WEST ALEXANDRIA — In the words of Glen Mabry, “Track on.”
Mabry was a little surprised to be honored Thursday, April 13, prior to the start of the Twin Valley South Fred Durkle Invitational but once he saw many of his former girls track team members, he put “two and two together.”
“It was amazing to see them,” Mabry said of the Twin Valley South alumna who returned to help honor him for his many years of service to the district.
Since the 1990 school year, Mabry has been either a coach or teacher in the Twin Valley Community Schools. He is finishing his 33rd year as an educator, a timespan in which he has taught “History or math, been a comedian or star of the talent show, and coached a multitude of sports,” according to Twin Valley South Athletic Director Tony Augspurger.
In 1990, Mabry was girls’ track coach for a team which won TVS’ first district championship. Altogether he has served 27 years as head coach. In the past 21 years he has won at least one Preble County championship, one Cross County Conference championship, and one district championship. He has sent nine relay teams, and 14 individuals in 26 individual events, to State.
“All in all, he’s going on 28 years of excellence,” Augspurger said. “He’s always put the students first, and has been a great leader in everything he’s done.”
Mabry offered his thanks to the school district, his athletes, and their parents. “You’ve made this track program, not me,” he said.
Once the festivities ended, Mabry’s team, along with the Panthers’ boys’ team, captured team titles.
Girls team scores — 1. TVS, 136.50. 4. TCN, 48. 10. PS, 26. 12, Eaton, 15.
Girls results (county runners only):
100-meter dash — 1. Mylan Crews, TVS, 12.82 seconds. 3. Hailey Thies, TCN, 13.56. 7. Patience Getter, TCN, 13.96. 8. Elise Walker, PS, 14.11
200 — 1. Mylan Crews, TVS, 26.45. 3. Grace Stewart, TVS, 27.51.
400 — 2. Grace Stewart, TVS, 1:01.67. 3. 3. Abby Creech, TVS, 1:03.60.
800 — 1. Madison Wright, TVS, 2:29.11. 2,. Megan Wright, TVS, 2:31.68. 6. Cami Hollon, PS, 2:44.29. 8. Izabelle Heggs, EHS, 2:46.11.
1,600 — 1. Madison Wright, TVS, 5:21.90.4. Megan Wright, TVS, 5:55.40. 7. Cami Hollon, PS, 6:03.90.
3,200 — 2. Katie Bassler, EHS, 12:49.27. 4. Zoe Utsinger, TVS, 13:08.34.
100 hurdles — 1. Hailey Thies, TCN, 16.13. 5. Abby Beneke, TVS, 18.03. 8. Rachel Dempsey, TCN, 18.72.
300 hurdles — 1. Abby Beneke, TVS, 50.72. 4. Rachel Dempsey, TCN, 52.75.
4×100 relay — 1. TVS, 53.85. 2. PS, 54.06. 6. TCN, 55.47.
4×200 relay — 1. TVS, 1:51.90. 6. TCN, 1:57.70.
4×400 relay — 2. TVS, 4:19.04. 7. PS, 4:45.81.
4×800 relay — 1. TVS, 9:58.80. 4. Eaton, 11:07.70.
High jump — 2. Elise Walker, PS, 5 feet. 3. Hailey Thies, TCN, 4-10. T5. Abby Creech, TVS, 4-10.
Pole vault — T6. Kylee Moore, EHS, 7-0. T6. Lizzy Free, TCN, 7-0.
Long jump — 1. Hailey Thies, TCN, 16-3 1/4. 4. Madison Johnson, TVS, 14-10. 7. Kaylie Campbell, PS, 13-11 1/2.
Discus — 8. Gabrielle Rupp, TCN, 87-2.
Boys team scores: 1. TVS, 112. 7. Eaton, 41. 9. TCN, 31. 13, NT, 18. 15. PS, 10.33.
Boys results:
100 — 2. Troy Bowers, TVS, 11.66. T6. Seth Hodapp, EHS, 12.26.
200 — 2. Troy Bowers, TVS, 23.33. 7. Jacob Wells, TVS, 24.94.
400 — 1. Connor Gowanny, EHS, 53.08. 3. Jacob Wells, TVS, 53.19. 5. Chris Keener, TVS, 53.62.
800 — 2. Sammy Shockey, TVS, 2:04.57. 5. Seth Gard, EHS, 2:07.89.
1,600 — 3. Seth Gard, EHS, 4:38.70. 8. Brandan Wright, TVS, 4:58.00.
3,200 — 8. Brandan Wright, TVS, 11:21.82.
110 hurdles — 2. Drake Coleman, TCN, 16.61. 3. Josh Chapman, TVS, 16.75. 6. Ian Miller, NT, 18.25.
300 hurdles — 3. Drake Coleman, TCN, 44.58. 7. Josh Chapman, TVS, 45.68. 8. Darius Benton, EHS, 45.69.
4×100 relay — 2. TVS, 46.93. 3. TCN, 47.08. 6. PS, 48.31.
4×200 — 2. TVS, 1:35.92. 5. EHS, 1:39.26. 6. PS, 1:42.70.
4×400 — 2. TVS, 3:37.73. 7. NT, 3:50.95.
4×800 — 2. TVS, 8:31.30. 5. EHS, 9:04.40. 6. NT, 9:05.80. 7. PS, 9:13.70.
High jump — 1. Payton Gates, TVS, 6-2. T7. Lane Conway, PS, 5-6.
Pole vault — 4. Brett Booso, TCN, 11-6. 8. Braden Clabaugh, EHS, 10-6.
Long jump — 1. Payton Gates, TVS, 19-11 1/4. 2. Chris French, TVS, 19-3 1/2. 4. Trey Kehr, TCN, 18 1/4. 7. Tyler Blankenship, PS, 16-11. 8. Tyler Gray, TCN, 16-10.
Shot put — 3. Tyler Glander, NT, 41/8. 6. Tony Turner, TVS, 38-6 1/2. 7. Wyatt Burke, TVS, 37-11.
Discus — 2. Chase Smith, EHS, 124-6. 8. Wyatt Burke, TVS, 113-5.
