Led by a first-place finish from the 4x100 and 4x200 relay team and Mylee Tracy in the 400-meter dash, the Virginia-Merdosia-Triopia girls track team placed second in the Western Illinois Valley Conference Track Meet.
The Beardstown Tiger Track team had a nice showing in their first adventure in the West Central Conference Championships including conference champions in Marcos Laurencio, Georgia Brown and Laetitia Kanda. As a team the girls finished fourth and the boys finished fifth out of seven teams.
Track season is wrapping up and that means conference championship meets. The PORTA-AC Central Bluejays traveled to Pleasant Plains last week for the Sangamo Conference Championship Meet with the boys placing fifth and the girls taking seventh as a team.
Beardstown High School recognized their senior track athletes at a home meet last week.
Christy Domitien, Gavin Epping, CJ Evans, Emma Ford-DeWitt, Karim Gomez, Deyvi Javier, Delma Salazar, and Chris Tchaklizo were all thanked for their contribution to Tiger Track.
The Beardstown Tiger Junior High team was on the track competing twice last week.
On Monday they were at Rushville for the six-team Big 5 Conference meet with the seventh-grade boys placing second and the eighth graders taking third. The seventh and eighth grade girls’ teams both placed fifth. Thursday the Tigers traveled to Williamsville for a four team meet with the boys bringing home second place as a team on both levels and the girls taking second in the eighth grade and fourth in the seventh grade.
High School Track
It was a busy week for the Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia high school track team with three meets last week.
On Monday the Redbirds hosted North Greene and Carrolton in a triangular with the girls winning the meet and the boys placing third. Faith Wingert placed second in the 100 and the 200 and fourth in the high jump, TaShia Allen was third in the 100 and second in the shot put, Payten Petefish was third in the 200 and second in the triple jump, Keylie Degroot won the 400 and the 800, Kaylee Beck won the 1600 and the 3200, Adelea Anderson was second in the 1600 and the 300 hurdles, Ashton Stanberry won the 110 and the 300 hurdles, Olivia Hughes placed second in the 110 hurdles, Olivia Lutrell was third in the discus and fourth in the shot put, Marilyn Behrends was second in the high jump, and Ava Petefish won the long jump and the triple jump.
The PORTA-AC Central boys’ and girls’ track teams both finished in first place as a team at last week’s five-team meet at Havana.
Jacob Vogel won the 100 and was second in the discus, Lane McNally was sixth in the 100, Jophy Lin was second in the 200, Drew Carter was fifth in the 200, Cael Cotner won the 400, Noah Hardy placed second in the 400 and the 800 and third in the long jump, Justin Zimmmerman won the 800 and was third in the 400, Kade Parker won the 1600, Quincy Stuhmer placed second in the 1600, Bryson Schachtsiek won the 110 hurdles and was second in the high jump, Logan Baker was second in the 110 hurdles, Avery Jockisch was third in the 110 hurdles and fifth in the 300 hurdles, Logan Baker won the 300 hurdles, Chase Pratt placed second in the 300 hurdles and fifth in the triple jump, AJ Fickas was sixth in the shot put, Anthony Loxley was sixth in the discus, Owen Gilbert won the shot put and placed third in the discus, Isaac Rennecker won the high jump and was second in the long jump, and Deacon Stroupe was fourth in the high jump.
The Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia varsity track teams participated in the very competitive Rob Garcia Invitational last week at Rushville with the girls placing ninth out of fifteen teams and the boys finishing fourteenth out of fourteen.
With the PORTA-AC Central administration making the prudent and compassionate decision to cancel numerous activities last week following the tragic passing of an AC-Central student athlete, the Bluejays competed in just two sporting events last week.
The PORTA-AC Central Track Teams swept to victory in the boys and girls meet at the PORTA Co-Ed Invitational last week. Jacob Vogel won the 100 and 200 meter dash, Daxton Trueblood won the 800 meters and Justin Zimmerman placed second, Kade Parker won the 1600, Bryson Schachtsiek won the 110 and the 300 hurdles and the long jump, and Isaac Rennecker won the high jump and the triple jump. Alanna Sparks was second in the 1600, Maggie Zimmerman was second in the 3200, Lauren Harrison won the 100 hurdles and was second in the 300 hurdles, Tristan Shaub was second in the shot put and the discus and Summer Perman won the high jump.