Highlands Latin sweeps titles in Region 3 track; See who's headed to Class A state meet

Highlands Latin swept the boys and girls titles at Wednesday’s Class A, Region Three Track and Field Championships at Ballard High School.

Highlands Latin’s boys won with 138 points and were followed by Collegiate (122) and Kentucky Country Day (82). Highlands Latin’s girls won with 135 points and were followed by Walden (77), Collegiate (74) and Presentation (74).

Highlands Latin’s boys got individual victories from a quartet of juniors: Josh Vander Woude (400-meter dash), Benjamin Bitner (800), Parker Boyd (shot put) and William Krumhansl (triple jump).

Holy Cross junior Keith Hadley swept the 100 and 200, Collegiate sophomore James Gurley won the 1,600 and 3,200 and Collegiate senior Oliver Veliquette captured both hurdles events (110 and 300).

Highlands Latin’s girls got a big day from junior Molly-Louise Denley, who won the 300 hurdles and the high jump and was a member of the Highlanders’ victorious 800 relay team. Highlands Latin also won the 3,200 relay, and freshman Logan Boyd won the shot put and discus.

Walden sophomore Natalie Svidal pulled a triple, winning the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump.

Brown junior Chabely Perez-Tolon swept the 100 and 200, and Walden freshman Elizabeth Mathews won the 1,600 and 3,200.

The top two finishers in each event earned automatic spots in the Class A State Track and Field Championships set for May 30 at the University of Kentucky. Others may earn spots based on their performances versus others from around the state.

Class A, Region Three track and field meet

Wednesday at Ballard High School

Girls

Team standings – 1. Highlands Latin 135; 2. Walden 77; 3. (tie) Collegiate, Presentation 74; 5. Brown 58; 6. Holy Cross 52; 7. Francis Parker 35; 8. (tie) Kentucky Country Day, Portland Christian 12; 10. Whitefield Academy 9

100-meter dash – 1. Chabely Perez-Tolon (Brown) 12.84; 2. Aleyah Bentley (Presentation) 13.20; 3. Peyton Jones (Brown) 13.20

200 – 1. Chabely Perez-Tolon (Brown) 27.60; 2. Riley Webb (Collegiate) 27.65; 3. Peyton Jones (Brown) 29.16

400 – 1. Riley Webb (Collegiate) 1:00.47; 2. Katherine Baum (Highlands Latin) 1:04.98; 3. Clara Kelty (Presentation) 1:09.32

800 – 1. Sophia Westergren (Walden) 2:44.54; 2. Madison Rush (Highlands Latin) 2:47.75; 3. Erin Adamchik (Francis Parker) 2:57.13

1,600 – 1. Elizabeth Mathews (Walden) 6:07.00; 2. Sophia Westergren (Walden) 6:11.79; 3. Madison Lafollette (Portland Christian) 6:34.00

3,200 – 1. Elizabeth Mathews (Walden) 12:23.12; 2. Mary Thomas Kute (Collegiate) 12:35.37; 3. Hailey Hack (Kentucky Country Day) 13:13.16

100 hurdles – 1. Natalie Svidal (Walden) 15.17; 2. Ulla Dodd (Highlands Latin) 16.61; 3. Molly-Louise Denley (Highlands Latin) 16.75

300 hurdles – 1. Molly-Louise Denley (Highlands Latin) 51.23; 2. Ulla Dodd (Highlands Latin) 51.50; 3. Paige Daniels (Kentucky Country Day) 52.47

400 relay – 1. Presentation (Aleyah Bentley, S’Niah Jones, Clara Kelty, Mariah Price) 53.91; 2. Collegiate 54.91; 3. Brown 55.81

800 relay – 1. Highlands Latin (Ulla Dodd, Molly-Louise Denley, Caroline White, Katherine Baum) 1:54.11; 2. Brown 1:55.98; 3. Collegiate 1:57.75

1,600 relay – 1. Collegiate (Meredith Holbrook, Eliza Martin, Gabbie Schulten, Riley Webb) 4:32.61; 2. Highlands Latin 4:54.36; 3. Holy Cross 5:05.24

3,200 relay – 1. Highlands Latin (Madison Rush, Sheridan Staab, Evelyn Peercy, Livy Hilton) 11:33.46; 2. Francis Parker 11:38.82; 3. Portland Christian 12:20.08

High jump – 1. Molly-Louise Denley (Highlands Latin) 4-8; 2. Mollie Johnson (Francis Parker) 4-6; 3. Harper Jochim (Collegiate) 4-2

Pole vault – 1. Lucy Roach (Presentation) 6-0; 2. Isis Barrientos (Presentation) 5-6

Long jump – 1. Natalie Svidal (Walden) 16-3.75; 2. Aleyah Bentley (Presentation) 16-3.75; 3. Virginia Ritchey (Collegiate) 14-2.25

Triple jump – 1. Natalie Svidal (Walden) 37-7; 2. Kate Tyler (Walden) 29-1; 3. Trinity Howard (Holy Cross) 28-1.75

Shot put – 1. Logan Boyd (Highlands Latin) 32-3.75; 2. Graycee Clark (Holy Cross) 29-11.75; 3. Jaelynn Dillard (Holy Cross) 27-1.50

Discus – 1. Logan Boyd (Highlands Latin) 102-11; 2. Olivia Vonderheide (Highlands Latin) 87-7; 3. Jaelynn Dillard (Holy Cross) 84-3

Boys

Team standings – 1. Highlands Latin 138; 2. Collegiate 122; 3. Kentucky Country Day 82; 4. Holy Cross 66; 5. Francis Parker 43.5; 6. Portland Christian 29; 7. Walden 19; 8. Shawnee 6; 9. Whitefield Academy 5; 10. Brown 2.5

100-meter dash – 1. Keith Hadley (Holy Cross) 11.26; 2. Oliver Veliquette (Collegiate) 11.60; 3. Ayden Jackson (Kentucky Country Day) 11.69

200 – 1. Keith Hadley (Holy Cross) 23.06; 2. Ayden Jackson (Kentucky Country Day) 23.91; 3. Parker Boyd (Highlands Latin) 24.53

400 – 1. Josh Vander Woude (Highlands Latin) 53.01; 2. Thomas Kennedy (Highlands Latin) 53.89; 3. Cameron Kiefer (Collegiate) 55.47

800 – 1. Benjamin Bitner (Highlands Latin) 2:09.34; 2. Asher Bitner (Highlands Latin) 2:09.79; 3. Michael Cook (Walden) 2:10.36

1,600 – 1. James Gurley (Collegiate) 4:26.82; 2. Roman Sierpina (Collegiate) 4:33.90; 3. Ryan Shaps (Kentucky Country Day) 4:36.89

3,200 – 1. James Gurley (Collegiate) 9:50.79; 2. Clayton Nau (Highlands Latin) 9:56.67; 3. Thomas Mathews (Walden) 10:01.95

110 hurdles – 1. Oliver Veliquette (Collegiate) 15.39; 2. Julien Veliquette (Collegiate) 15.87; 3. Diago Woods (Holy Cross) 20.68

300 hurdles – 1. Oliver Veliquette (Collegiate) 39.64; 2. Julien Veliquette (Collegiate) 42.02; 3. Sean Hickson (Highlands Latin) 48.18

400 relay – 1. Kentucky Country Day (Cameron Edwards, Ayden Jackson, Alston Williams, Troy Humphreys) 45.31; 2. Highlands Latin 47.10; 3. Francis Parker 47.97

800 relay – 1. Kentucky Country Day (Alston Williams, Tyler Herman, Cameron Edwards, Troy Humphreys) 1:34.22; 2. Highlands Latin 1:36.25; 3. Francis Parker 1:40.62

1,600 relay – 1. Collegiate (Julien Veliquette, Lincoln Hofmann, Cameron Kiefer, Oliver Veliquette) 3:36.94; 2. Highlands Latin 3:43.62; 3. Kentucky Country Day 3:49.10

3,200 relay – 1. Francis Parker (Adrian Grady, Henry Johnson, Spencer McDaniel, Oliver Chaffin) 9:13.13; 2. Portland Christian 9:16.35; 3. Collegiate 9:21.13

High jump – 1. Cam Meyers (Holy Cross) 5-10; 2. John Henry Brown (Francis Parker) 5-3; 3. Thomas Kennedy (Highlands Latin) 5-3

Pole vault – No competitors

Long jump – 1. Cameron Edwards (Kentucky Country Day) 19-7; 2. Troy Humphreys (Kentucky Country Day) 19-4; 3. Kwaylen Smith (Collegiate) 19-2

Triple jump – 1. William Krumhansl (Highlands Latin) 36-8.25; 2. Wilhelm Eargle (Highlands Latin) 30-11; 3. Shayal Wahkley (Francis Parker) 29-6.5

Shot put – 1. Parker Boyd (Highlands Latin) 37-9.75; 2. Camden Henderson-Reed (Holy Cross) 37-0.50; 3. Will Gonterman (Portland Christian) 35-2

Discus – 1. Julien Veliquette (Collegiate) 109-10; 2. Finn Popp (Portland Christian) 97-0; 3. Elliott Johnson (Kentucky Country Day) 93-6

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