May 30, 2012 // Local

A great day for CYO track and field

Todays Catholic

By Michelle Castleman

FORT WAYNE — Saturday, May 19, marked a great day in the history of Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) track and field. Despite the blazing sun, the weather remained dry and clear for the 2012 City Meet Championship at Bishop Luers High School.

After scores were triple counted and judges re-tallied each event for the boys’ meet, it was determined that the St. Jude Eagles and the St. John the Baptist, New Haven, Raiders each scored an identical 96 team points, making for an unprecedented tie for first-place honors. St. Charles and St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth (SJSE) were third and fourth, while St. Vincent finished fifth and St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne, ended up in the sixth spot. Producing top points for the talented group from St. Jude were Michael Hake (shot put, 200) and Nick Kacprowicz (800, 1,600) while crucial scoring for the Raiders came from their winning 4×100 relay team of Joe Kayser, Fabian Myles, Alec Evans and Billy Ball. Myles also outthrew the field in the discus, while Kayser and Evans went 1-2 in the high jump.

St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth had the fastest 4×200 relay team and St. Charles’ Alex Current won the hurdle event and standout David Tippmann won three individual events (100, 400, long jump).

In his final season of CYO track, Greg Lawrence captured his 12^th title in 14 years as coach of the boys’ and girls’ groups at St. John, New Haven. In the final moments before the tie was announced, Lawrence was unsure of the exact points his team scored compared to St. Jude and predicted, “It is going to be very, very close.” His team celebrated promptly dumping ice water on their outgoing leader.

The undefeated Lady Cardinals from St. Charles took home the championship plaque for the girls’ competition running away with 120 team points. In the 12 events scored, St. Vincent followed with 83 points. St. John, New Haven was fourth. St. John, Fort Wayne, fifth, and SJSE finished sixth.

Led by their sprinters, St. Charles got first-place finishes from their 4×200 meter-relay team of Harper Demay, Alice Talarico, Dayle Jauch and Rachel Gibson.

Talarico, just a sixth grader, also won the 400-meter dash and Gibson claimed the 100-meter dash title.

A pleased Coach Kelly Kohlmeyer said, “We are very excited and proud of this team.”

St. Jude’s seventh-grade distance specialist, Abby Brelage, was a double winner in the 800 and 1,600, while St. John, Fort Wayne’s short relay team was the quickest around the track.

St. John, New Haven, got wins from Elizabeth Lawrence in the long jump and Michaela Whitacre in the discus throw. The only triple winner for the girls’ meet was St. Vincent’s Natalie Watercutter. The versatile eighth-grader capped off her CYO career with a star-studded day winning the 200-meter dash, the 100-meter hurdles and the shot put.

The top three finishers in each event of the 2012 City Meet are:

Girls’ discus throw

1) Whitacre, Michaela, 8, St. John, NH, 61-10; 2) Vanek, Hannah, 8, St. Charles, 61-00; 3) Brelage, Megan, 8, St. Jude, 58-11

Boys’ discus throw

1) Myles, Fabian, 8, St. John, NH, 103-10; 2) Campbell, C., Aric, 7 St. Jude, 96-01; 3) Tichac, Daniel, 8, St. John, NH, 90-03

Girls’ shot put

1) Watercutter, Natalie, 8, St. Vincent, 32-04.00; 2) Vanek, Hannah, 8, St. Charles, 29-02.00; 3) Tippmann, Rose, 8, St. Charles, 28-04.00

Boys’ shot put

1) Hake, Michael, 7, St. Jude, 39-07.00; 2) Johnson, Noah, 8, St. Joe-St. E, 34-09.00; 3) Myles, Fabian, 8, St. John, NH, 34-06.00

Girls’ long jump

1) Lawrence, Elizabeth, 8, St. John, NH, 13-01.00; 2) Talarico, Alice, 6, St. Charles, 12-03.00; 3) Devlin, Grace, 8, St. John, FW 11-07.00

Boys’ long jump

1) Tippmann, David, 8, St. Charles, 18-04.00; 2) Paris, Matt, 8, St. Joe-St. E, 14-01.00; 3) Crick, Alex, 8, St. Jude, 13-09.00

Girls’ high jump

1) Weilbaker, Amy, 7, St. Vincent, 4-04.00;  2) Painter, Norah, 6 St. John, NH, 4-02.00; 3) Wellman, Maria, 8 St. Charles 4-02.00

Boys’ high jump

1) Kayser, Joe, 8 St. John, NH, 4-10.00; 2) Evans, Alec, 8 St. John, NH, 4-10.00; 3) Crick, Alex, 8 St. Jude, 4-07.00

Girls’ 100 meter hurdles

1) Watercutter, Natalie, 8, St. Vincent, 18.48; 2) Lawrence, Elizabeth, 8, St. John, NH, 18.66; 3) Scott, Rachel, 6, St. Charles, 19.21

Boys’ 100 meter hurdles

1) Current, Alex, 8, St. Charles, 15.57; 2) Evans, Alec, 8, St. John, NH, 17.16; 3) Ball, Billy, 8, St. John, NH, 17.20

Girls’ 100 meter dash

1) Gibson, Rachel, 8, St. Charles 13.68; 2) DeMay, Harper, 8, St. Charles, 13.99; 3) Cerajewski, Colleen, 8, St. John, FW, 14.26

Boys’ 100 meter dash

1) Tippmann, David, 8, St. Charles, 12.37; 2) Hake, Michael 7, St. Jude, 12.69; 3) Tomlinson, Jacob, 8, St. Vincent, 13.32

Girls’ 800 meter run

1) Brelage, Abby, 7, St. Jude, 2:37.22; 2) Manning, Claire, 8, St. Vincent, 2:39.24; 3) Baldus, Cece, 8, St. John, FW, 2:45.02

Boys’ 800 meter run

1) Kacprowicz, Nick, 7, St. Jude 2:20.14; 2) Barton, Alex, 8, St. Vincent, 2:24.47; 3) Rorick, Patrick, 7, St. Jude, 2:27.38

Girls’ 4×100 meter relay

1) St. John, Fort Wayne, 58.07; 2) St. Charles Borromeo, 60.77

Boys’ 4×100 meter relay

1) St. John, New Haven, 53.57; 2) St. Vincent, 54.19

Girls’ 400 meter dash

1) Talarico, Alice, 6, St. Charles 66.85   2; 2) Manning, Claire, 8 St. Vincent, 69.38   2; 3) Brelage, Megan, 8, St. Jude, 69.58   2

Boys’ 400 meter dash

1) Tippmann, David, 8, St. Charles, 56.07   2; 2) Kayser, Joe, 8, St. John, NH, 59.11   2; 3) Johnson, Noah, 8, St. Joe-St. E 60.83   2

Girls’ 200 meter dash

1) Watercutter, Natalie, 8, St. Vincent, 27.66   2; 2) Gibson, Rachel, 8, St. Charles, 28.32   2; 3) Devlin, Grace, 7, St. John, FW 29.44   2

Boys’ 200 meter dash

1) Hake, Michael, 7, St. Jude, 25.72   2; 2) Current, Alex , 8, St. Charles, 26.07   2; 3) Smith, Harry, 7, St. John, NH, 27.67   2

Girls’ 1,600 meter run

1) Brelage, Abby, 7, St. Jude 6:05.62;  2) Kayser, Elli, 7, St. John, NH, 6:15.35; 3) Rohloff, Samantha, 7, St. Vincent, 6:29.97

Boys’ 1,600 meter run

1) Kacprowicz, Nick, 7, St. Jude 5:17.76; 2) Barton, Alex, 8, St. Vincent, 5:19.92;  3) Rorick, Patrick, 7, St. Jude, 5:39.65

Girls’ 4×200 meter relay

1) St. Charles Borromeo, 1:58.60; 2) St. Jude School, 2:09.26;

Boys’ 4×200 meter relay

1) St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth, 1:50.01; 2) St. Jude School, 1:54.51