Cougars Have Season Bests at Wisner-Pilger Invite

By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Cougar track squads are peaking as the conference meet is nearing.  At the Wisner-Pilger Invitational Meet, on April 28, there were  three big P.Rs for individuals and the relays came together as there were three season bests.

The girls 400 relay broke 56 for the first times as they took second with as time of 55.5  The boys matched their placing with a 46.7.  They followed that up with a win in the 1600 relay in 3:41.8.  Team members for the girls were Brianne Haskell, Cierra French, Darcey Simonsen, and Kelly Wakeley.  Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada, Dylan Hardeman, and Chevy Henneman made the both of the boys relays.

Dylan Hardeman knocked almost 2 seconds off his best in the 300 hurdles with 44.5 second place finish.  Kelly Wakeley broke through the sixteen foot barrier  and won the long jump with a 16m feet 0.5 inch effort.  Abby Peterson improved three feet in the shot put.  She took fourth with a 35 feet 8 inch toss.

The girls tallied 56 points for fifth place.  Two placed in the 100M with Cierra French taking fourth in 13.7 and Madie Ronnfeldt came back to form after injuries to place fifth in 13.9. Brianne Haskell took fifth in the 200 in 29.1.

Distance runners Sophia Henneman and Tessie Collins took second and third in the 1600M.  Sophia ran a 6:13.5 ad Tessie a 6:15.6.

Wakeley added a fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 32 feet 1.5 inches.  Peterson made a toss of 101 feetnm2  inches in the discus for another fifth.  Darcey Simonsen threw 116 feet and collected the silver.

The boys took sixth with 51 points.  Chevy Henneman had a second place in the 400M with a 52.9.  Jon Christiansen was second in the triple jump with a mark of 40 feet 0.50 inch and second in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet 11 inches.

Joey O’Connor placed six in the 3200M in 11.38.5.