It was a great afternoon at the IHSA girls track and field sectional at Nashville High School for the Christ Our Rock Lady Silver Stallions. 6 out of their 7 competitors set personal records for themselves, and all 6 of them also placed in various events, with two Lady Silver Stallion distance runners qualifying for the IHSA state track and field meet to be held next weekend at Eastern Illinois University!
Head coach Tim Koch, celebrating his birthday, told WJBD/WSIQ “to you say that I am proud of our program and what we have accomplished today would be an understatement!”
Sophomore Sarah McCowen is State bound in the 800 meter run, finishing 2nd in a time of 2:29.4. She also brought home a 4th place medal in the 1600 meter run in 6:15.2. Teammate Rylee Brammeier will be joining her at EIU next weekend as Brammeier qualifies in the 3200 meter run placing 2nd! These 2 ran together in the fall on the CORLHS Silver Stallions Cross Country team that qualified for The IHSA State Cross Country meet.
Also bringing home Sectional Medals for the Lady Silver Stallions were Abagail Meyer in 6th place in the 800. Meyer also ran a PR in the 400 meter dash in a time of 1:09.1. Senior Kylie Eversgerd had an outstanding final race of her Track career finishing 5th in the 1600 meter run in a personal best time of 6:22.1. Eversgerd has signed to run at SIUE this fall. Senior Emeline Rincker also showed well bringing home a 7th place medal in the 300IM Hurdles and running a personal best time of 58.8 seconds.
In the Field events Bryanna French made the Finals in the Shot Put and medaled as well finishing 6th.
The Lady Silver Stallions finished 9th as a team out of 14 schools with just 7 participants!
Koch added, “it’s was a great 40th Birthday present to me and I’m very excited for all our girls on a great season and a fantastic sectional meet!”
