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 on May 1, 2025
North Union’s Savannah Amstutz (right) hands the baton to fellow teammate Zach Meyer in the mixed distance medley during the Richwood Relays last week. (Gazette photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

NU track teams come out on top during Richwood Relays

By By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette 

By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette

North Union bested Buckeye Valley and Ridgement in the Richwood Relays in a mixed track meet last Tuesday.

In the relay events, two boys and two girls made up the foursome that ran.

Earning first-place finishes for North Union were:

4×1600–Lauren Hall, Kennedy Ludwig, Ben Bonnell, Felix Plouck (21:25.00)

Distance medley–Hall, Savannah Amstutz, Zach Meyer, Bonnell (12:54.71)

4×100–Griffin Osborne, Nick VanHoose, Stella Hancock, Rylan Riffle (47.57)

4×800–Hall, Ludwig, Bonnell, Meyer (10:37.22)

Sprint Medley–Hancock, Riffle, Osborne, Wyatt Davis (1:44.66)

4×400–Allison Stacklin, Rylee Horne, Nickolas Hajjar, Danion Lindsey (4:21.66)

Girls 1600–Hall (5:42.69)

Girls long jump–Gabby Lindsey (17-1)

Girls pole vault–Hancock (8-6)

Girls shot put–Kailyn Colegrove (32-0)

Boys long jump–Osborne (20-10)

Boys pole vault–Collin Welch (10-1)

Boys discus–Ethan Miller 120-8

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