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Penn claims NIC girls track team title; pair of South Bend runners break records

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Mary Eubank and Julia Economou were both double event winners to lead Penn to a 151-106.5 victory over Adams in the high school girls track Northern Indiana Conference meet Tuesday night at Elkhart's Rice Field.

Distance runner Eubank won the 1,600 meter race (5:07.87) and the 3,200 (11:07.29) for the Kingsmen while Economou claimed the 800 (2:23.25) and anchored the winning 4x400 relay team that won in 4:12.04.

Penn’s Mary Eubank (797) and Ellie Stabnik lead the 3200 meter run at the Mishawaka Girls IHSAA Sectional track meet Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Mishawaka High School.
Penn’s Mary Eubank (797) and Ellie Stabnik lead the 3200 meter run at the Mishawaka Girls IHSAA Sectional track meet Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Mishawaka High School.

Washington freshman Adriana Swanson swept the hurdle events, smashing the meet record time in the 100 hurdles with a 14.80 clocking. The previous record of 15.11 has been held by Adams' Dezha Moore since 2014. Swanson won the 300 hurdles in 46.43.

Adams senior sprinter Angel Thomas also broke a meet record in the 100 with a time of 11.97, crushing the 12.08 mark held since 2007 by Washington's Shearice White. Thomas won the 200 in 25.65.

Washington freshman hurdler Adriana Swanson, shown April 27, 2023, broke the Northern Indiana Conference record in the 100 hurdles Tuesday night.
Washington freshman hurdler Adriana Swanson, shown April 27, 2023, broke the Northern Indiana Conference record in the 100 hurdles Tuesday night.

Washington also had a winner in the 400 with Terryah Leonard clocking 59.25.

Penn won two of the relay events as Macey Gableman, Janine Mbianda and Ella Bailey joined Economou for the 4x400 (4:12.04) victory and the team of Aubrey Morgan, Kaylie Hanyzewski, Arianna Balinnang and Morgan Collins won the 4x800 (9:56.57) for the Kingsmen. Jill Pletcher won the pole vault (10-6) for Penn.

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Elkhart won the 4x100 relay in 51.15. Shaniyah Hughes was a double-event winner for the Lions, claiming the long jump with an 18.3.5 leap and high jump (5-4). Ava Decker also won for Elkhart with a 126-1.75 heave in the discus.

The shot put went to Adams' Samara Rouser (35-6).

NIC GIRLS TRACK RESULTS

Team scores: Penn 151, Adams 106.5, Elkhart 103, Saint Joseph 73.5, Washington 45, Bremen 42, Jimtown 27, Riley 25, New Prairie 18.5, Glenn 16-5, Marian 13, Clay 3.

100: 1. Angel Thomas (Adams) 11.975, 2. Ja'leiiya (Elkhart) 12.66, 3. Sofia Ugwoke (Penn) 12.84.

200: 1. Angel Thomas (Adams) 25.65, 2. Sofia Ugwoke (Penn) 27.18, 3. Kila Foster (Bremen) 27.35,

400: 1. Terryah Leonard (Washington) 59.25, 2. Julia Economou (Penn) 59.67, 3. Emma Kincaid (Bremen) 1:00.96.

800: 1. Julia Economou (Penn) 2:23.25, 2. Lauren Frick (Saint Joseph) 2:24.60, 3. Emily Shepherd (Adams) 2:26.26.

1,600: 1. Mary Eubank (Penn) 5:07.87, 2. Morgan Collins (Penn) 5:25.21, 3. Hallie Klockow (Bremen) 5:32.0.

3,200: 1. Mary Eubank (Penn) 11:07.29, 2. Ellie Stabnik (Penn) 11:19.24, 3. Ashlyn Anderson (Elkhart) 12:27.41.

100 hurdles: 1. Adriana Swanson (Washington) 14.75 (MEET RECORD), 2. Kayla Douglas (Adams) 15.84, 3. Ella Frick (Saint Joseph) 15.94.

300 hurdles: 1. Adriana Swanson (Washington) 46.43, 2. Ella Frick (Saint Joseph) 47.72, 3. Kayla Douglas (Adams) 49.06.

4x100 relay: 1. Elkhart (Taylor Holt, A'Dreanna Brown, Grace Wesselhof, Ja'leiiya Williams) 51.15, 2. Penn 51.19, 3. Adams 51.55.

4x400 relay: 1. Penn (Macey Gableman, Janine MbiandA, Ella Bailey, Julia Economou) 4:12.04, 2. Bremen 4:14.07, 3. Saint Joseph 4:15.29.

4x800 relay: 1. Penn (Aubrey Morgan, Kaylie Hanyzewski, Arianna Balinnang, Morgan Collins) 9:56.57, 2. Saint Joseph 10:27.15, 3. Elkhart 10:34.78.

High jump: 1. Shaniyah Hughes (Elkhart) 5-4, 2. Kayla Douglas (Adams) 5-1, 3. Ella Bailey (Penn) 5-0.

Pole vault: 1. Jill Pletcher (Penn) 10-6, 2. Ilayna Baltes (New Prairie) 10-6, 3. Kyla Albright (Elkhart) 9-6.

Long jump: 1. Shaniyah Hughes (Elkhart) 18-3.5, 2. Angel Thomas (Adams) 17-3/5,. 3. Adriana Swanson (Washington) 17-1.

Shot put: 1. Samara Rouser (Adams) 33-6, 2. Brynlee Jellison (Elkhart) 34-6, 3. Gabrielle Noubissi (Penn) 32-8.5.

Discus: 1. Ava Decker (Elkhart) 126-1.77, 2. Leia McCann (Adams) 106-6, 3. Arianna Stanley (Glenn) 106-4.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Penn takes Northern Indiana Conference girls track title at Elkhart