Local athletes shine at Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals

courtesy Turnstone

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Turnstone's track & field team took home 3rd place as a team at the 2019 Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals. The team of 5 from Northeast Indiana did very well, individually by winning first place in several swimming and track events.

PARATHRIATHLON

·Maggie Peters – 1^st Place* – 200 Yard Swim, 6 Mile Bike & 1 Mile Run 

Time: 26:48
      *Top finisher regardless of classification and gender

·Maggie Peters, Zachariah Pfenning, & Zebidiah Pfenning -1^st Place Team Relay

Time: 23:37*

*16 minutes & 46 seconds faster than 2nd place team

AIR RIFLE SHOOTING

·Zebidiah Pfenning – 1^st Place*

Score: 185 Preliminary & 95 Finals

*Top score regardless of classification and gender

ARCHERY

·Zachariah Pfenning – 2^nd Place Cub Compound - Score: 490
 

·Zephira Pfenning – 1^st Place Bowmen Compound - Score: 330

 SWIMMING

·Maggie Peters – 1^st Place 50 Yard Breaststroke Time: 42.82 (Personal Record)

1^st Place 200 Yard Freestyle Time: 2:31.00 (National Record) 

1^st Place 50 Yard Freestyle Time: 30.08

1^st Place 100 Yard Breaststroke Time: 1:33.06

1^st Place 100 Yard Butterfly Time: 1:13.56

1^st Place 100 Yard Freestyle Time: 1:07.70

1^st Place 100 Yard Backstroke Time: 1:25.58

1^st Place 4x50 Yard Individual Medley Time: 2:55.35  
 

·Zachariah Pfenning – 1^st Place 50 Yard Backstroke Time: 56.06 

TRACK

·Caytlin Lucas – 1^st Place 400m Time: 1:58.72
 

·Maggie Peters – 1^st Place 100m Time: 15.67      

1^st Place 200m Time: 31.87 (National Record) 

1^st Place 400m Time: 1:10.36

·Zachariah Pfenning –  1^st Place 100m Time: 16.39

1^st Place 200m Time: 34.60

1^st Place 400m Time: 1:20.37

·Zebidiah Pfenning – 2^nd Place 100m Time: 15.18

1^st Place 400m Time: 1:10.54

2^nd Place 200m Time: 31.44
 

·Zephira Pfenning – 3^rd Place 100m Time: 28.89

3^rd Place 200m Time: 1:00.86

3^rd Place 60m Time: 19.28

2^nd Place 400m Time: 2:04.09

FIELD

·Caytlin Lucas –  1^st Place Discus Distance: 6.83(National Record)

1^st Place Shot Distance: 2.95

·Maggie Peters – 1^st Place Discus Distance: 17.56 (National Record) 

1^st Place Shot Distance: 6.52 (National Record) 

1^st Place Long Jump Distance: 3.52(National Record) 

1^st Place Javelin Distance: 13.28 (National Record) 

·Zephira Pfenning – 1^st Place Javelin Distance: 7.59(Personal Record)

                                            1^st Place Shot Distance: 2.99

·Zachariah Pfenning –  1^st Place Shot Distance: 5.33 

1^st Place Javelin Distance: 17.64

                                                1^st Place Discus Distance: 21.60 
 

·Zebidiah Pfenning –  1^st Place Javelin Distance: 21.66

                                                1^st Place Shot Distance: 5.77

                                                1^st Place Long Jump Distance: 4.23

Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals is a competition for young athletes with physica disablilities and/or visual impairments, and was held July 15th - 20th in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Fort Wayne and Turnstone hosted Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals in 2018.