Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Belle Plaine Runs Well at State Track Meet

This past weekend the Belle Plaine boys and girls track teams ran at the State Track Meet held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.  The highlight of the weekend for the girls was the shuttle hurdle relay team of Larissa Fowler, Shannon Murray, Brialy Carlson, and Justice Yilek who won the event in a time of 1.07:16 which was also a new school record.  The link below shows highlights of area teams at the State Meet and a brief clip of the girls shuttle hurdle relay at the 1:30 mark.

KCRG Sports State Track Highlights

Also performing for the girls were Kameo Pope in the discus and shot put finishing in 17th and 15th in each of those events with throws of 33-02 in the shot put and 102-06 in the discus.  Justice Yilek also ran in the 400 M Dash finishing 20th in a personal best time of 1:03.58.  Congratulations to the Girls track team and coaches on a great season.

The Belle Plaine Boys Track team also had a strong showing at the State Meet scoring 26 team points in four different events placing them 8th overall.  Highlights were in the 4 x 800 M Relay with Josh Long, Trey Squiers, Robert Brown, and Orie Brown placing 2nd overall in a time of 8:17.07 and Distance Medley also finishing 2nd in a time of 3:39.51.  The Distance Medley team consisted of Vance Bohlen, Trenton Young, Josh Long, and Trey Squiers.  Also scoring points were Justin Jacobi in the 110 M High Hurdles finishing 3rd in a time of 15.46 and Trey Squiers placing 5th in the 1600 M Run in a time of 4:37.99.  Congratulations to all the coaches and team members on a great season.

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