Friday, April 20, 2012

NEN Girls Get Season High in Team Points

Coach Vance Proffitt made some changes in the girls track lineup for the Tiger Relays and it paid off as the Bluejays finished with their highest point total so far this year with 17.
First of all, Proffitt moved Michelle Schulte from the 800 to the 1600, which she had not competed in for the last three years. But Michelle was up to the task of handling the longer distance, getting a personal best time of 6:11.21, good for second place. That was 20 seconds behind the pace of Jamie Luke of Stanberry.
He also had Michelle do the 300 hurdles. Both Michelle and Shayna Dougan finished just out of the money, but Shayna got a personal best with 56 seconds. But the 4x400 Relay Team of Shayna Dougan, Kerrigan Adwell, Katrina Freemeyer, and Michelle Schulte finished 5th with a time of 4:52.
Taryn Farnan matched a personal best and finished fourth in the High Jump with a height of 4’8”. That was 4 inches off the height of Rachel Thomsen of North Harrison.
Northeast placed two in the Triple Jump as Michelle Schulte was 5th with a distance of 29’10”, her best jump of the year. Taryn Farnan placed for the first time, getting a jump of 29’6”.

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