It was quite the weekend for NKY track and field athletes. Not only did three teams come back with state titles, but plenty of individuals finished on the podium in the three meets that took place at the University of Kentucky’s Track and Field Complex.
Listed below are podium finishers from NKY in Class 3A from Saturday’s state meet.
Class AAA
BOYS
4×800 relay
4th place – Cooper (Noah Miller, Paul Van Laningham, Salah Farah, Preston Winiger) 8:06.56
5th place – Conner (Dawson Benjamin, Charlie Hanak, Joey Carroll, Nathan Hopper) 8:07.14
1,600 meters
1st place – Tiger Bartlett, Ryle (4:14.25)
300 meter hurdles
2nd place – Branton Koroly, Campbell County (39.65)
800 meters
1st place – Evan A. Smith, Ryle (1:54.40)
4th place – Preston Winiger, Cooper (1:56.28)
5th place – Nicholas Kopp, Dixie Heights (1:56.40)
3,200 meters
2nd place – Joey Carroll, Conner (9:08.99)
5th place – Paul Van Laningham, Cooper (9:15.75)
4×400 relay
6th place – Cooper (Alex Prevatte, Landon LaCroix, Preston Winiger, Elijah Harrison) 3:27.30
Shot put
5th place – Tenzing Lindeman, Highlands (49-6.75)
Discus
7th place – Tenzing Lindeman, Highlands (143-10)
Long jump
2nd place – Brayden Polly, Simon Kenton (21-10.75)
Triple jump
4th place – Evan M. Smith, Ryle (45-2.5)
High jump
4th place – Brayden Polly, Simon Kenton (6-02)
Pole vault
3rd place – Ethan Southerland, Ryle (15-06)
7th place – Corey Freihofer, Cooper (13-00)
GIRLS
4×800 relay
2nd place – Campbell County (Allison McKee, Aidan Christopher, Lila Dunlevy, Olivia Holbrook) 9:30.83
5th place – Notre Dame (Norah Barker, Kelsey Weil, Cameron Kirtley, Kate Blettner) 9:48.43
100 meter hurdles
6th place – Kate Resing, Notre Dame (16.24)
8th place – Lacey Klare, Scott (16.42)
100 meter dash
2nd place – Isabella Vonlehman, Conner (12.11)
6th place – Alexis Howard, Simon Kenton (12.26)
4×200 relay
6th place – Dixie Heights (Jalynn Brooks, Emily Bruns, Kya Jones, London Williams) 1:46.89
4×100 relay
6th place – Dixie Heights (Alayna Hocker, Jalynn Brooks, Kya Jones, London Williams) 50.25
400 meters
8th place – Kate Blettner, Notre Dame (58.80)
300 meter hurdles
4th place – Emily Bruns, Dixie Heights (46.80)
800 meters
2nd place – Olivia Holbrook, Campbell County (2:16.37)
200 meters
3rd place – Isabella Vonlehman, Conner (24.99)
3,200 meters
6th place – Maddie Strong, Scott (11:05.24)
4×400 relay
2nd place – Notre Dame (Ella Long, Norah Barker, Cameron Kirtley, Kate Blettner) 4:06.14
Shot put
1st place – Viktoriya Emelianova, Ryle (40-2.5)
8th place – Ava Dunn, Cooper (34-09)
Discus
1st place – Ari Carter, Dixie Heights (122-00)
Long jump
1st place – Alexis Howard, Simon Kenton (18-00)
5th place – Leigh-Nicole Cramer, Simon Kenton (17-02)
Triple jump
2nd place – Alexis Howard, Simon Kenton (37-9.5)
5th place – Tatjana Andracenk, Dixie Heights (35-11.75)
High jump
t-4th place – Caroline Hooper, Dixie Heights (5-00)
Pole vault
5th place – Brooke Hollenkamp, Notre Dame (10-06)
8th place – Joslyn Widrig, Cooper (10-06)
Unified
Mixed shot put
7th place – Brady Kennedy, Ari Carter, Dixie Heights (57-08)
Mixed long jump unified
5th place – Vincent Gallucci, Mattie Boggs, Ryle (19-4.5)
Mixed 2×50 relay
6th place – Ryle (Vincent Gallucci, Logan Verax) 15.00
7th place – Campbell County (Teddy Wolfe, Tricia Verst) 15.35
Mixed 4×100 shuttle hurdle
3rd place – Ryle (Nathan Verax, Logan Verax, Keegan Knecht, Vincent Gallucci) 59.94
4th place – Ryle (Tianna Carr, Isabella Richardson, Maddie Boggs, Cora Maddox) 1:18.78
5th place – Boone County (Mamdou Sylla, Nicholas Hundley, Mohamed Ngam, James Huff) 1:20.92
6th place – Ryle (Braelyn Robinson, Hayden Watts, Alissa Dorgan, Grace Ashcraft) 1:33.41
7th place – Scott (Kylie Mason, Blaine Henslee, Makenzie Leach, Garrett Freeze) 2:26.97
Mixed 2×200 relay
6th place – Ryle (Logan Verax, Vincent Gallucci) 1:01.29
7th place – Campbell County (Alex Pretot, Tricia Verst) 1:02.18
8th place – Scott (Charlie Beil, Jose Silva Cortez) 1:04.26

