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Greenville's
Ben Smith runs the 110 meter hurdles in a near dead heat
with a runner from Piqua.
Smith finished second. CNO Photos by George
Starks
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Greenville
holds first meet of the season
By George Starks
GREENVILLE - Greenville hosted its first track meet of the season
Tuesday as Piqua and Troy supplied the competition.
When the last runner had crossed the line, the Wave boys finished
first, winning 75-51 over the Trojans, while the Lady Wave came in
second, falling to Troy, 88-52 while Piqua scored 35 points.
It was the second meet of the year for the Wave girls who finished
fifth out of 10 teams Saturday in the Lady Tiger Classic in Versailles.
With a fifth and a second overall for the Lady Wave, Greenville coach
Bill Plessinger was pleased with the effort of his girls.
“We are pretty strong, but we don’t have much depth,” said Plessinger.
“We got one strong girl in about every event and that should bode well
in invitationals. Today with Troy and Piqua, we didn’t rack up the
points the way Troy did with its depth, but we’re doing well. We have
three girls running this year that haven’t been out because they were
hurt. Those being Tara Guillozet, Emily Hayes and Rachael Fourman. It’s
nice to have those three back. ”
With the girl’s results in, Plessinger pointed out a few good events
for the Lady Wave.
“Both our pole vaulters went over ten feet and our distance girls are
looking real good,” Plessinger pointed out. “Things are falling into
place for the girls, I wish we had a little bit more depth. Jessica
Kerg ran the 300 hurdles and never ran that before. She had a pretty
good time.”
With the Wave coach being pleased with the ladies team, it was his
first chance to see the guys perform.
“I am very pleased with Aaron Balsbaugh who recently transferred in
from Arcanum,” said Plessinger. “He won two events tonight and he ran
the 3200 (2 mile) and never ran it before in his life. So he’s doing
extremely well. He should be running the 800 or the 1600 but right now,
we are trying to find kids to fill spots by experimenting. That’s what
we run these dual meets for. We can experiment and see what we’ve got
for the future.”
Greenville will travel to Tipp City tonight and the boys will compete
in the Tiger Classic Saturday in Versailles.
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Lady Wave junior
Paige Keller took second in the 100 meter dash.
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