Maryland Class 2A/1A West Regional
Hagerstown MD 2/7/97

Middletown, Fort Hill Boys Tie; Catoctin Girls Win Big

Hagerstown MD 2/7/97 -- Middletown and Fort Hill battled to a 72-all tie in the boys competition as a correction in the pole vault scoring wiped out an apparent 1/2 point win by Fort Hill. Catoctin had no uneasy moments rolling up 104 points to win the girls championship.

Five pole vaulters cleared 10-6 for a nominal tie for 6th place. Initial scoring under a 1997 rules change had Middletown and Boonsboro sharing the 6th place point, taking into account fewest misses but not fewest attempts. The rule change eliminating fewest attempts as a tie breaker in pole vault does not take effect, however, until the 1997 outdoor season. The correction by meet director Hal Grau--using fewest attempts as a tie breaker--gave Middletown the whole point for sixth place.

The pole vault correction came after Fort Hill apparently salvaged a narrow victory with dramatics in the closing 1600 meter relay. Fort Hill's 8 1/2 point lead was in jeopardy with Middletown favored to win the relay and Fort Hill unseeded. But Bobby High, normally a distance runner, was substituted on the Fort Hill team, and High ran a gritty anchor leg to win the slow heat in the last strides. That gave Fort Hill 2 points, protecting the lead against Middletown's 10-point score moments later in the fast heat (3:42.1). Before the Allegheny County squad had time to celebrate, however, the scoring error was being debated.

In addition to the 1600 relay, Middletown got blue ribbons from Matt Covati in the 300 (37.9) and Derek Dye in the high jump (6-3). Fort Hill's winners were Bobby High in the 1600 (4:38) and the 800 relay (1:36.8).

Kathy Messner won four individual events to lead Catoctin to the girls crown: 55 (7.3), 300 (41.6), 500 (1:25.6), and high jump (5-6). Catoctin also won the 3200 relay (10:28.1). Liz Lowrie of Urbana was a triple winner with easy victories in the 3200 (11:59.4) and 1600 (5:25.9) and a one second victory over Kris Olsen (Catoctin) in the 800 (2:29.4).

Smithsburg 66, Boonsboro 62 and Walkersville 59 were also in contention for the boys team title throughout the evening. Walkersville suffered from the loss of two academic casualties, sprinter Nick Brown and distance runner Sean Allen, who would have been 1-2 picks in four races. The rest of the boys team results were Clear Spring 23, Bethesda-Chevy Chase 19, Catoctin 16, South Hagerstown 8, and Urbana 5.

Smithsburg edged out Middletown 61 to 60 for runner-up in the girls standings, followed by Urbana 49, South Hagerstown 38, Boonsboro 37, Fort Hill 19, Bethesda-Chevy Chase 13, Walkersville 13, Mount Savage 6, and Brunswick 3.

Detailed results: (See DyeStat school codes.)

Maryland Class 2A/1A West Regional
Hagerstown MD 2/7/97
Boys Track
Pos	Min	Sec	Athlete	School
55 Meters - Boys
	1		6.5	Hoffman	SMI
2		6.6	Page	FH
3		6.7	Foster	FH
4		6.8	Fritsch	SMI
5		6.8	Rexrode	BOO
6			DQ
300 Meters - Boys
1		37.9	Covati	MID
2		38.2	Hoffman	SMI
3		38.5	Irvine	CAT
4		38.7	Davis	FH
5		38.8	Stratmon	BCC
6		39.0	Reeder	BOO
500 Meters - Boys
1	1	8.9	Gardner	BCC
2	1	9.6	C Willis	WAL
3	1	10.1	Long	BOO
4	1	10.3	Covati	MID
5	1	11.6	Davis	FH
6	1	11.8	Dochterman	MID
800 Meters - Boys
1	2	4.1	C Willis	WAL
2	2	4.3	High	FH
3	2	6.9	Gardner	BCC
4	2	7.7	Long	BOO
5	2	7.9	D Willis	WAL
6	2	9.4	Normoyle	MID
1600 Meters - Boys
1	4	38.0	High	FH
2	4	40.7	Normoyle	MID
3	4	42.7	Oates	BOO
4	4	45.8	Dotson	FH
5	4	46.1	Mason	CS
6	4	50.1	Schnebly	CS
3200 Meters - Boys
1	10	18.0	Mason	CS
2	10	24.8	Hamilton	MID
3	10	27.9	Schnebly	CS
4	10	35.5	Oates	BOO
5	10	36.3	Puffenbarger	FH
6	10	37.4	Campbell	WAL
55 Meter Hurdles - Boys
1		8.1	Orchard	WAL
2		8.3	Stone	SMI
3		8.4	Jones	SMI
4		8.4	D Dye	MID
5		8.5	McConnor	FH
6		8.7	Sherard	CAT
800 Meter Relay - Boys
1	1	36.8		FH
2	1	37.0		SMI
3	1	39.4		MID
4	1	39.5		CAT
5	1	44.2		BOO
6	1	46.5		URB
1600 Meter Relay - Boys
1	3	42.1		MID
2	3	44.4		WAL
3	3	47.6		SMI
4	3	48.9		CAT
5	3	53.7		FH
6	3	54.3		BOO
3200 Meter Relay - Boys
1	8	33.8		WAL
2	8	34.4		FH
3	8	56.9		BOO
4	8	57.8		MID
5	8	58.9		URB
6	9	4.4		CAT
Girls Track
Pos	Min	Sec	Athlete	School
55 Meters - Girls
1		7.3	Messner	CAT
2		7.4	Primous	SMI
3		7.4	Dawes	BCC
4		7.7	Smith	CAT
5		7.7	Beck	BCC
6		7.8	Novak	CAT
300 Meters - Girls
1		41.6	Messner	CAT
2		42.2	Jenkins	SMI
3		43.8	Romlein	CAT
4		43.9	McCann	SH
5		44.3	Kajencki	SH
6		44.8	Hickman	BRU
500 Meters - Girls
1	1	25.6	Messner	CAT
2	1	26.0	Bracken	BOO
3	1	26.2	Renner	WAL
4	1	27.1	Fraser	MID
5	1	27.6	Kajencki	SH
6	1	28.7	Linkous	URB
800 Meters - Girls
1	2	29.4	Lowrie	URB
2	2	30.4	K Olsen	CAT
3	2	32.6	Linkous	URB
4	2	35.3	Fraser	MID
5	2	35.9	McCully	URB
6	2	37.2	Duckworth	FH
1600 Meters - Girls
1	5	25.9	Lowrie	URB
2	5	45.2	Duckworth	FH
3	5	48.0	I Olsen	CAT
4	6	1.6	Imming	MID
5	6	8.7	Albright	MTS
6	6	10.5	Bower	SMI
3200 Meters - Girls
1	11	59.4	Lowrie	URB
2	12	42.0	Imming	MID
3	12	44.0	I Olsen	CAT
4	13	36.9	Albright	MTS
5	13	48.1	Collins	BRU
6	14	7.1	Sakalski	SMI
55 Meter Hurdles - Girls
1		8.8	McCann	SH
2		8.9	Romlein	CAT
3		9.0	Tierney	BOO
4		9.6	Holsinger	SMI
5		9.7	Bracken	BOO
6		9.9	Wolfe	BOO
800 Meter Relay - Girls
1	1	50.6		SMI
2	1	52.1		SH
3	1	53.2		CAT
4	1	53.7		BCC
5	1	57.0		WAL
6	1	58.4		BOO
1600 Meter Relay - Girls
1	4	26.5		SMI
2	4	30.3		CAT
3	4	30.6		BOO
4	4	36.0		WAL
5	4	37.8		URB
6	4	38.3		BCC
3200 Meter Relay - Girls
1	10	28.1		CAT
2	10	34.8		URB
3	10	38.2		MID
4	11	9.4		SH
5	11	24.1		BOO
6	11	34.7		WAL
Field Events
Pos	Ft	In	Athlete	School
High Jump - Boys
1	6	3.00	D Dye	MID
2	5	10.00	Livolsi	SMI
3	5	8.00	McGowan	FH
4	5	6.00	Hanson	MID
4	5	6.00	Bayer	SMI
6	5	6.00	Hurdle	SMI
Pole Vault - Boys
1	12	6.00	Kolbay	WAL
2	12	0.00	Mullendore	BOO
3	11	6.00	Rohr	BOO
4	11	6.00	Hoffman	SMI
5	11	6.00	Levy	MID
6	10	6.00	Kulina	MID
7	10	6.00	Willard	BOO
Shot Put - Boys
1	46	8.00	Suter	BOO
2	45	0.75	Peters	SH
3	44	11.25	Bigelow	BOO
4	43	9.50	Hose	CS
5	41	10.00	Miller	URB
6	39	4.50	Bradley	BCC
High Jump - Girls
1	5	6.00	Messner	CAT
2	4	10.00	Welch	SMI
3	4	8.00	Price	MID
4	4	8.00	N Dye	MID
5	4	8.00	Smith	SH
6	4	8.00	Holsinger	SMI
Pole Vault - Girls
1	7	6.00	N Dye	MID
2	7	0.00	Bracken	BOO
3	6	6.00	Smith	SH
4	5	6.00	Winger	BOO
4	5	6.00	Heflebower	SMI
6	5	6.00	Lindsay	CAT
Shot Put - Girls
1	33	9.50	Snyder	FH
2	33	1.50	Toms	MID
3	32	7.00	Marcantonio	MID
4	28	9.00	Henson	SMI
5	28	8.00	Daron	SMI
6	28	3.50	Leonard	SMI