Greensburg and North Decatur ran at the Regional Track

Tournament at Shelbyville last night and came home with one

athlete, Erica Schwering, qualifying for next week’s state qualifier in Bloomington in the shot put. Schwering unleashed her best throw of 37’1.5” on her final attempt while Leas notched sixth with a throw of 36’4”.

In the discus, Leas unleashed a throw of 120'9” on her final attempt to claim fifth place while Schwering finished eighth with a best throw of 112’4”

Another athlete from this region who qualified was Val Wagner of

Jac-Cen-Del. She participated in four events qualifying third in the

100-meter dash, finishing sixth and eighth in the 200 and 400,

respectively and missing the ticket to Bloomington in the long jump

by one place. For the evening she single-handedly notched 15

points to propel her school to a 16th place finish.

The Pirates entered their 4X800 relay team, which finished 13th, and

two hurdlers in the 100-meter hurdles. Taryn Owen placed 14th and

Hannah Doerflinger 12th in the event. Kendra Fasbinder finished

10th in the same event and was noticeably ill at the end.

She was also slated for the 300 meters but was unable to