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Plenty of South Bend-area athletes shined at the Goshen Relays Saturday. Here's who they were

Tim Creason
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GOSHEN — When we last visited Lincoln Hulsey, the LaVille pole vaulter was finishing his junior season by finishing third at the IHSAA state track finals.

That was about a year ago, and in the time that’s passed, not much changed, except that he’s only gotten better.

Hulsey cleared 15 feet, 6 inches in a meet at Knox last Thursday, making him Indiana’s best vaulter thus far this season.  And Saturday, despite bitterly cold, gusting winds at Goshen’s Foreman Field, there was Hulsey, making an oh-so-close effort at a meet record during the 81st annual Goshen Relays.

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“Oh man, I had it,” exclaimed Hulsey, now a senior, who just nicked off a bar set at 15-4 in an attempt to break the Class B record.

“That’s OK, with the weather, I came here just wanting to get the win.”

With frigid temperatures forcing some teams to pack up and leave in the middle of the meet, and others not show up at all, LaVille’s field event performers seemed to be some of only a few athletes not bothered by the conditions.

LaVille’s Lincoln Hulsey competes in the pole-vault event of the Goshen Relays Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Goshen High School.
LaVille’s Lincoln Hulsey competes in the pole-vault event of the Goshen Relays Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Goshen High School.

In the discus, for instance, Lancer senior Michael Good uncorked a throw of 168 feet, 7 inches. He missed the Class B meet record by about three feet, and his mark went over 20 feet farther than any other thrower in the meet, whether Class A (large schools) or Class B (small schools).

“You just don’t think about it,” said Good, who broke LaVille’s school record with a 171-foot toss earlier this season. “One I got in (the discus ring) I just kind of tuned it out.”

In the boys high jump, LaVille’s Lance Edison was second. And in the girls high jump, LaVille’s Brooke Edison finished first by clearing 5 feet — also better than the Class A result.

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A new era for the annual Goshen Relays

Yes, girls high jump. For the first time, girls were added to this traditional fixture on Indiana’s track circuit.

Fort Wayne Northrop won the girls Class A title, while Hanover Central took Class B.

Elkhart’s boys edged NorthWood, 105-82, to win the Class A trophy. Several Elkhart distance runners attended a meet in Carmel on Friday night, then rushed back to compete at Goshen.

“Every meet’s a learning experience, and all the kids who competed today learned something,” said Elkhart coach Adam Homo, who pointed out his athletes were greeted by snowflakes when they arrived Saturday morning. “We’re trying to get it so we have the best possible lineup we can have at the conference and sectional meets.”

Riley’s Karis Johnson competes in the 4x100-meter relay event of the Goshen Relays Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Goshen High School.
Riley’s Karis Johnson competes in the 4x100-meter relay event of the Goshen Relays Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Goshen High School.

Elkhart scored big wins in the 4 x 800 and distance medley relays, to go along with Nathan Munson’s victory in the 100-meter dash, Nicholas Edwards’ win in the long jump, and Trinton Harris’s first place in the high jump.

In Class B, Fairfield nipped LaVille by seven points, 80-73, for the boys team title.

Good performances depended a lot on attitude.  Consider Saint Joseph pole vaulter, Brady Farrell, who won Class A by clearing 13-0. Only four Class A vaulters were even able to negotiate opening height.

“You just try to keep your hands warm,” Farrell said. “I came in and told myself to win and then shut it down, but I was determined to win.”

Bremen’s sprinters put on a show in girls Class B, winning titles in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relays.  The Lions clocked a solid 51.60 in the 4 x 100, despite a gusting homestretch.

“In warm weather, we’ll do really well,” quipped anchor leg Kila Foster.

Saint Joseph’s Richard Halliburton nears the finish line during the 4x200-meter relay event of the Goshen Relays Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Goshen High School.
Saint Joseph’s Richard Halliburton nears the finish line during the 4x200-meter relay event of the Goshen Relays Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Goshen High School.

Trinity’s Audrey Lee, a freshman still learning how to race, outkicked Bremen’s Hallie Klockow in a dandy 1600-meter Class B finish, winning by 24-100ths of a second.

“The plan was just to stay with the leaders. I haven’t ran too many 1600’s,” said Lee. “I don’t really know the competition, so it was fun to win like that.”

Girls track results for 2024 Goshen Relays

At Goshen | Top two finishers

CLASS A

TEAM SCORES: Fort Wayne Northrop 140 ½, NorthWood 92 ½, Goshen 75, Wawasee 55 ½, Saint Joseph 55, Adams 49 ½, Fort Wayne Snider 26, Riley 20.

4 x 800 relay: 1, Wawasee (Mia Hodgson, Addison Powell, Reese Beasley, Jasmine Hernandez) 10:31.26.  2, SB Saint Joseph 10:42.95.

100 high hurdles: 1, Hannah Chupp (NorthWood) 17.03. 2, Alasia Greene (FW Northrop) 18.02.

4 x 100 relay: 1, SB Riley (Samara Ford, Keyeira Burton, Kayla Wright, Karis Johnson) 51.54.  2, NorthWood 51.55.

Distance medley (1200-400-800-1600) relay: 1, Goshen (Lindsay Rodman, Abigail Kratzer, Kassandra Ortega, Eliza Herber) 13:55.54.  2, FW Northrop 14:07.23.

4 x 200 relay: 1, FW Northrop (Emory Majors, Aniyah Lattimore, Alasia Greene, Nelly Vaughn) 1:49.50. 2, Goshen 1:50.83.

1600: 1, Isabella Valencia (FW Northrop) 5:41.84. 2, Sydney Prenkert (NorthWood) 5:44.60.

Intermediate medley (200-200-400-800) relay: 1, SB Saint Joseph (Michelle Carter, Chymira Crawford, Sara Prokop, Lauren Frick) 4:30.22.  2, FW Northrop 4:34.15.

100: 1, Nelly Vaughn (FW Northrop) 12.87. 2, Kristina Petkova (Goshen) 13.05.

4 x 400 relay: 1, Fort Wayne Northrop (Aniyah Lattimore, Emory Majors, Alasia Greene, Kalaeh Alexander) 4:24.48. 2, NorthWood 4:25.68.

High jump: 1, Claire Payne (NorthWood) 4-10.  2, Kalaeh Alexander (FW Northrop) 4-8.

Long jump: 1, Alvia Rice (FW Northrop) 17-4 ¾. 2, Niamyah Anderson (FW Northrop) 16-1.

Shot put: 1, Samara Rouser (Adams) 34-1. 2, Brooklyn Gibson (Wawasee) 33-0 ½.

Discus: 1, Emma Yoder (Wawasee) 137-1. 2, Jaiden Fisher (FW Northrop) 103-2.

Pole vault: 1, Bridgette Stutsman (NorthWood) 7-6.  2, Kamryn Dubie (Adams) 7-0.

▶ HIGH POINT AWARD: Alivia Rice (Northrop)

CLASS B

TEAM SCORES: Hanover Central 110, Angola 100, Fairfield 96, Bremen 81, Tippecanoe Valley 52, Trinity (Greenlawn) 41, LaVille 39, Hammond Bishop Noll 16.

4 x 800 relay: 1, Fairfield (Lyla Dennis, Katie Kuhn, Elli Yoder, Natalee Lambright) 11:00.54. 2, Trinity (Greenlawn) 11:07.16.

100 high hurdles:  1, Betty Shepherd (Tippecanoe Valley) 17.56.  2, Jayma DeLancey (Angola) 18.17.

4 x 100 relay: 1, Bremen (Emma Kincaid, Sara Sahlhoff, Elle Libey, Kila Foster) 51.60. 2, Hanover Central 52.00.

Distance medley (1200-400-800-1600) relay: 1, Hanover Central (Kennedy Morgan, Regina Tozzi, Althea Zinmer, Audrey Zuzich) 14:21.51.  2, Angola 14:36.04.

4 x 200 relay: 1, Bremen (Emma Kincaid, Sara Sahlhoff, Elle Libey, Kila Foster) 1:49.78. 2, Tippecanoe Valley 1:51.38.

1600: 1, Audrey Lee (Trinity) 5:37.70. 2, Hallie Klockow (Bremen) 5:37.94.

Intermediate medley (200-200-400-800) relay: 1, Angola (Anna McClure, Jordan Davenport, Karleigh Gillen, Bella Underwood-Sanders) 4:34.65. Bremen 4:37.98.

100: 1, Emma Walter (Fairfield) 13.40.  2, Emma Kincaid (Bremen) 13.55.

4 x 400 relay: 1, Tippecanoe Valley (Ava Smith, Betty Shepherd, Hadley Wise, Chesnee Miller) 4:16.14.  2, Bremen  4:25.68/

High jump: 1, Brooke Edison (LaVille) 5-0. 2, Claira Foust (Fairfield) 5-0.

Long jump: 1, Chesnee Miller (Tippecanoe Valley) 15-5. 2, Kila Foster (Bremen) 15-2 ¾.

Shot put: 1, Ava Cryderman (Hanover Central) 31-8 ½.  2, Malissa Butler (Hanover Central) 31-3 ½.

Discus: 1. Alyson O’Connell (Hanover Central) 108-6.  2, Kendall Stultz (Angola) 103-9.

Pole vault: 1, Jalyn Stofleth (Fairfield) 9-0. 2, Shelby Miller (Fairfield) 9-0.

▶ HIGH POINT AWARD: Madelyn Culp (Fairfield)

Boys track results for 2024 Goshen Relays

At Goshen | Top two finishers

CLASS A

TEAM SCORES: Elkhart 105, NorthWood 82, Northridge 72, Concord 70 ½, Goshen 65 ½, Saint Joseph 59, Fort Wayne Northrop 54, Columbia City 50, Fort Wayne Snider 38, South Bend Adams 32, South Bend Washington 27, Wawasee 25, Riley 10, East Chicago Central 7, Fort Wayne North Side 7.

4 x 800 relay (race one): 1, Elkhart (Max Huckleberry, Jackson Ezzell, Max Malloy, Aaron Richter) 8:27.0. 2, FW Northrop 8:41.45.

4 x 800 relay (race two): 1, Northridge (Marc Hernandez, Brady Hicks, Trevin Schlabach, Xavier Miller) 8:31.27. 2, FW Snider 8:36.05.

110 high hurdles: 1, Javion Westfield (FW Northrop) 15.89.  2, Aaron Vance (FW Snider) 16.37.

4 x 100 relay (race one):  1, NorthWood (Gavin Rulli, Trey Woods, Logan Becker, Wyatt Mast) 44.52. 2, Goshen 45.32.

4 x 100 relay (race two):  1, Northridge (Chase Aplin, Tre Copeland, Jacob Wetzel, Mikey Squiers) 44.56.  2, SB Saint Joseph 44.68.

Distance medley (1200-400-800-1600) relay: 1, Elkhart (Max Malloy, Jackson Ezzell, Max Huckleberry, Aaron Richter) 10:51.05.  2, SB Adams 10:52.25.

4 x 200 relay (race one): 1, Northridge (Tre Copeland, Jaden Fisher, Jacob Wetzel, Mikey Squiers) 1:32.18.  2, FW Northrop 1:34.04.

4 x 200 relay (race two): 1, SB Saint Joseph (Samuel Harshman, Cle Kimbrough, Jack Moran, Richard Halliburton) 1:34.06.  2, NorthWood  1:34.06.

1600 (race one): 1, Xavier Miller (Northridge) 4:33.86. 2, Marcus Ridge (Columbia City) 4:35.08.

1600 (race two): 1, Gavin Good (Columbia City) 4:34.38. 2, Isaac Howk (SB Adams) 4:34.90.

Intermediate medley (200-200-400-800) relay (race one): 1, Northridge (Jacob Wetzel, Trevin Schlabach, Joe Keyser, Baylor Miller) 3:50.06. 2, Concord 3:51.21.

Intermediate medley (200-200-400-800) relay (race two): 1, Goshen (Guy Branam, Jonathon Flores, Sebastian Chavoyo, Lincoln Clark) 3:58.02.  2, Elkhart 4:07.18.

100: 1, Nathan Munson (Elkhart) 11.25. 2, Zach Anderson (Elkhart) 11.38.

4 x 400 relay (race one): 1, FW Snider (Josh Roper, Loukmane Boro, Marvin Sanchez-Garcia, Ethan Pierre-Louis) 3:32.92. 2, FW Northrop 3:37.43.

4 x 400 relay (race two): 1, Northridge (David Gingerich, Trevin Schlabach, Xavier Miller, Max Estep) 3:38.66.  2, Columbia City 3:40.64.

High jump: 1, Trinton Harris (Elkhart) 6-2.  2, Nicholas Edwards (Elkhart) 6-2.

Long jump: 1, Nicholas Edwards (Elkhart) 20-9 ¾.  2, Bill Imanene (SB Saint Joseph) 20-4 ¼.

Shot put: 1, Tyler Bowman (NorthWood) 50-9.  2, Max Parciak (NorthWood) 46-3 ½.

Discus: 1, Donovan Arnold (Concord) 147-0.  2, Christopher Adams (Concord) 142-8.

Pole vault: 1, Brady Farrell (SB Saint Joseph) 13-0.  2, Joe Mitschelen (NorthWood) 12-0.

▶ HIGH POINT AWARD: Nicholas Edwards (Elkhart)

CLASS B

TEAM SCORES: Fairfield 80, LaVille 73, Angola 72, Westview 70 ½, Bremen 68, Wabash 62, Culver Academies 55, West Noble 50, Lakeland 41, Trinity (Greenlawn) 38, Tippecanoe Valley 38, Hanover Central 35 ½, Central Noble 24, Mishawaka Marian 22, Prairie Heights 12, Hammond Bishop Noll 8, St. Thomas More Academy 7, Whitko 6.

4 x 800 relay (race one): 1, Culver Academies (Dionte Obertein, Chris Sorg, Landon Uher, Adrian Rodarte) 8:59.01. 2, Fairfield 9:03.33.

4 x 800 relay (race two): 1, Bremen (Matthew Urbina, Dylan Goff, Luke Kincaid, Hudson Fox) 8:26.69.  2, Westview 8:31.67.

110 high hurdles: 1, Spencer Stout (Wabash) 15.83.  2, Drew Yates (West Noble) 16.10.

4 x 100 relay (race one): 1, West Noble (Drew Yates, Jaylun Shaffer, Xavier Yates, Seth Pruitt) 45.10. 2, Wabash 45.35.

4 x 100 relay (race two): Central Noble (Redick Zolman, Branson Klink, Cameron Elias, Devin Hiestand) 44.81. 2, Tippecanoe Valley 45.09.

Distance medley (1200-400-800-1600) relay: 1, Westview (Noah Bontrager, Bentley Ryall, Aidan McBride, Nick Bontrager) 11:01.35. 2, Bremen 11:08.31.

4 x 200 relay (race one): 1, Tippecanoe Valley (Owen Omondi, Brason Smith, Nathan Parker, Wade Jones) 1:35.34. 2, Mishawaka Marian 1:37.54.

4 x 200 relay (race two): 1, Angola (Hawkins Hasselman, Tyler Blum, Benjamin Thomas, Jackson Smith) 1:36.96.  2, LaVille 1:38.00.

1600 (race one): 1, Liam Lee (Trinity) 4:37.08. 2, Will Ruszkowski (Culver Academies) 4:41.41.

1600 (race two): 1, Luke Kincaid (Bremen) 4:38.28.  2, Memphis Martin (Lakeland) 4:40.47.

Intermediate medley (200-200-400-800) relay (race one): 1, Bremen (Tyrus Graverson, Dylan Goff, Hudson Fox, Luke Kincaid) 3:44.84.  2, Culver Academies 3:47.82.

Intermediate medley (200-200-400-800) relay (race two): 1, Angola (Thomas Caswell III, Alex Thomas, Gavin Kuhn, Kaden Klink) 3:51.60. 2, Westview 3:56.48.

100: 1, Coleson Kugler (Wabash) 11.37.  2, Wade Jones (Tippecanoe Valley) 11.67.

4 x 400 relay (race one): 1, Angola (Hawkins Hasselman, Ayden Copeland, Benjamin Thomas, Gavin Kuhn) 3:36.46. 2, Bremen 3:36.88.

4 x 400 relay (race two): 1, Culver Academies (Jaxson Warner, Will Dupuis, Dionte Obertein, John Afari-Aikins) 3:39.48.  2, LaVille 3:41.62.

High jump: 1, Keithyn Duncan (Angola) 5-8.  2, Lance Edison (LaVille) 5-6.

Long jump: 1, Redick Zolman (Central Noble) 20-10.  2, Alberto Fernandez (Westview) 19-5.

Shot put: 1, Nick Hofer (Fairfield) 49-0. 2, Michael Good (LaVille) 48-2.

Discus: 1, Michael Good (LaVille) 168-7.  2, Ethan Hochstetler (Fairfield) 144-11.

Pole vault: 1, Lincoln Hulsey (LaVille) 14-0. 2, Curtis Miller (Westview) 13-8.

▶ HIGH POINT AWARD: Michael Good (LaVille)

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: High school track's Goshen Relays was held Saturday