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Salem Boys & Girls Track Open Indoor Seasons

By WJBD Staff Feb 24, 2024 | 7:27 AM

The Salem boys and girls track teams each opened their indoor seasons this week.  The Lady Cats traveled to Marion on Thursday for the Joe Elliott Indoor.  Finlay Puricelli had a good day finishing 5th in the 400 and was 8th in the high jump clearing 4-8.  Eden Gallia was 9th in the 200m with Avery Robinson right behind her in 10th.  Ella Smith tied for 8th in the shot throwing 29’3” with Hannah Smith 10th at 29’1.5”.  Emily Runyon was 6th in the pole vault clearing 7 foot.

Girls Results:

60m:

  • 11 Avery Robinson 8.48s
  • 12 Eden Gallia 8.75s
  • 40 Brylee Pennypacker 9.36s

200m:

  • 9 Eden Gallia 29.32
  • 10 Avery Robinson 29.42
  • 50 Briley Smith 36.50

400m:

  • 5 Finlay Puricelli 1:07.19
  • 33 Abigail Patrick 1:16.81

800m:

  • 20 Aila Laird 2:59.74
  • 33 McKenna Meyer 3:18.10
  • 37 Madison Keserauskis 3:22.81

1600m:

  • 17 Maci Thorsen 6:29.02
  • 26 Ella Robinson 6:54.47

60m Hurdles:

  • 30 Savannah Arnold 13.99s

4×200:

  • 17 Chloe Bryant, Jaxey Donoho, Eden Gallia, Savannah Arnold 2:11.11

4×400:

  • 9 Puricelli, Thorsen, Kinsey Jarrett, Laird 4:50.93

4×800:

  • 10 E. Robinson, Eden Russell, Keserauskus, Abigail Patrick 12:53.85

Shot Put:

  • T8 Ella Smith 29-3
  • 10 Hannah Smith 29-1.5
  • 43 Ashton Ciko 17-1

High Jump:

  • 8 Finlay Puricelli 4-8

Pole Vault:

  • 6 Emily Runyon 7-foot

Long Jump:

  • 27 Kinsey Jarrett 12-7.5

Triple Jump:

  • 17 Kinsey Jarrett 25-8.5

The boys opened yesterday at the Edwardsville Indoor hosted by Principia College.  Hunter Malan was 2nd overall in the 3200.  Freshman Payton Gullion was 12th out of 46 runners in the 400m in a time of 57.69.  Alex Spencer finished 12th in the 800m out of 54 runners and Caidien Beer 14th in the 1600m.

Madden Thompson and Avery Gullion finished top 10 in the high jump with clears of 5-10.  Caleb Smith won the shot put easily with a throw of 17.78m.  Holden Richardson was 9th in the pole vault at 2.89m, Miking Ettress was 10th in the Long Jump at 5.69m, Connor Tennyson 4th in the triple jump at 12.17m.

v 60m:

  • 16 Sean Thornton 7.45
  • 21 Miking Ettress 7.50
  • 40 Connor Tennyson

Frosh 60m:

  • 23 Marquis Ettress 7.80
  • 44 Angel Salgado 8.07
  • 65 Clayton See 8.48

200m:

  • 27 Madden Thompson 25.86
  • 42 Clayton See 27.08

400m:

  • 12 Payton Gullion 57.69
  • 31 Caylen Patterson 1:01.80

800m:

  • 12 Alex Spencer 2:16.30
  • 48 Oliver Purcell 2:48.64
  • 49 Gabe Moffitt 2:48.86

1600m:

  • 14 Caidien Beer 4:56.07
  • 17 Robbie Shober 4:58.40
  • 49 Branson Pappas 5:40.56

3200m:

  • 2 Hunter Malan 10:08.95
  • 22 Branson Pappas 12:11.08

60m Hurdles:

  • 12 Riley Tate 10.90
  • 14 Holden Richardson 11.05

Shot Put:

  • 1 Caleb Smith 17.78m
  • 22 Darryll Kaufman 12.10

High Jump:

  • 9 Madden Thompson 5-10
  • 10 Avery Gullion 5-10

Pole Vault:

  • 9 Holden Richardson 2.89m

Long Jump:

  • 10 Miking Ettress 5.69
  • 12 Sean Thornton 5.53

Triple Jump:

  • 4 Connor Tennyson 12.17m
  • 16 Caylan Patterson 10.41