Josiah Williams shines as Penn edges Elkhart for boys track NIC title
Josiah Williams won two individual events and anchored a record-breaking relay team as Penn edged Elkhart, 164-161, to claim the high school boys track Northern Indiana Conference Meet title Thursday at Elkhart's Rice Field.
Kingsmen teammate Elijah Coker also came away with three blue ribbons, winning an indivdual event and running legs on two winning relay teams.
Williams won the 100 (10.87) and the 200 (22.23) and then anchored the 4x100 relay team that broke a 10-year-old record with a time of 42.03. DJ White, Coker and Kellen Watson ran the first three legs of that event. The old record of 42.17 was set in 2013 by Penn's Zach Oakley, Blake Beehler, Tommy Grant and Tim Deal.
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BOYS TRACK: Penn claims NIC crown, 164-161 vs. Elkhart !!!!
Three Blue Ribbons: Josiah Williams, Elijah Coker
Two Blue Ribbons: D.J. White, Kellen Watson
One Blue Ribbon: Taylor Bauer
Results: https://t.co/VAuCkn5XQe pic.twitter.com/ang2FrzMBh— Penn Kingsmen Sports (@The_Pennant) May 12, 2023
Coker won the long jump in 22-9 and also anchored the winning 4x400 relay team (3:28.90). The other three legs were Taylor Bauer, Kelln Watson and DJ White.
Elkhart had a whopping seven victories to nearly unseat the Kingsmen as team champs.
Aaron Richter won the 1,600 (4:30.71), Max Malloy the 3,200 (9:33.14), Trinton Harris the high jump (6-5), Michael Gaff the pole vault (13-0), Rae'Kwon Lemons the shot put (53-9), Trenton Bias the discus (153-3) while the team of Denis Kale, Jackson Ezzell, Malloy and Richter was the 4x800 relay (8:06.99).
Saint Joseph's Luke Kaufhold swept the hurdles events, winning the 110 in 15.05 and the 300 in 39.85.
Other individual event winners were Adams' Bol Agwick in the 800 (2:00.63) and Jimtown's Bishop Williams in the 400 (41.03)
Team scores: Penn 164, Elkhart 161, Saint Joseph 78, Riley 69, Adams 60, New Prairie 31, Jimtown 22, Marian 10, Bremen 10, Glenn 10, Washington 8
100: 1. Josiah Williams (Penn) 10.87, 2. Kellen Watson (Penn) 10.89, 3. Zach Anderson (Elkhart) 11.09.
200: 1. Josiah Williams (Penn) 22.23, 2. Elijah Coker (Penn) 22.28, 3. Rodney Gates (Elkhart) 22.45.
400: 1. Bishop Williams (Jimtown) 51.03, 2. Maleek Richardson (Riley) 51.40, 3. Kohen Turner (Penn) 51.48.
800: Bol Agwick (Adams) 2:00.63, 2. Lucas Miller (Saint Joseph) 2:00.64, 3. Hudson Kaser (Penn) 2:00.86.
1,600: 1. Aaron Richter (Elkhart) 4:30.71, 2. Bol Agwick (Adams) 4:30.76, 3. Isaac Howk (Adams) 4:34.03.
3,200: 1. Max Malloy (Elkhart) 9:33.14, 2. Brandon Mueller (Penn) 9:40.87, 3. Matt Givens (Penn) 9:49.56.
110 hurdles: 1. Luke Kaufhold (Saint Joseph) 15.05, 2. Owen Boverhuis (Penn) 15.86, 3. Tray'von Fleming (Riley) 16.03.
300 hurdles: 1. Luke Kaufhold (Saint Joseph) 39.85, 2. Keaton Nash (Penn) 41.48, 3. Brayden Mammolenti (Penn) 42.19.
4x100 relay: 1. Penn (DJ White, Elijah Coker, Kellen Watson, Josiah Williams) 42.03 (MEET RECORD), 2. Elkhart 42.39, 3. Saint Joseph 43.66.
4 x 400 relay: 1. Penn (Taylor Bauer, Kellen Watson, DJ White, Elijah Coker) 3:28.90, 2. Riley 3:31.30, 3. Saint Joseph 3:31.94.
4x800 relay: 1. Elkhart (Denis Kale, Jackson Ezzell, Max Malloy, Aaron Richter) 8:06.99, 2. Saint Joseph 8:14.62, 3. Riley 8:52.23.
High jump: 1. Trinton Harris (Elkhart) 6-5, 2. Nicholas Edwards (Elkhart) 6-4, 3. Ian Joyce (Saint Joseph) 6-4.
Pole vault: 1. Michael Gaff (Elkhart) 13-0, 2. Mavric Poe (Penn) 13-0, 3. Brady Farrell (Saint Joseph) 12-6.
Long jump: 1. Elijah Coker (Penn) 22-9, 2. Aalias Leonard (Elkhart) 22-8, 3. Nicholas Edwards (Elkhart) 21-9.
Shot put: 1. Rae'Kwon Lemons (Elkhart) 53-9, 2. Vishavjeet Turna (Penn) 50-7.5, 3. Isaac Fronk (New Prairie) 48-2.5
Discus: 1. Trenton Bias (Elkhart) 153-3, 2. Isaac Fronk (New Prairie) 146-4, 3. Justin Smith (Riley) 142-6.75.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Penn wins high school boys track Northern Indiana Conference meet
