28 February 2011

Alumni Tracker: Ex-Tiger tracksters still shining at next level

Trey Davis
5th place in shot put at Big Ten Championships

2007 FHS male Athlete of the Year and former state champion Trey Davis placed fifth in the shot put at the Big Ten Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held last weekend at the University of Illinois. Davis tossed the 16-pound ball 59-5.5 to help the University of Minnesota to its third straight Big Ten indoor title.
Ex-Tiger Michael Bendix cleared the high jump bar at 6-4 3/4 to finish second at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Indoor Championships held last weekend at Bemidji State University. The Minnesota State, Moorhead junior's eight-team points helped the Dragons to the NSIC championship.
At the same meet, former Tiger Michael Amofah hit 22-2 1/4 in the long jump. Amofah is a sophomore at St. Cloud State University.
Jackie Beckett, who ran in two state meets during her Tiger career, competed in the 800-meter run for Minnesota State, Mankato at the NSIC meet.
Former Tiger Isaiah Rockett had a busy day at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Indoor Championships held at St. Scolastica College in Duluth last weekend. Rockett, a sophomore at North Central University in Minneapolis, ran a leg on the winning distance medley and fourth place 4x400 meter relay teams and also took seventh in the 400-meter dash and 11th in the 800-meter run.
Matt Shutey, a member of the FHS Class of 2010, ran the 55-meter hurdles for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference indoor meet held last weekend at the Univesrity of Wisconsin-Stout.