The Charlestown HS Track Meet hosting Scottsburg and Austin has been cancelled due to tonight’s impending weather.

Charlestown High School Boys and Girls Track teams competed in the annual Pirate Relays Wednesday night, hosted at Charlestown High School.  The Pirate boys and girls teams both placed 3^rd respectively; but overall their combined scores were good enough to earn the Event Boys and Girls Combined Team Champions Trophy; beating Corydon, Crawford Co, Austin, North Harrison and Scottsburg.

Lady Pirate finishes of note included:  1^st place: Long Jump – Molly Brauneker / Ilanya Keltner; and 800M Relay combo of Molly Brauneker, Cheyanne, Ilanya Ketner, & Tayte Motsinger.  2^nd place: High Jump – Tayte Motsinger / Cheyanne Hawk; Shuttle Hurdles – Tayte Motsinger / Carrley Shreve; the 1600M Relay combination of Carrley Shreve, Gabi Gagnon, Molly Brauneker, & Alexis Gurr; and the Sprint Medley combo of Ilanya Ketner, Carrley Shreve, Gabi Gagnon, and Alexis Gurr.

Pirate finishes of note included:  1^st place:  Long Jump, Shuttle Hurdle Relay, and the 1600M Relay combination.  2^nd place: High Jump, 400M & 800M relays.

“I am so proud of the girls.  We had 9 girls competing, several girls had 4 events.  Adia Wells, Alex Chester, and Cheyanne Hawk, Molly Brauneker, Ilanya Ketner had personal bests in their field events.  I cannot remember the last time the track teams won the Combined Team Champion Trophy”, commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Kim Carroll.

The Charlestown High School Girls and Boys Track and Field team participated in the Providence four way meet Tuesday evening in Clarksville; both Pirate teams finished second.  The Lady Pirates scored 52 points (30 points behind Henryville), and ahead of host Providence (48) and Rock Creek (34).  Individual Lady Pirate Results of note included Jenna Daniel’s 1^st in the long jump, 1st in shot put, and 3^rd in 4×100 relay; Tayte Motsinger finished 1^st in 100 Hurdles, 2^nd in the high jump, and 3^rd in the 300 Hurdles; Molly Bruaneker finished 3^rd in 4×100 and 4×400 relays, and 4^th in the 200M run; Gabi Gagnon posted a 3rd place finish in the 800M run, the 4×400 relay, and the 1600M run; DeAsia King finished 1^st place in the shot put, and 3^rd in the discus events; Adia Wells finished 3rd in the shot put, and 5th discus events; Ilanya Ketner finished 3^rd in the long jump, and 4×100 relay, and 4^th in the 100M; Carrley Shreve finished 3^rd in the 100 Hurdles; and Alexia Gurr finished 3^rd in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays, as well as 4^th in the 1600M run, and 5^th in the 800M run.  “Several girls had personal bests in their events.  With only 11 girls on the team, I am pleased with results individually and as a team. The girls are improving each meet”, commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Kim Carroll.

The Pirate boys team finish 2nd to host Providence and ahead of Henryville and Rock Creek;  Individual Pirate Results of note included 1st place finishers Andrew Shaw (high jump, & 400 dash), and Steven Delaney (110 & 300 hurdles).  Pirate 2nd place finishers Steven Delaney (High jump), Trey Woodward (100 & 200 dash), Mitch Wurtsmith (110 hurdles), Luke Finchum (shot put), and the 4X800 relay team of Morrow, Parker, Applegate, Bower, and the 4X100 relay team of Lawler, Gieseking, Gomez, Woodward.  Seth Parker recorded a 3rd place finish in the 800 meter run.  “It was a good showing against some very good competition. It was so nice to have a meet in beautiful weather. I look for our guys to keep working hard and keep improving, so that we can be ready for conference and sectional”, commented Pirate Head Coach Jerry Doyle.  The teams travel to New Albany on Thursday for the New Albany Relays.

Some of the hottest athletes in Charlestown right now are running track and competing in field events as Pirates and Lady Pirates at Charlestown High School; not only are their numbers up, but so their results.  Charlestown Track & Field started the season off on the 5th by soundly defeating the boys and girls of New Washington, Christian Academy and Rock Creek.  The Lady Pirates won 100 and 300 hurdle events (Tatye Motsinger), the discus event (DeAsia King), the long jump (Jenna Daniel), and the 4×400 (Molly Brauneker, Alexis Gurr, Tatye Motsinger, and Gabi Gagnon).  The Pirates won the 110 hurdles event (Mitch Wurtsmith), 300 hurdles event (Steven Delaney), the 100 and 300 dash events (Trey Woodward), the shot put event (Luke Finchum), the long jump event (Brenden Lawler), and the 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams.

Two days later, Pirate and Lady Pirate Track traveled to Clarksville for a three way meet including Salem.  The Lady Pirates won 100 dash (Ilayah Keltner), the 300 hurdle and long jump events (Tatye Motsinger), the discus event (DeAsia King), the long jump (Jenna Daniel), and the 1×400 relay team.  The Pirates won the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles events (Steven Delaney), the 100 and 300 dash events (Trey Woodward), the 400 run event (Andrew Shaw), the shot put event (Luke Finchum), the long jump event (Brenden Lawler), and the 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams.  Charlestown handily defeated both Salem and Clarksville.

When Charlestown showed up last Friday for Corydon’s annual Stargazer event, the Pirates finished a surprising third and the Lady Pirates seventh out of eleven team fields.  Tatye Motsinger finished second in the 300 hurdle event, and Jenna Daniel won the Long Jump and placed second in the shot put.  Pirate Steven Delaney finished second in the 110 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles, Brendan Lawler finished second in the long jump and the 4×400 relay team finished third.

Charlestown Track and Field in back in action Tuesday at the Providence four way meet; for more information log on to www.PiratePride.BLUE/Track-Field.

The Charlestown Pirate Track & Field team made the short trip to Jeffersonville High School Thursday evening for Sectional Meet competition of the 2015 State Tournament.  When all was said and done, six Pirates in five different events qualified to move on to next Thursday’s Boys Regional Track & Field meet at Bloomington North High School.  Pirate Senior Tyler Olsen finished second in the 100 Meter Dash Finals with a time of 11.92; Pirate Senior TJ Jackson finished third in the 400 Meter Dash with a time of 52.64; Pirate Senior Eli Daniel tied for third in the High Jump, with a leap of 5′-10″; and Pirate Senior Tristan Chester finished third in the Discus Throw, with a throw of 138′ – 8″.

Additionally, the Pirate 4×100 Meter Relay team of Eli Daniel, TJ Jackson, Tyler Olsen, Trey Woodward, and Andrew Shaw finished second in the finals in a time of 45.50 seconds.  The Pirate 4×100 Relay team finished less than a second out of Jeffersonville’s first place team.

All of the before mentioned Pirates will compete in Thursday’s Regional Meet at Bloomington North High School.  Final Sectional team scores:  1) Jeffersonville 159; 2) Silver Creek 123; 3) Madison 74; 4) Scottsburg 66; 5) Charlestown 59; 6) Henryville 34; 7) Austin 28; 8) Rock Creek Academy 24; 9) Switzerland County 20; 10) Southwestern (Hanover) 16; 11) New Washington 11; and 12) Shawe Memorial 9.

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Track & Field team competed in Sectionals at Jeffersonville High Tuesday night.  Charlestown finished seven out of twelve schools in team scoring; however produced some additional newsworthy results for Pirate Nation.  The 4 x 800 relay team of Whitney Andrews, Kelsey Lakes, Gabi Gagnon, and Alysha Flaget will advance to next Tuesday’s Track & Field Regional Meet at Bloomington North, after finishing third in the Sectional Final.  The Lady Pirate 4 x 800 team also set another school record in the event with a time of 10:51.90.  Additional noteworthy Charlestown finishes include Jenna Daniel’s 4th place Sectional finish in long jump, and 8th in shot put event; Gabi Gagnon’s 8th place finish in 1600 meter run; Tayte Motsinger 5th place finish in 300 hurdles; Alysha Flaget’s 4th place in the 800 Meter run; and Whitney Andrews’ 5th place Sectional finish in 3200 meter run.  Jenna Daniel, Tayte Motsinger, Alysah Flaget and DeAshia King had finished with personal records in their respective events.  “I am proud of all the girls.  Each girl has improved throughout the season and it showed tonight!!  Our 4×800 relay team has broke the school record 4 times this season”, stated Coach Kim Carroll after the meet.

CONGRATS LADIES ON AN OUTSTANDING NIGHT REPRESENTING PIRATE NATION; AND BEST OF LUCK TO THE LADY PIRATE 4 X 800 RELAY TEAM NEXT TUESDAY AT THE STATE REGIONAL MEET.

Due to construction at Corydon, the Boys Track & Field Mid-Southern Conference Championships, scheduled for Thursday, May 14th beginning at 5:30 pm, has been moved to Salem High School.