Devils and Lady Devils Sweep Monier-Howard Track Meet
by Erik Hall- News Tribune
April 13, 2009
Lady Devils Dominate
Friday, April 10, 2009
By Erik Hall
sports@newstrib.com
PRINCETON — Thursday’s girls Monier-Howard Invitational at
Princeton was one-sided.
Hall’s girls track team scored 184 points and beat second-place
Princeton by 57 points.
Of the 18 events, Hall won seven events and placed second in seven
events.
“We’ve been doing pretty good as a team,” said Hall senior Kendall
Rush.
“I really don’t think it’s because we have so many girls. It’s
because our girls
come out and perform really well.” Rush was Hall’s top performer
Thursday. She won
three open events and anchored Hall’s 400-meter relay to a
second-place finish.
Rush won the triple jump, 100 meters and 200 meters. She jumped
34-11 to win triple
jump. Rush on the track went 12.9 seconds in the 100, and her 200
time was 27.2 seconds.
“I wasn’t very happy about the triple jump at all,” Rush said.
“With the weather so nice
out, I thought I was going to do better. I guess I need to warm up
more and get more focused, and hopefully, I’ll start jumping
farther. … The open 100, I really wanted to try to get 12.9, and
that’s what I got.” Rush was the only girls competitor to win more
than one individual race, but Princeton junior Sarah Maynard twice
crossed the finish line first.
Maynard anchored Princeton’s 400- and 800-meter relays to wins,
which went nicely
with Maynard’s long jump win.
Hall boys win amid controversy
Friday, April 10, 2009
By Erik Hall
sports@newstrib.com
PRINCETON — The Hall boys track team left Thursday’s Monier-Howard
Invitational as the team champion.
It should have been Bureau Valley’s boys team heading home in first
place.
The final points had Hall winning with 136 points and Bureau Valley
second with 129 points.
Hall’s 136 points included 10 points from the 3,200 meters that
should have been vacated, and if vacated,
Bureau Valley would have won 129-126.Hall sophomore Scott Janusick
earned 10 points for his team by
winning the 3,200 meters, but during the race, Janusick violated
USA Track & Field Rule 163.5.
According to USATF rules, Janusick should have been disqualified
from that race for the infraction.
Meet starter Don Grubaugh decided not to disqualify Janusick “The
decision was made primarily from
the standpoint that I’m not sure who saw the infraction,” Grubaugh
said. “Talking with the coaches,
it was close. There did not seem to be an inside lane
infraction.”
Bureau Valley head boys track coach Nick Hartz was the coach that
reported Janusick’s
infraction to meet organizers, but Hartz said that Grubaugh never
talked to him about the incident.
