The annual John Reed Relays co-ed track meet was hosted by East Noble on Saturday, May 3, and despite a high of 55 degrees and 20 mph wind gusts, the girls won among eleven schools, and the boys claimed fourth place.

Highlights of the meet include senior pole vaulter Madison Cook breaking her previously-held school record, sophomore thrower Paige DeCamp throwing an East Noble runner-up record in the shot put, Alexia Zawadske, a senior distance runner, winning the John Reed Mile, and first-place finishers of sophomore Jake Torrie in the 100 meter dash and senior Bret Sible in the long jump.

Pole vault coach Cody Wait weighed in after the meet:

           Paige DeCamp set her career personal record in the shot put with a throw of 38’ 9.5” and set the second-highest mark for a girl thrower in East Noble history. With two more years to continue to improve, she is anticipating breaking the current shot put record.

Alexia Zawadske ran her final John Reed Mile on Saturday. This event is special because, instead of the traditional 1600 meter run, the officials backed up the runners to a chalked-in start line that put them exactly 5,280 feet from the finish line. Zawadske won the race by a landslide, reigning in a time of 5:36.72. As she continues her season, she looks to find success in the larger, more prestigious meets, but, for this special meet, she ended her career in a more-than-satisfactory fashion.

Lastly for the girls, senior Madison Cook soared over the competition as she vaulted her way to an incredible school record of 9’ 9,” breaking her previous record of a mere 9.’ That’s correct; she broke the school record three times on Saturday!

“After I cleared 9’3”, I wasn’t even thinking about how I had just broken a record.  I was truly just so happy with the fact that I had finally gotten past my 9’0” barrier I had been stuck on for almost two years,” explained Cook. “I feel extremely privileged to be in East Noble’s record book.  I feel honored that my hard work I have put into pole vaulting has been recognized.  So many athletes display tremendous amounts of dedication into their sports, yet some do not receive the amount of recognition they truly deserve.”

Despite the plethora of individual honors and efforts, the girls won as a team, putting up 119 points, 42 points ahead of the runners-up, and the remaining point receivers are as follows:

Kara McLaughlin:  2^nd in the High Jump
Jaymee Wolfe:  2^nd in the Discus
Lydia Walterhouse: 3^rd in the 100 hurdles
Jacey Cauhorn:  3^rd in the Shot Put
Camille Clark:  4^th in the Pole Vault
Kavan Edwards:  6^th in the 100 hurdles, 6^th in the long jump
Claire DeCamp:  8^th in the High Jump

2^nd Place 4 x 800 team of Kara McLaughlin, Alexia Zawadzke, Riley Larson, and Courtney Casselman
2^nd Place Distance Medley team of Kara McLaughlin, Sydney Rodenbeck, Courtney Casselman, and Alexia Zawadzke
2^nd Place 4 x 200 team of Kavan Edwards, Lydia Walterhouse, Chandler Jones, and Lindsey Casselman
3^rd Place 4 x 400 team of Alyssa Claymiller, Chandler Jones, Sydney Rodenbeck, Chandler Jones, Lindsey Casselman
4^th Place 800 Sprint Medley team of Claire DeCamp, Alyssa Skiles, Chandler Jones, Lindsey Casselman
5^th Place 4 x 100 team of Alyssa Skiles, Kavan Edwards, Claire DeCamp, Lydia Walterhouse 

Congratulations, ladies, and may many more honors come your way in the future!

The boys may not have competed as well as the girls did, but they surely impressed many, as the young team placed fourth out of eleven schools on Saturday. Most of the competitors are underclassmen, meaning they have not had the same experience as the girls veterans have. That being said, many of their runners ran foreign events to see what they could do.

Jake Torrie, a sophomore sprinter, did not finish first in his premier heat of the 100, but a strong race in the final gave him first place in the meet, as he ran 11.62 seconds. To not win a heat but come back and win a final shows great maturity in the young runner, and he also has two years to mature into a fine sprinter.

Bret Sible, a senior jumper, also competed in his final John Reed meet and left victorious in the long jump, as he cleared 20’ 8.” This was a well-deserved win for a great leader on the squad. Sible also tied for seventh with freshman Tristan Jones in the high jump with a jump of 5’7.”

Despite valiant efforts from every competitor on the team, the boys fell short, finishing fourth. The remaining results are as follows:

100:

Brant Hile, 8^th, 11.96

4X800 Relay:

EN 8^th: Michael Sanchez, Noah Acker, Seth Gorski, Dakota Wolfe

4X400 Relay:

EN 2^nd: Brant Hile, Jake Torrie, Nathan Gamble, Zan Foltyniak

Mile:

Joe Vandiver, 9^th, 4:49.61

High Jump:

Tristan Jones, 7^th, 5’6”

Bret Sible, 7^th, 5’6”

Discus:

Jacob Brown, 2^nd, 154’

Caleb Brown, 6^th, 133’7”

4X100 Relay:

EN 3^rd: Brant Hile, Xavier VanAllen, Jake Torrie, Zan Foltyniak

Sprint Medley Relay:

EN 3^rd: Xavier VanAllen, Jake Torrie, Brant Hile, Zan Foltyniak

Distance Medley Relay:

EN 6^th: Matt Kline, Joe Vandiver, Noah Acker, Hunter Delarosa

4X200 Relay:

EN 7^th: Xavier VanAllen, Tristan Jones, Nathan Gamble, Nolan Wible

Lastly, the John Reed Relays event could not have happened without the help of some dedicated philanthropists within the school and community, so both track teams give their thanks to all volunteers who came out and helped work concessions, track times, and watch the runners compete!