Glenn freshman Lydia Goodsell leads All-Northern Indiana Conference girls track as MVP
John Glenn High School freshman Lydia Goodsell has been named the girls track Northern Indiana Conference Most Valuable Player.
Goodsell is first team NIC in three events to earn the honor — the 100 (12.39), the 200 (25.57) and the long jump (18-5). Mark Yoder of Bremen and Adrian Swanson of South Bend Washington have been named co-Coaches of the Year.
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Penn and Washington lead the pack with four first-team picks each.
The Kingmen are led by veteran distance runner Mary Eubank in the 1,600 (5:11.93) and the 3,200 (11:50.96), with Anna McCullough earning first-team in the high jump (5-0) and Jill Pletcher in the pole vault (10-0).
Washington's Panthers are led by hurdler Adrianna Swanson in the 100 (15.38) and 300 (46.39), along with being a member of the first-team 4x100 relay (50.38) squad. Terryah Leonard was also a part of that relay team and a first-teammer in the 400 (59.67). Completing the 400 relay team are Janiya Wilson and Kendall Ivory.
Adams earned top honors in the 4x800 relay (9:50.10) with the team of Elise Bulaoro, Emily Shepherd, Isabella Soens and Agnes Hasler. Bremen pinned down the 4x400 relay (4:06.87) with the squad of Sara Sahlhoff, Elle Libey, Kila Foster and Emma Kincaid.
Ava Decker of Elkhart is first-team discus (134-10) and Jimtown's Brooklyn King is tops in the shot put (37-10).
Second team
4x800 relay: Penn (Jenaviere Nash, Aubrey Morgan, Gabby Smith, Janine Mbianda) 10:08.29; 100 hurdles: Hannah Pezzuto (Bremen) 16.60; 100: Ja'leiiya Williams (Elkhart) 12.57; 1,600: Arianna Balinnang (Penn) 5:23.83; 4x100 relay: Penn (Kamerin Malone, Quinn Driscoll, Zoya Turk, Sofia UgwokeA) 50.76; 400: Emma Kincaid (Bremen) 1:00.37; 300 hurdles: Ella Bailey (Penn) 48.88; 200: Samara Ford (Riley) 26.40.
800: Emily Shepherd (Adams) 2:25.88; 3,200: Izzy Frabutt (Saint Joseph) 11:57.59; 4x400 relay: Penn (Macey Gableman, Quinn Driscoll, Ella Bailey, Janine Mbianda) 4:07.73; high jump: Meghan Carroll (New Prairie) 5-0; discus: Reese McCaskill (Penn) 115-4; pole vault: Madilyn Collins (Elkhart) 9-0; long jump: Kilka Foster (Bremen) 16-7.25; shot put: Samara Rouser (Adams) 37-.5
Honorable mention
4x800 relay: Saint Joseph (Ella Trenerry, Cathy Lutz, Cam Ritchard, Lauren Frick) 10:25.39; 100 hurdles: Verriyah Williams (Adams) 16.73; 100: Terryah Leonard (Washington) 12.57; 1,600: Isabella Beall (New Prairie) 5:24.53; 4x100 relay: Riley (Samara Forst, Keyeira Burton, Abby Wittrock, Karis Johnson) 50.85; 400: Michelle Carter (Saint Joseph) 1:01.37; 300 hurdles: Verriyah Williams (Adams) 49.51; 200: Kila Foster (Bremen) 26.58.
800: Janine Mbianda (Penn) 2:26.80; 3,200: Ellie Stabnik (Penn) 11:59.92; 4x400 relay: Adams (Elisa Bulaoro, Getsemani Cruz, Emily Shepherd, Agnes Hasler) 4:08.53; high jump: Rylee Drummond (Elkhart) 4-10; discus: Arianna Stanley (Glenn) 114-6; pole vault: Kyla Albright (Elkhart) 9-0; long jump: Ella Bailey (Penn) 16-5; shot put: Arianna Stanley (Glenn) 36-1.
NIC Meet standings: Penn 141, Elkhart 72.5, Adams 66.5, Saint Joseph 65, Bremen 62.5, Glenn 55, Washington 54, Riley 36, New Prairie 31, Jimtown 29.5, Marian 11, Clay 0.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: All-Northern Indiana Conference high school girls track
