The Christ Our Rock Silver Stallions Track and Field Girls and Boys teams were back at it again tonight at The Greenville Comet Invitational and it was a great evening for our athletes once again.
Coming off his record setting day yesterday in the 3200 meter run at the Roger Lee Inv. at Mcleansboro, Junior Elijah Gregory stole the show once again winning the 3200 meter run in a time of 10:27. And to top it off he came back in the 1600 meter run and broke the previous school record held by Zach McCowen (2021) of 4:49 running a 4:46.3 and finishing 2nd in the race. His teammate Zerek Koch was 5th in the 3200 meter run.
Also for the Stallion Boys Sr. Yillian Lu and Jr. Isaiah Lyons finished neck n neck in the 400 meter dash in 3rd and 4th place. With Lu running :55.7 and Lyons running :55.8. Yillian Lu also finished 6th in the 100 meter dash in a PR of :11.95. The 4×400 relay team of Zerek Koch, Yillian Lu, Isaiah Lyons, and Elijah Gregory placed 2nd with some very tired legs beating 6 other teams in the 2nd fastest 4×400 in school history (3:54.4)! Other PR for the boys on the day included Liagel Lyons in the 400, Jayden Cushman, Tim Meyer and Thomas Taylor in the Discus and John Jansen in the Shot Put.
For the Lady Stallions Jr. Sarah McKowen had her best meet of the season setting a season best time in both the 1600 and 800. She won the 1600 in 5:51.0 and was 2nd in the 800 in 2:32.2. Her distance running teammate Rylee Brammeier also had a strong day. Finishing 3rd in both the 3200 meter run and 1600 meter run. Her time of 13:28.7 tied her PR and her 6:13.0 was a PR. Freshman Lillian Wedekemper also placed well and PRed in all 3 of her events. She was 2nd in the 300 meter hurdles and 4th in the 100 meter hurdles. In the 100 meter dash she finished 6th in :15.23.
Coach Tim Koch says, “overall it was another very successful meet for our athletes and I’m just so happy to see Elijah get our school record in the mile. Every kid we have had a great performance today in one event or another!”
