The Butler Track & Field teams headed west on Saturday – attending the Kent State University High School meet. it was a huge field as 132 schools attended the meet! They broke two more school records in the process. Freshman Megan Baggetta won the Triple Jump with a school record leap of 36’8.25″. Lexis Frost previously held the record with a leap of 36’6.5″ in 2011. Tim Patterson broke the 3200 M record with a time of 9:5887. Previous record holder was Chris Grooms. The Butler 4×400 relay of Taylor Timmons, Chelsey Kabel, Emma Lehman and Gabby Boden won the race with a state qualifying time of 4:08.85. Jen Cichra placed second in the 3200. The Girls 4×200 Relay of Anna Baxter, Alli Morrow, Emma Lehman and Gabby Boden placed 2nd as did the 4×800 team of Autumn Pettinato, Jen Cichra, Krislyn Green, Chloe Weiland. Guinness Brown continued his outstanding sophomore season with a fourth place finish in the 400. Sage Vavro & Ryder Kriley placed fourth and sixth respectively in the 800. CJ Singleton ran to a second place finish in the Mile and the 4×200 relay team of Byron Manchester, Presley Ornelas, Isaiah Seybert and Guinness Brown placed second.
Butler Girls Results:
Triple Jump – 1st – Megan Baggetta 36-8.25 *New School Record
4×400 Relay – 1st – Taylor Timmons, Chelsey Kabel, Emma Lehman, Gabby Boden
3200 M Run – 2nd – Jen Cichra 12:13.03, 3rd Autumn Pettinato 12:14.20
4×200 Relay – 2nd – Anna Baxter, Alli Morrow, Emma Lehman, Gabby Boden 1:49.30
4×800 Relay – 2nd – Autumn Pettinato, Jen Cichra, Krislyn Green, Chloe Weiland 10:35.48
High Jump – 3rd – Katie Ban 5-1, 5th Alexia Mechling 4-11
200 M Dash – 5th – Gabby Boden 26.40
Mile – 5th – Chelsey Kabel – 5:34.24
Pole Vault – 8th – Heidi Bednarz 9-6
Butler Boys Results:
3200 M Run – 2nd – Tim Patterson 9:58.87 *New School Record
Mile – 2nd – CJ Singleton 4:32.27
High Jump – 2nd – Sami Taoufik 6-5
4×400 Relay – 2nd – Byron Manchester, Isaiah Seybert, Sage Vavro, Guinness Brown 3:33.11
400 M Dash – 4th – Guinness Brown 51.06
800 M Run – 4th – Sage Vavro 2:01.93, 6th Ryder Kriley 2:03.75
4×200 Relay – 5th – Byron Manchester, Presley Ornelas, Isaiah Seybert, Guinness Brown 1:34.58
Triple Jump – 6th – Luke Campbell 37-1.75
Pole Vault – 6th – Andrew Kline 13-6