As spring is very much underway as the Lady Patriot track team is hard at work. They have had several meets get cancelled due to the nasty weather of April. They have competed in several meets and only have a few left to go.
The girls’ team as a whole has not reflected how everyone has been doing individually. Many people have just been improving their personal bests since the beginning of the season. They have come a long way since the first meet. When spoken to Coach Mrs. Miller said only good things about the team “The Girls Track Team started the season with its first ever indoor meet. Due to our rainy spring, we’ve had to cancel several of our early outdoor meets, but we’re hoping for improvement in the weather for our remaining meets and to be at full strength again, after losing key team members (Lindsay Suelter and Alleea Todd) for several meets due to illnesses. I’ve really relied on my seniors for leadership this year and Captains Stephanie Lewis and Nikki Markovich have helped tremendously at practices with training some of our first year athletes. Abbey Capperrune has really come on strong in the sprints and we’d like to see some continuity in our relays again with Alleea and Lindsay back at full strength. Amber Golden and Karen Rodriguez are our only two juniors out this year and will have to step up to take over for our soon-to-be-graduating seniors. I’d also like to thank Jennifer Reichert for helping out so much withour shot put anddiscus people, both at practices and helping run the discus at home meets.”
The team has set many of their personal best in just the last couple of meets. Some of the personal records include:
| Name |
Event |
Time/ Result |
| Seniors |
|
|
| Stephanie Lewis |
Discus |
72' 2 1/2" |
| Nikki Markovich |
800 M Run |
3:08.18 |
| Lindsay Suelter |
200 M Dash |
31.33 |
| Samantha Clayton |
400 M Dash |
1:24.2 |
| Kayla Myers |
100 M Hurdles |
22.5 |
| Juniors |
|
|
| Amber Golden |
3200 M Run |
15:09.7 |
| Karen Rodriguez |
300 M Hurdles |
1:03.45 |
| Sophomores |
|
|
| Skyler Bustle |
Long Jump |
12' 1 1/2" |
| Janieka Jenkins |
Triple Jump |
26' |
| Alleea Todd |
100 M Dash |
13.2 |
| Kirsten Pankey |
Discus |
49' 6" |
| Katey Unmisig |
Shot |
26' 11 1/2" |
| Liz Rodriguez |
800 M Run |
3:27.22 |
| Freshmen |
|
|
| Tiffanie Baldwin |
400 M Dash |
1:24.72 |
| Angela Bender |
400 M Dash |
1:25.98 |
| Abby Capperune |
200 M Dash |
32.08 |
| Daisy Montesdeoca |
Discus |
66' 6" |
| Nely Rodriguez |
800 M Run |
3:17.58 |
| Esperanza Soto |
Discus |
54' 7" |
| Relay Teams |
|
|
| 4x100M |
|
58.61 |
| 4x200M |
|
2:09.43 |
| 4x400M |
|
5:35 |
| 4x800M |
|
12:32 |