Girls State Track Meet Held Over The Weekend

The girls state track meet was held over the weekend at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

It was a great weekend for Altamont sophomore Grace Nelson in Class 1a.  She finished 3^rd in the 200m, 2^nd in the 300m hurdles and was the state champion in the 100m hurdles.

Mater Dei’s Alexis Kampwerth finished 19th overall and Christ Our Rock’s Rylee Brammeier was 25^th in a PR time in the 3200m.  Nashville’s Halle Rueter was 8^th.   The Nashville 4x100m relay team of Shelby Thorsen, Emma VanHise, Talanie Kozuszek and Rueter was 3^rd.  Nashville was also 3^rd in the 4×200 with Thorson, Kozuszek, Rueter and Paityn Matecki.  Nashville’s Alyssa Cole was 6^th in the discus, Brownstown/St Elmo’s Addie McWhorter tied for 6^th in the high jump and St Anthony’s Allison Geen was 11^th.

In Class 2a, Althoff’s Alaina Lester was 5^th in the 100m and 4^th in the 200, Mt Vernon’s Ja Breah Liddell made the finals in the 400m, Olney’s Tatum David was the state champion in the 1600 in a PR time of 4:47.52.  She also won the 3200 in a PR time of 10:04.02.  Mt Vernon’s 4×100 relay was 2^nd including Tiara Johnson, Liddell, Saryah Dixon and Kamaree Pollard.  In the shot put, Carbondale’s Madyson Swope was 2^nd, Maryiah Menicucci of Marion was 3^rd and Josie Hapack of Highland 4^th.  Swope then won the discus with Hapack 3^rd, Menicucci 8^th.  Breese Central’s Morgan Ahle was 10^th in the high jump, Triad’s Morgan Noyes 12^th in the pole vault.  Columbia’s Abby Venhaus and Bailey Williams of Marion was 4^th and 6^th in the long jump.  In the triple jump, Karli Mann of Herrin was 3^rd, Althoff’s Alaina Lester 4^th, Vehaus of Columbia was 6^th and Centralia’s Kylie Gorman finished 7^th.