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- 0:05Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six News Tribune Girls Track and Field All
- 0:08Speaker 1: Area Team. Written by Kevin Chlum. This article is being
- 0:14Speaker 1: read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
- 0:18Speaker 1: Here's a look at the top girls track and field
- 0:20Speaker 1: athletes in the News Tribune area for the twenty twenty
- 0:23Speaker 1: sixth season. Gillian Anderson SR. Amboy co Op. Anderson was
- 0:29Speaker 1: one of the top high jumpers in Class one A,
- 0:31Speaker 1: placing a sixth by clearing one point sixty one meters,
- 0:34Speaker 1: which was the second best height in the area. This spring.
- 0:37Speaker 1: She also ran on Amboy state qualifying four x one
- 0:39Speaker 1: hundred meter relay. Lily Bosnick Sr. Saint Bede Bosnick had
- 0:45Speaker 1: another dominant season in the hurdles. Bosnik had the top
- 0:48Speaker 1: time in the one hundred hurdles fourteen point sixty three
- 0:51Speaker 1: and three hundred hurdles forty three point eighty six in
- 0:54Speaker 1: the area. This season. She placed second in Class one
- 0:57Speaker 1: A in the one hundred hurdles and third in the
- 0:59Speaker 1: three hundred s. She also was a state qualifier in
- 1:02Speaker 1: the one hundred. Daniella Bummer SR. Henry Midland. Bummer went
- 1:07Speaker 1: undefeated in the one hundred, two hundred and four hundred
- 1:10Speaker 1: before the state meet. At the one Estate Meet, she
- 1:12Speaker 1: placed second in the four hundred and seventh in the
- 1:14Speaker 1: two hundred. Bumber also anchored HM's four x one hundred
- 1:19Speaker 1: relay to seventh at State. Audrey Chambers, so Henry Midland.
- 1:24Speaker 1: Chambers was a three event state qualifier in the long jump,
- 1:27Speaker 1: four x one hundred and four x two hundred. She
- 1:29Speaker 1: was a four time winner in the long jump and
- 1:31Speaker 1: placed second at the Tri County Conference meet. She helped
- 1:35Speaker 1: the four x one hundred take seventh at State. Audrey
- 1:38Speaker 1: Dutlinger junior lasal Peru Dutlinger had a dominant season in
- 1:43Speaker 1: the long jump, winning the event at every meet before State,
- 1:46Speaker 1: including at the Interstate eight Conference meet. She had the
- 1:49Speaker 1: top long jump in the area five point sixty five
- 1:52Speaker 1: and finished tenth at the two Estate meet. She also
- 1:55Speaker 1: qualified for state and triple jump. Maria Elam junior Mendota,
- 2:01Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six News Tribune Girls Track and Field
- 2:04Speaker 1: Athlete of the Year, won her second career class to
- 2:06Speaker 1: a state high jump title. She also placed second in
- 2:09Speaker 1: state in triple jump and anchored Mendota's four two hundred
- 2:12Speaker 1: to a fourteen place finish at State. Elam had the
- 2:15Speaker 1: area's top high jump and triple jump and ranked second
- 2:18Speaker 1: in both hurdle events. Jenia Francis fr Mendota. Francis ran
- 2:24Speaker 1: the area's fastest one hundred this year in twelve point
- 2:26Speaker 1: four to one seconds and was a Class to A
- 2:29Speaker 1: sectional champion in the event to qualify for state. She
- 2:32Speaker 1: also helped Mendota's four two hundred relay to state. Francis
- 2:36Speaker 1: also had top five marks in the area in the
- 2:38Speaker 1: two hundred three hundred hurdles in high jump. Taylor Frawley
- 2:43Speaker 1: Cessar Henry Midland. Frawley qualified for state in the one
- 2:47Speaker 1: hundred long jump four to one four to two hundred.
- 2:49Speaker 1: She qualified for the state finals in the long jump
- 2:52Speaker 1: and helped the four to one hundred take seventh. She
- 2:54Speaker 1: had the area's second best long jump five point four
- 2:57Speaker 1: to one this spring. House so Bureau Valley House was
- 3:02Speaker 1: a Lincoln Trail Conference champion in the two hundred and
- 3:05Speaker 1: four hundred. She won the four hundred at the Class
- 3:08Speaker 1: one at Erie Sectional and placed third in the event
- 3:11Speaker 1: at State. House Ranks ranked second in the area in
- 3:13Speaker 1: the four hundred fifty six point seventy five and third
- 3:17Speaker 1: in the two hundred twenty six point zero one. Pru
- 3:20Speaker 1: Mangan Sr. Field Crest Mangan was a Class one estate
- 3:23Speaker 1: qualifier in both throws. She was a sectional champion in
- 3:27Speaker 1: the discus and had the area's top toss this season
- 3:29Speaker 1: thirty four point zero six. She also was sectional runner
- 3:33Speaker 1: up in the shot put and had the area's third
- 3:34Speaker 1: best mark nine point nine two. Alison Mitchell SRSR Henry, Midland.
- 3:41Speaker 1: Mitchell was a four event state qualifier in the one
- 3:44Speaker 1: hundred hurdles high jump four one hundred, four to two hundred.
- 3:48Speaker 1: She helped the four hundred place seventh. She set the
- 3:50Speaker 1: school record in the one hundred hurdles at sixteen point
- 3:53Speaker 1: zero nine seconds. Now Madison Ship fr Bureau Valley Ship
- 3:59Speaker 1: won the triple jump at the Lincoln Trail Conference meet,
- 4:01Speaker 1: placed second at the Class one eight Erie Sectional, and
- 4:04Speaker 1: advanced the state finals in the event, finishing eleventh. She
- 4:08Speaker 1: had the third best mark in the area this season
- 4:10Speaker 1: at ten point six to one. Maya Shipso Bureau Valley
- 4:14Speaker 1: Ship was a two event state qualifier in the long
- 4:17Speaker 1: jump and the four x four hundred. She won the
- 4:19Speaker 1: long jump twice during the season and placed second at
- 4:22Speaker 1: the Class one at Erie Sectional. Maddi Vetzel Sr. Bureau Valley.
- 4:29Speaker 1: Vetzel finished her career as a three time state qualifier
- 4:32Speaker 1: in the three thousand two hundred. This season, she placed
- 4:35Speaker 1: second in the three thousand two hundred at the Lincoln
- 4:37Speaker 1: Trail Conference Meet and the Class one eight Erie Sectional.
- 4:40Speaker 1: Vetzel also helped bv's four x eight hundred qualify for state.
- 4:45Speaker 1: Henry Midland Fork one hundred. The foursome of Daniella Bumber,
- 4:49Speaker 1: Audrey Chambers, Taylor Frawley, and Alison Mitchell won the event
- 4:53Speaker 1: nine times, including at the Tri County Conference meet and
- 4:56Speaker 1: Class one of Farmington Sectional. The timberde set the school
- 5:00Speaker 1: record at the state meet, running a forty nine point
- 5:03Speaker 1: eighty six to place seventh. Honorable mention Maddie Althaus Junior
- 5:07Speaker 1: Amboy co Op. Savannah Bray Sr. Saint Bede Quija Lucas
- 5:11Speaker 1: So Fr. Lasal Peru Harper Wetzel Fr. Bureau Valley, Beleianos Sr.
- 5:15Speaker 1: Amboy co Op