We placed in five of six events. We picked up a first and three seconds.”

Ty Baker placed second in the discus, Bryce Usher was second in the long jump and Dan Frey took second in the triple jump.

Those seconds helped offset the four firsts by Fairfield and three firsts by Sesser-Valier and Johnston City.

“I think we got a first or second in every running event but the 800,” Thackrey said. “I’m not really that surprised, but that really ended up helping us at the end of the meet.”

In addition to James, there were several other double winners.

Hamilton County’s Jeff Stewart swept the weight events. He took first in the shot at 52-10 and won the discus with a toss of 133-9.

Fairfield’s Bryant Simpson dominated the middle distances. He won the 800-meters in 1:59.3 and the 1,600 meters in 4:45.

The Mules also took the 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays.

Finally, Sesser-Valier’s Myles Tinsley took the long jump and the triple jump. Tinsley went 42-6 in the triple jump and 20-11.5 in the long jump.

Team scores – 1. Carterville 131; 2. Fairfield 114; 3. Vienna 85; 4. Sesser-Valier 55; 5. Hamilton County 52; 6. Johnston City 36; 7. Carmi 35; 8. CZR 32; 9. Eldorado 11

3200 Run – 1. Immel (C) 11:02.6; 2. Adams (CVE) 11:10.3; 3. Bonner (CVE) 11:15.9.

1600 Run – 1. Simpson (F) 4:45; 2. Immel (C) 4:50.7; 3. Dobbs (F) 4:57.5.

800 Run – 1. Simpson (F) 1:59.3; 2. Pryor (E) 2:05.6; 3. Bonifield (CVE) 2:06.2.

110 H.Hurdles – 1. Eubanks (SV) 15.3; 2. D. Kramp (V) 16.0; 3. Moore (F) 16.2.

400m Dash – 1. James (CVE) 52.6; 2. Waldron (CVE) 53.3; 3. Moore (F) 53.5.

100m Dash – 1. James (CVE) 11.5; 2. Hall (V) 11.6; 3. J. Brown (F) 11.9.

200m Dash – 1. Poskevich (JC) 22.6; 2. James (CVE) 22.8; 3. Usher (CVE) 23.3.

Shot Put – 1. Stewart (HC) 52-10; 2. Sullivan (V) 46-4; 3. Baker (CVE) 45-1 .

Discus – 1. Stewart (HC) 133-9; 2. Baker (CVE) 123-2; 3. Smith (F) 122-11.

High Jump – 1. Davison (CZR) 6-2; 2. Merkel (F) 6-0; 3. Tinsley (SV) 6-0..

Long Jump – 1. Tinsley (SV) 20-11; 2. Usher (CVE) 20-5.5; 3. J. Brown (F) 19-8.

Triple Jump – 1. Tinsley (SV) 42-6; 2. Frey (CVE) 41-9.5; 3. Yates (V) 39-4

Pole Vault – Culp (CVE) 12-0; 2. Brown (HC) 8-0; 3. Karcher (HC) 8-0

300m Hurdles – 1. D. Kramp (V) 41.9; 2. Eubanks (SV) 42.4; 3. Johnson (HC) 44.2.

3200m Relay – 1. Fairfield 8:57.2; 2. Carmi 9:02.3; 3. CZR 9:10.4.

1600m Relay – 1. Fairfield 3:37.1; 2. Vienna 3:42.7; 3. Carterville 3:52.6.

400m Relay – 1. Johnston City 45.2; 2. Fairfield 45.8; 3. Vienna 45.9.

800m Relay – 1. Johnston City 1:33.7; 2. Carterville 136.9; 3. Vienna 1:38.

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Fairfield takes BDC track and field title

May 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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By Les Winkeler, The Southern

FAIRFIELD – There are some new girls in town.

Fairfield and Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton finished 1-2 in the Black Diamond Conference track meet Wednesday.

The Lady Mules cruised to first place with 121 points and C-Z-R had 98. Carterville finished third at 90.

“That’s pretty cool,” said Fairfield coach Chet Snyder. “The girls were maxed out today. We’ve got a lot of tired girls.

“We didn’t win a lot of individual stuff. We put together a lot of seconds and thirds.”

The Lady Mules won just four events, the 3200and 400-meter relays, and Ahlandra Kimbrell won the pole vault and Sylvia Haygood took the open 800. However, they filled in with three seconds and seven third place finishes.

Fairfield won despite being without hurdler Amanda Hanks, who had the best time in both the 100 and 300 hurdles. Hanks also plays for the Fairfield softball team.

Cameo Russo stepped up to run the 100 hurdles for the first time this season and placed second.

“It was just a really good effort,” Snyder said.

In the meantime, C-Z-R grabbed second despite winning just three events – Leanna Burkitt took first in the 100 hurdles; Nichole Barton won the long jump; and Lily Furlow won the high jump.

“We placed in about every event,” said C-Z-R coach Neil Hargis. “We don’t pole vault and we don’t have a two-miler. That’s probably the first time we’ve done that.”

Hargis said a lack of depth stood between his team and a run at the title.

“I have 11 girls here,” he said. “You do what you can do. This is the strongest we’ve finished since they expanded the conference. This was a pretty good day.

“I thought we would be up in the mix. I thought Fairfield was stronger because of their depth.”

There were a couple double winners in the meet.

Carterville’s Joanna Bean swept the distance events, winning the 3200 meters in 12:44.8 and the 1600 in 6:00.7. Sesser-Valier-Waltonville’s Chelsea Miller dominated the sprints, taking the 100 in 13.1 and the 200 in 26.7.

Miller edged Johnston City’s Krista Cutsinger by two-tenths of a second in the 200.

Team standings

Fairfield 121; 2. C-Z-R 98; 3. Carterville 90; 4. Sesser-Valier-Waltonville 84; 5. Carmi 78; 6. Vienna 33; 7. Johnston City 25; 8. Eldorado 11; 9. Hamilton County 10.

Individual events

3200-meter relay: 1. Fairfield 11:22.9; 2. C-Z-R 11:32.2; 3. Sesser-Valier 12:04.7; 4. Carmi 12:33.9; 5. Carterville 12:40.1

400-meter relay: 1. Fairfield 53.9; 2. Carmi 54.5; 3. C-Z-R 54.7; 4. Vienna 55.6; 5. Carterville 56.4.

3200-meter run: 1. Bean, Carterville, 12:44.8; 2. Graber, Carterville, 14:25.8; 3. Pond, Fairfield, 14:55.1; 4. Belford, Carmi, 15:31.7; 5. Follmer, Hamilton County, 15:39.3.

100 meter hurdles: 1. Burkitt, C-Z-R, 17.6; 2. Russo, Fairfield, 17.9; 3. Kimbrell, Fairfield, 17.9; 4. Lappin, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 18.5; 5. Gowdy, Carmi, 18.9.

100 meters: 1. Miller, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 13.1; 2. Snyder, Fairfield, 13.2; 3. Barton, C-Z-R, 13.4; 4. E. Bachman, Carmi, 13.4; Austin, Vienna, 14.0.

800 meter run: 1. Haygood, Fairfield, 2:39.7; 2. Mifflin, C-Z-R, 2:42.9; 3. Simpson, Fairfield, 2:44.9; 4. Whitley, Carmi, 2:47.7; 5. Thomas, Hamilton County, 2:49.9.

800-meter relay: 1. Carmi, 1:58.5; 2. Vienna, 1:58.9; 3. Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 2:00.7; 4. Cartervilel 2:02.2; 5. Fairfield, 2:03.3.

400-meter dash: 1. Cutsinger, Johnston City, 1:03.8; 2. Barton, C-Z-R, 1:04.6; 3. Snyder, Fairfield, 1:04.9; 4. Zarnoth, Carterville, 1:04.6; 4. Simpson, Fairfield, 1:04.6.

300 meter hurdles: 1. Gowdy, Carmi, 51.9; 2. Lappin, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 52.2; 3. Kimbrell, Fairfield, 54.6; 4. Burkitt, C-Z-R, 56.3; 5. Dilliner, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 58.1.

1600-meter run: 1. Bean, Carterville, 6:00.7; 2. Olkoski, C-Z-R, 6:24.2; 3. Graber, Carterville, 6:31.9; 4. Simpson, Fairfield, 6:32.4; 5. Thomas, Hamilton County, 7:02.2.

200 meter dash: 1. Miller, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 26.7; 2. Cutsinger, Johnston City 26.9; 3. Snyder, Fairfield, 27.5; 4. Mullins, Vienna, 28.5; 5. Mifflin, C-Z-R, 28.9.

1600-meter relay: 1. Carterville 4:28.6; 2. Carmi, 4:30.3; 3. Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 4:37.5; 4. Fairfield, 4:56.9; 5. Vienna 5:02.1.

Long jump: 1. Barton, C-Z-R, 15-7; 2. Miller, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 15-4.5; 3. Siefert, Carterville, 15-2.5; 4. S. Bachman, Carmi, 15-1; 5. Cutsinger, Johnston City, 14-6.5.

Shot put: 1. Doerr, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 31-3.25; 2. Doroscan, Vienna, 30-10.5; 3. Threewitt, C-Z-R, 28-4; 4. Austin, Vienna, 28-3.5; 5. Clark, Carmi, 28-0.75.

Discus: 1. Virgo, Carterville, 94-1; 2. Doerr, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 90-1; 3. Russo, Fairfield, 86-1; 4. Kiefer, Hamilton County, 83-1; 5. Threewitt, C-Z-R, 81-2.

High jump: 1. Furlow, C-Z-R, 4-9; 2. Goben, Eldorado, 4-8; 3. Spotarich, Carterville, 4-8; 4. Sanders, Johnston City, 4-6; 5. Wilson, Carterville, 4-6.

Triple jump: 1. Siefert, Carterville, 32-9.25; 2. S. Bachman, Carmi, 32-1; 3. Furlow, C-Z-R, 31-7; 4. Miller, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, 31-3.25; 5. Opp, C-Z-R, 30-2.5.

Pole vault: 1. Kimbrell, Fairfield, 5-9; 2. S. Simpson, Fairfield, 5-6; 2. Martin, Carmi, 5-6.

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