SHELBYVILLE — The Mid-Hoosier Conference track meet found a handful of local teams competing for conference bragging rights Tuesday night, and the Hauser girls found the most success by finishing in second with 118 1/2 points.
North Decatur won the girls meet with 158 points. South Decatur placed fifth with 62, and Edinburgh was seventh with 27.
On the boys side, the Jets came in third place with 102 points, while South Decatur was fifth with 50 and Edinburgh seventh with nine. Southwestern (Shelby) won with 142.
“I think that the girls did their very best,” Hauser girls coach April Dalton said. “We’re low on numbers, so it’s hard for us to win a meet when we only have one girl for some events, but they worked their hardest, and we had so many conference firsts.”
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Grace Hasler put together an unforgettable performance for the Jets in winning three events. Grace Hasler won the 100- and 300-meter hurdle events for the fourth consecutive year at conference, breaking her own meet record in the latter at 47.10 seconds. Hasler also won the 100 in 13.18.
“It’s hard to kind of find anything to say except, I am really happy with it,” Hasler said. “My coach has always been great, and my parents are incredible. But afterwards, it felt really great, because that’s what I’ve been looking to accomplish this year is a time like that.”
Marnie Schwartzkopf won the 800 (2:30.70), and Hauser’s 4×100 relay won in 52.73. Erin Newcomb placed second in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches), and while Grace Isley placed third in the 200 (28.88).
South Decatur was led by a second place finish from Brianna Browder in the shot put (26-05.75). Sierra Kalli took third in the 1,600 (6:47.74) and fourth in the 3,200 (14:53.81).
Taylor Tatlock won the discus for Edinburgh, throwing 104-0. She also placed third in the 400 (1:05.74).
The Hauser boys did not have a first-place winner, but were led by top-two finishes from Joe Hunter in the long jump (18- 8 3/4), Ryan Ault in the 1600 (4:57.07), Eugune Wangilia in the 400 (55.71) and David Seelye in the 3,200 (10:45.02).
“We had a lot of (personal records) tonight, which I was pleased with,” Hauser boys coach Ben Finke said. “That’s the best we have done in a really long time, and I’m just really happy with the way they have worked. From here on out, we will just keep getting better.”
Trent Nobbe won the 110 hurdles (16.424) and 300 (44.26), and Jacobi Shook finished in third in the shot (38-8 1/2) for South Decatur.
Edinburgh’s Josh Roberts placed fifth in the 400 (58.71) and sixth in the 100 (12.44).
