Boys

On a cold, windy Friday night, the Pirate and Lady Pirate track teams headed to Corydon Central High School for the annual Stargazer track meet. After some great individual, and relay performances, the Pirates ended up in 2nd place with 94 points, out of the twelve team meet. Capturing first place honors were, Steven Delaney in the 110 and 300 hurdles, Brendan Lawler in the Long Jump, and Luke Finchum in the Shot Put. Also winning 1st place was the 4×1 team of Lawler, Charles Dickens, Mitch Wurtsmith, and Trey Woodward. Those winning second place were, Mitch Wurtsmith in the 110 hurdles, Trey Woodward in the 100 and 200 dash, and the 4×4 relay team of Delaney, Woodward, Bo Braunecker, and Drashaun Marrow. When asked about the meet, Head Coach Jerry Doyle stated, “I could not have been more proud of how the guys competed, in some pretty tough conditions. I look forward to next week, where we will be in a 4-way at Providence on Tuesday, New Albany Relays on Thursday and on Friday the 4×1 relay team as well as Steven Delaney will be traveling to Lafayette Jeff High School for the Sprinters Showcase.” Great job Pirates and best of luck this week!

Girls

The Lady Pirate team finished in third place out of ten teams at the Corydon Stargazer event on Friday night. For the Lady Pirates, first place finishes included DeAsia King in the Shot Put and Carley Conway in the Long Jump. Second place finishes for the Lady Pirates included King in Discus and Ilayah Keltner in the 100. Other notable finishes included Katie Rhodes, finishing fourth in the 3200 and 5th in the 4×800 (Conway, Rhodes, Gurr, Lakes). The 4×100 relay team finished fourth. When asked about their performance, Head Coach Kim Carroll stated, “This is the best overall performance at Stargazer for CHS Girls Track. Outstanding performances by DeAsia and Carly taking 1st place in their events, and Ilayah and DeAsia taking 2nd place in their events. Most all girls scored points for us and improvement in times/distances from our first meet. It was a great team effort and experience to participate in Stargazer.” Next up for the Lady Pirates: They will join the boys at Providence tomorrow, and they are traveling to Silver Creek on Friday for a girls only invitational.

Great job by our Pirate and Lady Pirate track teams!

Pirate and Lady Pirate Track & Field hosted New Washington and Rock Creek Tuesday evening in their season opener.  The Lady Pirates scored 131 to win the girls meet over Rock Creek’s 33 and New Washington’s 28.  The Lady Pirates won the shot put (Daniel), long jump (Conway & Keltner), discus (King), 4×800 relay, 100m Hurdles (Abel), 400m dash (Wight), 800m run (Mitchell) and the 4x400m relay.

The Pirates nearly swept all events (except two) finishing with 101 points to New Washington’s 20 and Rock Creek’s 20.  The Pirates won the shot put (Finchum), long jump (Lawler), discus (Braunecker), 4×800 relay, 100m hurdles (Delaney), 100m dash (Woodward), 1600m run (McCoy), 4x100m relay, 300m hurdles (Delaney), 800m run (Morrow), 200m dash (Woodward), 3200m run (McCoy), and 4x400m relay.

“We had a great first meet against New Washington and Rock.  We had many personal records set in our first meet of the season!  I am excited about the season, and very happy with the direction in which the Pirate and Lady Pirates track team is headed”, commented Coach Jerry Doyle.

Track & Field is back in action Thursday at Salem versus Clarksville and Salem.

The Charlestown Pirate Track team competed Thursday evening in the Jeffersonville Track & Field Sectional; and placing 4^th overall out of 12 teams.  Charlestown finished ahead of Henryville, Madison, Southwestern, Rock Creek, Switzerland County, Austin, Shawe and New Washington.  The Pirates finished behind Silver Creek, Jeffersonville and Scottsburg (by 13 points).  The following Pirates are moving on to regional meet next Thursday at Bloomington North High School:  Trey Woodward in the 100M dash; Luke Finchum in the Shot Put (2^nd place and a personal best of 47’10” at Sectional); Steven Delaney in the 110m High Hurdles (3^rd place and a personal best time of 15.85 sec. at Sectional); Andrew Shaw in the High Jump; and the 4×100 Relay team of  Brenden Lawler, Mitch Wurtsmith, Andrew Shaw, & Trey Woodward.  The 4×100 team finished in 2^nd place with a personal best time of 44.76 sec. at Thursday’s Sectional.  The following 4^th place  Sectional finishers that may still qualify for the regional meet are:  Lawler- Long Jump, Woodward- 200M dash, Delaney- 300 M hurdles,  and Wurtsmith – 110 HH.  Congratulations on an outstanding Sectional Meet Pirates, good luck at next week’s Regional Meet.

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Track & Field team made the short trip to Jeffersonville High School this week to compete in the mostly rainy Sectional meet.  Two Lady Pirates, Jenna Daniel and Tayte Motsinger, qualified in Sectional events to advance to next Tuesday’s Regional Meet at Bloomington North HS.  Jenna placed second in the Long Jump event with a personal best of 15’9.75”, and Tayte Motsinger finished second in the 100 meter Hurdles, making the Regional cut.  Tayte also finished 6^th in 300 meter Hurdles.  Additional Charlestown Sectional results of note include:

Ilanyah Keltner finished 7^th in 100M; 4x100M Relay finished 5^th with Molly Braunecker, Ilanyah Keltner, Cheyenne Hawk, Jenna Daniel; 4x400M Relay finished 6^th with Molly Braunecker, Alexis Gurr, Tayte Motsinger, Gabi Gagnon; and DeAsia King finished 6^th in Discus.

“Despite the continuous rain all night, the girls did well.  I am proud of the effort, and hard work each girl put into the season.  Every girl improved their personal records throughout the season, we continued to improve individually and as a team.  Jenna and Tayte did an excellent job in their in events” commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Kim Carroll.

The Charlestown HS Boys Track and Field team waited an extra day to get to make the trip to Corydon Central to compete in the MSC championship meet.  Taking a team of 10, the Pirates were able to come up with a 4th place finish. Many great efforts and some PR’s set again has us excited about Sectional next week at Jeffersonville.  Notable finishes last night include:

2nd place: 4 x100 relay team of Brenden Lawler, Mitch Wurtsmith, Andrew Shaw & Trey Woodward; 4 x 400 relay team of Woodard, Amado Gomez, Steven Delany, Shaw (PR of 3:42); 100 M Dash – Woodward (PR of 11.4); 110 HH – Delaney; 300 Hurdles- Delaney (PR of 42.29);

3rd place: 300 Hurdles – Wurtsmith (PR of 42.74); 200 M Dash- Woodward; Long Jump- Lawler; Shot Put – Luke Finchum.

4th place: High Jump – Shaw

Teh Girsl Track and Field team finished seventh this week at the MSC Championship meet; with a notable finish by DeAsia King in the discus event.  King improved her personal record from 81′ to 98′ 3/4.