by Coach Vanderah | February 23, 2024
One week of the season is almost complete and everyone is excited for the season to be under way. The warm and sunny weather definitely helps motivate through the workouts and look forward to the first meets in two weeks.
Here is a variety of overviews of the team and the season. Check out the different categories below!
March 5 - Split-Squad, Mason City (Varsity) and UNI
March 8 - ISU (Varsity, must qualify)
March 19 - Wartburg
March 26 - Waukee
April 2 - Northwest
April 4 - Ankeny
April 6 - Valley
April 9 - Urbandale
April 11 - Northwest
April 13 - Jim Duncan (at Drake - Varsity, must qualify)
April 16 - Ames
April 18 - Centennial (Last chance to qualify for Drake Relays)
April 22 - Larry Weier Invitational at Dowling
April 25-27 - Drake Relays (must qualify)
May 2 - CIML Conference Meet (Ankeny)
May 9 - State Qualifying Meet (Varsity)
May 16-18 - State Track & Field Meet
Here are the team members who have previously competed at the State Track & Field Meet.ย
Kenzie Dean (SR) - Shot Put (2x qualifier, 23rd)
Shea Johnson (SR) - 4x100 (3x qualifier, ๐), 4x200 (3x qualifier, 4th), Sprint Medley (5th), qualified in Distance Medley sophomore year (13th)
Liv Hall (SR) - 3000 Meters (23rd), qualified in 4x800 freshman year (24th)
Avery Muller (SR) - qualified in 4x800 freshman year (24th)
Audrey Ott (SR) - Discus (5th)
Katherine Banker (JR) - 400 Hurdles (10th)
Alex Gaskell (JR) - 100 Hurdles (7th), High Jump (2x qualifier, 12th), Shuttle Hurdle (2x qualifier,๐)
Emily Heitzman (JR) - 100 Meters (9th), 4x100 (2x qualifier, ๐), 4x200 (4th), Sprint Medley (5th)
Ruby Leman (JR) - 100 Hurdles (2x qualifier, 6th), Long Jump (2nd), Shuttle Hurdle (2x qualifier,๐)
Molly O'Halloran (JR) - 4x800
Annie Smith (JR) - 4x200 (4th), 4x400 (9th), Sprint Medley (5th)
Elise Huegerich (SO) - 4x800ย
Lauren McCoy (SO) - 200 Meters (11th), 400 Meters (6th), 4x400 (9th), Sprint Medley (5th)
Ellie Muller (SO) - High Jump (9th)
Maddie Nagel (SO) - 400 Meters (24th), 4x400 (9th)
100 Meters: Emily Heitzman 12.53, Lauren McCoy 12.79, Shea Johnson 12.86, Marion Boot 13.37, Franny Brooks 13.51
200 Meters: Lauren McCoy 25.50, Emily Heitzman 26.41, Annie Smith 26.42, Shea Johnson 26.92, Alex Gaskell 27.54
400 Meters: Lauren McCoy 57.72, Annie Smith and Maddie Nagel 1:00.96, Elise Huegerich 1:04.10, Amaiya Thompson 1:05.67
800 Meters: Elise Huegerich 2:28.54, Liv Hall 2:30.41, Avery Muller 2:36.00, Sadie Reinhardt 2:37.33, Ava Van Ee 2:39.65
1500 Meters: Liv Hall 5:02.02, Avery Muller 5:06.17, Molly O'Halloran 5:12.00, Elizabeth Marsh 5:36.84, Elise Huegerich 5:49.87
3000 Meters: Liv Hall 10:49.17, Avery Muller 11:18.88, Molly O'Halloran 11:35.25, Elizabeth Marsh 12:16.91, Sofiya Pollard 13:44.80
100 Hurdles (33"): Ruby Leman 14.89, Alex Gaskell 15.13, Franny Brooks 17.82, Katherine Banker 19.49, Josie Scigliano 22.04
400 Hurdles: Katherine Banker 1:07.74, Ruby Leman 1:13.37, Alex Gaskell 15.13
High Jump: Alex Gaskell 5'4, Ellie Muller 5'3, Kate Nelson 5'1, Ava Groeteke 5'0, Ava Van Ee 4'10
Long Jump: Ruby Leman 18'10, Alex Gaskell 16'10, Kate Nelson 16'8.5, Amaiya Thompson 14'0, Ava Groeteke 13'4
Discus: Audrey Ott 126'10, Amaiya Thompson 107'0, Kenzie Dean 104'8, Nellie Johnson 98'3, Alma Drazi 84'5
Shot Put (4kg): Kenzie Dean 35'0.5, Audrey Ott 32'10.5, Alma Drazi 32'8.5, Amaiya Thompson 29'10, Alex Gaskell 28'10
These marks are from their 8th grade Catholic Middle School meet results.
100 Meters: Ellie Mead 13.20, Matilda Vizcarra 13.47, Olivia Meredith 13.54, Sophia Anthony-Bode 13.97, Sinead O'Neill 14.08
200 Meters: Ellie Mead 27.81, Matilda Vizcarra 28.40, Olivia Meredith 28.42, Lilah Murphy 29.56, Amelia Pollard 29.99
400 Meters: Matilda Vizcarra 1:04.02, Anna Pandullo 1:09.53, Cora Volp 1:09.55, CeCe Wuest 1:15.66, Veronica Eure 1:17.03
800 Meters: Ari Horras 2:42.04, Cora Volp 2:43.53, Kaylie Klein (6th grade) 2:49.55, Veronica Eure 3:02.49, Sam Zenti 3:06.80
1500 Meters: Ari Horras 5:45.60, Cora Volp 5:47.74, Kaylie Klein (6th grade) 5:50.11, Frankie Darnell 5:57.69, Amelia Howard 6:17.78
100 Hurdles (30"): Matilda Vizcarra 16.83, Georgia Leman 17.62, Taylor Hall 18.86, Veronica Eure 19.24, Ashley Gonyo 20.19
High Jump: Veronica Eure and Emily Miller 4'6, Quincy Vogel 4'4, Sinead O'Neill 4'2, CeCe Quest 4'0
Long Jump: Georgia Leman 13'3, Cora Volp 13'0, Olivia Meredith 12'11, PJ Jones 12'10, Frankie Darnell 11'10
Discus: Bailey Schreiner 59'3, Olivia Hendricks 57'3, Gabby Metz 55'3, Sophie Richardson 48'7, Molly Wittry 36'5
Shot Put (6lb): Gabby Metz 32'2, Olivia Hendricks 23'0, Sophie Richardson 23'0, Sam Zenti 17'9, PJ Jones 15'8