Teams Open Track Season At Triplains Invitational
The St. Francis High School track teams opened their season by competing in the Triplains Invitational Track and Field Meet in Colby on April 10th. The girls team finished 10th in the team standings and the boys finished 5th in the sixteen team meet. The Dundy County Invitational Meet scheduled earlier was postponed due to weather.
Oakley won the girls division with 110.5 points. Quinter placed second with 82 points and Greeley County third with 68. The remaining teams finished in the following order: 4th - Wheatland/Grinnell 66; 5th - Weskan 51; 6th - Wallace County 44; 7th - Golden Plains 39; 8th - Triplains 24; 9th - Cheylin 22; 10th - St. Francis 14; 11th - Northen Valley 12.5; 12th - Palco 11; 13th - Brewster 8; 14th - Western Plains 5; 15th (tie) - Healy 0; 15th (tie) - Heartland Christian 0.
The following athletes placed in the girls division:
Valerie Wurm: 5th in the 100 meters (13.96); 6th in pole vault (6' 6")
McKayla Taylor: 5th in the 100 meter hurdles (18.09); 5th in the 300 meter hurdles (55.65)
Aly Schlepp: 5th in the 800 meters (2:43.21)
Dallas Reed: 4th in pole vault (7' 6")
The 4x400 relay team of Echo Jones, Justice Wiley, Ashlee Orth, and Aly Schlepp finished 6th with a time of 5:06.02.
Coach Nathan Smith made the following comments on the meet, "The girls had a nice day at Colby. They are a young and/or inexperienced bunch of tracksters but they've been working hard and are continuing to improve. The girls were ready to get to that first meet and see where they are and all of them are right about where the coaches thought they'd be. Some of them are still trying to find what events will give themselves and the team the best opportunity for success. The group of girls that are out understand that success is not a given and are out there working hard everyday to accomplish their goals."
The boys division was won by Wheatland/Grinnell with 67 points. Oakley placed second scoring 66 points and Wallace County and Weskan tied for third with 56 points. The remaining teams finished in the following order: 5th - St. Francis 53; 6th - Golden Plains 52; 7th - Cheylin 42; 8th - Greeley County 39; 9th - Brewster 30; 10th - Quinter 29; 11th - Northern Valley 24; 12th - Triplains 17; 13th - Healy 13; 14th - Heartland Christian 8; 15th - Western Plains 5; 16th - Palco 1.
Individuals placing in the meet for the Indians were:
Isaac Schiltz: 1st in pole vault (12' 0"); 2nd in long jump (18' 4.75"); 2nd in triple jump (38' 7"); Tied for 2nd in high jump (height not available)
Thomas Douthit: 6th in 100 meters (11.46)
Derek Queen: 3rd in 400 meters (55.72)
Matt Howell: 6th in 110 meter high hurdles (20.21)
Mason Schiltz: 2nd in pole vault (11' 6")
Zach Gienger: 5th in discus (113' 7.5")
The boys 4 X 100 meter relay consisting of Michael Leibbrandt, Thomas Douthit, Logan Lampe, and Derek Queen placed 5th (time not available).
The teams will be competing in the St. Francis Invitational on April 24th.
