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Forest Park Sophomore, Lily Sarder stretching for the Triple Jump. -
West Iron County Senior, Danica Shamion clearing the High Jump.
Forest Park Sophomore, Lily Sarder stretching for the Triple Jump.
West Iron County Senior, Danica Shamion clearing the High Jump.
By Patrick Browne
Thursday, April 18 both the West Iron Wykons and Forest Park Trojans visited Florence, Wisconsin to participate in the Bobcat Invitational Track Meet. Six teams participated in the meet and despite the cold weather, the Trojans earned first place in both the Mens and Womens Divisions. West Iron came in a strong second in the Women’s Division.
West Iron, led by Senior Danica Shamion who placed first in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 400 meter dash and high jump set the pace for the Wykons as she scored first place in four of the seventeen events. The Wykons garnered 90.5, earned second place overall and narrowly beat out Florence-Niagra who scored 86. Other impressive finishers for the Wykons were Savannah Parker who finished second in the 800, the relay team of Lilyanna DeSousa, Savannah Parker, Haiden Gill, Lacey Shamion who finished second in the four by 400, and Lilyanna DeSousa, Savannah Parker, Haiden Gill, Lacey Shamion who finished second in the four by 800 relay.
Forest Park set the pace on the day by earning first place in both the Mens and Womens Divisions. The men bested the field with a total of 167 points while the women earned 126.5 points.
The men earned first place in 10 of the 17 events and had an impressive balanced attack which saw firsts in the 800 meter dash (Joey Mainville), the 1600 (Joey Mainville), the 3200 (Izaiah Tarter), the 100 hurdles (Dietrich Rasner), the 300 hurdles (Dietrich Rasner), the 4 by 400 Relay (Gabriel Quevedo, Dietrich Rasner, Dax Huuki, Vic Giuliani), the 4 by 800 Relay (Izaiah Tarter, Joey Mainville, Max Mainville, William Hoffman), Shot Put (Kevin Giuliani), Discus (Kevin Giuliani) and High Jump (Vic Giuliani).
While the Womens Team saw only two first place finishes, both by Freshman Vienna Price (800 and 1600 meters), myriad events saw the Lady Trojans finish in second and third places. This consistent placement allowed the accrual of points which saw them win the day by 36 points over second place.
Forest Park’s Womens Coach Kurt Anderson stated, “Lindsey (Anderson), our Mens Coach, and I were extremely pleased with how the kids did. It was a colder day with a little rain to start, but they were excited to be there and weren’t fazed by the conditions. Our returning letter winners for boys and girls showed that they are ready to lead this year. Our incoming freshmen and first year athletes had an impressive first meet which makes us very excited for the season!”