Last week the Jaguar track and field team qualified from the Amherst Regional to the state meet in more events (9) than ever before in program history . In addition, the Jags also scored their most points ever (64) to finish as runner-ups to Brunswick.
To qualify for the state competition, athletes had to finish in the top 4 in their event. In some cases this meant surviving prelims and semifinals on Wednesday just to make it to last Friday's finals. The following will be traveling this week to Jesse Owens Stadium at Ohio State to compete against the best in the state.
Brittany Morrison ('15) returns to the state meet for the second time in both the shot put and discus. She won the regional in the shot put and was 3rd in the discus.
Maggie Wagner ('17) qualified to the state meet with her 4th place finish in the 1600m run.
Sydney Seymour ('18) qualified to the state meet with her 4th place finish in the 3200m run.
Jenea Adams ('15) returns to the state meet in the 100m dash with her 4th place finish at Amherst.
Kye Williams ('16) will be competing for the first time at the state meet in the high jump after her 2nd place Amherst finish.
Monica Hahn ('16) will also be competing for the first time at the state meet in the 300 meter hurdles after her school record time and 4th place finish at Amherst.
The 4 x 100 meter relay team of Hahn, Lauren Zawie ('17), Williams, and Adams set a big school record of 48.61 and finished 3rd at the regional meet.
The 4 x 200 meter relay team of Hahn, Zawie, Bridget Roche ('15), and Adams scored a big 2nd place finish at the regional meet with a season's best time of 1:43.49.
As a sophomore, Zawie returns to the state meet as part of last year's school record and podium placing 4 x 200. As a senior, this is Roche's first trip to the state meet in any event.
Congratulations and good luck to all!
