Maconaquah Schools

On Thursday evening, the Boys' Track and Field team competed in the IHSAA Sectional 13 at Kokomo High School. The Braves showed up ready to win and compete against the 12 teams in their sectional, but they fell short to a talented Kokomo Wildcats team. The team scored in 13 of the 16 events, with 3 Sectional Champions and 8 Regional qualifiers. AJ Kelly also set a new school record in the 100 100-meter dash. The record for the 100 meters (11.01) was set in 1988 by Steve Shine, and then tied in 1996 by Chad Sharp. AJ ran an impressive 10.76 in his prelims to break the record. Along with the 100 record being broken, several boys earned new personal records. Scorers for the Braves are listed below. Team Scores: Kokomo 139 Maconaquah 103 Western 59 Pioneer 58 Northwestern 57 Tipton 53 Cass 49 Peru 31 Logansport 25 Tri-Central 19 Taylor 17 Eastern 14 Events: 100 Meter Dash Sectional Champion AJ Kelly (10.81) New School Record 5th Jaxon Sullivan (11.43) 200 Meter Dash Sectional Champion AJ Kelly (22.19) 5th Connor Eldridge (23.84) 300 Hurdles 2nd Regional Qualifier Nolan Tarrh (43.08) 7th Fuddy Kile (45.14) 800 Meter Run Sectional Champion Joel Loshnowsky (2:05.85) 4th Daylen Schrock (2:10.50) 1600 Meter Run 2nd Regional Qualifier Daylen Schrock (4:34.50) Pole Vault 2nd Regional Qualifier Kaden Hanson (13'3") 6th Kevin Nord (10'6") 110 Hurdles 2nd Regional Qualifier Fuddy Kile (15.99) 3rd Regional Qualifier Nolan Tarrh (16.04) High Jump 6th AJ Kelly (5'8") 3200 Meter Run 7th Christian Collins (10:50.02) 400 Meter Dash 3rd Regional Qualifier Joel Loshnowsky (52.66) Shot Put 6th Austin Ringeisen (43'0") 4X400 Relay 7th Tarrh, Sims, Schrock, Loshnowsky (3:44.45) 4x800 Relay 7th Collins, Evans, Lee, Loshnowsky (9:35.38) The Regional qualifying athletes will compete at Lafayette Jeff High School on Thursday, May 29th.