Salem's Breanna Frye finishes off the Rocks' first-place showing in the 400-meter relay. (photo by Ed Wright)

Fast Company
Salem sprints to City championship

BY ED WRIGHT
April 23, 2010, 12:15 a.m.

  Leading up to Thursday's Bolger-Mangan Memorial City Meet, Salem's distance crew was carrying  most of the load for the Rocks.

  But on Thursday, it was the team's sprinters who were doing some serious haulin'.

  The Rocks captured their second City Meet title in the past three seasons when they chalked up 66.5 points, six more than runner-up Canton. Plymouth placed third with 50.5 points.

  "We've been counting on our distance girls all year, but the sprinters really stepped up today," said Salem coach Dale Maskill. "We won the 400 relay and took second in the four-by-two, which was huge.

  "Khyli Ray stepped up, Breanna Frye had a good day and Deja Wright ran well. It was a nice team effort."

  Maskill also pointed to the 1,600-meter run when asked for keys to the Rocks' success.

  "Amanda Beyer cut 10 seconds off her previous PR to finish third and Emily Bizon ran amazing and placed fourth. Those are the kind of performances you need to win these meets."

  Jordan Clark was a point machine for the runner-up Chiefs. After seeing limited action early in the season, the AAU-caliber sprinter won the speed merchants' triple crown: the 100-meter dash (12.68), the 200 (25.40) and the 400 (1:00.25).

  Canton's Bianca Kubicki was Clark's equal in the distance events, winning the 1,600 in 5:34.19 before catching her breath and winning the 3,200 about two hours later in 11:46.23.

  Plymouth got off to a blazing start in the field events thanks to Isis Haywood, who took gold in the discus (90 feet, 10 inches) and the shot put (32-4.50). Plymouth's Reagan Engstrom won the pole vault by a foot, posting a season-best height of 9 feet, 6 inches.

  Salem's Kristina Klusek won the long jump with an effort of 15 feet, 9 inches before jumping over to the PCEP soccer pitch to compete for the Rocks' unbeaten soccer team.

  The most amazing effort of the day belonged to Wildcat freshman Madi Lewis, who hit the ground after tipping a hurdle late in the 100-meter race, but righted herself quickly enough to place third, just .26 behind Salem's Megan Paruta, who won in 18.76.

  "I thought the girls ran tough today," said Plymouth coach Ricky Styes, whose team is 2-0 in dual meets. "Things have been going really well for us so far this year, but we had a few trials and tribulations today that the girls will learn from.

  "My hat is off to Dale and the Salem girls. They really came to run today."

GIRLS MEET FINAL STANDINGS: 1. Salem, 66.5; 2. Canton 60; 3. Plymouth, 50.5.

HIGH JUMP: 1. Lindsay Lipa (C), 5 feet, 4 inches; 2. Tina Bradley (C), 4-8; 3. (tie) Ashley Kretschmer (S) and Taylor Rieckhoff (P), 4-6.

POLE VAULT: 1. Reagan Engstrom (P), 9-6; 2. Jane McCurry (P), 8-6; 3. Kara Bongiovani (C), 8-6; 4. Megan Paruta (S), 8-0.

LONG JUMP: 1. Kristina Klusek (S), 15-9; 2. Michelle Lu (C), 15-4.5; 3. Becka Knox (P), 14-11; 4. Phalyn Winans (C), 14-9.

DISCUS: 1. Isis Haywood (P), 90-10; 2. Rebekah Hendrian (S), 84-7; 3. Sarah Stone (S), 77-2; 4. Brittany Granowicz (C), 76-2.

SHOT PUT: 1. Isis Haywood (P), 32-4.5; 2. Rebekah Hendrian (S), 27-4.5; 3. Sarah Stone (S), 27-0.5; 4. Lydia Plencner (P), 24-10.

3,200-METER RELAY: 1. Salem, 10:13.89; 2. Plymouth, 10:24.04; 3. Canton, 10:25.87.

100 HURDLES: 1. Megan Paruta (S), 18.76; 2. Sarah Martin (S), 18.81; 3. Madi Lewis (P), 19.02; 4. Gabby Williams (C), 19.18.

100 DASH: 1. Jordan Clark (C), 12.68; 2. Khyli Ray (S), 13.74; 3. Deja Wright (S), 13.74; 4. Lindsey Russell (P), 13.86.

800 RELAY: 1. Plymouth, 1:48.53; 2. Salem, 1:53.76; 3. Canton, 1:55.20.

1,600 RUN: 1. Bianca Kubicki (C), 5:34.19; 2. Victoria Tripp (S), 5:44.69; 3. Amanda Beyer (S), 5:49.95; 4. Emily Bizon (S), 5:51.61.

400 RELAY: 1. Salem, 53.63; 2. Canton, 54.88; 3. Plymouth, 56.59.

400 DASH: 1. Jordan Clark (C), 1:00.25; 2. Becka Knox (P), 1:02.59; 3. Beth Swanberg (C), 1:03.92; 4. Ade Jepperson (S), 1:05.31.

300 HURDLES: 1. Jenna Hamed (P), 52.71; 2. Marina Milad (C), 52.77; 3. Carissa Buttermore (P), 53.30; 4. Gabby Williams (C), 53.91.

800 RUN: 1. Jordyn Moore (S), 2:32.83; 2. Katie Grimes (C), 2:36.30; 3. Alex McHugh (S), 2:36.94; 4. Erica Eimers (C), 2:40.20.

200 DASH: 1. Jordan Clark (C), 25.40; 2. Madi Lewis (P), 26.11; 3. Khyli Ray (S), 27.70; 4. Lindsey Russell (P), 28.06.

3,200 RUN: 1. Bianca Kubicki (C), 11:46.23; 2. Victoria Tripp (S), 12:14.49; 3. Nicole Traitses (P), 12:47.10; 4. Paula Green (P), 12:50.96.

1,600 RELAY: 1. Canton, 4:22.24; 2. Salem, 4:23.97; 3. Plymouth, 4:37.02.


Salem poses for a team photo after winning Thursday's City Meet (photo by Marion Krutty)


The three PCEP teams' head coaches are (from left) Canton's Pam Stom, Plymouth's Ricky Styes and Salem's Dale Maskill. (photo by Ed Wright)


Plymouth freshman Madi Lewis earned the Wildcats several points Thursday afternoon. (photo by Ed Wright)