PENN UNIFIED TRACK ADVANCES TO REGIONALS

On May 20, 2023, our Penn unified track team competed in their sectional meet at home. They placed 3rd out of 11, scoring 101 points. They finished behind only Elkhart (115 pts) and NorthWood (106 pts).

Our boys’ 4×100 relay team finished 5th out of 8, scoring 4 out of a possible 10 points with a time of 1:01.58 seconds. As for the girls’ 4×100 relay, they placed 3rd (6 points) with a time of 1:12.67 seconds. Our two relay teams earned a combined 10 out of 20 points.

As for our 100-meter participants, Carolyn Gutierrez (‘24) placed 1st in Section 2 with a time of 13.92 seconds to earn 10 points. In Section 3, Quincy Kumfer (‘25) placed 2nd (8 pts) with a time of 15.56 seconds, just one-twentieth of a second slower than 1st-place Ellison Miller (‘24) of NorthWood. In Section 4, our Jacob Zumbrun (‘25) finished 1st (10 pts) with a time of 17.48 seconds. And finally, in Section 5, our Mikan Gensic (‘26) placed 3rd (6 pts) with a time of 19.85 seconds, just 0.33 seconds behind first place. In total, our 100m team scored 34 out of a possible 40 points.

In the 400m, our Michael Greenlee placed 1st (10 pts) in Section 1, with a time of 59.08 seconds. In Section 2, Jaiden Balitaan placed 3rd (6 pts) with a time of 1:15.07 seconds. In Section 3, Olivia Metcalfe placed 5th (4 pts) with a time of 1:23.55 seconds. Our 400m team scored 10 out of a possible 20 points.

For long jump: in flight 1, our Josh Zumbrun jumped a distance of 14 feet 11.5 inches, to place 6th (3 pts). In Flight 4, Peyton Ham jumped a distance of 10 feet 6.5 inches, to place 2nd (8 pts) and Olivia Metcalfe jumped a distance of 8 feet 8 inches, to place 6th (3 pts). In Flight 5, Max Kumfer jumped a distance of 6 feet 2.25 inches, to place 5th (4 pts).

In the shot put: in Flight 2, Nick Wetzel threw a distance of 27 feet 6.25 inches to place 2nd (8 pts). In Flight 3, Caitlyn Gaynor placed 5th (4 pts) with a throw distance of 19 feet 4 inches. In Flight 4, Delana Cates placed 6th (3 pts) with a throw distance of 16 feet 10 inches and Shair Rodriguez placed 7th (2 pts) with a throw distance of 15 feet 5.25 inches.

The combined team scores are as follows:

1.  x c Elkhart — 115
2.  x    NorthWood — 106
3.  x    Penn — 101
4.  o    Central Noble — 90
5.  o    SB Adams — 89
6.  o    LaVille — 86
7.  o    Warsaw Community — 75
8.  o    Goshen — 73
9.  o    Mishawaka — 62
10.  o    Wawasee — 61
11.  o    SB Riley — 33

X – Advancing to Regionals, C – Sectional Champions, O – Eliminated at Sectionals

Photos from our home regular season meet and from Sectionals (Highest three images credit Harley Kent, bottom image credit Mikan Gensic)