Triton Athletics

WINAMAC — The Triton girls track and field team delivered a strong, balanced performance Thursday night, finishing in a tie with host Winamac before settling for second place on a tiebreaker at the Winamac quad meet. Both teams scored 79 points, but Winamac claimed the team title by winning the tiebreaker with nine first-place finishes compared to Triton’s four. Culver placed third with 57 points, followed by Argos with 28. Despite the narrow margin, the Lady Trojans showed impressive depth across the board, scoring in nearly every event and dominating the relays to stay in contention throughout the meet. Rilee Bemish led Triton with a standout night, capturing two individual victories. She won the 300-meter hurdles in 55.00 (season best) and cleared 8-6 to take first in the pole vault. Bemish also added a runner-up finish in the 100 hurdles at 17.55 (personal record), giving Triton a major boost in the hurdle and field events. The Lady Trojans’ relay teams were equally impactful. Triton won the 4x400 relay (Poff, McKinney, Emenaker, Wright) in 4:47.89 and the 4x800 relay (Rettinger, Gephart, McKinney, Emenaker) in 11:35.52, while also tying for second in the 4x100 relay (Bemish, Blanco, Hammond, Fear) at 56.51. Those performances kept Triton within striking distance of Winamac all evening. Triton also piled up key second-place finishes. Austyn Wright took second in the 400 with 1:12.61 (season best), Evelyn Gephart was runner-up in both the 800 (2:39.44 personal record) and 3200 (13:16.72), and Izzy Rettinger placed second in the 1600 (6:24.77 season best and personal record) while also finishing second in the 300 hurdles (57.72 personal record) and fourth in the 100 hurdles (19.43 personal record). In the field events, Avery Faulkner finished second in the high jump at 4' 8" and third in the discus at 74' 4", while Willa Reichert added a second-place finish in the discus at 78' 1". Additional scoring came from Kiyliyen Fear, who took second in the 100 with a 13.41 and added points in the high jump at 4' 2" and discus at 54' 3", along with Beatriz Blanco in the sprints and Chloe McKinney in the distance races. The Lady Trojans’ ability to consistently place across multiple events ultimately allowed them to match Winamac’s point total. Winamac, however, secured the meet victory behind a dominant performance from Sadie Popejoy and Avery Wegner, who combined for multiple event wins in the sprints and distance races. The Warriors’ nine event victories proved to be the deciding factor in the tiebreaker. 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Event — Winner, School — Time/Mark 100 Dash — Sadie Popejoy, Winamac — 13.13 200 Dash — Sadie Popejoy, Winamac — 27.45 400 Dash — Sadie Popejoy, Winamac — 1:08.02 800 Run — Avery Wegner, Winamac — 2:39.24 1600 Run — Avery Wegner, Winamac — 6:22.13 3200 Run — Avery Wegner, Winamac — 12:57.55 100 Hurdles — Maleah Johnson, Culver — 17.35 300 Hurdles — Rilee Bemish, Triton — 55.00 4x100 Relay — Culver — 55.90 4x400 Relay — Triton — 4:47.89 4x800 Relay — Triton — 11:35.52 High Jump — Kandace Kroft, Winamac — 4-8 Pole Vault — Rilee Bemish, Triton — 8-6 Long Jump — Mylie Foster, Winamac — 13-6 Shot Put — Maddison Beach, Culver — 27-7 Discus — Sadie Popejoy, Winamac — 90-3 100 Meter Dash 1. Sadie Popejoy, Winamac — 13.13 2. Kiyliyen Fear, Triton — 13.41 3. Ava McCune, Culver — 13.58 4. Avery Binfet, Argos — 13.63 5. Katelyn Burgess, Winamac — 13.82 6. Holly Horner, Culver — 14.19 7. Leah Pizzuto, Argos — 14.41 200 Meter Dash 1. Sadie Popejoy, Winamac — 27.45 2. Ava McCune, Culver — 28.33 3. Eliana Andzejewski, Culver — 30.26 4. Madelyn Goodman, Winamac — 31.98 5. Beatriz Blanco, Triton — 32.38 6. Addison Redweik, Winamac — 32.57 400 Meter Dash 1. Sadie Popejoy, Winamac — 1:08.02 2. Austyn Wright, Triton — 1:12.61 ***SB*** 3. Maci Earp, Winamac — 1:13.93 4. Beatriz Blanco, Triton — 1:16.82 5. Holly Horner, Culver — 1:26.35 800 Meter Run 1. Avery Wegner, Winamac — 2:39.24 2. Evelyn Gephart, Triton — 2:39.44 ***PR*** 3. Chloe McKinney, Triton — 2:52.20 4. Kandace Kroft, Winamac — 2:54.99 5. Emily Pippenger, Argos — 2:55.62 6. Eden Rakoczy, Argos — 3:00.36 7. Kayla Poff, Triton — 3:07.52 ***SB*** 8. Maddison Beach, Culver — 3:10.89 9. Amelia Stoch, Culver — 3:13.97 10. Roni Garbison, Winamac — 3:29.11 1600 Meter Run 1. Avery Wegner, Winamac — 6:22.13 2. Izzy Rettinger, Triton — 6:24.77 ***SB & PR*** 3. Emily Pippenger, Argos — 6:39.29 4. Eden Rakoczy, Argos — 6:43.07 5. Kayla Poff, Triton — 7:04.75 ***SB*** 6. Roni Garbison, Winamac — 7:25.69 7. Maci Reinhold, Culver — 7:26.67 8. Beth Sidall, Culver — 7:57.03 3200 Meter Run 1. Avery Wegner, Winamac — 12:57.55 2. Evelyn Gephart, Triton — 13:16.72 3. Roni Garbison, Winamac — 16:48.30 4. Maci Reinhold, Culver — 16:48.57 5. Micaela Godina, Winamac — 18:35.22 6. Deleena Anthonysamy, Culver — 18:48.03 100 Meter Hurdles 1. Maleah Johnson, Culver — 17.35 2. Rilee Bemish, Triton — 17.55 ***PR*** 3. Kaira Luhnow, Culver — 17.66 4. Izzy Rettinger, Triton — 19.43 ***PR*** 5. Hayna Willis, Argos — 20.40 6. Peytyn Willis, Argos — 20.74 7. Addison Redweik, Winamac — 20.81 8. Jordyn Hounchell, Winamac — 21.78 300 Meter Hurdles 1. Rilee Bemish, Triton — 55.00 ***SB*** 2. Izzy Rettinger, Triton — 57.72 ***PR*** 3. Maleah Johnson, Culver — 58.08 4. Katelyn Burgess, Winamac — 1:00.30 5. Hayna Willis, Argos — 1:01.35 4x100 Meter Relay 1. Culver — 55.90 2. Argos — 56.51 3. Triton — 56.51 Bemish, Blanco, Hammond, Fear 4. Winamac — 58.47 4x400 Meter Relay 1. Triton — 4:47.89 Poff, McKinney, Emenaker, Wright 2. Winamac — 4:49.01 3. Argos — 4:51.37 4. Culver — 5:10.79 4x800 Meter Relay 1. Triton — 11:35.52 Rettinger, Gephart, McKinney, Emenaker 2. Winamac — 12:08.43 3. Culver — 13:01.95 High Jump 1. Kandace Kroft, Winamac — 4-8 2. Avery Faulkner, Triton — 4-8 3. Madison Reynolds, Argos — 4-6 4. Kaira Luhnow, Culver — 4-4 5. Kiyliyen Fear, Triton — 4-2 6. Hayna Willis, Argos — 4-0 Pole Vault 1. Rilee Bemish, Triton — 8-6 2. Avery Binfet, Argos — 7-6 3. Peytyn Willis, Argos — 6-6 4. Lydia Hammond, Triton — 6-0 Long Jump 1. Mylie Foster, Winamac — 13-6 2. Eliana Andzejewski, Culver — 13-2 3. Holly Horner, Culver — 12-7 4. Emily Pippenger, Argos — 12-4 5. Eden Rakoczy, Argos — 11-7 6. Victoria Umbaugh, Argos — 11-4 7. Jordyn Hounchell, Winamac — 11-3 8. Alia Gourley, Winamac — 10-0 9. Madison Reynolds, Argos — 9-3 Shot Put 1. Maddison Beach, Culver — 27-7 2. Savanna Harrington, Culver — 26-2 3. Lillian Dell, Winamac — 24-0 4. Ava Taylor, Culver — 23-11 5. Willa Reichert, Triton — 22-6 6. Avery Faulkner, Triton — 21-4 ***PR*** 7. Mia Bradley, Culver — 20-6 8. Autumn Neace, Culver — 20-6 9. Alison Vides, Winamac — 18-10 10. Kanyarat Benchanuwat, Triton — 18-10 11. Alia Gourley, Winamac — 18-6 12. Ava Calabrese, Winamac — 17-2 13. Alena Day, Winamac — 16-9 Discus 1. Sadie Popejoy, Winamac — 90-3 2. Willa Reichert, Triton — 78-1 3. Avery Faulkner, Triton — 74-4 4. Savanna Harrington, Culver — 73-4 5. Maddison Beach, Culver — 70-2 6. Peytyn Willis, Argos — 64-0 7. Ava Taylor, Culver — 61-11 8. Autumn Neace, Culver — 57-9 9. Kanyarat Benchanuwat, Triton — 54-11 ***PR*** 10. Kiyliyen Fear, Triton — 54-3 11. Mia Bradley, Culver — 52-6 12. Alia Gourley, Winamac — 52-3 13. Madison Reynolds, Argos — 47-10 14. Ava Calabrese, Winamac — 44-9 15. Alena Day, Winamac — 43-1 16. Alison Vides, Winamac — 42-1 17. Lillian Dell, Winamac — 38-10 18. Victoria Umbaugh, Argos — 35-1 ================================== Complete Point Breakdown Rilee Bemish — 16.75 pts * 1st Pole Vault — 6 * 1st 300 Hurdles — 6 * 2nd 100 Hurdles — 4 * 4x100 Relay (tie 2nd = 3 pts ÷ 4) — 0.75 Izzy Rettinger — 13 pts * 2nd 1600 — 4 * 2nd 300 Hurdles — 4 * 4th 100 Hurdles — 2 * 4x800 Relay (1st = 6 ÷ 4) — 1.5 * 4x400 Relay (1st = 6 ÷ 4) — 1.5 Evelyn Gephart — 9.5 pts * 2nd 800 — 4 * 2nd 3200 — 4 * 4x800 Relay — 1.5 Chloe McKinney — 6 pts * 3rd 800 — 3 * 4x800 Relay — 1.5 * 4x400 Relay — 1.5 Austyn Wright — 5.5 pts * 2nd 400 — 4 * 4x400 Relay — 1.5 Avery Faulkner — 7 pts * 2nd High Jump — 4 * 3rd Discus — 3 Willa Reichert — 5 pts * 2nd Discus — 4 * 5th Shot Put — 1 Kiyliyen Fear — 5.75 pts * 2nd 100 — 4 * 5th High Jump — 1 * 4x100 Relay — 0.75 Beatriz Blanco — 4.75 pts * 4th 200 — 2 * 4th 400 — 2 * 4x100 Relay — 0.75 Lydia Hammond — 2.75 pts * 4th Pole Vault — 2 * 4x100 Relay — 0.75 Kayla Poff — 1.5 pts * 4x400 Relay — 1.5 McKenna Emenaker — 3 pts * 4x800 Relay — 1.5 * 4x400 Relay — 1.5