Lady Yellow Jackets finish second, boys third in Rocky relays

Posted March 28, 2017 11:00 pm

By Jim Beers Contributing Writer

CHESTER – The Chester High School boys track and field teams competed March 28 in the annual Rocky Bridges Relays.

The event is named after Rocky Carroll Bridges, former Chester High School teacher and coach. The Chester girls finished in second place, while the Yellow Jacket boys finished third.

In the girls' division, Nashville won the meet with 114 points, followed by Chester in second place with 102.

Murphysboro (3rd, 84), New Athens (4th, 44); Red Bud (5th, 36) and Columbia (6th, 20) rounded out the other teams.

In a "relay" meet, all scores are computed by combining relay times. Each event is set up in a relay format.

There are no individual events, as each event is a relay of sorts.

In the field events, the top-two performances or distances are combined to create a total score which determines the various place-finishes in each event.

In the discus, Hannah Schweizer and Maddie Hoffman combined for a total distance of 189-2. The duo teamed up again in the shot put to finish runners-up with a combined throw of 63-8.

Jessica Kattenbraker and Katie Hoffman worked together to finish second in the high jump with a combined height of 9-6.

Katie Hoffman and Tayler Howie earned runner-up status in the triple jump (57-0) and Abby Myers and Liz Mitchell combined for a vault of 13-0.

Finally, Ashtyn Jany and Audrey Hopper teamed up to place fourth in the long jump with a combined jump of 24-0.

In the running events, Chester won the shuttle hurdles with a time of 1:13.6.  That hurdles relay consisted of Abby Myers, Kara Knop, Liz Mitchell and Morgan Atchison.

Chester's 800-meter (1:53.6) and 1,600-meter (4:20.6) also took home first places titles.

Other Results:

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<li> Sprint Medley</li>

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<li> Chester (Taylor Hennrich, Taylor Howie, Ashtyn Jany, Destiny Williams (2:00.8)</li>

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<li> 1,600-Meter Relay</li>

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<li> Chester (Hennrich, Williams, Liz Mitchell, Jany), 53.9.</li>

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<li> 400-Meter Throwers Relay</li>

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<li> Chester (Myers, Maddie Hoffman, Schweizer and Katie Hoffman), 0.59.2.</li>

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<li>Distance Relay</li>

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<li> Chester (Jocelyn Landeros, Hopper, Addie Blechle and Avery Runge), 16:07.1.</li>

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BOYS DIVISION

The Yellow Jacket boys finished third with 64 points, two points behind runner-up Columbia and 32 points behind meet champion Nashville.

Red Bud (36) and New Athens (14) finished fourth and fifth.

"Our sprints did well," said Chester boys coach Ben Hunter. "They will be our strength this year.

"Our throwers are inexperienced, but they are hard-working and have great attitudes. They will improve."

The Chester boys won two field events, the long jump and high jump.

Demontae Martin and Savion Smith had a combined winning distance of 37-10 to win the long jump, while Smith and Jacob Golding won the high jump with a height of 11-14

Chester won two running events, the 400-meter relay and the 800-meter relay. In the 400-meter relay, Chris Lang, Jacob Golding, Demontae Martin and Savion Smith won with a time of 45.2, while the 800-meter relay of Chris Lang, Nick Heffernan, Demontae Martin and Savion Smith won with a time of 1:36.5.

Other Results:

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<li>Triple Jump</li>

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<li> Chester (Nick Heffernan and Clayton Richelman), 68-9.</li>

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<li>Discus</li>

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<li> Chester (Alexander Hamilton and Chase Colvis), 142-8.</li>

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<li> Pole Vault</li>

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<li> Chester (Ronin Doiron and Lance Bohnert), 7-0.</li>

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<li> Hurdle Shuffle</li>

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<li> Chester (Gage Bollmann, Eathan Thompson, Heffernan and Richelman), 1:23.1.</li>

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<li> Sprint Medley</li>

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<li> Chester (Chris Lang, Golding, Martin and Josh Haberberger), 1:42.3.</li>

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<li> 3,200-Meter Relay</li>

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<li> Chester (Zach Zappa, Mitchell Colonel, Bohnert and Trent Bierman), 9:04.5.</li>

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<li>400-Meter Throwers Relay</li>

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<li> Chester (Hamilton, Garrett Welker, Chase Colvis and Thompson), 52.8.</li>

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<li> Distance Relay</li>

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<li> Chester (Zappa, Jacob O'Riley, Colonel and Doiron), 11:55.9.</li>

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<li> 1,600-Meter Relay</li>

</ul>

<li> Chester (Jacob Wingerter, Chris Schwier, Joey Reid and RIchelman), 3:38.2.</li>

</ol>

Ronin Doiron, a Chester High School pole vaulter, has helped the Yellow Jackets succeed in the first two meets of the season. On March 23, he won the pole vault with his vault of 6-6 and on March 28 the duo of Doiron and Lance Bohnert placed third at the Rocky Bridges Relays with a combined height of 20-6. Jim Beers Photo

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