Demons, Huskies open season

A new season began on Thursday night, as the annual Demon Indoor Invitational kicked off the Track and Field season.

Washington and Highland were the two area teams in attendance at the meet, which kick-starts the spring sports season into full swing.

At its own invitational, held at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, the Demon girls? track team saw six different events place in the top 10, while Highland?s girls had one finish in the top 10.

Washington senior Amber Salow had the best finish of the day, taking fourth place in the first long jump competition of the year.

Salow had a jump of 14 feet, 4 inches, to edge out Solon?s Jessica Heick, who had a 14-3.75.

In other field events, Washington junior Mackenzi Marek cleared 4-feet-8 in the high jump, finishing in a tie for seventh place.

McKayla Miller started her senior season out strong with a ninth-place finish in the shot put, throwing a 30-10.5, but barely missed out on qualifying for the finals.

In the track events, senior Kelly Wheeler started her year off with  a strong 60-meter dash, running an 8.66 to finish 10th in the prelims, before posting an 8.63 in the finals to finish in eighth place.

In the 200-meter dash, Washington freshman Isabel Bailey ran a 29.13 to take 10th, and in the 400-meter dash, freshman Jenah Greiner notched a 1:09 to finish in 10th.

In the 60-meter hurdles, Demon senior Carolan Hoffman qualified for the finals in 12th, with a time of 11.23. Hoffman finished in 12th in the event after committing a false start in the finals.

Highland?s lone top 10 finish came in the high jump, with junior Bailey Harmston posting a jump of 4-feet-8 to finish in a tie for seventh place.

Full results for Washington and Highland follow.

Washington

60-meter dash prelims

10. Kelly Wheeler, 8.66

22. Makenzi Marek, 8.98

60-meter dash finals

8. Kelly Wheeler, 8.63

200-meter dash

10. Isabel Bailey, 29.13

24. Claire Horak, 31.25

400-meter dash

10. Jenah Greiner, 1:09.19

14. Kayla Andrew, 1:11.67

1500-meter run

17. Ashley Telleen, 6:13.18

25. Maggie Voss, 6:32.01

60-meter hurdle prelims

12. Carolan Hoffman, 11.23

16. Jessie Buchholz, 11.28

60-meter hurdle finals

12. Carolan Hoffman, DQ (false start)

4x400 Meter relay

13. Lexi Redlinger   4:55.39

Emma Wood

Makenzie Knutson

Jessie Buchholz

4x800 meter relay

19. Meredith Raber, 11:33.55

Maggie Voss

Brynna DeLong

Madelyn Janecek

22. Emme Keith, 11:42.51

Molly Sparks

Kayla Andrew

Brooke Stout

Distance medley relay

12. Kelly Wheeler, 5:06.12

Amber Salow

Isabel Bailey

Emme Keith

High jump

T-7. Makenzi Marek, 4-08.00

Long jump

4. Amber Salow, 14-04.00

Shot put

9. McKayla Miller, 30-10.50

22. Joceline Spenner, 26-00.50

35. Kira Ropp, 21-01.50

Highland

60-meter dash prelims

28. Kristy Thomann, 9.25

39. Melissa Goody, 10.55

200-meter dash

34. Erin Simon, 32.31

41. Macey Thomann, 33.71

400-meter dash

19. Sydney Black, 1:12.41

20. Emilee Thomann, 1:13.90

4x400-meter relay

18. Murphy Beinhart     5:22.23

Macey Thomann

Breanna Popham

Bailey Harmston

High jump

T-7. Bailey Harmston, 4-08.00

Long jump

14. Madison Winegarden, 11-08.00

Shot put

16. Abbie Miller, 27-06.00

40. Gigi Flachman, 17-07.25

41. Kaylee Lerschen, 16-07.00