Boys' Track Finishes in 8th at WIC
By Kirk Wrightsman | May 12, 2023 7:30 AM
The boys’ track team finished 8th overall Thursday night in the WIC Championship at Northview. The host Knights took the team title with 110 points. Full team scores are listed below. The Eagles had one All-Conference performance as Chase Austin captured the top spot in the mile clocking a 4:24. Austin took the lead early and never looked back as he finished over 12 seconds in front of second place. The night got started off with the 4x800 relay finishing 3rd in 8:33.27. Members of that squad were Rafe Silbaugh, Case Smith, Cord Smith, and Austin. The Eagles got a couple points from the 4x100 relay as they finished in 7th with a 48.05. Jacob Finley led that relay off, and following him were Jesse Hubbard, Landon Scott and Eli Webb. Ethan Spiece continues to drop time in the 400. Running in the second heat he beat several from the fastest heat and placed 6th in 54.67. Silbaugh placed 5th in the 800 as he ran a 2:06.25.The final scoring event on the night was the 4x400 who placed 4th. Silbaugh, Spiece, Cord Smith, and Ausin finished in a time of 3:39.05. The Eagles got several points in the field for the night. Case Smith jumped a season-best 5-8 to tie for 4th in the high jump. In the throws, Wyatt Sutter took 3rd in the discus with a 124-4.5. Fellow thrower, Wyatt Barnett took 6th in the shot put with a throw of 42-3.5. The Eagles also got a score from Kai Koester in the pole vault as he finished in 6th at 9-0. The Eagles will put their focus on the sectional at Bloomington North next Thursday night. TeamScoring: 1) Northview 110 2) Indian Creek 91.50 3) Edgewood 67 4) Sullivan 64 5) Owen Valley 58 6) North Putnam 55 7) West Vigo 52 8) Brown County 46.50 9) Greencastle 45.50 10) Cloverdale 19.50 11) South Putnam 14