Bethel competed in three track meets last week, with several solid performances. The Bethel girls finished fourth at West Liberty Salem with 44 points. The Lady Bees had second place finishes from Alaina Hawthorn in the 100 Meter Hurdles with a time of 19.5 seconds and Bailey McCabe in the high jump with a jump of 4’ 10”.

Third place finishers were Kayla Grable in the long jump with a jump of 14’ 4​“, Brooklyn Smith in the 100 in a time of 14.26 and the 4 x 400 relay team of Grable, Madi McCabe, Rachel Norris and Katelyn Balkcom in a time of 5:27.14.

The Boys finished in fifth with 38 points. Korry Hamlin was first in the 3200 in a time of 10:11.41. Placing third was Daniel Trimbach in the high jump with a jump of 5’ 6” and the long jump with a jump of 17’ 3 1/4” and as a member of the 4 x 400 relay in a time of 4:22.0. Also on the relay team was Connor Whelan, Peyton Chapman and Hamlin.

Bethel then traveled to the West Carrollton Bogan Relays. The girls finished in 7th place with 32 points. The girls were led by Bailey McCabe and Hawthorn with a first place in the High jump with a total of 9’ 6”.

The distance medley team finished in third in a time of 15:27.44. On the team were Kaitlyn Balkcom, Madi McCabe, Grable and Rachel Sebastian. The long jump team of Bailey McCabe and Grable finished fourth with a total of 24’ 6”. The sprint medley team of Smith, Norris, Hawthorn and Bailey McCabe finished fourth in a time of 2:07.2.

For the boys they finished in 11th place with 9 points. The distance medley team of Whelan, Peyton Inman, Daniel Garcia and Hamlin finished in 2nd with a time of 12:44.88.

The Bees competed at the Fred Durkle invitational on Friday. The girls were 15th with 7 points and the boys were 12th with 15 points.
For the girls Grable was fifth in the long jump with a jump of 14’ 4 1/2”. Bailey McCabe was seventh with a jump of 13’ 11”.
Smith was eighth in the 100 in a time of 13.97.
For the boys Hamlin was second in the 1600 in a time of 4:41.4 and third in 3200 in a time of 10:15.2. Daniel Trimbach was eighth in the long jump with a jump of 18’ 2”

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