Frosh/Soph Champs, Sportsmanship Award

Blue Island, IL (May 5, 2011).  It was a great conference meet for the Reavis Rams.  THE FROSH SOPH GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM EARNS BACK TO BACK CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.  Also, the Girls Track and Field team earns the SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD for SSC Red Division.  Numerous Frosh/Soph medal winners and Varsity medal winners were achieved last night, on top of heavy downpour and a "lights out" Varsity 4x400m relay to end the meet.  For the Varsity, Stephanie Verduzco earned a 3rd place in the shot put.  The Varsity 4x800m relay team of Hannah Howard, Sam Wolfe, Erica Seno, and Karolina Komperda also earned 3rd place, with a personal best time.  The frosh/soph team absolutely dominated the field scoring 194 points overall, more than 100 points over the second place team.  There were numerous placers from the frosh soph team.  In the 100m hurdles, Kelley Grzych finished 1st and Ashlie Wiechec finished 2nd.  In the 3200m run, Nicole Maier finished 1st and Maggie Wojtowicz finished 2nd.  In the 800m run, Michele Lewellen finished 1st and Sabina Bukowska finished 2nd.  In the 1600m run, Maggie Wojtowicz finished 1st and Nicole Maier finished 2nd.  In the shot put, Mackenzie Mellenthin finished 1st and Danielle Doyle finished 2nd.  In the 300m hurdles, Kelley Grzych finished 1st and Paulina Gal finished 2nd.  The 4x800m relay team of Michele Lewellen, Gabby Galica, Sabrina Laskowski, and Sabina Bukowska finished 1st, while the 4x400m relay team of Sam Christianson, Ashley Simmons, Michele Lewellen, and Paulina Gal also finished 1st.  Ashlie Wiechec finished 1st in the triple jump.  Selena Carrillo finished 2nd in the discus.  Sam Christianson finished 3rd in the 400m.  Kelley Grzych finished 2nd in the high jump.  Ashlie Wiechec finished 3rd in the long jump.  The 4x200m relay team of Kelley Grzych, Ashley Simmons, Jessica Alexander, and Paulina Gal finished 2nd.  Also Jessica Alexander had a great accomplishment by placing in both the 100m and the 200m dashes.  Great job to all the athletes on the Girls Track and Field team.