Chesterton coach Steve Kearney always figures out a meet on paper before it’s run. Fortunately Tuesday night, the Trojans ran on the track.

Chesterton beat No. 14 Merrillville (81-51) and LaPorte (92-40) to pick up a pair of Duneland Athletic Conference victories.

“We won pretty handily and when I figured it out on paper and I had this meet really close,” Kearney said. “I thought we would score 68 points (against Merrillville), but I wasn’t real comfortable with that.”

The Trojans picked up two important victories in relays as the 4x800 quartet of Kelsey Phillips, Tina Guidarelli, Jamie Norgaard and Allyson Harvey took top honors (10:18.05).

Not to be outdone, the 4x100 group of Bailey Huddleston, Mallory Przybylinski, Megan Erminger and Katie McColly won in 51.69.

“I thought the 4x800 and the 4x100 times were really good on a day like this,” Kearney said. “It was nice to see Megan Erminger back running too.”

The Trojans racked up 1-2-3 finishes in just two events as Harvey (2:29.20) led Jamie and Jenna Norgaard to a sweep in the 800. Chloe Lawson, Michelle Richsteig and Erin Kelly did the same in the pole vault.

“In the 800, that’s really a team effort,” Kearney said. “Jenna, Jamie and Tina (Guidarelli) did a nice job of picking people off by running together. That’s just good team running.

“Erin Kelly got us a varsity point in the pole vault too. That’s nice to see.”

Other individual winners for the Trojans included Brianne Guardiola in the 300 hurdles (49.23) and Rachel Crawford in the high jump (5-1), so the second and third place points proved to be the difference.

“You’d think at this time of the year you’d have some decent weather to set a lot of PR’s,” Kearney said. “It’s not and we’re doing it anyway.”

Chesterton 92, LaPorte 40

Chesterton 81, Merrillville 51

AT CHESTERTON

SP – 1. Liz Martin (M), 35-11 1¦2; 2. Eva Foley (M), 35-2; 3. Ashley Lauver (M), 34-6; 4. Maria Schuster (C), 32-4 1¦2; 9. Elizabeth Eberhart (C), 28-7; 10. Aris Ringas (C), 26-6 1¦2; 11. Megan Erminger (C), 26-1 1¦2.

DIS – 1. Brittany Coburn (L), 108-9 1¦2; 2. Ashley Lauver (L), 99-2; 3. Jenny Thomas (L), 98-0; 5. Aris Ringas (C), 89-9; 6. Maria Schuster (C), 87-0; 10. Elizabeth Eberhart (C), 69-8; 11. Britta Ringas (C), 50-5.

4x400 – 1. Merrillville, 4:16.01; 2. Chesterton (Paige Kadish, Mallory Przybylinski, Marissa Crafton, Katie Behrendt), 4:23.06; 3. LaPorte, 4:43.35.

200 – 1. Tiera Simpson (M), 26.44; 2. Ennda Ford (M), 27.04; 3. Katie McColly (C), 27.19; 4. Mallory Przybylinski (C), 27.47; 5. Marissa Crafton (C), 27.54; 8. Shauna Foor (C), 28.91.

300 HUR – 1. Brianne Guardiola (C), 49.23; 2. Kirstyn Nallenweg (C), 52.65; 3. Kelsey Phillips (C), 53.58; 5. Chelsea Gustafson (C), 56.08.

800 – 1. Allyson Harvey (C), 2:29.20; 2. Jamie Norgaard (C), 2:33.75; 3. Jenna Norgaard (C), 2:34.2; 7. Tina Guidarelli (C), 2:46.81.

400 – 1. Cristen Washington (M), 1:01.88; 2. Katie Behrendt (C), 1:03.74; 3. Paige Kadish (C), 1:04.08; 4. Shauna Foor (C), 1:06.75.

4x100 – 1. Chesterton (Bailey Huddleston, Mallory Przybylinski, Megan Erminger, Katie McColly), 51.69; 2. Merrillville, 51.75; 3. LaPorte, 55.84.

4x800 – 1. Chesterton (Kelsey Phillips, Jamie Norgaard, Tina Guidarelli, Allyson Harvey), 10:18.05; 2. Merrillville, 10:39.11; 3. LaPorte, 10:46.85.

100 HUR – 1. Rebecca Neville (M), 15.08; 2. Brianne Guardiola (C), 16.73; 3. Kirstyn Nallenweg (C), 18.13; 5. Macenzie Schoenfelt (C), 18.54; 8. Elise Gustafton (C), 19.66.

100 – 1. Denisha Mitchell (L), 12.88; 2. Tiera Simpson (M), 12.99; 3. Katie McColly (C), 13.05; 4. Bailey Huddleston (C), 13.31.

1600 – 1. Becca Kuehn (L), 5:33.47; 2. Nicole Komasinski (L), 5:36.65; 3. Malorie Crafton (C), 5:40.66; 4. Milana Socha (C), 5:43.41; 5. Riley Trella (C), 5:48.95; 6. Kim St. Pierre (C), 5:49.50.

3200 – 1. Becca Kuehn (L), 12:00.31; 2. Milana Socha (C), 12:26.28; 3. Malorie Crafton (C), 12:48.49; 5. Shannon Harvey (C), 13:30.8; 6. Chastity Mottinger (C), 13:44.18.

HJ – 1. Rachel Crawford (C), 5-1; 2. Rebecca Neville (M), 5-0; 3. Chrissy Watts (C), 5-0; 4. Caroline Black (C), 4-10.

LJ – 1. Rebecca Neville (M), 17-5 1¦2; 2. Denisha Mitchell (L), 16-11; 3. Katie McColly (C), 16-11; 4. Marissa Crafton (C), 16-3.

PV – 1. Chloe Lawson (C), 8-6; 2. Michelle Richsteig (C), 8-0; 3. Erin Kelly (C), 7-0.

Posted 4/30/2008