Great race to finish off the season for the 4x800 at the IHSAA State Meet. Placed 13th in 7:57 in a very fast tough race. With only one senior we are excited for the future and proud of these guys!
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Congratulations to Lydia Bennett on her 11th place finish in a time of 5:08 in the 1600M Run at today’s IHSAA State Finals Track Meet
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Awesome performance by Lydia Bennett at the State Track Meet with an 11th Place finish in 5:08. Proud of her performance at her first State Track Meet.
Barons, join us Thursday night, June 2nd at 6:00 PM around the courthouse square as we hold a State walk for our 5 members of the Track Team that will compete in this weekend's State Track Meet. Athletes will begin their walk on the northwest corner of the square.
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Regional Distance Qualifiers! Lydia Bennett won the Sectionals 1600 in a PR of 5:13 and also finished 2nd in the 3200. Abby DeTray finished 3rd in the 800 in 2:31 to advance and finished 4th in the 1600 with PRs in both races.
Great distance races today at East Noble. Lydia Bennett won the John Reed Mile and the Distance Medley Team of Lydia Bennett, Olivia Woodcox, Sam Slavin, and Abby DeTray also took the win. Carter Vangessel was only 1.05 seconds from also winning the Mile but a big PR of 4:31.01.
Our 4x800 team of Nate Fillenworth, Jaren McIntire, Matthias Hefty, Carter Vangessel not only won last night at the Heritage Relays but set the new meet record! Ran a 8:22 after Carter and Matthias went 1-3 in the 1600.
All of my Cross Country Seniors will be attending great universities in the fall. Carter VanGessel (Trine), Vincent Worden (Trine), Gabe Tobierre (Elon), and Travers Mason (Notre Dame). Will miss all their contributions to the team and excited for their future.
Excited to see Carter Vangessel run at Trine next year. He has put in the work and running some great times. Also helping his teammates reach new levels of success this season and the future.
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Distance Medley team of Lydia Bennett, Sam Slavin, Abby DeTray, and Olivia Woodcox won their race tonight at the Northside Legend Relays. Lydia Bennett also won the 1600 and was named Outstanding Distance Runner for the meet.
Congratulations to our DHS Regional Science Fair Award Recipients:
Qualifiers for state: Olivia Woodcox, Christopher Schweitzer, Silas Refner, Gavin Kling, Matthias Hefty, and Olivia Rigby
Fantastic results at Indoor State! Boys 4x800 PRed with an 8:20 for 12th. Lydia Bennett PRed with a 11:26 in the 3200 for 13th. Both outperformed their seeding.
DeKalb Track is sending five runners to the Indoor Track State Meet in Bloomington at Indiana University Saturday evening. Running the 4x800 will be Carter Vangessel, Nate Fillenworth, Matthias Hefty, and Jaren McIntire. Qualifying individually in the 3200 is Lydia Bennett.
Past and future Barons raced great over the weekend.
Former Baron runner Jack Beakas ran a 24:20 5 Mile (4:54 pace) at the Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago.
DMS 8th grader Sarah Maple placed 3rd in the 3000 (10:28) and 6th in the 1500 (4:56) at the USATF JO Indoor Track Nationals.