Loyal girls grab second place at Gilman, fourth at Stratford
The Loyal girls track and field team took second while the boys finished in third at a meet held at Gilman on May 4. The girls had several first-place finishes from among their individual athletes and relay teams while the boys had many of their athletes place mid-pack at the invite.
The Greyhound girls had three individuals take first place at Gilman. Savannah Schley won two events, taking first in the 800m run (2:37.15) and in the 400m dash (1:01.61). Abrial Kubista leapt a distance of 30’6.25” in the triple jump for her first-place finish and Alyssia Zvolena took first in the high jump with her jump of 4’10”.
Other individual results for the Loyal girls: Savannah Schley, 2nd, 100m dash, 13.40; Abrial Kubista, 2nd, 300m hurdles, 1:00.18, 5th, 100m hurdles, 19.65; Alyssia Zvolena, 5th, 100m hurdles, 14.20; Haven Peroshek, 2nd, discus, 82’7”, 3rd, shot put, 28’; Margaret Reis, 2nd, pole vault, 7’6”; Sheila Tellock, 3rd, pole vault, 7’, 5th, 200m dash, 30.59; Maci Bogdonovich, 3rd, 3200m run, 16:25.11, 3rd, 1600m run, 7:16; Aubre Robida, 4th, 100m dash, 14.15, 7th, 100m hurdles, 20.73; Leah Scherer, 4th, 100m hurdles, 19.55, 7th, long jump, 11’6”; Shalisha Buchanan, 4th, shot put, 27’10.5”, 6th, discus, 70’; Devani Hinkelmann, 5th, discus, 73’5”; Brianna Hederer, 6th, pole vault, 6’; Miranda Trade, 8th, 200m dash, 31.35; Hannah Smith, 8th, shot put, 24’9.5”.
The Greyhound girls had two relay teams run at Gilman, with both teams placing first. Abrial Kubista, Miranda Trade, Sheila Tellock and Leah Scherer ran the 4X200m relay (2:00.54) and the 4X100m relay (56.04) was completed by Aubre Robida, Sheila Tellock, Shailsha Buchanan and Alyssia Zvolena.
For the boys, Connor Genteman was the only individual to take first place in an event, winning the 3200m run with a time of 12:01.23. The Greyhound boys also had one relay team take first place. The 4X100m relay team of David Nikolai, Kaden Olson, Jaden Ruggles and Sully Hanson completed the race in 49.78.
Other individual results for the Loyal boys: Connor Genteman, 2nd, 800m run, 2:19.47, 3rd, 1600m run, 5:15.32, 8th, long jump, 15’.5”; Seth Genteman, 2nd, 400m dash, 58.96, 4th, 1600m run, 5:31.51, 5th, 800m run, 2:26.18; David Nikolai, 3rd, discus, 92’6”, 5th, shot put, 31’5”; Sully Hanson, 4th, 100m dash, 12.57, 5th, long jump, 15’4.5”, 5th, 200m dash, 26.11; Jaden Ruggles, 6th, 100m dash, 12.94, 7th, long jump, 15’1”; Kaden Olson 7th, triple jump, 29’7”; Aden Smrka, 7th, discus, 73’3”.
The Loyal girls finished with 158.5 points at Gilman, taking second place behind Colby, who won the invite with 167 points. Other teams competing at Gilman were Gilman (92), Spencer (64), Cadott (46.5), Lake Holcombe (29), Bruce (20), and Owen-Withee (7).
The Loyal boys took third place with 84 points, finishing behind Cadott (99) and Colby (171). Also placing at Gilman were Owen-Withee (65.5), Lake Holcombe (63), Gilman (63), Spencer (62.5) and Bruce (40).
A few days after competing at Gilman, the Loyal track team traveled to Stratford for competition, facing several larger schools. For the girls, Savannah Schley was the only individual to take first in an event, winning the 400m dash with her time of 1:02.31.
Individual results for the Greyhound girls at Stratford: Savannah Schley, 2nd, 100m dash, 13.69, 2nd, 200m dash, 27.52; Alyssia Zvolena, 2nd, high jump, 4’6”, 5th, 100m dash, 14.38; Margaret Reis, 3rd, pole vault, 7’6”; Abrial Kubista, 3rd, triple jump, 30’9”, 4th, 300m hurdles, 59.25, 6th, 100m hurdles, 19.37; Shalisha Buchanan, 4th, shot put, 28’.25”, 7th, discus, 75’11”; Haven Peroshek, 4th, discus, 86’3”, 7th, shot put, 26’7”; Sheila Tellock, 5th, pole vault, 7’6”, 7th, 200m dash, 30.33; Aubre Robida, 6th, 100m dash, 14.49; Leah Scherer, 8th, 100m hurdles, 19.53.
The Loyal girls also had two relay teams, with both teams placing first. The 4X100m relay (54.04) was ran by Aubre Robida, Sheila Tellock, Leah Scherer and Alyssia Zvolena and the 4X200m relay (1:58.26) was completed by Abiral Kubista, Miranda Trade, Sheila Tellock and Leah Scherer.
The Loyal boys had a smaller pool of athletes finish in the top eighth at Stratford. The boys also had one relay team compete at the invite, with the 4X100m relay team of David Nikolai, Kaden Olson, Jaden Ruggles and Sully Hanson completing in 50.32 for fourth.
Individual results for the Loyal boys: Connor Genteman, 1st, 1600m run, 5:09.69, 2nd, 3200m run, 11:51.71, 5th, 800m run, 2:19.01; Seth Genteman, 4th, 1600m run, 5:28.28; Kaden Olson, 6th, 110m hurdles, 21.47; Bo Bogdonovich, 6th, 400m run, 1:04.52; Sully Hanson, 7th, 100m dash, 12.69.
The Loyal girls placed fourth at Stratford, earning 102 points. Also competing at the invite were Pittsville (33), Stratford (51), Athens (65), Auburndale (109), Edgar (125), and Colby (155).
For the boys, the team earned 40 points to place eighth. Other teams placing were Owen-Withee (43), Pittsville (49), Athens (49), Stratford (99), Auburndale (102), Colby (124) and Edgar (146).
Loyal’s Shalisha Buchanan tosses the shot out at the May 6 Stratford Invitational track and field meet. She placed fourth in the event.
CASEY KRAUTKRAMER/STAFF PHOTO
