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The La Harpe Junior High Track Team competed last weekend in the I.E.S.A. State Track Meet held at East Peoria. The young Eagles faced stiff competition across the board, but were able to bring home medals (8th place or higher) in 8 events.
Claire McKee closed out a stellar junior high track career with two medal winning performances. McKee finished 3rd in the 1600 meter run and 7th in the 800 meter run.
Carlie Wear matched McKee with a pair of medals in 8A girls competition. Wear placed 3rd in the discus and added a 4th overall in the shot put. This matches her medal total from last year's meet.
Morgan Mohr picked up a pair of medals as well in the 7A girls' division. Mohr placed 3rd overall in the high jump and came from a slower heat to place 8th in the 400 meter dash.
Also medaling in the state meet were Mackenzie Ourth and Kelsey Wisslead. Ourth ran to a 5th place finish in the 1600 meter run, while Wisslead recovered from an early fall to pick up 8th place in the 100 meter hurdles.
Complete LJHS State Track Results are as follows:
7A Boys
400 M. Dash: 21st - Derek VanFleet (1:01.9)
110 M. Hurdles: 10th - Skyler Pence (18.3)
4x200 Relay: 19th - Pence, Van Fleet, Bryan Rodeffer, and Alex Irish (1:56.0)
7A Girls
100 M. Dash: 11th - Morgan Mohr (13.8)
400 M. Dash: 8th - Mohr (1:03.8), 36th - Haeli Johnson (1:08.7)
800 M. Run: 23rd - Mackenzie Ourth (2:43.8)
1600 M. Run: 5th - Ourth (5:51.4), 11th - Johnson (6:00.8)
100 M. Hurdles: 13th - Alyssa Swanson (18.5)
High Jump: 3rd - Mohr (4'8")
4x200 Relay: 31st- Ourth, Erica Eddington, Shelby Bartlett, and Morgan Pollock (2:08.7)
4x400 Relay: 10th - Eddington, Mohr, Swanson, and Johnson (4:41.2)
8A Girls
800 M. Run: 7th - Claire McKee (2:31.8)
1600 M. Run: 3rd - McKee (5:30.8), 32nd - Paige Carpenter (6:19.6)
100 M. Hurdles: 8th - Kelsey Wisslead (17.6 semis, 20.8 in finals)
Long Jump: 27th - McKee (13'11 1/4")
Shot Put: 4th - Carlie Wear (32'8")
Discus: 3rd - Wear (90'4")
4x200 Relay: 11th - Wear, McKee, Wisslead, and Megan Poulter (1:58.7)