Willis Jones Invitational at Beatrice

Willis Jones Invitational at Beatrice

Willis Jones Invitational at Beatrice

Sorry I did not get this posted right away, but yesterday my password would not be accepted into this program, this morning however, everything is a go, so much for the computer age!!!!The girls competed Tuesday in the Willis Jones Invitational and came home with a 3rd place finish out of a field of 7 teams competing at the meet.  Weatherwise it was a great competition day, we had very little wind to contend with and the temperature was great.  Below are the team results, followed by the individual results.Team:  Beatrice 192, Seward 156, NORRIS 76, Syracuse 44, Nebraska City 30, Ralston 24, and Beatrice JV 2Individual:Long Jump:  Holly Schurman 14'11.25" 7th, Kristina Price 14'6.25" 8th, and Abby Olsen 14'5.25Triple Jump:  Holly Schurmann 5th 31'10.5" and Kristina Price 6th 31'5'High Jump:  Kinslie TeKolste 4'6" tie for 5th, Hannah Hoefler 4'4", and Kelly Prange 4'2"Shot Put:  Felicia TeKolste 31'8", Niki McKinstry 30'2", and Tori Ziemke 29'11"  PRDiscus:  Niki McKinstry 6th 117'11"  PR, Felicia TeKolste 98'4"  PR, and Leah Harms 83'5"Pole Vault:  Natatlie Nason 8'6" 4th, Erin Bartlett 6th 8'0" PR, and Cassie Eilers 7'0"100m HH:  Gretchen Kroese 15.5 1st, Makenzie Doeschot 17.9 6th, and Maddie Larson 18.4100m Dash:  Gretchen Kroese 13.3 5th (P-13.2), Holly Schurman 13.6 6th (P-13.5), and Janae Jurgen 13.7200m Dash:  Krista Baade 28.8, Hannah Holzen 28.9, and Janae Jurgena 29.8300mLH:  Gretchen Kroese 51.0 3rd, Makenna Tracy 4th 51.4, and Makenzie Doeschot 54.4400m Dash:  Hannah Wolzen 1:04.6 4th PR, Ashley Weyers 1:05.3,a nd Hannah Hoefler 1:06.4 PR800m Run:  Sophia Sonnenberg 5th 2:37.0, Kelly Prange 2:45.01600m Run:  Sophia Sonnenberg 5:55.1 3rd, Meradith Ganow 5:56.1 4th PR, and Chelsi Marolf 6:22.83200m Run:  Kelly Prange 13;12.5 3rd PR, and Chelsi Marolf 13:57.4 PR3200m Relay:  2nd 10:28.9  Sophia Sonnenberg, Meradith Ganow, Kelly Prange, and Ashley Weyers1600m Relay:  4:30.8 4th Ashley Weyers, Hannah Hoefler, Kristina Price, Hannah Wolzen400m Relay:  53.2 3rd  Krista Baade, holly Schurman, Makenna Tracy, and Gretchen KroeseWe had several personal bests this season happen today, 3 of the throwers did their best in both the shot and discus.  Niki McKinstry threw 117'11", she is looking to perhaps automatically qualify for state in the discus, hoping to throw over 122' by season's end.Gretchen Kroese continues to do well in the 100m hurdles, winning that event.  She and Makenna Tracy both had good races in the 300m lows.Senior Kelly Prange had a good day at the meet, she filled in for Annelise Madison who was home ill,  in the 4x800. That team took a second place finish to Beatrice.  She also took a 3rd place in the 3200m run today, not only scoring but running her personal best time.Natalie Nason and Erin Bartlett had good results in the vault, Natalie going 9' again, and Erin taking a 6th place and doing her personal best.I felt like we had a pretty good meet, it was nice to see a few more of the girls make finals in the field events.  This meet is always good for us even though it comes early in the week after our York meet, many of the girls come home with medals and hopefully this gives them an incentive to continue to work hard before going into our conference and district meets.The girls will compete at Crete on Friday and then next Thursday the girls travel to Gretna for the EMC.