Springfield, Illinois - April  2003  A cold and windy Rochester Monday and it sure didn't seem like spring break time to anyone but the BSS/SAS trackster who were down 40 runners due to the holiday schedule. Two meets were scheduled during spring break this year, one in Rochester and the first ever at the SHG track. The home meet was cancelled because 40 of 83 runners would not be there due to spring break plans. Although, the Rochester meet went on. Many BSS/SAS track stars stepped up but overall, the team still felt the loss. 8th grade girls fell to Rochester with 37 team points to Rochester's 72. Auburn scored 22 points. 8th grade boys fell to Rochester's 66 points and Auburn's 50 points scoring just 26 points. 7th grade girls lost with 26 points to Rochester's 95. Auburn scored 13. 7th grade boys lost with 31 points to Rochester's 100 points. Auburn scored 12. Perhaps next spring the public schools and Catholic schools will plan holiday schedules at the same time and give their athletes a break!

Though Rochester appeared powerfully strong over BSS/SAS, there were some stellar performances by individuals from BSS/SAS. 7th grader Chris Frank is making a name for himself in the distance and middle distance arena running undefeated in the 1600M (5:46) and now the 800M(2:36).  Ashley Eck another 7th grader is making her presence known in the 400M running 1:08 in Rochester. Both 7th (Malone, Eck, Bramlet, Orlando) and 8th grade( Sergent, Selvaggio, Meyer, Hanney) girls 4x200M relay teams took first place honors posting 2:05 and 2:01 respectively.

7th grader Jeff Painter is holding tight to his number one spot in the 200M(:28.2) while 7th grader Erin Malone is creeping up on the school record in the high jump, jumping 4'5" in Rochester. Breanne Sergent just keeps breaking her own record in the 100M hurdles and lowering her times in the 400M(1:05) as well, running state time in both events at Rochester. Sergent also jumped 14' 3/4" for first place. Michael Enno took home the gold in both the 1600M and the 200M. What a combination! All BSS/SAS teams will be happy to have the rest of their teammates back for the Virden meet on Tuesday.

Complete meet results are as follows:

Hurdles:
7G Bramlet :20.34, Davlin :21.5, Workman :22.75
8G Sergent :16.34
7B scratch
8B Ciotti :20.9

100M
7G  Ketchum :14.4, Evans :15.6, Hanney :14.3
8G Meyer :15.1
7B Painter :13.20, Huddleston :15.7
8B Wescott :13.40, Morris :14.90

1600M
7G K. Enno 6:25, O. Gay 6:46, M. Gay 6:23, Dolenc 6:21
8G scratch
7B Frank 5:46
8B Enno 5:51

4x100M Relay
7G Ketchum, Rocco, Evans, Malone 1:01.04
8G Bramlet, Bloechle, Grahm, Meyer 1:02.7
7B Kavish, Sherman, Jasmon, McHenry 1:04
    Bitzer, Begando, Meyer, Zimmerman 1:08
8B Morris, Johnson, Painter, Sheehan 1:01.2

400M
7G Eck 1:08, Hanney 1:11.5
8G Sergent 1:05, Selvaggio 1:13
7B Contri 1:10, Witsman 1:28
8B Ciotti 1:13

200M
7G L. Rocco :34.2, Davlin :34.3
8G Meyer :31.60, Orlando :31.4
7B Painter :28.20, Jones :32.90
8B Enno :27.50, Wescott :28.32

800M
7G M. Gay 2:51, Dolenc 2:54, Enno 2:59, Vespa 3:09, Higginbothem 3:27,
8G Bloechle 3:01
7B Frank 2:36, Witsman 3:02, Capestrain 3:26, Herr 3:39
8B Enno 2:59

4x200M Relay
7G Malone, Bramlet, Eck, Orlando 2:05
8G Sergent, Selvaggio, Meyer, Hanney 2:01
7B Zimmerman, Contri, Ralph, Dhabalt 2:16
8B Sheehan, Wescott, Zimmerman, Johnson 2:07

4x400M Relay
7G J. McDermott, Vespa, Layzell, Davlin 5:40
8G Dolenc, Enno, M. Gay, O. Gay 5:14
7B Huddleston, Miller, Capestrain, Witsman 5:37
8B MdHenry, Yoho, Kavish, Boente 5:40