ALAH Jr. High Track Girls Sweep Team Titles in Dual Meet with Arcola at Home
Skylar Graham hands the baton to Ruby Burton for the anchor leg of the eighth grade 4 X 4 relay in the home meet against Arcola. Leighton Poulos and Gracie Romine ran the first two legs of the relay that won with a time of 5:05.58. The eighth grade girls’ team took first in the team standings with 54 points to Arcola’s 35.
The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Jr. High girls’ track and field teams won both the seventh and eighth grade divisions of the home track meet held on April 4 against Arcola.
For the eighth grade, Alex Clark continued her winning ways in the weight events taking firsts in both the shot and discus. Ruby Burton was also a double winner with firsts in the 800 and 1600 meter races. Skylar Graham also had a first in the 100 meters. The 800 and 1600 meter relay teams were also victorious.
Cassidy Rohacs was a double winner in the seventh grade finishing first in both the 100 meter hurdles and the 200 meters. Emily Keagle also won two events, the shot put and discus. Other event winners for the seventh grade were Leighton Poulos in the high jump; Norma Mendoza, 100m; Embry Reardon, 1600m; Brooklyn Peeler, 400m; and Morgan Casteel, 800m. The seventh grade girls took first in all three relays and in twelve of the thirteen events contested in the meet.
7th Grade Girls Team and Individual Results
vs. Arcola
April 4, 2022
Team results: 1. Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 80; 2. Arcola 23
Shot Put: Emily Keagle, 14’ 8”, first; Presley Johnson, 13’ 2”, third
Discus: Emily Keagle 49’ 5”, first; Presley Johnson, 35’ 4”, third; Esmerelda Diaz, 31’ 9”;
High Jump: Leighton Poulos 4’ 0”, first; Morgan Casteel 3’ 10”, second;
Long Jump: Sophie Monts, 10’ 10”; Rylie Ward 10’ 0.25”; Sophia Johnson 9’ 10”; Keely Simpson 9’ 5”;
100 M Hurdles: Cassidy Rohacs 18.09, first; Katie Appleby, 29.02
100M: Norma Mendoza 15.38, first; Chloe Smith 15.46; Lyla Sutton 16.82; Layla Beck 17.22; Vanessa Palma 17.52; Sophia Moore 17.84;
200M: Cassidy Rohacs 29.88, first; Leighton Poulos 30.18, second; Rylie Ward 32.38; Reece Oye 32.69; Norma Mendoza 32.75; Morgan Casteel 33.26; Brooklyn Peeler 33.83; Chloe Smith 34.30; Brianna Clayton 35.52; Layla Beck 36.5; Lyla Sutton 37.28; Keely Simpson 39.2;
400M: Brooklyn Peeler, 1:17.45, first; Sophia Johnson 1:17.63, second; Sophie Monts 1:19.76, third; Annabelle Vanausdoll 1:23.85; Keely Simpson 1:25.25; Katie Appleby 1:34.26; Sophia Moore 1:37.56;
800M: Morgan Casteel 3:05.09, first; Embry Reardon 3:05.86, second; Annabelle Vanausdoll, 3:14.99, third;
1600M: Embry Reardon, 6:35.01, first; Kate Wiley 9:42.01, second;
400M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 1:01.45, first (Norma Mendoza, Jillian Marner, McKenna Blaudow, Reece Oye)
800M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond, 2:09.58, first (Sophie Monts, Brynlee Moore, Rylie Ward, Leighton Poulos)
1600M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 5:19.32, first (Sophie Monts, Brynlee Moore, Embry Reardon, Norma Mendoza)
8th Grade Girls Team and Individual Results
vs. Arcola
April 4, 2022
Team results: 1. Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 54; 2. Arcola 35
Shot Put: Alex Clark, 26’ 0”, first; Chloe Custer, 17’ 8”, second;
Discus: Alex Clark, 73’ 3”, first; Chloe Custer, 47’ 7”, second;
High Jump: None
Long Jump: None
100 M Hurdles: None
100M: Skylar Graham, 14.26, first; Gracie Romine 14.64, second; Alyssa Richards 15.41, third; Avery Alexander 16.41;
200M: Gracie Romine 29.53, second; Skylar Graham 30.52; Alyssa Richards 33.43; Avery Alexander 33.66;
400M: None
800M: Ruby Burton, 2:52.44, first; Kimberly Krutsinger, 3:15.34, second;
1600M: Ruby Burton, 6:19.78, second; Kimberly Krutsinger, 7:24.27, fourth;
400M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 1:01.38, (Ava Hutchinson, Lily Vanda, Alyssa Richards, Avery Alexander)
800M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 2:01.94, first (Gracie Romine, Ruby Burton, Addi Rohr, Skylar Graham)
1600M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 5:08.58, first (Ruby Burton, Addi Rohr, Gracie Romine, Skylar Graham)
