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Miller qualifies for Drake; girls 5th at MP
by Norv and Mary Coblentz · Sports · April 27, 2017
The West Branch girls track and field team placed fifth in a field of 10 at the Mid-Prairie Relays April 20 in Wellman.
Also, it was announced last week that West Branch senior Paige Miller is one of the Drake Relays qualifiers.
She qualified for the 400m hurdles race
“Drake invited 16 qualifiers from across all four classes,” West Branch Co-head Coach Carol Lumpa said. “Paige has qualified in the seventh spot, so she will be running in the fast heat. This has been one of Paige’s goals for the season. She is the only 2A qualifier in the field. We are so proud of her. Paige has been working so hard, both off season and during the season. She is so deserving of this.”
Team scores: 1) Solon 130, 2) Pekin 96, 3) Fairfield 92, 4) Mid-Prairie 87.50, 5) West Branch 66.50, 6) Wilton 37, 7) HLV 25, 8) West Liberty 23, 9) Montezuma 20, 10) Mount Vernon 10
The Mid-Prairie meet marked the approximately one-month countdown to the State meet.
“It was a cool and windy evening and great competition,” West Branch Co-head Coach Carol Lumpa said. “We had one first-place finish, four second-place finishes, and three third-place finishes.
“The girls ran, jumped, and threw well despite the weather. We had three season-bests, which all came from our throwers.”
Paige Miller was the first-place finisher. She won the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:07.24.
In the long jump, Tatum Koenig was second with a jump or 15-07.50. Taylor Thein had a jump of 14-06.50.
Mikayla Prusha placed fourth in the high jump with a jump of 4-08. In the shot put, Mackenzie Heise was third with a season-best heave of 34-04. She had a sixth-place throw in the discus of 86-08, also a season-best. In the shot put, Kaylee Montgomery put the shot a season-best 29-06. Taylor Tisinger put the shot 24-05.50. In the discus, Montgomery had a throw of 84-06, and Tisinger had a throw of 64-09.
The shuttle hurdle relay team of Koenig, Aubrey Baylor, Kaiya Luneckas, and Jaylen Votroubek finished in 1:12.55 for second place.
In the 4x200 relay race, Haley Mullinnix, Koenig, Jaylen Votroubek, and Miller finished second in 1:52.60.
The 4x400 team of Miller, Koenig, Votroubek, and Luneckas finished in 4:24.31 for second place.
The sprint medley team of Taylor Thein, Mullinnix, Votroubek, and Luneckas finished in third place with a time of 1:59.61.
The 4x100 team of Mullinnix, Thein, Baylor, and Autumn Kolpin placed sixth with a time of 56.47.
In the distance medley race, Riley Vaughan, Kolpin, Baylor, and Thein finished in 5:15.75.
The junior varsity 4x100 team of Taylor Boelk, Lexie Whede, Aurora Eilertsen, and Vaughan finished with a time of 1:01.43.
Luneckas took third place in the 100m hurdles with a time of 17.64. Baylor finished in 20.31.
In the sprints, Mullinnix placed sixth in the 100m dash with a time of 13.96. In the 200m dash, Thein finished in 29.78, Kolpin finished in 30.49, and Vaughan finished in 31.84. Clare Muckler ran the 400m dash in 1:14.63, and Wehde finished in 1:19.02.
In the 800m run, Eilertsen ran a 3:03.35, and Boelk finished in 3:05.35.
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