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Aalias Leonard helps Elkhart to Goshen Sectional title

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Elkhart won five events to surpass Warsaw, 135.5-109, and win the IHSAA Boys Track and Field Goshen Sectional Thursday night.

Aalias Leonard was a double winner, claiming the long jump with a leap of 22-2. He also ran a leg of the winning 4x100 relay team (42.83). The other three legs were Zach Anderson, Rodney Gates and Nathan Munson.

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The Lions claimed three of the five field events. Along with Leonard's win in the high jump, teammates Rae'Kwon Lemons won the shot put (53-7) and Trenton Bias won the discus (153-11). Elkhart's Max Malloy won the 1,600 in 4:19.54.

Northridge's Jaxon Miller brought three blue ribbons, winning the 800 (1:57.71) and anchoring in both the winning 4x400 relay (3:27.27) and the 4x800 relay (7:59.39). Mathias Hazen, Max Estep and Jaden Fisher were the other 400 members while David Gingerich, Trevor Schlabach and Will Knox were the 800 legs. Hazen also won the 300 hurdles in 41.18. The Raiders finished third overall.

Concord's Jaron Thomas won the 100 in 10.91, Jimtown's Bishop Williams claimed the 400 in 51.36 and Tommy Claxton of Goshen won the 3,200 (9:40.21).

At Plymouth

Michael Patipe won four events to lead Culver Academies to a 155-111, victory over Manchester in the Plymouth sectional.

Patipe swept the hurdles, winning the 110 in 15.82 and the 300 in 41.39. He won the long jump with a 20-7 leap and then ran a leg of the winning 4x400 relay team (3:36.44).

Host Plymouth had a pair of winners as Carter Druzbicki won the 400 (51.41) and Carter Weedling won the pole vault (12-0).

Triton's Javan May won the 100 in 11.45.

At Portage

LaPorte had four victoies to finish runnerup to Chesterton, 147-127, at the Portage Sectional.

Willie Clay, Kamden Henriott and Tayshaun Williams came home a double winners for Slicers. Clay claimed the 400 in 51.02 and then running a leg in the 4x400 relay team (3:30.95). Clay combined with Chris Libera, Landyn Hunt and Williams for the 400 win. The 100 relay of Williams, Caleb McNeal, Henriott and Marcus Smith won in 42.55. Henriott won the long jump with a 21-4 leap.

Michigan City's Jeremiah Clanton swept the sprints, winning the 100 in 10.83 and the 200 in 21.91.

New Prairie had a pair of winners as Joseph Wykoff won the pole vault (13-0) and Isaac Fronk won the discus (151-8).

IHSAA TRACK SECTIONAL RESULTS

At Goshen

Team scores: Elkhart 135.5, Warsaw 109, Northridge 83.5, Concord 83.5, Columbia City 47, NorthWood 38, Goshen 37, Wawasee 31, Jimtown 25.5, Fairfield 23, Bethany Christian 5, Elkhart Christian 3.

100: 1. Jaron Thomas (Concord) 10.91, 2, Zach Anderson (Elkhart) 11.16, 3. Nathan Munson (Elkhart) 11.24, 4. Bradyn Pike (Wawasee) 11.25.

200: 1. Lucas Linder (Wawasee) 22.64, 2. Rodney Gates (Elkhart) 22.87, 3. Jaron Thomas (Concord) 22.96, 4. Jacob Wetzel (Northridge) 23.02.

400: 1. Bishop Williams (Jimtown) 51.36, 2. Jaden Fisher (Northridge) 51.57, 3. Colton Martin (Warsaw) 52.03, 4. Emilio Juarez-Torres 52.58.

800: 1. Jaxon Miller (Northridge) 1:57.71, 2. Marcus Ridge (Columbia City) 1:59.10, 3. Luis Loera (Goshen) 1:59.36, 4. Will Knox (Northridge) 2:00.12.

1,600: 1. Max Malloy (Elkhart) 4:19.54, 2. Tommy Claxton (Goshen) 4:22.75, 3. Tyler Mimnaugh (Warsaw) 4:24.98, 4. Luis Loera (Goshen) 4:26.59.

3,200: 1. Tommy Claxton (Goshen) 9:40.21, 2. Max Malloy (Elkhart) 9:46.09, 3. Tyler Mimnaugh (Warsaw) 9:47.74, 4. David Gingerich (Northridge) 9:49.45.

110 hurdles: 1. Blake Keene (Warsaw) 15.37, 2. Ernest Jennings (Concord) 15.61, 3. Davon Smith (Concord) 15.86, 4. Kaden Schnorr (Columbia Cith) 15.97.

300 hurdles: 1. Mathias Hazen (Northridge) 41.18, 2. Blake Keene (Warsaw) 41.33, 3. Sam Allebach (Warsaw) 42.35, 4. Juan Ross (Concord) 42.42.

4x100 relay: 1. Elkhart (Zach Anderson, Aalias Leonard, Rodney Gates, Nathan Munson) 42.83, 2. Wawasee 43.75, 3. Concord 44.10, 4. Columbia City 44.24.

4x400 relay: 1. Northridge (Mathias Hazen, Max Estep, Jaden Fisher, Jaxon Miller) 3:27.27, 2. Warsaw 3:27.72, 3. Concord 3:28.95, 4. NorthWood 3:34.68.

4x800 relay: 1. Northridge (David Gingerich, Trevin Schlabach, Will Knox, Jaxon Miller) 7:59.39, 2. Elkhart 8:02.65, 3. Warsaw 8:03.95, 4. Columbia City 8:04.00.

High jump: 1. Jordan Randall (Warsaw) 6-7, 2. Trinton Harris (Elkhart) 6-3, 3. Martin Smith (Columbia City) 6-2, 4. (tie) KenJuan Delgado (Concord) and Bryson Crowder (Jimtown) 6-0.

Pole vault: 1. Morgan Johnson (Warsaw) 14-4, 2. Michael Gaff (Elkhart) 13-0, 3. Matt Marsh (Warsaw) 12-6, 4. Ian Stahl (Columbia City) 12-0.

Long jump: 1. Aalias Leonard (Elkhart) 22-2, 2. Nicholas Edwards (Elkhart) 21-3.25, 3. Char'rese Breveard (Concord) 20-9.25, 4. Martin Smith (Columbia City) 20-3.25.

Shot put: 1. Rae'Kwon Lemons (Elkhart) 53-7, 2. Tyler Bowman (NorthWood) 48-5.5, 3. Max Petersheim (Northridge) 48-0, 4. James Leiter (Warsaw) 47-9.75.

Discus: 1. Trenton Bias (Elkhart) 153-11, 2. Nick Hofer (Fairfield) 141-9, 3. Jonathan Castaneda (Concord) 138-6, 4. Christopher Adams (Concord) 136-6.

NOTE: Top three finishers in each event advance to Warsaw regional on Thursday, May 25. Also qualifying are the top four non-qualifying performers from the four sectionals feeding into the regional.

At Plymouth

Team scores: Culver Academies 155, Manchester 111, Plymouth 85.5, Triton 66.5, Rochester 62, Tippecanoe Valley 52, Bremen 34, Culver Community 19, North Miami 18, Whitko 12, Caston 8.

100: 1. Javan May (Triton) 11.45, 2. Wade Jones (Tippecanoe Valley) 11.49, 3. Vinny Prater (Triton) 11.79, 4. Tyler McLain (Manchester) 11.83.

200: 1. Wade Jones (Tippecanoe Valley) 22.94, 2. John Afari-Aikins (Culver Academies) 23.52, 3. Vinny Prater (Triton) 23.70, 4. Jaxson Warner (Culver Academies) 23.79.

400: 1. Carter Druzbicki (Plymouth) 51.41, 2. Jaxson Warner (Culver Academies) 52.31, 3. Nathan Parker (Tippecanoe Valley) 53.25, 4. AJ Black (Culver Academies) 53.93.

800: 1. RJ Keranko (Rochester) 2:02.18, 2. Will Ruszkowski (Culver Academies) 2:03.56, 3. Dionte Obertein (Culver Academies) 2:05.48, 4. Liam York (Manchester) 2:06.08.

1,600: 1. Will Ruszkowski (Culver Academies) 4:33.0, 2. Destin Green (Culver Community) 4:37.39, 3. Raven King (Manchester) 4:39.92, 4. Hunter Miller (Culver Academies) 4:39.95.

3,200: 1. Kyler Dale (Manchester) 10:17.44, 2. Raven King (Manchester) 10:27.60, 3. Chris Rohr (Rochester) 10:29.97, 4. Hunter Miller (Culver Academies) 10:34.82.

110 hurdles: 1. Michael Patipe (Culver Academies) 15.82, 2. Carson Heath (Manchester) 16.09, 3. Payton Stoner (North Miami) 16.18, 4. Cole Figg (Plymouth) 16.96.

300 hurdles: 1. Michael Patipe (Culver Academies) 41.39, 2. Blake Mackey (Plymouth) 42.45, 3. Brady Evans (Caston) 42.74, 4. Eli Metzger (Manchester) 42.76.

4x100 relay: 1. Manchester (Trevor Heath, Memphis Wood, Thomas Rodriguez, Tyler McClain) 44.44, 2. Triton 44.89, 3. Tippecanoe Valley 45.22, 4. Plymouth 46.08.

4x400 relay: 1. Culver Academies (AJ Black, Michael Patipe, Raluchi Obioha, Jaxson Warner) 3:35.66, 2. Manchester 3:36.44, 3. Bremen 3:36.62, 4. Triton 3:37.07.

4x800 relay: 1. Culver Academies (Dionte Obertein, Peter Wang, Hunter Miller, Will Ruszkowski) 8:24.55, 2. Rochester 8:28.27, 3. Manchester 8:45.32, 4. Bremen 9:17.59.

High jump: 1. Kolby Haecker (Manchester) 6-5, 2. Eric Burke (Tippecanoe Valley) 6-0, 3. Fola Fayemi (Culver Academies) 6-0, 4. Caleb Cullers (Bremen) 6-0.

Pole vault: 1. Carter Weedling (Plymouth) 12-0, 2. Finnley Johnson (Culver Academies) 11-0, 3. Wolf Woelk (Culver Academies) 10-6, 4. (tie) Jacob Hudson (Triton) and Justin Garrett (Plymouth) 9-6.

Long jump: 1. Michael Patipe (Culver Academies) 20-7, 2. Carter Druzbicki (Plymouth) 20-6.25, 3. Cameran Callahan (Triton) 19-5.5, 4. Brayden Pearish (Bremen) 19-4.

Shot put: 1. Henry Martello (Culver Academies) 45-6, 2. Dalton Alber (Tippecanoe Valley) 44-10, 3. Devin Burkett (Culver Community) 44-7, 4. Josh Lemler (Triton) 43-10.

Discus: 1. Henry Martello (Culver Academies) 133-10, 2. Jordan Ayres (Manchester) 125-0, 3. Trey Herrera (Whitko) 119-10, 4. Isaac Ireland (North Miami) 118-10.

At Portage

Team scores: Chesterton 147, LaPorte 127, Portage 98, Valparaiso 93.5, New Prairie 43, Michigan City 40, Wheeler 31, Westvilel 19.5, South Central (Union Mills) 10, Washington Twp. 8.

Winners and area finishers in top four.

100: 1. Jeremiah Clanton (Michigan City) 10.83, 3. Marcus Smith (LaPorte) 11.10

200: 1. Jeremiah Clanton (Michigan City) 21.91, 2. Tayshaun Williams (LaPorte) 22.56, 3. Caleb McNeal (LaPorte) 22.63

400: 1. Willie Clay (LaPorte) 51.02.

800: 1. Chase Reyes (Portage) 1:57.68.

1,600: 1. Jimmy Dillabaugh (Valparaiso) 4:26.19, 3. Jay Pillai (LaPorte) 4:30.55, 4. Hunter Quadlin (LaPorte) 4;24.09.

3,200: 1. Shane Conroy (Portage) 9:27.58.

110 hurdles: 1. Kieran Barnewall (Chesterton) 14.61.

300 hurdles: 1. Jae'den Roberts (Portage) 40.24, 3. Chris Libera (LaPorte) 41.55.

4x100 relay: 1. LaPorte (Tayshaun Williams, Caleb McNeal, Kamden Henriott, Marcus Smith) 42.55.

4x400 relay: 1. LaPorte (Willie Clay, Chris Libera, Landyn Hunt, Tayshaun Williams) 3:30.95.

4x800 relay: 1. Chesterton (Jackson Tuck, Johsua Tuck, Robert Berger, Evan O'Connor) 7:59.03, 3. LaPorte 8:26.58.

High jump: 1. Javion Ballin (Westville) 6-4.

Pole vault: 1. Joseph Wykoff (New Prairie) 13-0, 3. Dayton Merli (South Central) 12-0.

Long jump: 1. Kamden Henriott (LaPorte) 21-4.25, 2. Carter Long 20-1.25.

Shot put: 1. Owen Edlen (Chesterton) 53-3.5,2. Gabe Quinn (LaPorte) 52-8, 3. Isaac Fronk (New Prairie) 50-0.

Discus: 1. Isaac Fronk (New Prairie) 151-8.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: IHSAA Boys Track and Field roundup