Boys Head Coach: Dr. Jay DeWitt
Girls Head Coach: Dan Hopkins
The Blue Jay track teams recently competed in the Midwest Athletic Conference Track Championship. The girls finished a close third while the boys finished fifth.
In the District meet the girls finished second and the boys third.
In this past weeks Regional meet the girls track team finished first and the boys tied for second.
The Blue Jays track teams will send athletes to the state track meet in twelve events:
Girls | Boys |
4x200 Relay, 1st place in Regionals: Lauren Burgei, Valerie Morris, Tori Recker, Alisha Anthony | 4x100 Relay, 1st in Regionals, Andrew DeWitt, Curt Haggard, Curtis Laudick, Cameron Hermiller |
4x100 Relay, 1st place in Regionals: Lauren Burgei, Valerie Morris, Jodie Leininger, Alisha Anthony | 110 M Hurdles, 3rd in Regionals, Curt Haggard |
300 M Hurdles, 3rd in Regionals, Tori Recker | 300 M Hurdles, 4th in Regionals, Curt Haggard |
200 M Dash, 2nd in Regionals, Alisha Anthony | 100 M Dash, 2nd in Regionals, Curtis Laudick |
3200 M Run, 2nd in Regionals, Erin Calvelage | 200 M Dash, 2nd in Regionals, Curtis Laudick |
Long Jump, 1st in Regionals, **Alisha Anthony; 2nd in Regionals, Tori Recker, | Pole Vault, 2nd in Regionals, Paul Metzner |
**Alisha Anthony is the defending state champion in the long jump and is competing at state for the fourth consecutive year.
2006 State Track Meet
The Blue Jays brought home state championships in two events at the state track meet June 2 and 3. The boys 4x100 Relay team of Andrew DeWitt, Curt Haggard, Curtis Laudick and Cameron Hermiller topped the field and brought home the gold medal. The relay team finished undefeated on the year and set a new school record.
Alisha Anthony defended her state long jump championship by easily outjumping the competition. Alisha jumped 18'6.25" to top the competition by more than six inches. She competed in the state long jump finals four consecutive years with two state championships and two runners-up.
The girls 4x100 Relay team came in a close second in the finals and brought home a silver medal.
Erin Calvelage finished 13th in the 3200 meter run.
Curtis Laudick finished 6th in the 200 meter dash and 7th in the 100 meter dash.
Paul Metzner finished 14th in the pole vault.
Not qualifying for the finals were: Alisha Anthony, 200 M dash, Tori Recker, long jump and 300 M hurdles, the girls 4x200 Relay and Curt Haggard, 110 M hurdles and 300 M hurdles.