Penn's Elijah Coker leads All-Northern Indiana Conference boys track as MVP
Penn High School's Elijah Coker has been named the boys track Northern Indiana Conference Most Valuable Player.
Coker is All-NIC first team in four events to earn the honor. Elkhart's Adam Homo is the NIC's Coach of the Year.
Coker is first-team in the 100 meter dash (10.81), the 200 (21.96), the long jump (22-5) and was a member of Penn's first-team 400 relay (42.29) squad. The other members of that foursome are Kohen Turner, Camden Anderson and Jaedon Parker. Also earning first-team honors for Penn is its 1,600 relay squad of Dylan DeDario, Phillip Harris, Taylor Bauer and Braden White.
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Elkhart had five first-team selections, led by Maxwell Malloy in the 1,600 (4:18.36), the 3,200 (9:27.84) and the 4x800 relay squad (8:05.08). Max Huckleberry was first team in the 800 (2:01.97) and also a member of the top 3,200 relay. The other members of that foursome are Jackson Ezzell, and Aaron Richter. The Lions' Trinton Harris is first team in the high jump (6-4).
Saint Joseph garnered three first-team picks, led by hurdler Luke Kaufhold in the 110 (15.01) and 300 (40.28). The Huskies' Brady Farrell is first team pole vault (13-0).
New Prairie's Isaac Fronk is first team in both the discus (162-1) and the shot put (52-4.5).
Bishop Williams of Jimtown is first-team in the 400 (50.61).
Second team
4X800 relay: Bremen (Matthew Urbina, Dylan Goff, Hudson Fox, Luke Kincaid) 8:09.50; 110 high hurdles: Austin Pflugner (Riley) 15.97; 100: Zachary Anderson (Elkhart) 10.91; 1,600: Aaron Richter (Elkhart) 4:24.83; 4x100 relay: Washington (Chyvonn Crawford, Torrey Wilson, Mekkhi Wilson, Jaquan Patton) 42.46; 400: Hudson Fox (Bremen) 51.22; 300 hurdles: Tray'von Fleming (Riley) 41.23; 200: Kohen Turner (Penn) 22.39.
800: Bol Agwick (Adams) 2:02.03; 3,200: Luke Kincaid (Bremen) 9:31.19; 4x400 relay: Adams (Timon Johnson, Quincy Tootoo, Michael Barr, Jonas Larsen) 3:31.74; high jump: Tayshon Bardo (Penn) 6-3; discus: Trenton Bias (Elkhart) 155-9; pole vault: Owen Black (Penn) 12-6; long jump: Trinton Harris (Elkhart) 21-3.5; shot put: Gage Goralski (Penn) 50-11.5.
Honorable mention
4x800 relay: Riley (Isaiah Rivas, Eli Gaddey, Aiden Caparell, Trevor Crump) 8:11.41; 110 high hurdles: Thomas Galiher (Penn) 16.05; 100: Nathan Munson (Elkhart) 10.97; 1,600: Isaac Howk (Adams) 4:25.54; 4x100 relay: Saint Joseph (Samuel Harshman, Bill Imanene, Cle Kimbrough, Richard Haliburton); 400: Dylan DeDario (Penn) 51.78; 300 hurdles: Jaedon Parker (Penn) 41.38; 200: Zachary Anderson (Elkhart) 22.43.
800: Jackson Ezzel (Elkhart) 2:03.01; 3,200: Brandon Mueller (Penn) 9:37.84; 4x400 relay: Saint Joseph (Lucas Miller, Le'Bralyn Booker, Luke Kaufhold, Jack Moran) 3:34.63; high jump: Torrey Wilson (Washington) 6-1; discus: Evan Adams (Adams) 148-9; pole vault: Caleb McClaid (Bremen) 11-6; long jump: Bill Imanene (Saint Joseph) 20-7.75; shot put: Kaleb Johnson (Marian) 50-8.
NIC Meet standings: Penn 154.6, Elkhart 137, Saint Joseph 84.2, Riley 50.6, Adams 48, Bremen 42, Jimtown 28, New Prairie 25, Washington 22, Marian 21.6, Glenn 11, Clay 0.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: All-Northern Indiana Conference high school boys track team
