EHS Girls Claim Triangular Track Meet Victory

TAYLORVILLE -- Effingham High School captured first place in a girls triangular track meet Monday. The Hearts tallied 79 points followed by Taylorville 56 and Hillsboro 39.

The Hearts nabbed two relay events, taking the 1600 in 4:44.02 minutes and the 3200 in 11:31.77.

EHS had five individual first place finishes. Taylor won the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 8 1/2 inches. Field captured the shot with a throw of 31 feet, 10 inches. Green was a winner in the triple jump at 28 feet, 5 1/4 inches.

In the running events, Boggs took the 100 hurdles in 17.94 seconds while Phillips won the 800 in 2:37.53 minutes.

At Taylorville

Team Scores -- Effingham (E) 79, Taylorville (T) 56, Hillsboro (H) 39

Long Jump -- 1. Taylor (E), 16 ft. 8 1/2 in.; 2. Green (E), 13-5; 3. Olive (T), 12-5

Pole Vault -- 1. Jachino (T), 9 ft.; 2. Taylor (E), 7-6

High Jump -- 1. Wilson (H), 5 ft.; 2. Calvert (H), 4-10; 3. Phillips (E), 4-6; 4. Tippitt (T), 4-4

3200 -- 1. Lowry (T), 12:35.64 min.; 2. Aldridge (T), 14:04.40; 3. Schmidt (E), 15:23.08; 4. Spencer (E), 16:53.34

100 Hurdles -- 1. Boggs (E), 17.94 sec.; 2. Leigh (T), 19.36

100 -- 1.. Durbin (H), 13.92 sec.; 2. Tippitt (T), 14.26; 3. Wilson (H), 14.68; 4. Jachino (T), 15.09

Shot -- 1. Field (E), 31 ft. 10 in.; 2. Myers (E), 30-6; 3. Tullis (T), 26-1; 4. Miller (H), 25-5

Triple Jump -- 1. Green (E), 28 ft. 5 1/2 in.; 2. Althoff (T), 27-8 1/2; 3. Pike (E), 25-5 1/2

800 -- 1. Phillips (E), 2:37.53 min.; 2. Pike (E), 2:54.45; 3. Smith (T), 3:04.49

400 -- 1. Althoff (T), 1:11.16 min.; 2. Koester (E), 1:11.95; 3. Calvert (H), 1:12.26; 4. Koester (E), 1:13.42

300 Hurdles -- 1. Leigh (T), 55.22 sec.; 2. Aldridge (T), 1:03.02

1600 -- 1. Lowry (T), 6:01.90 min.; 2. Kull (E), 6:29.81; 3. Cordes (E), 6:34.25; 4. Smith (T), 7:23.74

200 -- 1. Durbin (H), 29.64 sec.; 2. Rench (H), 30.27; 3. Pruemer (E), 30.77; 4. Tippitt (T), 30.79

Discus -- 1. Michael (E), 99 ft. 6 in.; 2. Myers (E), 87-8; 3. Miller (H), 70-6; 4. Theriac (H), 6401

3200 Relay -- 1. Effingham, 11:31.77 min.; 2. Taylorville, 12:06.51

400 Relay -- 1. Hillsboro, 54.33 sec.; 2. Effingham, 55.60

800 Relay -- 1. Hillsboro, 1:57.69 min.; 2. .Effingham, 1:59.11

1600 Relay -- 1. Effingham, 4:44.02 min.; 2. Taylorville, 4:47.24