Track

HU alumnus to compete in championships

By Joanne Green on Friday, June 11th, 2010

HUNTINGTON, IN—After a stellar cross country, basketball and track career at Huntington University, Lauren (Davenport) Johnson has continued to pursue her passion for running and has established herself as one of the elite in her sport. 

Johnson will be competing in the 800 meters at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships slated for June 23-27 at Drake stadium in Des Moines, Iowa... Read More...

Gerding makes All-State!

By Sam Doughty on Monday, June 7th, 2010

Junior Travis Gerding earned his spot on Huntington North's wall of fame on Saturday at the IHSAA Track & Field State Finals by finishing fifth in the discus and earning All-State honors. Gerding began the competition with a throw of 162 feet. On his next throw, he sealed the deal with a throw of 170 feet, 7 inches... Read More...

Foresters compete in Championships

By Joanne Green on Friday, May 28th, 2010

Two Foresters were among the hundreds of track and field athletes competing at the 2010 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Marion, Indiana that began yesterday.
 
Senior Luke Diehl, a youth ministries major from Bluffton, Indiana (Norwell High School), finished 27th in the 3000 meter steeplechase trials with a time of 9:34... Read More...

Viking second at Track Regionals!

By Sam Doughty on Friday, May 28th, 2010

The Huntington North boys' track team had five state qualifiers Thursday night at the FW Wayne Regional meet. Junior Travis Gerding and senior Jordan Beaver were the first Vikings to gain a berth into next weekend's meet in Bloomington. Gerding took second in the discus and Beaver was third. Gerding was a few feet from winning the event, with a throw of 159 feet that was 2'9" behind winner Geoff Getts from Garrett... Read More...

Updated! Lady Vikes at Regionals

By HFP Reporter on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Liesl Davenport informed HFP that the IHSAA needed four more discus throwers for the State meet and that she was one of the four athletes chosen to participant. Good luck to Liesl at State!

The Lady Vikings competed in the Northrop Regional on Tuesday night against some very tough competition... Read More...

Diehl & Herber to compete at Nationals

By HFP Reporter on Monday, May 24th, 2010

Submitted by Joanne (Miller) Green

Track & Field - Even though commencement on May 15th marked the end of another school year for most students, two track and field athletes have one final test.  These individuals are heading to Marion, Indiana to compete in the 2010 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships to be held May 27-29, 2010... Read More...

Vikes share sectional title with Marion

By Sam Doughty on Thursday, May 20th, 2010

There was no shortage of excitement Thursday night at Kriegbaum Field as Huntington North and Marion duked it out event by event for the sectional title. In the end, the intense rivalry proved too intense, and the teams shared the sectional title, both scoring exactly 129.5 points, a very rare but possible outcome in track & field's unique way of scoring... Read More...

HN trio to wrap up career together

By Sam Doughty on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

When junior Kaylan Newcomb handed the baton off to senior Ross Ochs on the evening of May 7, 2010, he liked his chances of making it into the school's record books for the 4x800-meter relay. For after Ochs's leg, fellow seniors Austin Roberts and Josh Graham were set to run the final two legs... Read More...

13 Lady Vikings advance to Regional

By Valerie Stout on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

On a rainy somewhat cold night, the Lady Vikings were trying to capture the Sectional title and advance to Regionals.  To be able to advance, the girls had to finish in the top four in their event. Competing in long jump was Machaela Mertz and Alexis Wygant. Mertz was able to jump 15’ 2 1/4” to place her fourth and advance to regional... Read More...

Vikings finish 2nd at 9/10 Invitational

By Sam Doughty on Monday, May 17th, 2010

The Huntington North track team finished second at their own Freshman/Sophomore Invitational on Saturday. Sophomore Andrew Mason led the Vikings with first place finishes in both the shot put and the discus. Mason threw 127'1" in the discus and 46'2.5" in the discus. Sophomore Darius Vogleman also scored big for the Vikings, finishing second in the 1600 to Bellmont's Evan Boucher by ... Read More...

HN boys fall to North Side

By Sam Doughty on Friday, May 14th, 2010

The Huntington North boys' track team traveled to North Side High School on Thursday night to take on the Redskins in a duel meet. North Side won the meet 69-60, but Coach Chambers said the meet was more of a trial run for sectionals. The Vikings were once again led by Coach Enyeart's powerful throwing attack... Read More...

Senior Night For Lady Vikings

By Valerie Stout on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

The night started off rainy and chilly for the Lady Vikings' last home meet. By the time field events were on their way, the rain had left, but the chill stayed in for the rest of the meet. It was also senior night for the eight graduating seniors - Megan Karst, Paige Widener, Sara Wegmann, Mariah Karst, Kelly Myers, Heidi Blocker, and manager Valerie Stout... Read More...

Middle School County Track Meet Results

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

The 2010 middle school county track meet was held on Tuesday May 11th.  Crestview took both the Boys seventh and eighth grade titles while Riverview took the eighth grade girls title and the seventh grade title was collected by Crestview. There were some records flagged in the results, but since they were wind aided, the results are not official... Read More...

Back to back!

By Sam Doughty on Saturday, May 8th, 2010

For the second year in a row, the Huntington North boys' track team won the NCC championship. This is only the school's second NCC championship in boys' track. However, this year, the meet was not nearly as close. Squeezing by the Marion Giants last year in a meet that came down to the last event, the Vikings crushed the competition this time around, outscoring the second place Giants 156-125... Read More...

Lady Vikings 2010 NCC Champs

By Valerie Stout on Saturday, May 8th, 2010

The Lady Vikings took on seven other teams competing for the NCC champion title. On a very windy night, with occasional rain, Huntington North had their own set of cheerleaders there. Girls long distance runners that weren’t competing dressed up in cheerleading outfits to cheer on our ladies... Read More...