At least there wasn’t any rain.

The Chesterton girls track team split its Duneland Athletic Conference opener on Wednesday night at Lake Central by dropping a 100-32 decision to the host Indians and beating Michigan City 87-45.

“I thought we had some good front line performances, but we need our depth to get better and score some more points for us,” Chesterton coach Steve Kearney said. “We started to pick up a few wins and we need to find a way to get some more seconds and thirds. Some of our top kids aren’t quite in shape enough to run the four events we need them to.

“They have to be able to perform at a quality level in all their events. I saw some of that, but not enough.”

Lake Central dominated the meet by winning 13 events, while Michigan City won one and Chesterton won two.

The Trojans got victories from Katie Behrendt in the 400 (1:03.12) and Allyson Harvey in the 800 (2:22.81).

“I was happy with the effort from Katie Behrendt in the 400,” Kearney said. “Allyson Harvey in the 800 ran a great race and had a big time drop.”

Against Michigan City, the Trojans ended up with 1-2-3 performances in the high jump, long jump and 400.

“Mallory (Przybylinski) and Marissa (Crafton) showed me the focus they have with their long jump today,” Kearney said. “Both of them ran a really solid race too. Brianne (Guardiola) was sick yesterday and just gutted out a race in the 300 hurdles.”

The Trojans return to the track on Saturday when they host the Chesterton Relays beginning at 10 a.m.

“Hopefully, we’ll get into some nice weather finally,” Kearney said. “If you are competitive, you’re going to bring the times down. If you’ll work hard when it’s cold out, it’ll only be easier when it gets warm.

“A lot of it now is how badly they want the times to come down.”

Chesterton 87, Michigan City 45

Lake Central 100, Chesterton 32

AT LAKE CENTRAL

4x400 – 1. Lake Central, 4:14.24; 2. Chesterton (Paige Kadish, Mallory Przybylinski, Katie Behrendt, Katie McColly), 4:17.81; 3. Michigan City, 4:20.65.

HJ – 1. Hauter (LC), 5-1; 2. (tie) Chrissy Watts (C) and Tuskan (LC), 5-0; 4. (tie) Rachel Crawford (C) and Boyle (LC), 4-10; 6. Nikki Crawford (C), 4-10; 7. Caroline Black (C), 4-8; 8. Jenna Norgaard (C), 4-6.

PV – 1. Mirabelli (LC), 10-6; 2. Cook (LC), 10-6; 3. Markiewicz (LC), 10-0; 5. Kelley Freeman (C), 8-6.

SP – 1. Hanyzewski (LC), 34-8; 2. Stephanie Wilson (MC), 33-3; 3. Vraniskoski (LC), 32-7 1¦2; 6. Maria Schuster (C), 30-8 1¦2; 9. Elizabeth Eberhart (C), 27-7 1¦2.

3,200 – 1. Payonk (LC), 11:39.83; 2. Henderson (LC), 12:20.26; 3. Malorie Crafton (C), 12:26.11; 4. Riley Trella (C), 12:45.26; 6. Shannon Harvey (C), 13:17.99; 10. Haley Virden (C), 13:50.29.

200 – 1. Shanese McGregor (MC), 27.25; 2. Reynolds (LC), 27.26; 3. Mallory Przybylinski (C), 27.80; 6. Marissa Crafton (C), 28.42; 8. Becky Lewis (C), 29.36; 10. Shauna Foor (C), 29.63.

800 – 1. Allyson Harvey (C), 2:22.81; 2. Mary Kate Mellen (MC), 2:27.28; 3. Jensen (LC), 2:27.85; 5. Jamie Norgaard (C), 2:33.95.

LJ – 1. Morgan (LC), 17-3 1¦4; 2. Katie McColly (C), 17-1 1¦2; 3. Marissa Crafton (C), 15-11 1¦4; 4. Mallory Przybylinski (C), 15-10 1¦4; 8. Catherine Pannekoek (C), 13-6.

300 H – 1. Hemmerling (LC), 49.62; 2. Brianne Guardiola (C), 49.82; 3. Giordano (LC), 50.73; 4. Kirstyn Nallenweg (C) 51.42; 8. Chelsea Gustafson (C), 56.69; 11. Elise Gustafson (C), 58.69.

400 – 1. Katie Behrendt (C), 1:03.12; 2. Smierciak (LC), 1:03.16; 3. Paige Kadish (C), 1:03.37; 4. Shauna Foor (C), 1:04.42; 5. Marissa Crafton (C), 1:04.72.

4x100 – 1. Lake Central, 51.01; 2. Chesterton (Bailey Huddleston, Mallory Przybylinski, Becky Lewis, Katie McColly), 51.64; 3. Michigan City, 52.18.

1,600 – 1. Plenus (LC), 5:20.52; 2. Mary Kate Mellen (MC), 5:30.10; 3. Zajac (LC), 5:35.54; 4. Tina Guidarelli (C), 5:36.50; 5. Milana Socha (C), 5:41.51; 9. Kim St. Pierre (C), 5:59.16; 10. Emily Allmon (C), 6:07.83.

100 – 1. Morgan (LC), 13.09; 2. Katie McColly (C), 13.43; 3. Bailey Huddleston (C), 13.64; 9. Becky Lewis (C), 14.18; 10. Brianne Guardiola (C), 14.58.

100 H – 1. Siuba (LC), 17.54; 2. Hemmerling (LC), 17.67; 3. Gnerlich (LC), 18.43; 5. Macenzie Schoenfelt (C), 18.82; 7. Kirstyn Nallenweg (C), 18.95; 8. Chelsea Gustafson (C), 19.21; 11. Micaiah Miller (C), 20.21.

4x800 – 1. Lake Central, 10:02.08; 2. Chesterton (Kelsey Phillips, Jamie Norgaard, Melissa Lewis, Samantha Wilburn), 10:35.56; 3. Michigan City, 11:05.16.

DIS – 1. Vraniskoski (LC), 101-4; 2. Mitchell (MC), 97-8; 3. Brooks (MC), 90-10; 4. Aris Ringas (C), 87-0.

Posted 4/10/2008