Long jump attempt Sectional high jump champion Olivia George is seen competing in the long jump event at last week's Lafayette Jeff track and field sectional. With her first place finish the DCHS senior qualified for the pole vault event at yesterday's West Lafayette Regional. Photo provided Delphi's boys and girls track & field teams both placed ninth last week at the Lafayette Sectionals.

Olivia George continued her outstanding season in the high jump by clearing 5'1" and winning the Sectional championship. George is the first DCHS girl to win a Sectional crown in 10 years.

As a top four finisher, she competed Tuesday (May 26) in the West Lafayette Regional. She went in as the fifth seed, only one inch out of first place. The top three finishers advance to state competition.

Freshman Carrington Wallace put in a great effort as her season came to an end. She failed to qualify for finals in the 100-meter hurdles, but ran a personal best by almost two seconds in the 300 hurdles, placing sixth.

Wallace and George joined Taylor Saul and Chelsey Marcotte in the seventh place 400- meter relay team. The 3200-meter relay team of Hannah Evans, Ariel Isley, Denise Kendall, and Grace Currie and the 1600-meter relay team of Tiahna Catron, T. Saul, Kaley Saul, and Marcotte, also finished seventh. All three relay teams, along with many others, preformed their personal bests for the season.

The boys' team didn't take long to get things started, as the 3200-meter relay team finished fourth and qualified for Thursday's Regional at Lafayette Jefferson. The relay team dropped its time by over 10 seconds and moved up two spots from its seed to qualify. Their time of 8:30.40 set a new school record. Relay members are J.D. Huffer, Ryan Everett, Kevin Kauffman, and Kris Bender.

Senior leader Matt Wilcox followed the relay to the Regional as he also qualified by finishing third in the 400- meter dash. Wilcox also became the first Oracle to place in four events at Sectional since 2001. He added to his 400-meter ribbon with seventh place finishes in the long jump and 200-meter dash and also led the 1600-meter relay team to sixth place. Joining Wilcox on the relay team were Jordan Wagner, Beniot Goffard, and J.D. Huffer. Ryan Everett ran a season best in the 300 hurdles and placed sixth. Senior A.J. Erskin and sophomore Nathan Dubes finished out the scoring for Delphi by finishing eighth in the 110- high hurdles and pole vault, respectively.