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Greenville
junior A.J. Frens clears 15’6” during the Wave tri-meet
Tuesday against Tipp City
and Union City. Greenville won the meet and
will now prepare for the Troy Invitational
Friday. CNO Photos by George
Starks
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Greenville wins
tri-meet over Tipp and Union City
Wave coach pleased with results
By George Starks
GREENVILLE- “These are the fun meets. It allows us to experiment.”
Those were the words of Greenville track coach Bill Plessinger after
Greenville won the girls and boys meet with Tipp City and Union City
Tuesday.
On the girls side of the ledger, Greenville posted a two point win over
the Lady Red Devils, 76-74 with the Indians picking up 35 points.
In the boys meet, the Wave tallied 76 points with Tipp earning 71 and
the Tribe getting 30 points on the night.
Greenville pick up seven team wins by the guys, with two very
impressive performances.
In the pole vault, the Wave took the top three spots led by junior AJ
Frens with a winning vault of 15’6”. Sophomore Ryan Trick was second,
falling two feet behind Frens while sophomore Mathew Hounshell was
third.
The other came in the 110 hurdles as junior Folger Pyles took top
honors in a time of 18.69 seconds, grabbing the attention of the Wave
coach.
“I’ve been searching for a 110 hurdler for eight years,” said
Plessinger. “Folger broke 19 seconds and he’s the first boy to break 19
in many years. In fact, I don’t remember how many years it’s been since
I’ve seen that here. He is progressively getting faster and faster so I
was pretty impressed with his time.”
Plessinger also spoke of a few others.
“Mac Kirk won the hundred (12.38) and we’ve not had a boy win the
hundred in many years,” Plessinger pointed out. “I was very happy with
the 4x100 relay and that winning time (46.92). So as a coach, you want
to see these kind of times. I’ve got five boys and five girls that
excel in this event so when the GWOC comes along, I don’t know what I’m
going to do. It’s a nice problem to have but someone will be very
disappointed when I have to make the decision.”
In the girls meet, it was a solid night for sophomore Hope Byrum.
Byrum won the 100 meters in a time of 14.01 seconds and crossed the
line first in the 4x100 relay (55.57 seconds), winning at the line over
Tipp City.
“It’s funny,” said Plessinger. “This is the first time these girls ever
ran this event together. Hope had her best time in the hundred but
we’ve had some issues in the 4x100. Hope has been in the national cheer
competition in Florida and tonight was her first meet of the year
actually. We’ve had six girls run in this event this year. It’s been
interesting. Right now, no matter who I throw in there, they’re running
pretty good times considering they practice their exchanges a half hour
before the meet. Once I figure out my top four, we may be flirting with
a school record.”
Also, senior Clohe McKinney played a huge part in the Lady Wave success
but running the third leg of the winning 4x100 relay while winning the
triple jump (29’4”) and the high jump (4’8”).
In other field events, sophomore Sierra Cress won the shot and the
discus for the girls with senior Ben Whittington taking first in the
discus (124’ 1”)
Greenville will head to Troy Friday for the Troy Invitational.
All results can be seen at baumspage.com.
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Wave
sophomore Hope Byrum edges out a win in the 4X100 relay.
Greenville ran the event in a time of 55.57 seconds.
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