GT&F Conference Indiana: Columbus North posts shocking victory

By Colin Altevogt
Track & Field Coordinator

Unranked
Columbus North shocked everybody April 25, defeating five ranked
schools in taking the school’s first-ever Conference Indiana girls
track & field title at Indiana University in Bloomington.

The
Bull Dogs scored big points in the distance events and hurdles,
including a win in the 100-meter hurdles and a runner-up finish in the
300s by freshman Courtney Larson. While victorious only in two events,
Columbus North took advantage of its superior depth by placing two
individuals in eight different events and finishing no worse than
fourth in any of the relays.

The Bull Dogs scored 120.5 points
to outdistance No. 18 Bloomington South (107.75). No. 32 Perry Meridian
took third, while the conference’s top-ranked team, No. 11 Pike,
managed but a sixth-place finish.

The runner-up Panthers had
gotten out to an early lead in the 4×800 after freshman Brooke Bierhaus
anchored home the winning relay, just outleaning Columbus North’s
Georgia Tech-bound senior distance ace Betsy Kim.

Rachel
Deloney, winner in the shot put and discus, and Molly Hirt, victorious
in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs, were the only double individual event
winners. Both girls represented No. 13 Bloomington North, which
finished fourth at 92.75.

Pike senior Erica Campbell won the 200
and also contributed a leg on the Red Devils’ victorious 4×100 meter
relay team. Perry Meridian junior Ebony Woodard led a 1-2 Falcon finish
in the 400 and ran on Perry’s winning 4×400 meter relay team that just
edged out Franklin Central and Columbus North.

Other individual
winners were: Perry Meridian’s Emarynne Watt (100), Franklin Central’s
Christine Talhelm (800), Columbus North’s Mollie Stafford (300
hurdles), Bloomington South’s Ellie Sparks (high jump) and Rachel
Robertson (long jump,) and Lawrence Central’s Margo Tucker (pole vault).

The Conference Indiana girls results …

Team scores
1. Columbus North 120.5
2. #18 Bloomington South 107.75
3. #32 Perry Meridian 101.5
4. #13 Bloomington North 92.75
5. Franklin Central 63
6. #11 Pike 59
7. #26 Lawrence Central 41.75
8. Southport 36.75

Your individual results (thank you, BHSNWeb!):

Event 1 Girls 4×800 Meter Relay
Conference: ! 9:40.29 1999 , CN C. Waggoner, J. Lukas, K. Hardwick, M. Aymond
Finals
1 Bloomington South ‘A’ 9:45.86
1) Lamb, Maddie 12 2) Smith, Francesca 11
3) Lucius, KC 10 4) Bierhaus, Brooke 9
2 Columbus North ‘A’ 9:45.94
1) Burke, Caitlin 11 2) Steilberg, Virginia 10
3) Gustafson, Lauren 11 4) Kim, Betsy 12
3 Bloomington North ‘A’ 9:57.30
1) McCoy, Caitlin 10 2) Connor, Mollie 10
3) Lenzen, Saehan 9 4) Hirt, Molly 12
4 Perry Meridian ‘A’ 10:20.27
1) Riley, Sarah 11 2) Walker, Katelyn 11
3) Payne, Brittney 9 4) Lindsey, Stephanie 10
5 Southport ‘A’ 10:31.75
1) zorman, allison 10 2) case, rachel 09
3) hanson, amanda 09 4) odle, emily 09
6 Franklin Central ‘A’ 10:34.98
1) Adams, Lizzie 10 2) Sullivan, Danielle 10
3) Walsh, Samantha 10 4) McKenney, Briana 10
7 Pike ‘A’ 10:48.49
1) Emerson, Brooke 12 2) Shirley, Jasmine 11
3) Foster, Anastasia 10 4) Carter, Autumn 12
8 Lawrence Central ‘A’ 10:50.63
1) Potts, Ashley 10 2) Gary, Jacquelyn 09
3) Wylin, Danica 10 4) Sussman, Kim 12

Event 3 Girls 100 Meter Dash
Conference: ! 11.92 2005 Jeanne’ Roberts, LC
Preliminaries
1 Richardson, Annessah 12 Pike 12.88Q 2
2 Ford, Lauren 10 Pike 12.88Q 1
3 Watt, Emaryne 11 Perry Mrdn 12.92Q 1
4 Cowden, Lauren 10 Lawrence C 12.98Q 2
5 Funcheon, Cassie 10 Columbus N 13.44q 2
6 Langham, Lizzie 12 Blgtn South 13.45q 1
7 McGaha, Samantha 10 Perry Mrdn 13.46q 2
8 higginson, andrica 11 Southport 13.51q 2
9 Grier, Porshana 10 Columbus N 13.74 1
10 Emerson, Nicole 9 Blgtn South 13.83 2
11 lay, natalie 11 Southport 13.92 1
12 Danns, Najerie 10 Blgtn North 13.96 1
13 Richards, Maggie 9 Blgtn North 14.12 2
14 Connell, Airiyon 09 Lawrence C 14.19 1
15 Sorley, Madison 10 Franklin C 14.54 2
16 Lewis, Brooke 11 Franklin C 14.82 1

Finals
1 Watt, Emaryne 11 Perry Mrdn 12.67
2 Ford, Lauren 10 Pike 12.79
3 Cowden, Lauren 10 Lawrence C 12.81
4 Richardson, Annessah 12 Pike 12.85
5 Langham, Lizzie 12 Blgtn South 13.38
6 Funcheon, Cassie 10 Columbus N 13.44
7 McGaha, Samantha 10 Perry Mrdn 13.57
— higginson, andrica 11 Southport FS

Event 5 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
Conference: ! 14.82 2007 Meredith Hayes, LC
Preliminaries
1 Larson, Courtney 9 Columbus N 16.09Q 2
2 Day, Chrissy 10 Columbus N 16.45Q 1
3 kollison, saymah 10 Southport 16.48Q 1
4 Miller, Emma 10 Blgtn South 16.69Q 2
5 Lofton, Sophie 12 Blgtn North 17.14q 2
6 Weigle, Hannah 10 Blgtn South 17.57q 1
7 hopkins, stephanie 09 Southport 17.59q 2
8 Johnson, Stephanie 10 Perry Mrdn 17.61q 1
9 Natterman, Una 11 Blgtn North 18.05 1
10 Hayden, Breanna 11 Franklin C 18.39 2
11 Herron, Elizabeth 9 Pike 18.42 2
12 Gee, Vanessa 11 Lawrence C 19.44 2
13 Sims, Kathleen 11 Perry Mrdn 19.69 2
14 Riley, Dystany 11 Franklin C 20.86 1
15 Robinson, DeNeatria 10 Lawrence C 21.06 1

Finals
1 Larson, Courtney 9 Columbus N 16.08
2 Miller, Emma 10 Blgtn South 16.26
3 kollison, saymah 10 Southport 16.37
4 Day, Chrissy 10 Columbus N 17.18
5 Natterman, Una 11 Blgtn North 17.73
6 hopkins, stephanie 09 Southport 17.82
7 Johnson, Stephanie 10 Perry Mrdn 17.83
8 Weigle, Hannah 10 Blgtn South 17.93

Event 7 Girls 200 Meter Dash
Conference: ! 25.09 2005 Jeanne’ Roberts, LC
Preliminaries
1 Campbell, Erica 11 Pike 26.27Q 2
2 Minor, Nieisha 11 Lawrence C 26.33Q 1
3 Watt, Emaryne 11 Perry Mrdn 26.31Q 2
4 Ford, Lauren 10 Pike 26.35Q 1
5 Zorn, Kersten 11 Blgtn South 26.59q 1
6 Robertson, Rachel 12 Blgtn South 27.95q 2
7 wilder, kari 10 Southport 28.01q 1
8 higginson, andrica 11 Southport 28.02q 2
9 Grier, Porshana 10 Columbus N 28.36 2
10 Nevitt, Jennifer 9 Perry Mrdn 28.41 1
11 Reid, Alex 9 Columbus N 28.49 1
12 Red, Shandreaha 09 Lawrence C 28.94 2
13 Danns, Najerie 10 Blgtn North 29.04 2
14 Sorley, Madison 10 Franklin C 30.10 1
15 Lewis, Brooke 11 Franklin C 30.49 2

Finals
1 Campbell, Erica 11 Pike 25.97
2 Watt, Emaryne 11 Perry Mrdn 26.18
3 Ford, Lauren 10 Pike 26.18
4 Minor, Nieisha 11 Lawrence C 26.54
5 Zorn, Kersten 11 Blgtn South 26.81
6 Robertson, Rachel 12 Blgtn South 27.88
7 wilder, kari 10 Southport 28.46
8 higginson, andrica 11 Southport 28.55

Event 9 Girls 1600 Meter Run
Conference: ! 5:06.80 2006 Molly Hirt, BN
Finals
1 Hirt, Molly 12 Blgtn North 5:16.84
2 Riley, Sarah 11 Perry Mrdn 5:19.06
3 Withered, Zoe 10 Blgtn North 5:24.09
4 Innes, Corinne 12 Blgtn South 5:28.92
5 Burke, Caitlin 11 Columbus N 5:33.95
6 Sullivan, Danielle 10 Franklin C 5:39.72
7 Lakin, Jiliane 11 Columbus N 5:42.49
8 Walker, Katelyn 11 Perry Mrdn 5:43.49
9 Smith, Francesca 11 Blgtn South 5:45.12
10 Hall, Abigale 9 Pike 5:48.02
11 Carlson, Erica 09 Lawrence C 5:50.47
12 crouch, nicolette 10 Southport 5:55.61
13 zorman, allison 10 Southport 6:01.72
14 Meiers, Victoria 12 Lawrence C 6:04.51
15 Lahr, Jaclyn 9 Pike 6:14.48
16 Kelley, Monica 9 Franklin C 6:33.48

Event 11 Girls 4×100 Meter Relay
Conference: ! 48.55 2005 , LC B. Johnson, J. Roberts, A. McLean, M. Hayes
Finals
1 Pike ‘A’ 48.70
1) Ford, Lauren 10 2) Richardson, Aneesah 12
3) Campbell, Erica 11 4) Hooks, Terrice 10
2 Bloomington South ‘A’ 50.39
1) Langham, Lizzie 12 2) Sparks, Elli 11
3) Robertson, Rachel 12 4) Zorn, Kersten 11
3 Lawrence Central ‘A’ 50.80
1) Cowden, Lauren 10 2) Taylor, Iris 09
3) Connell, Airiyon 09 4) Minor, Nieisha 11
4 Columbus North ‘A’ 51.93
1) Day, Chrissy 10 2) Grier, Porshanna 10
3) Schwenk, Mariah 10 4) Funcheon, Cassie 10
5 Southport ‘A’ 52.29
1) higginson, andrica 11 2) kollison, saymah 10
3) lay, natalie 11 4) satterthwaite, erika 11
6 Perry Meridian ‘A’ 53.59
1) Milenbaugh, Shelby 11 2) McGaha, Samanthan 10
3) Sims, Kathleen 11 4) Spears, Lindsey 10
7 Bloomington North ‘A’ 53.76
1) Richards, Maggie 9 2) Danns, Najerie 10
3) Strobel, Caitlin 4) Jackson, Mariah
8 Franklin Central ‘A’ 55.46
1) Riley, Dystany 11 2) Lewis, Brooke 11
3) Wright, Morgan 9 4) Sorley, Madison 10

Event 13 Girls 400 Meter Dash
Conference: ! 58.58 4/25/2008 Ebony Woodard, Perry Mrdn
Finals
1 Woodard, Ebony 11 Perry Mrdn 58.58! 2
2 Lindsey, Stephanie 10 Perry Mrdn 1:00.73 1
3 Aurelio, Brittany 11 Franklin C 1:00.77 2
4 Morrison, Samantha 10 Blgtn South 1:01.67 2
5 Free, Laura 11 Columbus N 1:02.01 2
6 Lenzen, Saehan 9 Blgtn North 1:02.45 2
7 Deaton, Abbey 09 Lawrence C 1:02.62 1
8 Lamb, Maddie 12 Blgtn South 1:02.71 1
9 Red, Shandreaha 09 Lawrence C 1:02.93 1
10 Staats, Jessie 12 Franklin C 1:03.02 1
11 wilder, kari 10 Southport 1:03.16 1
12 Reid, Alex 9 Columbus N 1:03.45 2
13 Campbell, Erica 11 Pike 1:04.92 2
— Calhoun, Shamarla 9 Pike DQ 2

Event 15 Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
Conference: ! 45.17 2001 Melissa Penington, SP
Finals
1 Stafford, Mollie 11 Columbus N 47.62 2
2 Larson, Courtney 9 Columbus N 48.81 2
3 Miller, Emma 10 Blgtn South 49.21 2
4 Zerfas, Ann 9 Blgtn North 49.61 1
5 lay, natalie 11 Southport 49.73 2
6 Heinrichs, Jourdin 9 Franklin C 50.75 2
7 Natterman, Una 11 Blgtn North 50.92 2
8 Beaty, Amber 9 Blgtn South 51.78 1
9 Spears, Lindsey 10 Perry Mrdn 52.06 1
10 Herron, Elizabeth 9 Pike 52.79 2
11 Foster, Anastasia 10 Pike 53.56 2
12 Hayden, Breanna 11 Franklin C 53.74 2
13 Sims, Katy 11 Perry Mrdn 54.00 1
14 Gee, Vanessa 11 Lawrence C 57.50 1

Event 17 Girls 800 Meter Run
Conference: ! 2:16.86 2006 Alyssa Webb, LC
Finals
1 Talhelm, Christine 12 Franklin C 2:18.03
2 Kim, Betsy 12 Columbus N 2:19.46
3 Bierhaus, Brooke 9 Blgtn South 2:22.51
4 Sussman, Kim 12 Lawrence C 2:23.32
5 McCoy, Caitlin 10 Blgtn North 2:25.02
6 Green, Alex 9 Franklin C 2:29.28
7 Gustafson, Lauren 11 Columbus N 2:29.82
8 Connor, Mollie 10 Blgtn North 2:33.61
9 Shirley, Jasmine 11 Pike 2:34.72
10 Lucius, KC 10 Blgtn South 2:35.61
11 Emerson, Brroke 12 Pike 2:35.84
12 hanson, amanda 09 Southport 2:36.48
13 case, rachel 09 Southport 2:38.73
14 Payne, Brittney 9 Perry Mrdn 2:42.23
15 Potts, Ashley 10 Lawrence C 2:42.88
16 Walker, Katelyn 11 Perry Mrdn 2:45.89

Event 19 Girls 3200 Meter Run
Conference: ! 11:11.40 2003 Julie Eckerly, CN
Finals
1 Hirt, Molly 12 Blgtn North 11:34.32
2 Lucus, Nicole 9 Blgtn South 11:42.30
3 Retrum, Siri 10 Columbus N 11:56.95
4 Withered, Zoe 10 Blgtn North 12:09.81
5 Innes, Corinne 12 Blgtn South 12:19.02
6 Steilberg, Virginia 10 Columbus N 12:29.76
7 carmichael, chrissy 10 Southport 12:46.98
8 Adams, Lizzie 10 Franklin C 12:50.42
9 odle, emily 09 Southport 12:57.91
10 Meiers, Victoria 12 Lawrence C 13:18.56
11 Hunter, Rachel 11 Franklin C 13:26.10
12 Witten, Alexandra 9 Perry Mrdn 13:39.56
13 Armstrong, Megan 9 Perry Mrdn 13:43.76
14 Mass, Carol 11 Pike 13:54.10
15 Creal, Carmen 12 Pike 14:14.55
— Carlson, Erica 09 Lawrence C DNF

Event 21 Girls 4×400 Meter Relay
Conference: ! 4:02.55 2004 , PK M. Banks, M. Estrada, L. Ford, F. Mason
Finals
1 Perry Meridian ‘A’ 4:05.53
1) Woodard, Ebony 11 2) Lindsey, Stephanie 10
3) Riley, Sarah 11 4) Spears, Lindsey 10
2 Franklin Central ‘A’ 4:06.60
1) Talhelm, Christine 12 2) Aurelio, Brittany 11
3) Staats, Jessie 12 4) Green, Alex 9
3 Columbus North ‘A’ 4:06.94
1) Stafford, Mollie 11 2) Free, Laura 11
3) Gustafson, Lauren 11 4) Kim, Betsy 12
4 Pike ‘A’ 4:08.71
1) Calhoun, Shamarla 9 2) Campbell, Erica 11
3) Richardson, Aneesah 12 4) Emerson, Brooke 12
5 Bloomington North ‘A’ 4:10.64
1) McCoy, Caitlin 10 2) Strobel, Caitlin
3) Zerfas, Ann 9 4) Lenzen, Saehan 9
6 Bloomington South ‘A’ 4:13.15
1) Lamb, Maddie 12 2) Wallskog, Kirsten 11
3) Bierhaus, Brooke 9 4) Morrison, Samantha 10
7 Lawrence Central ‘A’ 4:16.50
1) Taylor, Iris 09 2) Minor, Nieisha 11
3) Deaton, Abbey 09 4) Sussman, Kim 12
8 Southport ‘A’ 4:32.92
1) satterthwaite, erika 11 2) lay, natalie 11
3) case, rachel 09 4) wilder, kari 10

Event 23 Girls High Jump
Conference: ! 5-10 2001 Melyssa Reinhardt, SP
Finals
1 Sparks, Elli 11 Blgtn South 5-02.00
2 Bean, Rebecca 12 Columbus N 5-00.00
3 Lego, Delaney 10 Columbus N J5-00.00
4 Herron, Elizabeth 9 Pike J5-00.00
5 Watt, Emaryne 11 Perry Mrdn J5-00.00
6 gill, pria 12 Southport 4-10.00
7 Martin, Megan 12 Blgtn South 4-08.00
7 McCoy, Caitlin 10 Blgtn North 4-08.00
7 Red, Shandreaha 09 Lawrence C 4-08.00
7 shirar, kaitlyn 11 Southport 4-08.00
11 Lukemeyer, Hannah 9 Blgtn North J4-08.00
12 LaVigne, Stephanie 12 Perry Mrdn J4-08.00
— Shimp, Stephanie 11 Franklin C NH
— Labens, Rachel 10 Franklin C NH
— Thomas, Kyla 09 Lawrence C NH
— Shirley, Jasmine 11 Pike NH

Event 25 Girls Discus Throw
Conference: ! 154-03.50 4/25/2008 Rachel Deloney, Blgtn North
Finals
1 Deloney, Rachel 12 Blgtn North 154-03.50!
2 Hill, LaTeasha 10 Franklin C 120-08
3 Davis, Sasha 12 Perry Mrdn 120-04.50
4 Stahl, Kimber 12 Columbus N 118-10
5 Stafford, Brittany 12 Franklin C 104-09
6 pieper, kirstie 09 Southport 103-09
7 Ison, Victoria 9 Blgtn North 103-06.50
8 Quebe, Sarah 11 Perry Mrdn 102-00
9 Burgoon, Katrina 10 Blgtn South 99-11
10 King, Ashley 11 Columbus N 90-03
11 Boyd, Emily 09 Lawrence C 87-06
12 Freeman, Shawn 9 Pike 82-10.50
13 Moore, Taja 09 Lawrence C 82-07.50
14 Rose, Sabrena 9 Pike 79-04.50
15 mcatee, kendall 10 Southport 75-11
16 Reising, Nikki 12 Blgtn South 74-08.50

Event 27 Girls Shot Put
Conference: ! 47-03.50 4/25/2008 Rachel Deloney, Blgtn North
Finals
1 Deloney, Rachel 12 Blgtn North 47-03.50!
2 Hill, LaTeasha 10 Franklin C 35-04.75
3 Eakle, Megan 12 Perry Mrdn 34-08.50
4 Stafford, Brittany 12 Franklin C 34-05.00
5 Henderson, Heather 12 Perry Mrdn 34-02.50
6 Furr, Carsandra 11 Pike 33-07.50
7 Merriwether, Monique 11 Blgtn South 32-08.50
8 Lawson, Neisha 12 Columbus N 32-08.00
9 pieper, kirstie 09 Southport 32-01.00
10 Ison, Victoria 9 Blgtn North 31-03.75
11 Moore, Taja 09 Lawrence C 31-03.25
12 Beaver, Krystle 12 Columbus N 31-02.00
12 Campbell, Ayanna 12 Pike 31-02.00
14 Burgoon, Katrina 10 Blgtn South 29-02.75
15 sherman, francis 10 Southport 27-08.50
16 Boyd, Emily 09 Lawrence C 27-07.00

Event 29 Girls Long Jump
Conference: ! 17-09.75 2001 Michelle Smith, BN
Preliminaries
1 Robertson, Rachel 12 Blgtn South 16-10.00q
2 Watt, Emaryne 11 Perry Mrdn 16-04.25q
3 Langham, Lizzie 12 Blgtn South 15-10.25q
4 Roland, Ashley 9 Pike 15-08.00q
5 Day, Chrissy 10 Columbus N 15-05.50q
6 Smith, Grace 11 Columbus N 15-02.50q
7 kollison, saymah 10 Southport 15-01.25q
8 Cowden, Lauren 10 Lawrence C 15-01.00q
9 Richards, Maggie 9 Blgtn North 14-11.50
10 Lofton, Sophie 12 Blgtn North 14-11.00
11 Taylor, Iris 09 Lawrence C 13-06.00
12 satterthwaite, erika 11 Southport 13-04.25
— Wright, Morgan 9 Franklin C FOUL
— Ford, Lauren 10 Pike FOUL
— McGaha, Samantha 10 Perry Mrdn FOUL

Finals
1 Robertson, Rachel 12 Blgtn South 16-10.00
2 Watt, Emaryne 11 Perry Mrdn 16-04.25
3 Langham, Lizzie 12 Blgtn South 16-01.75
4 Roland, Ashley 9 Pike 16-01.50
5 Day, Chrissy 10 Columbus N 16-00.00
6 Smith, Grace 11 Columbus N 15-04.75
7 kollison, saymah 10 Southport 15-01.25
8 Cowden, Lauren 10 Lawrence C 15-01.00

Event 31 Girls Pole Vault
Conference: ! 12-03 4/25/2008 Margo Tucker, Lawrence C
Finals
1 Tucker, Margo 10 Lawrence C 12-03.00!
2 New, Erica 12 Blgtn North 10-00.00
3 Shannon, Molly 11 Perry Mrdn 9-06.00
3 Smith, Grace 11 Columbus N 9-06.00
5 Martin, Elizabeth 12 Columbus N J9-06.00
6 Calvert, Kristen 11 Lawrence C 9-00.00
7 Billedo, Jessica 12 Blgtn South J9-00.00
8 crouch, erica 12 Southport 8-06.00
9 Wood, Hillary 11 Blgtn South J8-06.00
10 Nolan, Emily 12 Perry Mrdn 7-06.00
11 hartsock, hanna 10 Southport J7-06.00
12 Herron, Elizabeth 9 Pike J7-06.00
12 Mitchell, Tashonda 10 Pike J7-06.00
— Wright, Morgan 9 Franklin C NH
— David, Anna 9 Blgtn North NH
— Busenburg, Abby 11 Franklin C NH