Mandy (left) and Skyler take their spots as
Photo by Brenda Carpenter
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Skyler on her way to one of her three first place finishes at the state meet.
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Number 2 and Number 1 in the State in
by Jerry Hostetler
long jump during the state meet.
The Westview varsity girls track team finished a
Photo by Brenda Carpenter
spectacular and historic 2011 season with an impressive
third place finish at the state track meet at Bloomington on June 4th. Westview Junior and highly recruited
athlete, Skyler Carpenter, starred for the Warrior tracksters with three, yes three, first place finishes. Fellow
classmate and teammate Mandy Jones placed second,
behind Skyler, in the long jump. Carpenter finished
first in the long jump, 100 meter hurdles and the 300
meter hurdles, setting a high school girls state record
in the 300 hurdles, which had been held for 25 years.
The previous record holder, Deb Sauers (Columbia
City) is now a nurse in Fort Wayne. Last week Sauers
was treating one of her patients, who was a colleague
of Brenda Carpenter (Skyler’s mother)at Meadowview
Elementary. When Sowers found that her patient was
from the Westview area, she said, “Oh, Skyler Carpenter
goes to that school and she broke my state track record
last Saturday.” Since that day, Sauers has made contact
with Skyler to congratulate her, with mixed emotions,
on her outstanding performance and on breaking her
long-standing record. Ironically enough, Sauers and
Carpenter both had and have the same outside coach,
Steve Beattie from Indianapolis.
Skyler Carpenter School Records
Skyler’s accomplishments
Long Jump: 18.85’
on the track are impressive, but
she’s quick to give her teammates
100 Meter Dash: 12.24 seconds
credit, “As a team we feed off of
200 Meter Dash: 25.25 seconds
each other and push each other
400 Meter Dash: 56.2 seconds
to be better.” Fellow teammates
100 Meter Hurdles: 14.36 seconds
Mandy Jones, Jeslyn Zimmerly
*300 Meter Hurdles: 42.03 seconds
and Kassy Zimmerman joined
4 x 100M Relay: 49.5 seconds
Skyler to set a school record in
T
eam Members: Skyler, Mandy Jones,
the 4x100 relay and all will return
at Carmel, Indiana. The top
Kassy Zimmerman, and Jeslyn Zimmerly
to head coach Jon Cook’s girls
eight finishers there will ad
4 x 400M Relay: 4:07
track team next year as seniors.
vance to the semifinal round
Team Members: Skyler, Loren Stutzman,
Zimmerly placed tenth at state
in Illinois, where the top five
Amanda Hunsberger, and Nicole Jansing.
in pole vault competition while
places will advance to national
nursing a hip injury sustained in
competition in Kansas. Beyond
* Also a State Record.
the NECC tournament.
this summer, Carpenter is
Looking to the future, Skyler is gearing up for looking forward to her senior year at Westview and
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USA Track and Field competition beginning in July
July 2011
Girls Track Team: Third in State