Steele wins twice as Stars finish second in meets at Bloomington North

BLOOMINGTON – Bedford North Lawrence standout Lindley Steele won two events during Tuesday’s three-team track meet at Bloomington North.

Lindley Steele

Steele claimed the 100-meter dash and the long jump as the Stars finished second in the girls meet with 23 points. Bloomington North won the team title with 101 points while Brown County totaled 8. In the boys meet, North cruised to victory with 93 points, followed by BNL (27) and Brown County (12).

Steele raced across the line in 13.27 seconds in the 100, and she soared 15-7 in the long jump (leading teammate Jillian Webb to a 1-2 sweep of the top spots in that event).

Other top finishers for the Stars included Webb (second in the 400 in 1:06.59), Grace Tanksley (third in the 3200 in 11:53.33) and Autumn Hall (second in the discus at 112-4).

In the boys meet, Coleton Sears won the high jump at 5-8, leading a BNL sweep of the top three spots (with Noah Carter second at 5-6 and Zane Thompson third at 5-6).

Other top finishers for the Stars included Carter (second in the high hurdles at 16.55), Thompson (second in the 300 hurdles in 41.54), Jonah Bailey (third in the 3200 in 10:53.33), Maddex McFarland (second in the long jump at 19-7) and Carter Kimmel (second in the discus at 125-7 and second in the shot put at 42-8).

BNL will compete at Seymour against the Owls and Jennings County on Thursday.