FAIR HAVEN — Vergennes Union High School senior Jon Welch and Middlebury freshman Hannah Buttolph won events at Saturday’s Division II track and field championship meet, which Fair Haven Union High School hosted.
Welch defended his title in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles, while Buttolph earned a first-place tie in the girls’ high jump.
The Commodores’ four-by-100-meter relay team of Welch, Sebby Crowell, Lane Kessler and Chris Castillo also brought home gold, as did the Tigers’ 4×800 squad of James Hare, Andrew Edwards, Sam Ferguson and Max Moulton.
A number of other athletes scored points for their teams, notably MUHS senior James Pecsok, who was second in the boys’ javelin, and VUHS senior Austin Beamish, who placed in three events.
Also scoring points in individual events for MUHS were Hare, Moulton, Akeem Pottinger, Naina Horning, Danielle Morris, Julia Vorsteveld and Ali Sheldrick. On the relays, the Tiger boys’ 4×400 team placed second, the Tiger girls’ 4×400 team and the boys’ 4×100 team each finished fifth, and the MUHS girls’ 4×800 quartet was sixth.
Also picking up points for VUHS were Eddie Devino, Lane Kessler, Jordan Stearns, Abbey Baker, Alix Kauffman and Paige Stolen. The VUHS girls’ 4×400 team took second, and the girls’ 4×100 team was fifth.
Henry Koenig and Amanda Vincent scored top-six finishes for Mount Abe.
U-32 won both the boys’ and girls’ team competitions. The boys’ scores were U-32, 111; 2. Harwood, 103; 3. Fair Haven, 62; 4. Windsor, 55; 5. Missisquoi, 54; 6. (tie) MUHS and Lyndon, 46; 8. VUHS, 43; 9. Milton, 18; 10. Rice. 14; and 11. (tie) Mount Abe and Hartford, 2.
The girls’ scores were 1. U-32, 137; 2. Harwood, 110; 3. Hartford, 66; 4. Windsor, 58; 5. Fair Haven, 42; 6. Milton, 39; 7. Rice, 32; 8. MUHS, 29; 9. VUHS, 19; 10. Missisquoi, 12; 11. Lyndon, 10; 12. Mount Abe, 4.
The complete results for all local boys’ athletes were:
•  4×800: 1. MUHS, 8:38.24 (Hare, Ferguson, Edwards, Moulton).
•  100: 11. Pecsok, MUHS, 12.35; 13. Cullen Jemison, Mount Abe, 12.61; 16. Duncan Matthewson, MUHS, 12.91.
•  110 Hurdles: 1. Welch, VUHS, 15.43; 6. Beamish, VUHS, 17.72; 13. Chris Carter, Mount Abe, 19.74.
•  1,500: 11. Liam Hayes, VUHS, 4:45.47; 13. Moulton, MUHS, 4:50.65.
•  4×100: 1. VUHS, 47.46 (Crowell, Castillo, Kessler, Welch); 5. MUHS, 47.98 (Wyatt Norris, Horning, Pottinger, Pecsok).
•  400: 5. Hare, MUHS, 54.94; 7. Liam Godfrey, VUHS, 56.61; 8. Crowell, VUHS, 56.65.
•  300 Hurdles: 3. Kessler, VUHS, 43.54; 11. Ferguson, MUHS, 46.77; 14. Carter, Mount Abe, 48.87.
•  800: 3. Devino, VUHS, 2:03.42; 4. Moulton, MUHS, 2:04.94; 12. Edwards, MUHS, 2:18.20.
•  200: 10. Nathan Peck, MUHS, 24.75; 11. Hare, MUHS, 25.54.
•  3,000: 14. David Dregallo, MUHS, 10:48.69; 15. Matt Becker, MUHS, 10:49.08.
•  4×400: 2. MUHS, 3:41.52 (Hare, Horning, Ferguson, Moulton); 7. VUHS, 3:49.91 (Kessler, Crowell, Castillo, Devino).
•  High Jump: 3. Pottinger, MUHS, 5-6; 5. Henry Koenig, Mount Abe, 5-4.00.
•  Pole Vault: 8. Silas Pohlman, Mount Abe, 9-0.
•  Long Jump: 4. Beamish, VUHS, 19-0; 8. Castillo, VUHS, 17-10; 9. Cody Quattrocci, VUHS, 17-9.50; 10. Akeem Pottinger, MUHS, 17-5; 12, Jordan Stearns, VUHS, 16-1; 13. Addison Bolton, MUHS, 16-0.
•  Triple Jump: 5. Horning, MUHS, 36-4; 6. Beamish, VUHS, 36-2; 7. Castillo, VUHS, 35-11; 8. Koenig, Mount Abe, 35-8; 9. Stearns, VUHS, 33-3.
•  Javelin: 2. Pecsok, MUHS, 152-5; 8. Koenig, Mount Abe, 117-10; 11. Stearns, VUHS, 104-11.
•  Shot Put: 6. Stearns, VUHS, 36-7.75; 9. Matthewson, MUHS, 31-11.50.
GIRLS’ RESULTS
The complete results for all local girls’ athletes were:
•  4×800: 6. MUHS, 11:43.18 (Nicole Morris, Danielle Morris, Mary Jensen, Anna Roy).
•  100: 7. Katie Lazarus, MUHS, 13.85; 16. Quinn Gervia, Mount Abe, 14.39.
•  100 Hurdles: 15. Megan Hahr, Mount Abe, 19.70; 19. Amelia Bruhl, Mount Abe, 21.64; 20. Kayla Evans, MUHS, 21.72.
•  4×100: 5. VUHS, 56.56 (Baker, Kauffman, Tia Hunt, Ruby Dombek); 7. Mount Abe, 57.90 (Gervia, Lili Knutson, Chelsea Rublee, Hahr); 8. MUHS, 58.09 (Rachael Matthewson, Lexy Doria, Kayla Evans, Lazarus).
•  400: 3. Baker, VUHS, 1:03.26; 6. Kauffman, VUHS, 1:06.85; 7. Kaitlin Huber, MUHS, 1:07.05; 9. N. Morris, MUHS, 1:10.94.
•  800: 5. Stolen, VUHS, 2:35.96.
•  4×400: 2. VUHS, 4:29.06 (Baker, Dombek, Samara Sausville, Kauffman); 4. MUHS, 4:40.81 (Vorsteveld, Doria, Huber, N. Morris); 10. Mount Abe, 5:07.39 (Hahr, Eliza Letourneau, Natalie May, Rublee).
•  High Jump: 1. Buttolph, MUHS, 4-8; 4. D. Morris, MUHS, 4-6; 8. Bruhl, Mount Abe, 4-2.
•  Long Jump: 14. Knutson, Mount Abe, 13-8.25; 18. Lazarus, MUHS, 13-5; 22. Buttolph, MUHS, 12-8.25.
•  Triple Jump: 4. Vorsteveld, MUHS, 30-2; 12. Knutson, Mount Abe, 28-0.5; 14. Lazarus, MUHS, 27-6.
•  Discus: 9. Sheldrick, MUHS, 77-4.
•  Javelin: 4. Vincent, Mount Abe, 87-5; 9. Sheldrick, MUHS, 79-5.
•  Shot Put: 4. Sheldrick, MUHS, 31-9.25; 8. Ally Stearns, VUHS, 29-3.5.