100-meter hurdles and long jump champion
(photo by Jim Lindquist)
The Tigers scored eight first place finishes in a hotly-contested 75-71 dual meet loss to Shakopee Tuesday afternoon in the season-opening track event at Tiger Stadium.
"The meet was a great opportunity for all of our ladies to compete and get experience," coach Tom Hart said. "We did some very good things and had a lot of intra-team, head to head competition as well as competing against Shakopee.
"I was very pleased with the effort and the competitiveness that our team brought to this first outdoor meet. For many of our team it was the first outdoor high school competition. We look forward to what the next few weeks will hold in store for us."
All-state performer Nadia Lorencz and Maria Kiminski each won two individual events. Lorencz breezed to an easy victory in the 100-meter hurdles and won the long jump by more than a foot, while Kiminski claimed honors in the 400-meter dash and high jump.
Alyssa Parco looked in mid-season form with a win in the 300-meter hurdles and freshman Jennifer Miller sprinted to victory in the 200-meter dash.
The Tigers also won two relay events. The 4x200 team of Parco, Courtney Johnston, Melanie Brothers and Izzie Ferm won by six seconds and the 4x400 foursome of Parco, Johnston, Alicia Hett and Ferm clocked 4:17.2 to beat Shakopee by 11 seconds.
Izzie Ferm carried the baton in the winning 4x200 and 4x400 relays
(photo by Jim Lindquist)
Ferm took second in the long jump as did Miller in the 100-meter dash. Aly Grebner ranked second in the shot put and Hett grabbed the runner-up spot in the 800-meter run. Abby Haugen took second in the pole vault.
Tiger third place finishers included Jessica Arey in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles; Kayla Watne in the 100-meter dash; Alex Frost in the 1600-meter run; Sarah Cummings in the 800-meter run; Maricia Pacheco in the 1600-meter run; Destiny Schmitz in the high jump; Kathryn Beckett in the triple jump, Johnston in the 200-meter dash and Grebner in the shot put.
Thursday, Apr. 12, the Tigers head to New Prague for the New Prague Invitational.
