Wesley Taylor Relays Showcase Area Talent

By Will Johnson
Messenger Reporter

ELKHART – The Wesley Taylor Relays were held on Monday, April 3 in Elkhart and provided a preview of some of the best athletes in the area as they ready for the upcoming district, area, regional and state competitions in the next month.

At the team level, the Elkhart Lady Elks finished in first place with a total of 250 points. The Groveton Lady Indians were a distant second with 110 points. Other schools competing at the track meet included Buffalo, Cayuga, Latexo and Leon. 

The scoring was based on a point system where 10 points were awarded for first place, eight for second, six for third, four for fourth, two for fifth and one for sixth. In the relay events, the points were doubled.

The top six finishers are listed below.

Long Jump: 1) Ashley Buck – Elkhart – 16’4″; 2) Keondra White – Elkhart – 14’11”; 3) Tori Wars – Groveton – 14’6 1/2″; 4) Jamie Ward – Cayuga – 14’5 1/4″; 5) Mollie Dittmar – Buffalo – 14’3 1/2″; and 6) Madison Carder – Elkhart – 14’2″.

Shot Put: Tie 1) Kerstin Humphries and Jabria Simmons – Elkhart – 34’8 1/2″; 3) Bradley –                Buffalo – 30’4″; 4) Camryn Davidson – Leon – 29’71/2″; 5) Aimee – Groveton – 29’2″; and 6) Jayci Moseley – Elkhart – 28’7″.

Discus: 1) Kaydee Honeycutt – Leon – 99’8″; 2) Jayci Moseley – Elkhart – 92″; 3) Kerstin Humphries – Elkhart – 91’7″; 4) Harleigh McEnturff – Elkhart – 84’2″; 5) Madi Poland – Cayuga – 77’4″; and 6) Mollie Dittmar – Buffalo – 74’5″.

Triple Jump: 1) Ashley Buck – Elkhart – 33’7 1/2″; 2) Alysse Caveness – Groveton – 31’3″; 3) McKenzie – Buffalo – 30’5″; 4) Mollie Dittmar – Buffalo – 30’3″; 5) Naomi Williams – Elkhart – 30’2 1/4″; and 6) Brandi Jo Brownlow – Cayuga – 30′.

High Jump: 1) Madison Crader – Elkhart – 5’2″; 2) Rylee Reeves – Elkhart – 4’8″; and 3) Lauren Vaughn – Cayuga – 4’4″.

Pole Vault: 1) Leeanna Shotwell – Groveton – 8’6″; 2) Stormi Lane – Cayuga – 8′; 3) Chloe Ives – Elkhart – 7′; 3) Carmen Turner – Groveton – 7’; 5) Morgon – Buffalo – 6’6″.

3200m: 1) Brittany Bergman – Groveton – 13:09.3; 2) Tori Salley – Leon – 13:39.1; 3) Raelynn Thesiss – Leon – 14:03.6; 4) Kelsey Patterson – Latexo – 14.09.03; 5) Jennifer Hernandez – Groveton – 14:24.6; and 6) Kathryn Esparza – Elkhart – 14:48.0.

4 x 100m Relay: 1) Elkhart – 52.36; 2) Cayuga – 52.54; 3) Groveton – 53.31; and 4)  Leon – 60.12.

800m: 1) Tori Salley – Leon – 2.39.73; 2) Ashley Buck – Elkhart – 2:44.1; 3) Kasey Drinkard – Groveton – 2:44.4; 4) Hunter Gilmore – Elkhart – 2:44.6; 5) Reyes – Buffalo – 2:51.5; and 6) Clark – Cayuga – 2:54.6.

100m Hurdles: 1) Brenda Barnett – Elkhart – 16.28; 2) Rylee Reeves – Elkhart – 17.12; 3)Annalisa Trevino – Elkhart – 18.63; 4) Coad – Latexo – 18.82; 5) Ashley Rumley – Groveton – 19.84; and 6) Brandi Jo Br
ownlow – Cayuga – 19.9.

100m: 1) Stormi Lane –   Cayuga – 12.62; 2) Bradley – Buffalo – 13.56; 3) Shaquee Horace – Groveton – 13.57; 4) Alyssa Villalobos – Elkhart – 13.67; 5) Megan Bailey – Elkhart – 13.75; and 6) Keondra White – Elkhart – 13.84.

4 x200m Relay: 1) Elkhart – 1:51.2; 2) Groveton – 1:54.5; and 3) Cayuga 1:57.8.

400m: 1) Monique Ashford – Elkhart – 01:02.6; 2) Kaydee Honeycutt – Leon – 01:03.1; 3) Rivera – Leon – 1:04.4; 4) Maddie Turner – Groveton – 1:05.8; 5) Skylar Craus – Groveton – 1:06.4; and 6) Alyssa Villalobos – Elkhart – 1:06.8.

300m Hurdles: 1) Rylee Reeves – Elkhart – 48.23; 2) Brenda Barnett – Elkhart – 52.07; 3) Annalisa Trevino – Elkhart – 54.67; 4) Brandi Jo Brownlow – Cayuga – 55.74; 5) Ashley Rumley – Groveton – 56.11; 6) Slay – Buffalo – 1:04.3.

200m: 1) Monique Ashford – Elkhart – 26.21; 2) Stormi Lane – Cayuga – 26.77; 3) Samya Cook – Elkhart – 27.89; 4) Jamie Ward – Cayuga – 28.66; 5) Alysse Cavness – Groveton – 29.09; and 6) Shaquee Horace – Groveton – 29.29.

1600m: 1) Brittany Bergman – Groveton – 5:51.6; 2) Tori Salley – Leon – 6:13.4; 3) Kelsey Patterson – Latexo – 6:19.6; 4) Kathryn Esparza – Elkhart – 6:32.5; 5) Ceja – Leon – 6:32.7; and 6) Kyla Brent – Leon – 6:36.9.

4x400m Relay: 1) Elkhart – 4:14.0; 2) Groveton – 4:21.8; and 3) Leon – 4:23.1.

Will Johnson may be contacted via e-mail at [email protected].