MTZ track and field gets 11 top-three finishes at EIU

Pole Vaulter Kyle Hensley, won at 13’ 11.25”

By BLAKE FAITH
Staff Writer

The Mt. Zion Track and Field program competed at the EiU High School Relays. The Braves compiled 11 top-three finishes throughout the program as the girls won the EIU HS Invite as a team and the boys’ team finished in third place. .

On the boys side, Christian Keyhea set a new personal record crossing the line at 6.99 seconds for a first-place finish in the 60-meter dash. I’m the 800 meters, Julian Baker finished with a time of two minutes and 57 seconds with a second-place finish and new personal record.

Baker went on to compete in the 3200 meters and set a personal record with a time of 10 minutes and one seconds for a second-place finish. In the pole vault, Kyle Hensley finished in first place with a jump of 4.25 meters.

On the girls side, Ashleigh Anderson set a new personal record with a time of two minutes and 22 seconds that resulted in a second-place finish in the 800 meter event. In the 3200 meter event, Emma Mallory finished in second-place with a time of 12 minutes and 24 seconds for a new personal record.

In the 60-meter hurdles, Lydia Trump finished in third-place with a time of 10.57 seconds. In the triple jump. Katie Janvrin finished in second place with a jump of 9.53 meters. In the high jump, Rhiannon Marshall won the event recording a jump of 1.52 meters.

In the 4×400 meter relay, the Braves’ team of Anderson, Sofia Munoz, Hillary Owens and Emma Crowley finished in first place with a time of four minutes and 19 seconds. In the 4×200 meter relay, the Braves’ team of Owens, Brooklyn Kondritz, Madison Inman and Angelina Henderson finished in third-place with a time of one minute and 57 seconds.

At the Mt. Zion Girls Indoor Invite, the Braves compiled 16 top-five finishes. In the 800 meters, Munoz finished in first-place with a personal record time of two minutes and 26 seconds.

At the 1600 meters, Anderson finished in first-place with a personal record time of five minutes and 29 seconds. Teammate Camille Mavis finished in third-place with a personal record time of five minutes and 53 seconds.

In the 3200 meters, teammates Renee Ballard and Hailey Betzer finished in third and fourth place. Ballard finished with a new personal record time of 12 minutes and 36 seconds. Betzer finished with a new personal record time of 13 minutes and three seconds.

In the 60-meter hurdles, teammates Lydia Trump and Lily Ford finished in second and fourth place. Trump finished with a time of 10.50 seconds for a new personal record. Ford finished with a time of 10.57 seconds for a new personal record.

In the 4×200 relay, the Braves’ team of Alaina Barr, Tatetum Flanagan, Olivia Kostenski and Raleigh Allen finished with a time of two minutes and two seconds for a third-place finish. In the 4×400 relay. The Braves’ team of Anderson, Munoz, Kondritz and Owens finished in first-place with a time of four minutes and 25 seconds.

In the 4×800 relay, the Braves’ team of Munoz, Mallory, Ellie Fritzche and Brooke Doyle finished in first place with a time of 10 minutes and 39 seconds. In the high jump, teammates Marshall and Hannah Sago finished in second and fourth place. Marshall finished with a jump of 1.47 meters and Sago finished with a jump of 1.42 meters.

In the pole vault, teammates Alexa Weter and Kondritz finished in first and third place. Weter finished in first-place with a jump of 3.13 meters for a new personal record. Kondritz finished with a jump of 3.00 meters. In the long jump, teammates Kostenski and Janvrin finished in third and fifth place. Kostenski finished with a personal record jump of 4.84 meters. Janvrin finished with a jump of 4.60 meters.

The Mt. Zion Track and Field Program will compete in the Mt. Zion Boys Indoor Invite and 2022 Apollo Boys and Girls Invite this week.