FAIRMOUNT — Pendleton Heights has sustained its supremacy.
It was the 13th straight time for the girls and third in a row for the boys.
Pendleton Heights track and field programs continued their dominance among county schools during the Madison County Track and Field Championships at Madison-Grant High School on Friday.
The Arabians girls doubled the score of the second-place team. Pendleton Heights finished with 193 points. Second-place Madison-Grant scored 87, four more points than Frankton. Lapel was eighth with 22 points.
Pendleton Heights won seven events. Laney Ricker won both the 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter run. Kaitlyn Prickett won the 400 meters.
The Arabians won three relays. Abby Davidson, Olivia Welpott, Jillian Jackson and Jaycee Thurman combined to take home the top spot in the 3,200 relay. Alivia Fox, Emma Weflen, Emma Kunkle and Maddie Terrell won the 400 relay. Terrell, Bailey Pippin, Abby Fisher and Prickett won the 1,600 relay.
Maddie Heineman was the county champ in the pole vault.
The third straight win for the boys’ program was highlighted by a record-setting evening from senior thrower Andrew Harvey.
Harvey set new county records in winning both discus and shot put. Harvey’s throw in the discus went 179 feet, 3 inches. His winning distance in the shot was 54 feet, 5.75 inches.
He wasn’t the only multiple winner. Avry Carpenter won both the 1,600 and 3,200 runs.
Brenden Hubble was victorious in the pole vault.
As a team, the Arabians boys scored 171 points. Frankton was second with 149. Lapel was ninth with 21 points.