Many of our local track teams were in action the last few days.

The West Liberty-Salem boys and girls jr. high track teams posted wins at a quad meet in Mechanicsburg on Monday evening.

Multiple event winners for the Lady Tigers were Alexis Smith in the 100 Hurdles and the high jump, Alyssa Neff in the 100 and 200 meter dashes, and Meghan Vogel in the 1600 and 800 meter runs.  All three relay teams for WLS also placed first.

The Tigers boys team multiple event winners were Zach Konkle in the 100 and 200 meter hurdles and Ryan Meister in the 1600 and 800 meter runs. All three Tiger relay teams placed first.

The Benjamin Logan High School Boys track team finished 2^nd overall and won the Division II class last Saturday at the 16-team London Relays.

Finishing 1^st were the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relay teams of George Daniel, Cody Titus, Cory Phalen, and Steven Campbell.

2^nd place finishers were the Pole Vault tandem of Logan Reames and Luke Smith, Sprint Medley team of Daniel, Titus, Aaron Blakely, and Reames and the Middle Distance Medley team of Phalen, Campbell, Tyler Codora, and Ross Barnes.

3^rd Place finishes included the High Jump team of Barnes and Steven Watson and the 4 x 400 relay team of Campbell, Reames, Codora, and Barnes.

The Raiders will be in action again on Friday at the Miami East Invitational.

The BMS boys track team placed second at a triangular meet at Indian Lake last night.

Placers for BMS were:
1st: Shaff Gorham, Ian Keller, Curtis Dossman and Aaron Dearth in the 4x200m relay in 1:55.7
Aaron Dunn in the 200m dash in 24.3
John Maurice, Josh Runion, Peyton Kesler and Xavier Kesler in the 4x400m relay 4:21.7

2nd place: Peyton Kesler in the 800m with a time of 2:22.43
Josh Butler in the Discus at 81'7"

3rd place: Curtis Dossman in the 200m hurdles at 31.4
Xavier Kessler in the 800m with a time of 2:24.5
Josh Childs in the 200m dash with a time of 29.8
Mason Thomas in Shot Put with a distance of 32'7"

4th place: John Maurice in the 200m hurdles at 32.18
Blake Olson in 800 m with a time of 2:29.5
Mason Prickett in the 200m dash with a time of 30.2
Logan Mitchell in the Discus with a distance of 19'9.5"
Mason Prickett in the high jump at 4'2"

The Benjamin Logan Junior High boys team won the meet with 57 points.

Winning events for the Raiders were Patrick Graber in the 110 hurdles with a time of 20.43, Quint Terry in the 100 dash with a time of 12.89, Eric Olson in the high jump with a height of 5'2", and the 4x100 relay consisting of Max Erwin, Matt Wilt, Dustin Bowers, and Ed Kenoyer.

Placing for the team were Brian Newland and Casey Greavu in the 110 hurdles, Landon Brown in the 100, Caleb Titus in the 400, Eric Olson in the 800, Dylan McGarry and Brian Newland in the pole vault, Dylan McGarry and Casey Greavu in the high jump, Quint Terry and Max Erwin in the long jump, Landon Johnson and Dustin Bowers in the shot, Austin Ramge in the discus, and the 4x200 meter relay team of Max Erwin, Matt Wilt, Terran Cozad, and Ed Kenoyer.

Bellefontaine won the Junior High girls meet with 61 points, Indian Lake took 2nd with 53.5 points, and Benjamin Logan was 3rd with 44.5 points.

Scoring for Benjamin Logan were:

Marissa Wilbur was 1^st in the 100m hurdles

Kirston Milton was 3^rd in the 100m hurdles

Megan Thomas was 4^th in the 100m hurdles

Monica Mannings was 4^th in the 100m dash

Courtney Forsythe was 1^st in the 1600m run

Marissa Wilbur was 2^nd in the 200m hurdles

Courtney Forsythe was 1^st in the 800m run

Alexa Coughlin was 3^rd in the pole vault

Alexa Coughlin was 2^nd in the high jump

Logan Dunn was 3^rd in the high jump

Kirston Milton was 4^th in the high jump

Ciarra Wirick tied for 2^nd in the long jump

Megan Thomas was 4^th in the long jump

Caitlyn Craig was 3^rd in the shot put

Beth Tremains was 4^th in the shot put

Amber Hites was 2^nd in the discus

And the 4x400m relay team of Logan Dunn, Kirston Milton, Ciarra Wirick and Courtney Forsythe finished 1^st.

Several Lady Lakers did well, including:

Erika Kysenceder:  2^nd in 100 meter hurdles (20.8)

Ashley Albright:  1^st in high jump (4'4"), 2^nd in 1600 meter run (6:29), 2^nd in 800 meter run (2:56)

Kayla Beltz:  3^rd in 1600 meter run (6:36) and 4^th in 800 meter run (3:01)

Jessica Green:  2^nd in 400 meter dash (1:10) and 2^nd in 200 meter dash (31.1)

Ashley Collins:  1^st in pole vault (6'6") and 1^st in long jump (12' 10 ½") and 3^rd in 400 meter dash (1:12)

Trista Helmlinger:  3^rd in long jump (11'7")

Taylor Huffman:  2^nd in shot put (22'4") and 4^th in discus (55')

The 4 x 100 meter relay team of Megan Thomas, Erika Kysenceder, Katie Ray, and Jessica Green placed 2^nd with a time of 59.7.