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Greenville
senior Paige Keller had no problems clearing 9 feet, 6
inches in the pole vault Tuesday during a
tri-meet with Troy and Piqua
as coach Micah Coblentz looks on. CNO photos by George Starks
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Greenville looks good in first meet of
season
By George Starks
GREENVILLE- Even though the final results were not posted immediatly,
Greenville track coach Bill Plessinger was pleased with what he saw
Tuesday in a tri-meet with Piqua and Troy.
With all events posted, the Lady Wave track team topped Troy 78-55 with
Piqua scoring 42 points on the night.
On the Boys side, the Wave put up 84 points with Piqua notching 47 and
Troy 44 points.
“It’s our first meet of the season,” said Plessinger. “We put these
duel and tri meets into a whole different perspective. They are more
for fun and it gives kids a chance to get out here and compete. They
can score some points and earn a letter. Because of what I have to do,
I don’t always know what’s going on in the meet.”
A long time track and field coach, Plessinger will look over the
results long after the meet is finished to determine what his kids did
on opening night.
“We had a lot of kids out there tonight running for the very first
time,” Plessinger pointed out. “Without looking at times and results, I
thought we did well. I was pleased with the performance of our kids.”
While kids like senior Paige Keller excelled in her events (100, pole
vault and a relay), it was junior Aaron Balsbaugh that had the
attention of many.
Balsbaugh took control of the 4x400 relay.
Running the anchor leg for the Wave, Balsbaugh went from second place
at the hand-off and blew by the competition in three of four steps,
leading the Wave to the victory in the relay race.
“The hardest thing about Aaron is to figure out what event to put him
in,” said Plessinger. “He can really do so much. He and Clay Guilliozet
both went six feet in the high jump so Arron is really good. I don’t
know if he’ll make it to state but he’ll be right there. I think he can
break the school record in the 800 so I’m very blessed to have him this
year and one more year. He’s really filled out and has gotten stronger.”
With the Lady Tiger Classic being cancelled last Saturday, the event
will now be contested tonight in Versailles.
All meet results can be seen on baumspage.com.
Team results are as follows:
Varsity Girls
Team Scores (17 Events
Scored)
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Team
Pts Spr Dst Hrd Rel Thr
Jmp Oth
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1
Greenville
78 22 6
7 14 10 19 0
2
Troy
55 7 19
4 10 6
9 0
3
Piqua
42 4 8
11 8 6
5 0
Varsity
Boys Team Scores (17 Events
Scored)
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Team
Pts Spr Dst Hrd Rel Thr
Jmp Oth
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1
Greenville
84 10 20 17
10 4 23 0
2
Piqua
47 15 13
0 9 5
5 0
3
Troy
44 8
0 5 13 13
5 0
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Wave
senior Zach Phillips hands the baton off to junior Dylan Knoop in the
4X200 relay.
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