Girls’ Track Competes at Iowa Western

The girls varsity track team traveled to Iowa Western to compete in a Lewis Central hosted meet.

Freshman Aleigh Bean running at Denison earlier in the season.

Freshman Aleigh Bean running at Denison earlier in the season.

Noah Bruckner, Sports Editor

Tuesday, April, 18th. The Atlantic girls varsity track team traveled to Council Bluffs to compete in the Lewis Central Co-Ed track meet.

The sprint medley consisted of Juniors Sydney Bean, Charity Williams, Jessie Hartwig and freshman Aleigh Bean ran a time of 2:02.16 which let them finish in 7th place. Junior Emily Seugling finished 10th with a time of 13:20.90. The 4×800 relay made up of Juniors Abby Altman, Riley Seufert, Sophomore Karsyn Rush and freshman Pluma Pross finished 8th and set a personal record as a relay with a time of 10:58.07. The 4×100 shuttle hurdle made up of Seniors Bailey Schildberg and Madelyn Kickland, Junior Morgan Altman and freshman Anna Lowary finished 5th with a time of 1:14.53. Williams finished 12th with a time of 13.97 in the 100m dash.

Schildberg, Juniors Kylie Proehl, Cora Zikuda and freshman Grace Bruckner finished 11th in the distance medley with a time of 5:16.96. Senior Lexi Freund finished 6th in the 400m dash with a time of 1:07.86. In the 4×200 relay Hartwig, Williams, Kickland and Aleigh Bean put forth a time of 1:55.39 which is the relays personal record, and also placed them in 9th place. Schildberg placed 14th with a time of 19.35 in the 100m hurdles. Rush ran a time of 2:35.71 in the 800m run which got her to 6th place. Aleigh Bean finished 15th in the 200m with a time of 30.18. In the 400m hurdles Lowary finished in 11th place with a time of 1:18.02. In the 1500m Seugling ran a time of 5:50.35 and finished 15th. The 4x100m relay Williams, Bean, Kickland and Bruckner finished with a time of 55.60 and ended in 10th place. Rush, Freund, Hartwig and Pross finished in 6th with a time of 4:32.57.

In the long jump for the girls Aleigh Bean placed 6th with a jump of 14-06.00. In the discus throw Junior Cheyenne Elliott placed 10th with a throw of 91-00. In the high Jump Senior Alexis Brockman tied for 5th with a height of 4-08.00. In the shot put Junior Sidney Svoboda placed 10th with a throw of 31-07.00.

 
The girls varsity track team will compete next at Carroll on Thursday, Apr. 20.