Springfield, Illinois - May 2003   For three years now the BSS/SAS track team has traveled the fifty-minute trek to Clinton for a face-off with Clinton, St. Mathews and Decatur Lutheran. Usually, they are greeted with gusting winds and tough, tough competitors. Well, this year the competitors held up their end but the winds were actually calm making the backstretch on the track a little more bearable though some may beg to differ.

With the help of some stand out 7th grade girls, the 8th grade girls' team was able to pull off  the only first place team victory for the BSS/SAS tracksters. Sweeping 9 of 13 events and taking first place honors were Breanne Sergent in the 100M hurdles(:16.6), Darian Dolenc(7th) in the 1600M run(6:14), Jessica Selvaggio in the 400M dash(1:12.83), Kiley Enno(7th) in the 800M run(2:54.38), Breanne Sergent in the Long Jump(13'10.5"), Christine Becker in the high jump(4'5"), Anne Bloechle in the discus(84'4") and both the 4x200M (Craighead, Orlando, Bramlet, Malone)[2:05.38]  and 4x400M(Eck, Sergent, Helms, Hanney)[4:25.75] relay teams. In fact, the 4x400M relay team, shattered state qualifying time in that event(4:31.5). Unfortunately all of those girls are already running in the 4x200M at the Sectional meet and the 4x400M directly follows the 4x200M relay event. However, BSS/SAS is hopeful all will attend state as individuals in the 400M open. Likewise Anne Bloeche broke open a new school record in the discus with her 84 foot 4 inch throw! The BSS/SAS 8th grade girls scored a total of 77 points against St. Mathew 52, Clinton's 45 and Decatur Lutheran's 22.

The 7th grade girls' team could have used some help from those stand out 7th graders the 8th grade girls were borrowing. Taking only three first place finishes, two from Jessica Orlando and one from Molly Bramlet, the 7th grade girls spread their points out evenly with seconds, thirds in fourths to gather 62 points against Clintons 80 points putting BSS/SAS in second place overall.  Orlando ran :28.94 in the open 200M dash and jumped 13'10.75" in the long jump. Bramlet ran :13.6 in the 100M dash.

Chris Frank gave the 1600M one more try before making a decision on what to run at Sectionals. He placed first again by a large margin but still not at state time. He took first with a time of 5:31.51. The 4x200M relay team followed with the only other first place position in a time of 2:02. Running were Painter, Contri, Frank and Dhabalt. The 7th grade boys scored 39 points putting them in third behind St. Mathews with 52 and Clinton with 82. Sixth grader Michael Witsman had another stand out performance in the 1600M running consistently at 6:09. Another sixth grader to watch is Steven Begando who ran the fourth leg of the 4x400M(Begando, Ralph, McDermot, Boente) in a split time of 1:07 to pull his team from last to second place.

This time it was the sprinters who were leading the 8th grade boys' team, Chandler Wescott in the 100M and Michael Enno in the 200M. Both athletes took first in times of :12.94 and :26.07 respectively. Ryan Ciotti took second place in the 110M hurdles and Jacob Wear ran another great 1600M time of 5:29.9. Colin McCormick is consistently keeping his 400M time at sub 1:00 preparing for Sectionals. The 8th grade boys team scored 43 total team points taking third behind Clinton's 58 and St. Mathew's 78.

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Complete meet results are as follows:

Hurdles:
7G Cumming :19.59, Davlin :19:56
8G Sergent :16.66, Craighead :19.32
7B Ryan Timoney :21.64
8B Ciotti :21.14

100M
7G Bramlet :13.61, Danniel Kechum :14.2, Abby Rocco :15.31
8G Bridget Helms :13.55, Becker :14.30, Meyer :14.32
7B Painter :13.36, Contri :14.5, J. Meyer :16.17
8B Wescott :12.94, McCormick :13.32, McDermott :13.76

1600M
7G K. Enno 6:19.26, O.Gay 6:42.39
8G D. Dolenc 6:14.18, Melissa Gay 6:38.76
7B Frank 5:31 Witsman 6:09
8B Wear 5:29, M. Enno 5:50

4x100M Relay
7G Miller, Rocco, Layzell, Davlin 1:04.99
8G Hanney, Eck, Meyer, Becker  :57.00
7B Kavish, McHenry, Begando, Meyer 1:03.4
8B Wescott, Ciotti, Painter, Dhabalt :55.53

400M
7G Cumming 1:11
8G Bloechle 1:15, Selvaggio 1:12.83
7B Contri 1:07, Kavish 1:22, Frank 1:13
8B McCormick :59.82, McDermott 1:04.49

200M
7G. Orlando :28.94, Miller :32.66
8G Sergent :28.43, Helms :28.55, Craighead :29.04
7B Dhabalt :30.69, Ralph :32.21, Begando :30.23
8B Wescott :27.65, Enno :26.07, Wear :29.57

800M
7G Dolenc 2:47, M. Gay 2:53, White 3:16, O. Gay scratch, Vespa 3:11
8G Selvaggio 3:17, Bloechle 3:21
7B Timoney 3:04.57, Witsman 2:55, Wesly 3:18, P. McDermott 2:57.76
8B Ciotti ?

4x200M Relay
7G Ketchum, Reid, Luhr, Evans 2:08.91
8G Craighead, Orlando, Bramlet, Malone 2:05.38
7B Frank, Painter, Contri, Dhabalt 2:02
**8B McDermott, McCormick, Wear, Enno 1:53.83

4x400M Relay
7G Enno, Layzell, Rocco, O. Gay 5:16.5
**8G Sergent, Helms, Eck, Hanney 4:25
7B Begando, Ralph, McDermott, Boente 5:15
8B scratch

Shot
7G Harth 22'8", Higginbothem 15'6.5"
8G Selvaggio?? Kucher 23'5"
7B Mchenry 27'3" Curry?, Kavish22'

Discus
7G Harth 43'11.5", Higginbothem 40'10"
8G Selvaggio??, Kucher 64'4"
7B Mchenry 51'9", Curry?, Kavish254'10"

High Jump
7G Malone ?, Tracy?, Evans
8G Becker ?, Meyer ?
7B Miller 4'4", Begando 4'4"
8B McDermott 4'8", Wear 4'6"

Long Jump
7G Orlando 13'10", Eck 13'1", Enno 12'8"
8G Sergent 13'10", Helms 13'2.5", Craighead 13'5"
7B Dhabalt 11'7"', Ralph ?, Kavish 11'1.75"
8B Ciotti 12'4", Wescott 13'10.5", Witsman 10'5"