Day 1 of Districts

In what Coach Kieser often refers to as the "more important day of districts", the Jaguar track and field team set a solid tone after the first day of competition.  Other than 3 finals, the majority of the day is spent trying to qualify to Friday's finals.  If you don't have a good first day, you can't have a good second day.  Overall, SJA qualified all but 3 people to Friday's finals.  Currently the Jags are in the lead with 41 points, but most of the points are still to be had on Friday.

For the 3 finals that already happened, SJA nearly maxed out their possible points.  Also, all those competitors made it to next week's regional meet at Amherst by finishing in the top 4.  The day began with the Jaguar high jumpers pulling off the rare 1st and 2nd sweep.  Freshman Ky Williams took home first place with a jump of 5' 1", while junior Alesha Vovk finished right behind with a jump of 5' 0".  The 4 x 800m relay team of Rachel McGuire ('14), Anna Farris ('15), Maddie Zimmerman ('14), and Emilee Armbruster ('13) took 2nd place.  Soon after that, an exciting shot put competition saw sophomore thrower Brittany Morrison  win with a big throw of 36' 8.5" and senior Ann Conroy sneak from 5th to the coveted 4th spot on her last throw with a final toss of 32' 5.5".

Qualifiers to Friday's finals include:
Ky Williams and Monica Hahn in the 100H
Jenea Adams in the 100m dash
the 4 x 200m relay team of MaryKate Caja, Becca Sedlak, Gab Leon, and Brenna McGrath
the 4 x 100m relay team of Mackenzie Dorin, Sarah Stottner, Leon and Adams
Becca Sedlak in the 400m dash
Caja and Hahn in the 300H
Rachel McGuire and Emilee Armbruster in the 800m run
McGrath in the 200m dash
the 4 x 400m relay team of McGrath, Zimmerman, McGuire and Sedlak

Also competing Friday will be
McGrath and Sarah Reardon in the long jump
Morrison and Nicole Rave in the discus
Bridget McGuire and Alexis Bloor in the pole vault
Rachel McGuire and Helen Steve in the 1600m run
Emily Bauer and Jill Bresnahan in the 3200m run