By Fred Kroner
Mahomet-Seymour’s veteran 1,600-meter relay foursome won top honors on Saturday (Feb. 24) at the Coach Basting indoor boys’ track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University, in Bloomington.
In the 23-school, non-scored meet, M-S had 18 entries. Eleven secured top-five finishes to earn medals and 14 ended among the top 10.
The 1,600-meter relay unit of Travis Hoffman, Blake Dillman, Joshua Franklin and DeAngelo Hughey were timed in a state-best 3:33.34. Anchor runner Hughey had the top 400-meter split, 49.56 seconds.
The winner of that race was awarded “The Hammer.”
The M-S time not only currently stands first in the state, but also is more than nine seconds ahead of the No. 2 time (3:42.78), posted by Mount Zion.
Individually, Hughey and Henry McMurry won events for the Bulldogs.
Hughey was first in the 60-meter dash, clocking a time of 7.09. Teammate Jayvon Irwin was fifth in the race (7.17). Irwin placed second in the 200 meters (23.79).
McMurry won the freshmen-sophomore division of the 1,600 meters in 4:49.56.
In the varsity 1,600-meter race, Ethan Ramirez was the runner-up (4:38.96). Teammate Lukas Nykaza was second in the 3,200 meters (10:38.12).
Other top-10 placers individually for M-S were Ty Clark (third in the pole vault at 13-6), Hoffman (fifth in the 60-meter hurdles, 9.15), Franklin (fifth in the 400 meters, 55.40), Jackson Davis (seventh in the pole vault, 11-2) and Cody Moen (ninth in the 800 meters, 2:13.47).
The Bulldogs’ 800-meter relay took fourth. Sharing the baton were Irwin, Dylan Smith, Alex O’Brian and Ryken Kirby. Their cumulative time was 1:37.53. Irwin had the quickest 200-meter split in 23.87.
Also, the M-S 3,200 varsity relay grouping of Grant Smysor, Auggie Gaudio, Zach Wilcoski and Kaleb Kasper finished eighth in 9:23.60. The quickest 800-meter split was by WIlcoski (2:19.30).
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Six Bulldogs won events in the lone M-S home indoor meet on Thursday (Feb. 15). Five other schools joined M-S in the non-scored meet.
Irwin won the 200-meter dash (24.69), Dillman won the 400 meters (53.97), Hughey won the 800 meters (2:14.03), McMurry won the 1600 meters (4:50.50), Hoffman won the 60-meter hurdles (10.11) and Davis won the pole vault (9-0).
Irwin was the runner-up in the 60-meter dash (7.27).
