Track Events
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Savanna Dalton- In our first event on the track Savanna got us off to a nice start in the 3200m. She finished out of the point positions in 10th, but she did rack up a new PR and school record of 11:17.41. A good start for the team from a first time (track) state qualifier. |
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Forrest Barton- Right after Savanna finished her 3200m, Forrest took to the track. He got off to a great start in a real tough pack that spread out a little over the course of 2 miles. He ran tough, finished 12th, and scored a PR of 9:50.23.
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| Parker Strahler- Parker has two track events this weekend and in his first event today--110m hurdles--he ran a PR of 15.19 seconds, took 4th in his heat, and qualified for finals. Parker will now be running in this same event on Saturday. He's making the most of his time at the state meet, as he is now guaranteed to run all three days. Check him out tomorrow in the 300m hurdles. |
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| Girls 4x800m relay (Kylie Johnson, Savanna Dalton, Calysta McKinney, and Kelsey Dalton)- This was a fast field folks. I think every team on the track ran their best times, and I can emphatically say we did the same. This foursome scored a new season best and school record of 9:40.64, beating the old record by nearly 10 seconds. Originally seeded 15th, the girls finished 12th, which combined with the PR shows just how tough the field was. Great job ladies, and thank you Sydney and Melissa for your support throughout the week. |
Field Events
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| Christian Mueller- If you talk to Christian anytime soon you will see his obvious disappointment regarding his performance today. He has every right to feel this way, but he had an amazing season. I don't doubt he knew this before, but today he definitely experienced that it is not enough to just make it. Competitors want PRs and podium finishes. He is disappointed, but I'm excited by the fact he has another crack at it. Christian tied for 10th at a height of 13'6". |
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| Chris Linnin- Speaking of tough competition. Last year the boys' 5A high jump champion jumped 6'5". What a difference a year makes! Chris cleared that height today, but unfortunately 9 other athletes did as well. Obviously this was a highly competitive field, and Chris finished 10th. Not too shabby of a performance for this Junior, though. His jump over 6'5" was his season best. Watch out boy high jumpers of 2015! |
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| Maya Brown- In the last throw of preliminary competition Mays stepped in the ring and ripped off a PR, and school record of 117'9". This throw was also good enough to earn her a 6th place finish. This is only the second time a female athlete has scored points at the 5A state meet for CV (Natasha Jones, 2012, high jump 4th place was the first, btw). |
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| Christina Stathakis- Scratch that above statistic, because now we have had 3 females score in the 5A state meet after Christina's performance today. Christina cleared 11'3" and wrapped up 3rd place, the highest a female has scored in 5A for Castle View. I could tell that Christina had it in her today on appearance alone. I'm not sure if the "eye of the tiger" actually exists, but if it does she had it. One can only wonder what could have happened without having to take 2 weeks off recently because of a back injury, but perhaps we'll find out next year. |
Coming up...
We had a wealth of activity today, but we have quite a bit to come. We had some great support today at the meet from teammates, CVHS students, and school administration. The more the merrier. Here is what we have left:
Friday
10:30am - Girls High Jump - Mackenzie Pettit11:20am - 300m Hurdles - Parker Strahler (prelims)
Saturday
8:30am - Girls Shot Put - Maya Brown & Sierra Suazo
10:00am - 110m Hurldes - Parker Strahler (finals)
11:00am - Girls Triple Jump - Angela Graves & Mackenzie Pettit
2:30pm - 300m Hurdles - Parker Strahler must qualify for this finals race on Friday morning.
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Coach Nack
