4 races to watch

31st Annual Hancock County Track and Field Meet

When: Wednesday, 5 p.m.

Where: Mt. Vernon High School

Who: Eastern Hancock, Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon and New Palestine

2011 Boys Results

1. Mt. Vernon 106 points

2. Greenfield-Central 79

3. New Palestine 35

4. Eastern Hancock 24

2011 Girls Results

1. New Palestine 129

2. Mt. Vernon 52

3. Greenfield-Central 47

4. Eastern Hancock 16

Of note: Mt. Vernon boys, coached by Bruce Kendall, and New Palestine girls, led by Dave Hauser, gunning for sixth consecutive team titles … No boys’ team has won six straight in the past 30 years. The last girls’ group to finish first six times running was when the Tim Swegman-coached Dragons captured seven in a row from 1988 to 1994. ... G-C’s Matt Dickerson looking to win three individual events for third consecutive season … NP’s Corinne Zehner (above) can win two individual events for third straight year.

4 EVENTS TOO CLOSE TOO CALL

BOYS 400-METER RELAY

Cougars, Marauders boast record-breaking squads

This will be the most exciting relay of the day and is perhaps the closest event on paper entering Wednesday. Two county schools enter having already broken school records within the past two weeks. Mt. Vernon’s quartet of Kameryn Risper, Caleb White, Jiamyl McCoy and Corey White turned in a time of 44.20 April 19 at the Men’s Pendleton Heights Invitational. The team who actually won the event on that day would be the Marauders’ foes from Greenfield. The foursome of Brandon Bowmer, Skylar Johnson, Jeremiah Wray and Matt Dickerson took the gold home at Pendleton with a G-C record time of 43.22. Mt. Vernon triumphed in the 400-meter relay last season, but only McCoy and Corey White return from that squad. MV and G-C figure to go down to the wire to determine the meet winner, and this race could be a microcosm of the final team standings.

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