Rangerettes compete at Gene Armer Indoor Meet at U of I

The Benton girl’s track team competed in the Gene Armer Indoor Meet at the University of Illinois on Saturday and finished 29th in the 47-team field with five points.

After the 2011 realignment by the IHSA Benton, with 563 students, was bumped up to Class 2A that includes schools from 546 to 1486.  The top five scoring teams in the meet were: Lincoln Way East 81.5, Danville 43, Edwardsville 41.5, Belleville West 40.5, Bloom Township 36.5

This is Coach Andy Sloan’s assessment of his team in the tough field at Champaign:

“I thought we had a pretty good day and improved in about half of the events we entered.  We have to continue to get better because right now we are a little behind where we need to be.  Kaitlyn Schutt led us with our only top 5 finish in the 800 as she continues to be one of the better half milers in the state in Class AA.  Her best indoor time has qualified her for the Class AA state meet this weekend.  Christy Hayden had another big personal record in the shot put and is right at the 35-feet mark.  We are happy with her progress from week to week.  Both of our relays ran pretty well as we continue to juggle about six girls in those four spots, just looking for the right combination.  Cassidy Neal moved to No. 2 all-time in the pole vault at 8’0” and has been consistent for us there.  She had a good attempt at 8-feet-6-inches and with some more work will be over that height before long.  Jenna Johnston doubled in the mile and two mile which is not an easy task.  Her times are a little higher than where we would like but Jenna works hard and I know she will put in the work to get better.  We will run at Illinois State Indoor this weekend.  Schutt will run at Illinois Wesleyan in the 800 run.”

Results from U of I Gene Armer Indoor

Individual Results
60 Dash
Erin McDaniel         28th     8.94        *PR
200 Dash
Kryslyn Fowler        27th     29.16
400 Dash
Valarie Repp        26th    67.53        *season best
800 Run
Kaitlyn Schutt        4th     2:28.49
1600 Run
Jenna Johnston        19th     5:54.34
3200 Run
Jenna Johnston        13th     12:43.55    *season best
60 Hurdles
Bayley Eubanks        22nd     10.86
4×200 Relay        27th    1:56.71    *BCHS #10 Indoor
SPLITS    Schutt 28.5, McDaniel 29.3, Hagerman 29.9, Fowler 28.6
4×400 Relay        17th     4:31.76
SPLITS    Schutt 64.3, Fowler 69.5, Neal 68.3, Repp 70.1
4×800 Relay        NO ENTRY
High Jump
Olivia Hagerman    –    NH
Pole Vault
Cassidy Neal        9th     8’0”    *PR,     #2 BCHS Indoor All-Time
Long Jump
Kryslyn Fowler        26th     13’4 ¼”
Triple Jump
Erin McDaniel        28th     25’7”
Shot Put
Christy Hayden        10th     34’11 ½”    *PR