The junior varsity girls totaled 111.5 points on the evening, with Yorkville finishing second with 54.50 and Plano taking third.
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ROCHELLE — The Lady Hubs varsity track and field team has accomplished a lot in a short period of time this season, setting Rochelle Township High School records and earning top placings at many events so far.
But it was the junior varsity team that stole the show in Tuesday’s triangular meet with Yorkville and Plano, taking first place and dominating the field in the process.
The junior varsity girls totaled 111.5 points on the evening, with Yorkville finishing second with 54.50 and Plano taking third. Four Lady Hubs earned victories in the field events, with sophomore Skylar Hubbard winning the pole vault with a clearance of 7-0 and freshman Katie Van Hise taking the long jump with a leap of 13-4.
Freshmen Breanna Heisner and Grace Valentine went first and second in the shot put with heaves of 26-8 ½ and 24-8, while sophomore Cam Turner took the triple jump with a leap of 28-11 ½. Turner ran the final leg for the 1600-meter relay team as well, clocking in at 1:04.00 and helping the team of Van Hise, freshman Emma Smith and sophomore Katherine Bakken win first place with a time of 5:13.06.
Freshman Macey Ryan and sophomore Abby Tilton turned in a photo finish in the 100-meter dash, with Ryan placing first in 14.01 seconds and Tilton taking second in 14.06. Tilton won the 200-meter dash, though, clocking in at 29.03 while Ryan finished second in 29.23, and the sophomore also took the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 54.31.
In the open distance events, freshman Britney Baez delivered eight points to Rochelle with a top finish in the 1600-meter run (6:35.34) and a second-best finish in the 3200-meter run (13:38.27). Bakken won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:44.59, and sophomore Abby Wagner placed second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:18.35.
Varsity
The Lady Hubs varsity team finished in third place on Tuesday, totaling 35 points overall. Junior Allysa Harding and freshman Gabrielle Harding went first and second in the discus throw with tosses of 90-4 and 86-10, while junior Morgan Knight placed second in the triple jump at 30-9 ½.
Junior Jacie Wyatt recorded the top times in both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash, while junior Cesca Vardman took second in the 100 and third in the 200. Wyatt ran a 13.23 and a 26.83 in the respective races, with Vardman turning in a 13.50 and a 27.63.
