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Saturday, April 22, 2000

PEDRO – So what will we do different without Robby Isaacs?

Nothing.

Even though Chesapeake track star was out with a pulled muscle, the Panthers still won the Rock Hill Invitational.

The Panthers won five events and used their depth to beat the Ironton Fighting Tigers by 13 points.

Danny Wassell was a key factor for the Panthers, but Luke Beach upset his teammate in the high jump with a leap of 6-foot. Wassell managed 5-10.

Still, Wassell had plenty of success. He won the 400 with a 50.7 time and his 23.1 clocking won the 200.

Ironton continued to improve and had a solid team effort in climbing up the ranks to second place.

"Our throwers did a great job," Ironton coach Greg Cronacher said. "Harmon had a good meet again, but Ryan McClellan had a heck of a meet. He just keeps getting better and better."

McClellan surprised the field by running a 4:54.8 to win the 1600 meters, just ahead of Coal Grove’s Isaac Wood. McClellan also placed second in the 800 meters behind Chesapeake’s Ryan Slone who ran a 2:08.6 winning time. McClellan ran a 2:10.9.

On the throwing end, Mark Gleichauf and Erique Bacon turned in personal bests. Gleichauf hurled the discus 156-10 and was second in the event. Bacon heaved the shot put 48-6 to finish third, just two inches out of second place.

Ironton’s Jason Harmon was a double winner as he had his best jump in winning the long jump at 21-5 1/4. His 15.5 clocking won over Fairland’s Jack Girgis in the 110 meter hurdles. Harmon was third in the 300 hurdles behind Girgis and Chesapeake’s Michael Hunt.

The Fighting Tigers 400 relay team of ran a winning 45.0 time.

Coal Grove’s Jeff Hamilton had a good meet as he won the pole vault by clearing 12-6 and placing third in the long jump.

In the girls meet, Rock Hill came away with a 15-point win over the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers. Ironton had six first place finishes to five for the Redwomen, but depth was the determining factor.

"We tried to spread things out and get as much as we could, but we just didn’t have enough depth," Ironton coach Tim Thomas said.

"We had some good performances, we just came up short. I was fairly pleased with our performance, but we need to get better."

Rock Hill’s Jessica Kerns came away with three first place finishes. She took the long jump at 15-8 1/2, the high jump at 5-foot-2, and the 100 meter hurdles (15.8 seconds).

Taking the other two first places for the Redwomen were Rachel Hartwig in the 1600 (5:49.6) and Crystal Bamer in the discus with a toss of 101-7 1/2.

Ironton’s Rachael Perry won the 100 meter dash at 12.9 seconds and placed second in two other events, the 200 (28.0), and the 400 (1:05.2). Teammate Ashley Neal, a freshman, won the 400 with a 1:05.0 time.

Sarah Herman took the 300 hurdles with a 51.2 clocking. Herman also ran on three winning relay teams.

Christy Lilly, Alisa Philabaun, Shay Hannon, and Herman ran a 53.6 to win the 400 relay. Marlie Ford, Philabaun, Lilly, and Herman had a combined 1:52.4 time to win the 800 relay, and Herman, Philabaun, Neal, and Perry won the 1600 relay with a 4:30.8 time.

South Point’s Deidra Layne won the 200 dash by two-tenths of a second over Perry, Chesapeake’s Laura King had the top throw in the shot put (31-7), Coal Grove’s Jennifer Christian was first in the 800 (2;33.6), and Fairland’s Chelsea Walls claimed a win in the 3200 with a 13:21.2 time.

Fairland hosts its invitational on Friday, and Portsmouth has its meet on Saturday.

Rock Hill Invitational

Boys Team Finish

1. Chesapeake, 2. Ironton, 3. Russell, 4. Coal Grove, 5. Fairland, 6. South Point, 7. Rock Hill, 8. Spring Valley.

Field Events

Shot Put – 1. Bailey (Ru) 50-2 1/2, 2. McPeak (Ru) 48-8, 3. Bacon (Ir) 48-6, 4. Wynn (CG) 45-7, 5. Wiley (Ch) 43-10, 6. Smith (SP) 43-9 3/4.

Discus – 1. McPeak (Ru) 160-10, 2. Gleichauf (Ir) 156-10, 3. Smith (SP) 145-2 1/2, 4. Hicks (CG) 140-9, 5. Bailey (Ru) 134-11, 6. Arden (Ir) 129-11.

Long Jump – 1. Harmon (Ir) 21-5 1/4, 2. Clark (Ru) 20-9 3/4, 3. Hamilton (CG) 20-4 7/8, 4. Wright (Fa) 19-3 1/2, 5. Hunt (Ch) 19-0 1/4, 6. Smith (CG) 18-11 7/8,.

High Jump – 1. Beach (Ch) 6-0, 2. Wassell (Ch) 5-10, 3. Mootz (RH) 5-8, 4. Joseph (RH) 5-6, 5. Johnson (Ru) 5-4, 6. Wilson (CG) 5-2.

Pole Vault – 1. Hamilton (CG) 12-6, 2. Barnette (Ru) 12-0, 3. Garl (SP) 12-0, 4. Ansell (Ch) 9-6, 5. Collins (Ir) 9-6, 6. Lake (Ru) 9-6.

Running Events

110 M Hurdles – 1. Harmon (Ir) 15.5, 2. Girgis (F) 15.9, 3. Garl (SP) 16.4, 4. Brammer (Ch) 16.6, 5. Adkins (Ch) 16.7, 6. Goodwin (SV) 17.1.

100 M Dash – 1. Clark (Ru) 11.3, 2. Brown (Fa) 11.3, 3. Lunsford (RH) 11.7, 4. Jamie (Fa) 11.7, 5. Adams (CG) 11.8, 6. Terry (SP) 11.8.

1600 M Run – 1. McClellan (Ir) 4:54.8, 2. Wood (CG) 4:56.2, 3. Maynard (SP) 5:02.3, 4. Holland (Ch) 5:04.3, 5. Sloan (SV) 5:08.0, 6. Hosey (RH) 5:284.

400 M Dash – 1. Wassell (Ch) 50.7, 2. McKnight (Ru) 52.9, 3. Scott (Ir) 54.0, 4. Perry (Ch) 54.6, 5. Parker (SV) 54.9, 6. Morrison (Ir) 56.3.

300 M Hurdles – 1. Girgis (Fa) 42.3, 2. Hunt (Ch) 42.7, 3. Harmon (Ir) 44.2, 4. Brammer (Ch) 44.7, 5. Garl (SP) 45.4, 6. Barnette (Ru) 45.5.

800 M Run – 1. Slone (Ch) 2:08.6, 2. McClellan (Ir) 2:10.9, 3. Monnig (CG) 2:11.6, 4. Fulton (Ch) 2:14.6, 5. Bruce (CG) 2:16.8, 6. Slayton (SV) 2:20.2.

200 M Dash – 1. Wassell (Ch) 23.1, 2. Brown (Fa) 23.7, 3. Adams (CG) 24.0, 4. Terry (SP) 24.3, 5. Hamilton (CG) 24.4, 6. Jefferies (SP) 24.5.

3200 M Run – Not available.

Relays

4×100 – 1. Ironton 45.0, 2. South Point 46.4, 3. Coal Grove 46.5, 4. Chesapeake 47.4, 5. Russell 48.6, 6. Rock Hill 49.3.

4×400 – Not available.

4×800 – 1. Chesapeake 8:55.0, 2. Coal Grove 9:01.1, 3. Russell 9:11.1, 4. South Point 9:13.5, 5. Fairland 9:50.4, 6. Rock Hill 9:56.5.

Girls Team Scores

1. Rock Hill 104.5, 2. Ironton 89, 3. Chesapeake 73, 4. (tie) Spring Valley, Coal Grove 44, 6. Fairland 40, 7. South Point 38.

Field Events

Shot Put – 1. King (Ch) 31-7, 2. Sparks (Fa) 31-6, 3. Jackson (CG) 31-1 3/4, 4. McQuaid (Ch) 29-9, 5. Gregory (SV) 29-8 1/2, 6. Johnson (SP) 25-8.

Discus – 1. Bamer (RH) 101-7 1/2, 2. King (Ch) 98-1, 3. Keeney (Fa) 90-8 1/2, 4. Preston (Ir) 87-11, 5. Brumfield (Fa) 82-9 1/2, 6. Jackson (CG) 79-7.

Long Jump – 1. Kerns (RH) 15-8 1/2, 2. Layne (SP) 15-8, 3. Hacker (RH) 14-9 1/2, 4. Philabaun (Ir) 14-6 1/4, 5. Pollack (Ch), 6. Hannon (Ir).

High Jump – 1. Kerns (RH) 5-2, 2. (tie) Christian (Ch), Lilly (Ir) 4-6, 4. Harmon (CG) 4-4, 5. Patterson (CG) 4-4, 6. Artrip (Ch) 4-0.

Running Events

100 M Hurdles – 1. Kerns (RH) 15.8, 2. McDonie (RH) 17.7, 3. Wassell (Ch) 18.4, 4. Christian (Ch) 18.6, 5. Perry (SV) 18.8, 6. Wineka (CG) 19.3.

100 M Dash – 1. Perry (Ir) 12.9, 2. Layne (SP) 13.1, 3. Preston (Ch) 13.4, 4. Hall (Ch) 13.7, 5. Bonzo (RH) 13.9, 6. Lithincum (SP) 13.9.

1600 M Run – 1. Hartwig (RH) 5:49.6, 2. Walls (Fa) 5:54.3, 3. Duncan (SV) 6:22.9, 4. McDonie (RH) 6:35.5, 5. Collins (Ir) 6:40.2, 6. Rolloson (SP) 6:52.1.

400 M Dash – 1. Neal (Ir) 1:05.0, 2. Perry (Ir) 1:05.2, 3. Stiltner (Ch) 1:08.4, 4. Hall (CG) 1:09.9, 5. Reynolds (SV) 1:13.1, 6. Lunsford (RH) 1:14.9.

300 M Hurdles – 1. Herman (Ir) 51.2, 2. Perry (SV) 45.0, 3. Wineka (CG) 54.1, 4. Kerns (RH) 55.2, 5. Christian (Ch) 55.7, 6. McDonie (RH) 56.3.

800 M Run – 1. Christian CG) 2:33.6, 2. Walls (Fa) 2:38.5, 3. Hartwig (RH) 2:44.7, 4. Cook (SV) 2:52.8, 5. Pleasant (Ir) 2:55.2, 6. Roloson (SP) 3:01.6.

200 M Dash – 1. Layne (SP) 27.8, 2. Perry (Ir) 28.0, 3. Lilly (Ir) 28.4, 4. Preston (Ch) 29.2, 5. Bonzo (RH) 29.3, 6. Linthicum (SP) 29.7.

3200 M Run – 1. Walls (Fa) 13:21.2, 2. Duncan (SV) 13;42.9, 3. Collins (Ir) 15:15.4, 4. Bonecutter (SP) 15:47.8.

Relays

4×100 – 1. Ironton (Herman, Lilly, Philabaun, Hannon) 53.6, 2. Rock Hill 55.0, 3. Chesapeake 55.4, 4. Spring Valley 58.5, 5. Coal Grove 1:00.2.

4×200 – 1. Ironton (Herman, Lilly, Philabaun, Ford) 1:52.4, 2. Rock Hill 1:56.4, 3. Chesapeake 1:57.7, 4. Coal Grove 2:00.1, 5. Spring Valley 2:13.9.

4×400 – 1. Ironton (Herman, Philabaun, Neal, Perry) 4:30.8, 2. NA.

4×800 – 1. Spring Valley 11:52.9, 2. Coal Grove 11:53.4, 3. Rock Hill 12:04.5, 4. South Point 12:04.8, 5. Chesapeake 12:34.2.