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Southern Jr. High Girls Track

On April 16 Southern hosted ICS, Dallas City, and Yorkwood. The 7th and 8th grade girl's teams dominated the meet with ending totals of 104 and 109.

7th girls results thru 5th place.

100-meter hurdles:Rachele Jack 1st, Kayla Rothzen 2nd

100-meter dash: Alicia Phillips 2nd, Brittany Fox 3rd, and Kristin Plath 4th

1600 meter run: Kayla Rothzen 1st

400 meter run: Sarah Heller 1st, Brittany Fox 2nd, Phillips 3rd

200-meter dash: Kristin Plath 1st, Robin Guile 3rd

800 meter run: Kayla Rothzen 1st, Rachele Jack 2nd, and Ashley Coffey 3rd

4x100 meter relay: Robin Guile, Rachel Keane, Ashley Coffey, and Miriam Rutzen 1st

4x200 meter relay: Brittany Fox, Sarah Heller, Kristin Plath, and Alicia Phillips 1st

4x400 meter relay: Kayla Rothzen, Ashley Coffey, Sarah Heller, Rachele Jack 1st

Shot Put: Rachel Keane 4th

Discus: Rachel Keane 3rd

Long Jump: Kayla Rothzen 1st, Kristin Plath 4th, and Ashley Coffey 5th

High Jump: Alicia Phillips 1st, Miriam Rutzen 2nd, and Brittany Fox 3rd

The 8th grade girls results are posted through fifth place also.

100-meter hurdles:Shanna Avery 1st, Kayla Coffey 2nd, C. Robinson 3rd

100-meter dash: Laura Hoover 1st, Shayna Heap 3rd

1600 meter run: Theresa Brokaw 1st

400 meter run: Laura Hoover 1st, Shanna Avery 2nd, Olivia Crandall 3rd, Paige Lafary 4th

200-meter dash: Shayna Heap 2nd, Darci Renken 3rd

800 meter run:Theresa Brokaw 1st, C. Robinson 3rd

4x100 meter relay: C. Robinson, Kayla Coffey, Olivia Crandall, Paige Lafary 2nd

4x200 meter relay: Shayna Heap, Shanna Avery, Darci Renken, and Laura Hoover 1st

4x400 meter relay: M. Rutzen, Paige Lafary, Olivia Crandall, and Theresa Brokaw 1st

Shot Put: Darci Renken 1st, Rebecca Schnathorst 5th

Discus: C. Robinson 1st, Julie Stambough 4th

Long Jump: Shanna Avery 2nd, Laura Hoover 3rd, Theresa Brokaw 4th

High Jump: Darci Renken 1st, Shayna Heap 2nd

The fifth and sixth grade girls from Southern traveled to Northwestern for a fifth and sixth grade meet on April 17.

The girls did a fine job, and brought home a first. In the 100 meter hurdles Rachele Jack placed first and Kayla Rothzen second. Rothzen also achieved a first in the 1600-meter run.

Brittany Fox and Kristin Plath came in first and second in the 100-meter dash. The 4x100 meter relay out ran the competition for a first place.

The team was comprised of Sarah Heller, Ashley Coffey, Rachel Keane, and Miriam Rutzen. In the 400 meter run Sarah Heller won first and Brittany Fox got second. In the 200-meter dash Kristin Plath and Rachel Keane placed first and fourth. Miriam Rutzen came in second with her teammate Ashley Coffey coming in third in the 800 meter run.

Both the 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams nailed first place finishes. In the 4x200 were Brittany Fox, Rachele Jack, Kristin Plath, and Kayla Rothzen. The 4x400 was compiled of Sarah Heller, Miriam Rutzen, Ashley Coffey, and Rachele Jack. Rachel Keane accomplished second in shot put and third in discus. Miriam Rutzen placed first in high jump and Brittany Fox third. The long jump placing were Rachele Jack second, and Kayla Rothzen third.

On Monday, April 15, 2002 Southern's girls track team competed in a triangular meet with Warren and Roseville. The 7th grade team won the meet with 53 points. The 8th graders however lost by a slim margin of 3 points with a total of 47.

7th grade who placed in top three-

100-meter hurdles:Rachele Jack 1st, Kayla Rothzen 2nd

100-meter run: Alicia Phillips 3rd

1600 meter run: Kayla Rothzen 1st

4x100 meter relay: Robin Guile, Rachel Keane, Ashley Coffey, and Miriam Rutzen 1st

400 meter run: Sarah Heller 2nd

200-meter run: Kristin Plath 3rd

4x200 meter relay: Sarah Heller, Brittany Fox, Kristin Plath, and Alicia Phillips 1st

4x400 meter relay: Kayla Rothzen, Sarah Heller, Ashley Coffey, Rachele Jack 1st

Long Jump: Rachele Jack 2nd, Kayla Rothzen 3rd

High Jump: Alicia Phillips 1st, Miriam Rutzen 2nd, and Brittany Fox 3rd

8th grade who placed in top three-

100-meter hurdles:Shanna Avery 3rd

1600 meter run: Theresa Brokaw 1st

400 meter run: Paige Lafary 3rd

200-meter run: Shayna Heap 3rd

800 meter run: Theresa Brokaw 1st, C. Robinson 3rd

4x200 meter relay: Shayna Heap, Shanna Avery, Theresa Brokaw, and Laura Hoover 1st

4x400 meter relay: M. Rutzen, Olivia Crandall, Kayla Coffey, and Paige Lafary 2nd

Shot Put: Darci Renken 1st

Long Jump: Laura Hoover 3rd

Discus: C. Robinson 2nd

High Jump: Darci Renken 1st, Shayna Heap 2nd

With a beautiful afternoon for a track meet on April 9, Dallas City and Northwestern traveled to Southern for a triangular meet . The 7th grade Lady Raiders finished second to Northwestern with fifty points. The 8th grade girls however won the meet with a tally of ninety-nine points.

7th grade:

100-meter hurdles:Rachele Jack 1st, Kayla Rothzen 2nd

100-meter dash: Hillary Brooks 2nd, Brittany Fox 4th

1600 meter run: Rothzen 1st

4x100 meter relay: Robin Guile, Rachel Keane, Ashley Coffey, and Miriam Rutzen 2nd

400 meter run: Sarah Heller 2nd, Alicia Phillips 4th

200-meter dash: Hillary Brooks 2nd

800 meter run: Rachele Jack 3rd

4x200 meter relay: Brooks, Fox, Kristin Plath, Phillips 1st

4x400 meter relay: Rothzen, Heller, Fox, Jack 2nd

Shot Put: Brooks 3rd

High Jump: Alicia Phillips 3rd, Rutzen 1st

Long Jump: Kayla Rothzen 3rd

8th grade:

100-meter hurdles:Shanna Avery 1st, Kayla Coffey 3rd, C. Robinson 4th

100-meter dash: Shayna Heap 1st, Crystal Alexander 2nd, Julie Stambaugh 3rd

1600 meter run: Brokaw 1st (new school record of 5:44 set by Brokaw 2001)

4x100 relay: Alexander, Darci Renken, Coffey, and Paige Lafary 1st, C. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rabecca Schnathorst, and Stambaugh 3rd

400 meter run: Laura Hoover 1st, Avery 2nd, Lafary 3rd, Crandall 4th

200-meter run: Heap 1st, Alexander 3rd

800 meter run: Brokaw 1st, C. Robinson 2nd

4x200 relay: Heap, Avery, Crandall, and Hoover 1st

4x400 relay: Hoover, Lafary, Crandall, and Brokaw 1st

Shot Put: Renken 1st, Alexander 2nd, Crandall 3rd, Coffey 4th

Discus: C. Robinson 1st, Stambaugh 3rd, Coffey 4th

High Jump: Renken 1st, Heap 2nd

Long Jump: Avery 1st, Brokaw 2nd, Hoover 4th