The girls and boys track teams place first at the Leavenworth Invitational
The boys and girls track teams won 15 first place medals at the Leavenworth Invitational
The varsity girls and boys track teams both placed first at the Leavenworth Invitational on Tuesday, April 1. Together, the teams won 15 first place medals in various events in its first meet of the season.
Junior Holly Webb said that the success of the meet pleased her.
“It was a good way to start the season because I did better than I was expecting to,” Webb said. “I think we did a good job for the beginning and it gives us a lot of room to improve.”
Along with Webb, junior Hollis Tharp enjoyed the meet because of the team’s overall achievement.
“I think we did good as a team,” Tharp said. “I think the season is going to be interesting [and] for distance, the season is going to be really good.”
The first place winners include:
Girls 400-Meter Dash – Junior Emma Hansen
Girls 800-Meter Run – Junior Margo Wieschhaus
Girls 1600-Meter Run – Wieschhaus
Girls 100-Meter Hurdles – Webb
Girls 300-Meter Hurdles – Freshman Kasey Meeks
Girls Shot Put – Junior Madison Holland
Girls Discus Throw – Holland
Boys 400-Meter Dash – Senior CJ Meeks
Boys 800-Meter Run – Junior Kurt Loevenstein
Boys 1600-Meter Run – CJ Meeks
Boys 3200-Meter Run – CJ Meeks
Boys 300-Meter Hurdles – Junior Cody Deas
Boys 4×400 Meter Relay – CJ Meeks, junior Kyal Long, senior Jason Biesma and Loevenstein
Boys 4×800 Meter Relay – Loevenstein, CJ Meeks, junior Teddy Gillespie and sophomore Zach Kornis
Boys Javelin Throw – Senior Ben Carroll
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Junior Mikaela McCabe is a writer on the JAG Yearbook staff. This is her second year on the staff. McCabe is on the varsity tennis team and is a StuCo class representative. In her free time, she likes to read, hang out with her friends and take pictures of her dogs.
