GHS Track Win at Area Meet

Last Friday, April 21st, the Boys and Girls Track teams competed in the area meet in La Grange. Here are the results for both boys and girls from the meet:

The boys track team got 2nd overall with a point total 126 at the Districts 21/22 - 4A Area Track Meet.  

3200m Run: 1st - Kayden Bloodworth (10:16.65), 2nd - Joseph Villegas (10:16.81), 3rd - Julian Olivares (10:16.82)
800m Run: 2nd - Kayden Bloodworth (2:02.62)
110 Hurdles: 2nd - Evan Young (15.74), 4th - Gunnar Fromme (15.99)
300 Hurdles: 4th - Gunnar Fromme (41.84), 5th - Evan Young (42.18)
1600m Run: 1st - Joseph Villegas (4:42.69), 2nd - Julian Olivares (4:44.06), 3rd - Kayden Bloodworth (4:47.62)
Discus: 1st - Jusiah Sampleton (146 ft, 6 in)
High Jump: 3rd - Gunnar Fromme (6 ft, 0 in)
Pole Vault: 2nd - Evan Young (13 ft, 0 in), 4th - Gunnar Fromme (11 ft, 6 in)
Shot Put: 1st - Jusiah Sampleton (44 ft, 1 in)
Triple Jump: 3rd - Devin Gossett (40 ft, 3 in)
4x100 Relay: 5th (43.85) - Landan Gaertner, Derek Leonard, Cade Patschke, and Wyatt Kasmiersky
4x200 Relay: 5th (1:33.93) - Jabari Jackson, Derek Leonard, Landan Gaertner, and Wyatt Kasmiersky


The girls won the Districts 21/22 4A Area Meet with a total of 168 points. 15 girls competed in 15 events and all 15 qualified for regionals in at least one of their events.

Shot Put: Carlie Weiser - 1st (48 ft, 0 in), Kaylon Metcalf - 2nd (37 ft, 10 in)
Discus: Carlie Weiser - 1st (158 ft, 9 in)
Pole Vault: Abby Iselt - 1st (9 ft, 6 in), Ashton Grimm - 2nd (9 ft, 0 in), Reese Weiser (8 ft, 0 in)
Long Jump: Jaelyn Lebron - 4th (15 ft, 11 in)
Triple Jump: Faith Zoch - 3rd (33 ft, 7.5 in)
3200m Run: Kaitlin Wilson - 1st (12:30.95), Lauren Matthijetz - 4th (15:03.78)
1600m Run: Kaitlin Wilson - 1st (5:44.77), Lauren Matthijetz - 2nd (5:45.30)
800m Run: Lauren Matthijetz - 2nd (2:31.95), Emily Schulze - 3rd (2:33.31)
100 Hurdles: Jaelyn Lebron - 2nd (15.92), Faith Zoch - 5th (16.68), Ashton Grimm - 6th (17.29)
300 Hurdles: Faith Zoch - 1st (47.33), Ashton Grimm - 6th (51.01)
4x100 Relay: 4th (51.15) - Arisbeth Segundo, Jordyn Swindell, Riesa Kieschnick, and Abby Iselt
4x200 Relay: 2nd (1:49.72) - Riesa Kieschnick, Jordyn Swindell, Arisbeth Segundo, and Reese Weiser
4x400 Relay: 2nd (4:15.14) - Faith Zoch, Jaelyn Lebron, Grace Fromme, and Kassi Oltmann

Top 4 finishers qualified for the Region 3-4A meet, which will be held April 28-29 at Bullard High School. Top 2 finishers at the regional meet qualify for the state meet. We are extremely proud of the effort put forth by all the track athletes and look forward to watching them competing at the regional meet this weekend.