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- 0:05Speaker 1: Meet the twenty twenty six BCR Girls track and Field team.
- 0:09Written by Kevin Hieronymous. This article is being read by
- 0:14an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Gillian Anderson,
- 0:19the senior from Ohio, jumped her way back to state,
- 0:22landing a sixth place medal in the high jump with
- 0:24a season best five three one quarter. She placed third
- 0:28at the Newicky and Erie Sectional meets. Anderson will compete
- 0:31for Saint Ambrose University next year. Lily Bosnik, Saint Bede's
- 0:35the Year Saint Bede's Super senior, wrapped up her prep
- 0:38career with a second place medal in the one hundred
- 0:41hurdles and third in three hundred. The BCR Track Athlete
- 0:45of the Year led the honor roll in both hurdles
- 0:47events with times of fourteen point eight eight and forty
- 0:50five point three. She also qualified in the one hundred meters,
- 0:55pacing the honor roll in twelve point sixty three. She
- 0:58was sectional champ in both her roles and Tri County
- 1:01Conference champ in the one hundred hurdles and runner up
- 1:04in the three hu hundred hurdles and one hundred dash.
- 1:08Elice House Bureau Valley So, the Storm sophomore, took it
- 1:12to the House with a third place state finish in
- 1:14the four hundred meters, lowering her honor roll top time
- 1:18to fifty six point seventy five. House was the Lincoln
- 1:21Trail Conference and Sectional champion in the four hundred, and
- 1:24set the school record in the two hundred at twenty
- 1:26six point zero one. Savannah Brey Saint Bede Sunder, the
- 1:31Saint Bede senior, returned to state in the shot put,
- 1:34placing nineteenth. She led the honor roll with a toss
- 1:37of thirty five to one and three quarters and was
- 1:39the Tri County Conference champ and sectional runner up. Oliva
- 1:44gasper So, the sophomore from Lamoyle, led the honor roll
- 1:47in the discuss with a toss of one hundred and
- 1:49one seven. She was also number two in the shot
- 1:52at thirty three eleven and a half, breaking Amboy's FSAH record.
- 1:56Kij Lucas Saint Bede So, the Saint Bede sophomore, made
- 2:00her way back to state in the high jump, clearing
- 2:02an even five foot along the way, placing eighteenth in
- 2:05Class one A. Josie Sierans, Princeton So Sierans was the
- 2:10pole vault champ in Bureau County, using a fourth place
- 2:13vault of eight six and one quarter at the Three
- 2:15Rivers Meet for her season best. Madison Ship Bureau Valley Fire.
- 2:20The Storm freshman jumped right into the prep ranks, finishing
- 2:24eleventh at state in the triple jump with the honor
- 2:26roll best thirty four to nine and three quarters. She
- 2:28was the Lincoln Trail Conference champ and sectional runner up.
- 2:32Maya Ship bvs. Ship qualified for state for the second year,
- 2:37this time in the long jump for state, placing thirty
- 2:39seventh with the honor roll best sixteen nine and three quarters.
- 2:43She also ran on the Storm State four four hundred
- 2:46Joscelyn Strauss Princeton, so saving her best for last. Strauss
- 2:50ran a two to twenty nine point zero one in
- 2:52the eight hundred meters at the two of Mendota Sectional
- 2:55to take over the top spot in the honor roll
- 2:58Harper Wetzel Bureau Valere. Thevetzel family tradition will continue with
- 3:03the freshman Harper. The b v frosh made fast tracks
- 3:06to state, qualifying in the one thousand, six hundred with
- 3:09a BCR best five thirty five point zero three. Matty
- 3:13Wetzel Bureau Valley Sashire, the Storm senior, had a good
- 3:17run for the Storm, qualifying for state in the three thousand,
- 3:20two hundred again and leading the honor roll in twelve
- 3:23twenty six point five to six. She was the Sectional
- 3:26and Lincoln Trail Conference runner up. She will run for
- 3:29Illinois Wesley next year. Bella Yanos Alosashir, the Amboy Senior,
- 3:34ended her Clipper career in Charleston, finishing nineteenth in the
- 3:37long jump. Yano's topped the honor roll at seventeen eight
- 3:40and one quarter relays a low four to one hundred.
- 3:43The Clipper crew of Alexa McKendree, Matti Althous, Gillian Anderson,
- 3:47and Bella Yanos qualified for state, leading the honor roll
- 3:51with a time of fifty one point one one B
- 3:53four two hundred. The Storms Caitlin Egan, Abbey Stabler, Maya
- 3:57Ship and Elie House led the honor roll with a
- 3:59time of one fifty one point four bv four x
- 4:03four hundred. Abbey, Stabler, Maya Ship and Alice House picked
- 4:07up Jemma Moore to make their way to state with
- 4:09the honor roll best time of four to fourteen point
- 4:11four two BV four x eight hundred. The Storm BV
- 4:15also qualified for state, finishing eighteenth. The Storms Mattie Wetzel,
- 4:19Abbey Stabler, Gemma Moore, and Harper. Wetzel ran a season
- 4:22best and honor roll top time of ten oh six
- 4:25dot eighty six at sectional