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Bureau Valley, Amboy, St. Bede girls advance to state · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Bureau Valley Amboy Saint Bede girls advance to State. Written
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  by Kevin Hieronymus. This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Fourteen Bureau County
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  area athletes punched their ticket to the state track and
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  field meet from the one at Erie Sectional on Wednesday.
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  Saint Bede senior Lily Bosnich, a state runner up in
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  the one hundred hurdles and three hundred hurdles last season,
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  won both events, also qualifying in the one hundred meters.
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  She'll be joined by in Charleston by teammates Kija Lucas
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  in the high jump and Savannah Bray in the shot put.
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  Bureau Valley's Alice House won the four hundred and will
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  run on the storms A qualifying relay in the four hundred.
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  They will be joined by two pair of sisters, freshman
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  Harper Wetzel and senior Matty Wetzel, and the Ships freshman
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  Madison and sophomore Maya. The Amboy co op qualified I
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  had four athletes in four events, including Ohio senior Gillian Anderson,
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  who placed third in the high jump, bosnik who had
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  first place times of fifteen point three four seconds in
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  the one hundred hurdles and forty six point three to
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  eight in the three hundred. S is excited to get
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  back to State in what has felt like a long
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  season after signing early with UW Milwaukee. It's been one
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  of the best seasons. I've been meeting so many new people,
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  especially today, she said. I'm going to keep my adrenaline
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  going from last year at State. I always tend to
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  hit a hurdle pretty badly, so I'm just going to
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  focus on being smooth because smooth equals fast, and just
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  have a good time for my last high school track career.
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  Bosnik also qualified in the one hundred after hitting the
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  state qualifying mark of twelve point nine to one on
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  the dot. It was very close, she said laughingly, but
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  I'm just grateful that I made it for that. House
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  made off with the four hundred meters with a top
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  time of fifty eight point nine seconds, followed by Mattie
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  Althaus of Amboy, who ran a personal best one zero
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  one dot zero seven Comma to also qualify's. House said
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  it felt good to finish the night with a qualifying
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  relay in the four x four hundred. The storm relay
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  of Gemma Moore, Abbey Stabler and Maya Ship placed fourth
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  with a time of four one four dot four two.
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  Comma one of whopping seven teams qualified for state from
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  the sectional. I was just happy that we were able
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  to get state qualifying time and just do it as
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  a team, she said. It means a lot because I
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  get to experience it with my team and my friends.
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  It makes me very happy. Bureau Valley also qualified its
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  runner up four x eight hundred relay of Maddie Wetzel, Stabler,
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  Moore and Harper Wetzel with a time of ten oh
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  six eighty six. Madison Wetzel qualified in the three thy
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  two hundred with a second place time of twelve fifty
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  one point one six. Her sister Harper made a family
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  duo by placing fifth in the one thousand, six hundred
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  with a qualifying mark and PR of five five thirty
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  five point zero three. Madison Ship advanced with a runner
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  up finish of ten point four one million in the
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  triple jump. House also had a PR in the long
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  jump of four point nine meters sixteen zero and three quarters,
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  but was just short of qualifying. Saint Bede's Bray was
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  runner up in the shot put at ten point six
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  to eight million, thirty five zero and a half, while
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  Lucas was one of seven jumpers who hit the qualifying
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  mark of one point five two million, four eleven and
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  three quarters to tie for fourth place. Amboys Bella Yanos
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  claimed first in the long jump with a mark of
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  five point twenty four million seventeen to two and one quarter,
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  followed by runner up Nya Ship of Bureau Valley at
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  four point nine two million. Yanos also ran on the
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  Clippers State qualifying four x one hundred with Alexa McKendree,
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  Anderson and Althaus, who placed fifth with a qualifying time
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  of fifty one point one one. Anderson cleared one point
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  five to seven million, five one three quarters to time
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  place third in the high jump. One of ten competitors
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  to advance, Haven Rossi turned in Hall's best places of
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  the day by placing sixth in the one hundred thirteen
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  point three and seventh in the two hundred with a
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  season best twenty seven point sixty five. The Storm seventy
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  finished fourth as a team behind Schirard one hundred and
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  two point five, Fulton ninety and Riverdale eighty four. Amboy
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  forty five was sixth, and Saint Bede thirty nine finished eighth.
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  At Mendota, Princeton placed tenth as a team with thirty
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  six points in the two A sectional, failing to qualify
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  any athlete for state. Peyton Frua had third place finishes
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  in the one thousand, six hundred five fifty three point
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  six three and three thousand, two hundred twelvety seven point
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  thirty nine. Jocelyn Strauss also placed third in the eight
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  hundred with a personal best of two two nine dot
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  zero one Comma, just missing out on the second place
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  qualifying spot by a tenth of a second. We had
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  some close call in trying to get a second place
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  state qualifying performance, but fell just short with three thirds.
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  Jocelyn had an outstanding run in the eight hundred. PHS
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  coach Pat Hodge said, also for PHS, Alexandra Waca was
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  fourth in the three thousand, two hundred thirteen oh four
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  to eight, and freshman Leonora Hopkins was fifth in the
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  four hundred, one oh six twenty seven, while the four
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  to eight hundred relay of Strauss, Leila Aker, Hopkins, and
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  Ruby Acker placed fifth ten point fifty eight point ninety
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  seven Geneseo captured the team title with one hundred and
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  twenty three points, with Mendota fifty four taking six. Drake
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  Landsman contributed to this story.