CHS Track & Field Dominates in Season Finale
The Charlestown Pirate and Lady Pirate Track & Field regular season came to an end Tuesday evening with a dominating performance, by both the ladies and gentlemen, over visiting Southwestern, Rock Creek and Christian Academy High Schools. The Lady Pirates finished in first place as a team with 88 points, ahead of Rock Creek’s 55 points, CAI’s 38, and Southwestern’s 18 points respectively. The Pirates also garnered a first place team finish with 114 points, ahead of CAI’s 44 points, Southwestern’s 35, and Rock Creek’s 22 points respectively.
Lady Pirate First Place finishers were: Gabi Gagnon, in the 4×800 relay, and 1600M run; Alysha Flaget in the 4×800 relay, 800M run, and 4×400 relay; Whitney Andrews in the 4×800 relay, 3200M run, and 4×400 relay; Kelsey Lakes in the 4×800 relay, and 400M; Tatye Motsinger in the 100M hurdles and 300M hurdles; and Jenna Daniel in the Long Jump event.
Lady Pirate Second Place finishers were: Jenna Daniel, in the Shot Put; and Tayte Mosinger in the High Jump.
Another notable Lady Pirate performance included Freshman DeAshia King, who finished the Discus event with a personal best distance of 76’4.75”.
Pirate First Place finishers were: Eli Daniel, in the 4x100m Relay, High Jump and Long Jump events; Tyler Olsen, in the 4x100m Relay, 100m and 200m Dash events; Steven Delaney, in the 4x400m Relay, and the 110m and 300m Hurdle events; Luke Finchum, in the Shot Put; Tristan Chester, in the Discus event; TJ Jackson, in the 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay, and 400m Dash event; Trey Woodward, in the 4x100m and 4x400m Relays; Andrew Shaw, in the 4x400m Relay, and Derek Walters, in the 800m Run event.
Pirate Second Place finishers were: Brady Christman, in the Shot Put event; Garrett Woods, in the High Jump event; Syd Gieseking, in the Long Jump event; Mitchell Wurtsmith, in the 110m Hurdles; Derek Walters, in the 1600m Run; Andrew Shaw, in the 400m Dash; and Seth Parker, in the 3200m Run.
Good luck to all our runners and field event competitors during next week’s conference championships and the following week’s sectional.
The Girls MSC Championships will be held at North Harrison High School on Tuesday, May 12th beginning at 5:00 pm; and the Boys MSC Championships will be held at Corydon High School on Thursday, May 14th beginning at 5:30 pm. The Girls Track and Field Sectionals will be held at Jeffersonville HS on Tuesday, May 19th beginning at 5:00 pm; and the Boys Track and Field Sectionals will be held at Jeffersonville HS on Thursday, May 21st beginning at 5:00 pm.