Warsaw’s Rane Kilburn hands off to Will McGarvey in the front end of the winning 4×100 relay Tuesday against Penn. (Photos by Mike Deak)

WARSAW – Facing a jersey it will likely see plenty of in a couple months, acquaintances were made Tuesday night between the boys track teams from Warsaw and visiting Penn. The Tigers posted some impressive event wins to send a message in a 91-41 victory.

The Tigers posted 12 of the 16 events with a ‘1’ next to its name, buoyed by double wins from Owen Glogovsky, Ross Armey and Rane Kilburn. Glogovsky owned the one and two mile runs, taking the mile at 4:35.62 and ran away from everyone in the two at 10:15.89, with teammate Lucas Howett second in the two-mile seven seconds back. Armey won both hurdles events, taking the 110 at 16.10 and the 300 at 40.28. Kilburn was tops in the 100 at 11.51 and the long jump at 19-10.

Warsaw’s Joe Harness clears the bar in the high jump.

Armey and Kilburn joined Will McGarvey and Brandon Reinholt to post a 43.63 win in the 4×100. Reinholt was just behind Kilburn in the 100 by .03 and was a step off the pace in the 200, where Penn’s Dylan Hill won at 23.52, with Reinholt .07 back.

“I thought some of our big names had good nights, but it’s still early,” said Warsaw head coach Matt Thacker. “We looked good in areas, and didn’t in others. We definitely have some things to clean up, but it’s March and having a quality opponent like Penn to expose some of those things helps.”

Xavi Ramirez was responsible for a win in the 800 at 2:10, and was the opening leg of the 4×800 relay winner, joining Taylor Mills, William Robinson and Trent Thompson for an 8:47.68 series. Landan Perry also had a hand in an event and relay win, taking the 400 outright at 52.7 the joining Leytan Perry, Bishop Harrison and Devin Street for the 4×400 victory at 3:38.68.

Landan Perry leads the way in the 400-meter dash.

Dylan Childers gave Warsaw another field win, sending the shot put 48-3.5 to lead a quartet of throwers at the top of the heap. John Svinarich, Dustin Adkins and Keegan Bays went two through four for the Tigers.

“The big thing I see right now is the effort and our willingness to compete,” Thacker said. “We mixed things up in events like the four-by-four with Bishop and Devin doing a great job. We actually took three seconds off our time there and we thought we did well with it last week. It just goes to show an example of how competing and getting in better shape can go a long way.”

Warsaw now owns team wins in March against a deep Penn squad and over a speedy East Noble program that has littered the regional and state levels in recent years. With Penn likely only going to get better and feeding into the regional level, which is at Warsaw in May, Thacker was happy his team responded to the names on the jersey.

“Early on, we didn’t know what type of team we had coming in, but I think we are starting to get a good idea,” Thacker said. “We knew coming into the year, we had an opportunity to be decent, and the season hasn’t ended yet. With a team like East Noble, and it’s always good to run Penn. It’s Penn. Those four letters, doesn’t matter what you coach, when you go up against Penn, you want to do your best and compete well. I’m sure we’ll see a lot of them in a couple months.”

Warsaw will take off for spring break, returning Thursday, April 14, for a home triangular with Northern Lakes Conference foes Wawasee and Concord.

Warsaw’s Dylan Childers eyes the open field before one of his discus attempts against Penn.