Pirate Track Finishes 4th at Sectional
The Charlestown Pirate Track team competed Thursday evening in the Jeffersonville Track & Field Sectional; and placing 4th 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 (2nd place and a personal best of 47’10” at Sectional); Steven Delaney in the 110m High Hurdles (3rd 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 2nd place with a personal best time of 44.76 sec. at Thursday’s Sectional. The following 4th 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.