Guiliani/Fox Headed To Track State Finals
Lady Squires track stars Federica Guiliani and Kadence Fox had another phenomenal night at Regionals, qualifying for the state meet June 3rd in Bloomington. Northfield, Wabash and Southwood also competed in the regional.
Guiliani qualified third in the 200m with a blistering time of 26.07 while breaking her own school record. Kadence Fox was 4th in the 3200 with a new PR of 11:08. Her time was so fast that she qualified by that time and will be seeded 12th overall in her event.
The 4×800 team of Fox, Ayla Cashdollar, Ava Egolf, and Hannah Eberly placed 6th and broke their own school record with a time of 10:02.
Also notable were Ayla Cashdollar who set a PR in the 1600m placing 9th with a 5:28.71 and the 4×100 team of Olivia Davis, Taryn Finch, Aliala Atienza, and Peyton Ream who PR’d with a time of 51.63 and placed 11th.
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Northfield Freshman, Sophia Holley and Junior, Hannah Holmes traveled to Ft. Wayne Carroll Tuesday evening to compete in the IHSAA Regionals Track & Field Meet.
Sophia did her best but was uable to clear opening height of pole vault which was 8’6″, a foot above her personal best for the year.
Hannah Holmes was able to put a personal best of 35′ 8.75″ giving her a 7th place finish.
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The Lady Apaches track season came to an end at the Carroll High School regionals last night. Cali Kugler finishing 11th with a personal best time of 2:26.06 in the 800 meter run and Natalie Adams finishing 7th in the high jump with a jump of 5ft. Great efforts by both these young ladies. I know they didn’t finish where they wanted, but next year they’ll get another chance.
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The Lady Knights entered the Regional Finals at Carroll High School seeded 12th in both the 4x800M Relay and 4x400M Relay. Knowing that both races would would involve a highly competitive field, both teams set goals to finish in a position higher than their seedings.
The 4×800 of Hailey Collins (2:34 PR split), Aleia Sweet (2:30 SB split), Jaiya Corn (2:47split), and Bryn Mealy (2:29split) finished 9th Place overall in a time of 10:22.6. The Knights pulled out victories over Leo, Angola, Westview, Snider, West Noble, Frankton, and East Noble while falling to Homestead, Ft. Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Carroll, Northrop, Huntington North, Blackhawk Christian, Norwell, and Bellmont.
In the final race of the night, the 4x400M Relay team of Bryn Mealy (60.8 PR split), Grace Drake (65.0 PR split), Hailey Collins (65.1 PR split), and Aleia Sweet (64.1split) fought for an early lead in their heat but were eventually overcome to finish 3rd in their section and 10th overall. The team set a new PR of 4:16.71 in their effort. They were victorious over West Noble, Ft. Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Huntington North, East Noble, North Side, and New Haven. They succumbed to the speed of Carroll, Homestead, Angola, Westview, Churubusco, Northrop, Oak Hill, Norwell, and Bishop Dwenger.
