PENDLETON — The final point total says it all. It does more than speak volumes. It uses a sledgehammer tone of voice.

The Pendleton Heights girls track program hosted a sectional Tuesday, taking to its own facility and producing 149 points to make a mockery of the chase for team supremacy.

Mount Vernon finished a distant second with 83.5 points, followed by Highland’s 63, Frankton’s 59.5 and Lapel and Shenandoah with 51 and 50, respectively.

The Arabians of coach Ron Hinton captured four events — sophomore Ellie McCardwell in the pole vault (12 feet, 2 inches), the 400-meter relay of McCardwell, Chelsea Hodgson, Molly Markle and Katie Kritzer (52.61), Kritzer in the 100-meter hurdles (16.96) and freshman Hannah Douglas in the 800 (2:22.94).

But it was the depth of Pendleton Heights that separated it from the pack.

“We scored in every event. I think that explains the 149 points,” said Hinton. “I’m very pleased with all the first places, but I’m happy for all the girls who scored. This is what we’ve been working for all season.”

Those individuals and relays qualifying for regional have their work cut out next week as Ben Davis plays host. The stakes are higher, the competition better.

That serves as good news for McCardwell, whose pole-vaulting exploits are beginning to make news outside the boundaries of Madison County.

With an easterly breeze providing resistance every time the sophomore made her approach, McCardwell blocked out the elements and wound up an inch shy of her personal best of 12-3, set recently during a triangular meet at Rushville.

“You just have to tell yourself there is no wind, but it’s a factor,” said McCardwell, who eclipsed the old Pendleton Heights Sectional standard by more than three feet. “I think there are perfect conditions. If you don’t, it can play with your mind.”

Another two-time winner was Anderson junior sprinter Jasmine McGhee, who wasn’t even sure she would be competing after she twisted her right ankle playing basketball last Thursday night.

But whatever mental cobwebs McGhee carried around, she shook free of them once the starter’s pistol sounded.

Not only did she edge out Mount Vernon sophomore Hannah McKnight in the 200-meter dash with a winning time of 26.75 seconds, earlier McGhee won the 100 in 13.05, shattering the 16-year-old sectional standard set by Holly Fridley of Pendleton Heights (14.2).

“I thought I was probably at about 50 percent. I was in a lot of pain so I took some Ibuprofen and elevated the foot some,” said McGhee. “When we first got here we took a warmup lap, and I told my coach I would be able to run. I would have done better had my ankle not been messed up.”

Alexandria senior Bri Foster dominated the distance events, winning the 1,600 in 5:32.09 and the 3,200 in 12:14.38. Douglas took first in her specialty, the 800, in 2:22.94, nearly nine seconds faster than her nearest competitor.