South Sioux City Girls Track & Field 2003 Results & Highlights

Girls Out for Track and Field – 2003

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Girls Track & Field State Participants

South Sioux Girls Track and Field Team Completes Season At State

The SSC Girls Track and Field Team completed the season with a strong performance at the Girls State Track and Field Meet at Omaha Burke Stadium, May 23^rd and 24^th. The girls didn’t come away with any hardware, but the effort level was good and the coaches were very proud of our performances. The Lady Cardinals qualified 9 athletes in 7 events—the following is a summary of the performance at the State Track and Field Meet.

4x800 Meter Relay: 16^th place 10:23.2 Kayla Miller, Alyssa Paulsen, Bridgette Schram, Andrea Schoepf
Sara Gotch: 400 Meter Dash 10^th Place 1:01.0
Elisha Doyle: 300 Meter Hurdles 15^th Place 50.84
Amber Ross: Long Jump 11^th place 16’7 1/2”
Molly Hines: 100 meter hurdles—10 th place—16.61 seconds
4x100 Meter Relay: Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch 10^th place 51.40 sec
Molly Hines: Triple Jump 9^th Place 34’ 8 ¼”

The State Track Meet represents the end of the 2003 Track and Field Season. The coaches would like to thank the girls for their efforts, hard work, and positive attitudes this season, and the parents of the girls for their support throughout the season. Thanks, and we’ll see you next year!

SSC Girls 4^th at Districts – 9 advance to State

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field Team competed in District competition Wednesday, 5/14/03 at Omaha Burke High. The Girls competed very well in a meet that was delayed an hour due to Funnel Clouds in the area prior to the meet. The Cardinals were 4^th in the 8 team field, scoring 48 points. Many girls set personal or season bests and there were two School Records broken: Amber Ross continued her assault on the SSC Long Jump record, pushing it to 17’ 6 ½”; also, the 4 x 100 meter relay team ran 51.05 fully automatic to capture the school record in that event. Results are as follows:

1st Place:

Long Jump Amber Ross 17’ 6 1/4” (New school Record)

2nd Place:

Triple Jump Molly Hines 34’ 7” ½”

3^rd Place:

100 Meter Hurdles Molly Hines 16.47 seconds
4 x 800 M Relay Kayla Miller, Alyssa Paulsen, Andrea Schoepf, Bridgette Schram 10:06.62

4^th Place:

400 M Dash Sara Gotch 1: 01.69
300 M Hurdles Elisha Doyle 48.60
4 x 100 M Relay Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch 51.05

5^th Place:

High Jump Molly Hines 4 ‘ 10”
200 M Dash Sara Gotch 26.79
4 x 400 M Relay Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Elisha Doyle, Sara Gotch 4:21.71

South Sioux City Girls Track and Field Team 2^nd in RCC Meet

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team competed in the River Cities Conference Track and Field meet on Thursday, May 8^th, and walked away 2^nd, having compiled 137 points. This meet represented the best finish in a Conference meet in several years and continues the trend of steady improvement that the Cardinals have enjoyed throughout the year. The meet was highlighted by Amber Ross’s new Conference Record in the Long Jump—all the more impressive having been set in the driving rainstorm, that characterized the early part of the meet. What follows is the SSC results by place of the River Cities Conference Track and Field meet.

1^st Place:

High Jump Molly Hines 4’ 10”
Long Jump Amber Ross 17’ 0”
400 meter dash Sara Gotch 1:03.47
800 meter dash Kayla Miller 2:33.39

2^nd Place:

200 meter dash Alyssa Paulsen 26.89
4x100 m relay Amber Ross, Kelsey Troth, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch 52.51
300 meter hurdles Elisha Doyle 49.59
Triple Jump Molly Hines 34’ 11 ½”
High Jump Annie Johnson 4’ 10”

3^rd Place:

3200 meter run Brooke Flynn 13:24.65
1600 meter run Brooke Flynn 6:13.48
800 meter run Bridgette Schram 2:37.49
4x400 meter relay Bridgette Schram, Andrea Schoepf, Amber Ross, Sara Gotch 4:33.35
4x800 meter relay Amanda Wenger, Bridgette Schram, Andrea Schoepf, Kayla Miller 11:04.40
Discus Nicole Johnson 86’ 3 ½”
High Jump Amber Estochen 4’ 8”

4^th Place:

200 meter dash Sara Gotch 27.05
100 meter hurdles Molly Hines 17.95

5^th Place:

400 meter dash Amber Ross 1:08.29
Long Jump Molly Hines 15’ 2 ½”

6^th Place:

100 meter dash Alyssa Paulsen 13.93
100 meter hurdles Amber Estochen 18.55
Long Jump Kelsey Troth 15’ 2”
Triple Jump Kelsey Troth 30’ 10 ¾”

JV Results:

1^st Place:

100 M Dash Lindsie Love 14.73
200 M Dash Kalie McGinty 30.28
4x100 M Relay Lindsie Love, Tiffany Kennedy, Annie Johnson, Tina Lofschult 1:03.71
100 m hurdles Annie Johnson 21.75
Long Jump Brittni Likes 14’ 6 1/2”

2^nd Place: 100 meter hurdles Lynnsie Jammal 21.96

3^rd Place:

100 meter dash Kellie Kleve 15.05
200 meter dash Kellie Kleve 32.14

4^th Place: 800 meter run Amanda Wenger 3:09.48

5^th Place: Discus Kate Sedivy 70’ 0”

SSC Girls Win Heelan 9/10 Meet

The South Sioux City Girls won the Heelan 9/10 Invitational, Monday, 5/5/03 in impressive fashion, compiling 107 points to outdistance runner-up Norfolk by 30 points. The Cardinals won 8 events on the 7 events on the Track and the Long Jump, as well as numerous places, to cap an impressive performance. The following is the results of the Heelan Invite:

Long Jump:

1^st Place Sara Gotch 15’ 5”
2^nd Place Kelsey Troth 14’ 7”
4^th Place Brittni Likes 14’ 2”

High Jump:

3^rd Place Annie Johnson 4’8”
5^th Place Amber Estochen 4’4”

3000 Meter Run:

1st Place Brooke Flynn 12:02.7

100 M Hurdles:

2^nd Place Amber Estochen 17.2
Others Annie Johnson 20.5

100 M Dash:

4^th Place Kalie McGinty 14.6
Others Kellie Kleve 14.75 and Tiffany Wright 15.7

400 M Dash:

1^st Place Kayla Miller 1:04.12

800 Meter Run:

1^st Place Kayla Miller 2:32.01
Others Amanda Wenger 2:52.36

200 M Dash:

3^rd Place Tiffany Kennedy 29.45
Others Tina Lofshult 34.8

400 Hurdles:

1^st Place Amber Estochen 1:13.9 (3^rd best all-time)

1500 M Run:

1^st Place Brooke Flynn 5:32.12

Distance Medley Relay:

4^th Place Lindsie Love (29.0), Tiffany Kennedy (29.0), Annie Johnson (68.0), Amanda Wenger (2:51.0) 4:58.5

4x200 M Relay:

2^nd Place Brittni Likes, Kelsey Troth, Alyssa Paulsen, Sara Gotch 1:50.60 (3^rd best all-time)

4x100 M Relay:

1st Kellie Kleve, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch 52.42

4x400 M Relay:

1^st Kayla Miller, Lindsie Love, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch 4:25.55

SSC Girls Track and Field Team 2^nd in South Sioux City Invite

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team finished a close 2^nd in the SSC Invite, Friday, 5/2/03. Many girls turned in their best times and distances of the season on a perfect night for Track and Field. Highlights of the Meet for SSC would be beating all of the Sioux City schools, Molly Hines setting a school record in the Triple Jump, and Sara Gotch establishing herself on the Top 10 charts in the state of Nebraska in the 200 and 400 meter dash. Point totals will be followed by the South Sioux City placers in our Invite.

1. Columbus                   106.5 points
2. South Sioux City     100 points
3. Sioux City North    84.5 points
4. Sioux City East     77 points
5. Omaha NW            67 points
6. Sioux City West     45 points
7. Omaha Westside  16 points

1^st Place:

4 x 800 M Relay: Alyssa Paulsen, Bridgette Schram, Andrea Schoepf, Kayla Miller 10:14.53
Triple Jump: Molly Hines 35' 0" - New School Record! (old record was 34' 6")
200 Meter Dash: Sara Gotch 25.94
400 Meter Dash: Sara Gotch 59.91
4 x 100 M Relay JV: Lindsie Love, Tiffany Kennedy, Annie Johnson, Kalie McGinty 56.24
4 x 400 M Relay JV: Elisha Doyle, Kayla Miller, Lindsie Love, Amber Estochen 4:28.53
4 x 100 M Relay Weight Persons: Brittany Kooyman, Shaquala Simmons, Tiffany Wright, Amanda McCaffery 1:02.79

2^nd Place:

Long Jump: Amber Ross 16’ 8”
800 Meter Run: Kayla Miller 2:25.97
4 x 100 M Relay: Amber Ross, Brittni Likes, Kelsey Troth, Sarah Gotch 51.96
4 x 400 M Relay JV: SSC B Team 4:50.51

3^rd Place:

Triple Jump: Kelsey Troth 33' 2"
3200 Meter Run: Brooke Flynn 12:50.05
4 x 400 M Relay: Amber Ross, Bridgette Schram, Andrea Schoepf, Sara Gotch 4:15.08

4^th Place:

300 Hurdles: Elisha Doyle 49.93
100 Hurdles: Molly Hines 17.03
1600 Meter Run: Brooke Flynn 5:52.95

5^th Place:

High Jump: Molly Hines 5' 0"
800 Meter Run: Alyssa Paulsen 2:31.81

6^th Place:

Long Jump: Molly Hines 14' 7"
800 Meter Run: Bridgette Schram 2:35.23

South Sioux City Girls Track and Field
2^nd in Norfolk Invite

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team traveled to Norfolk, Friday, April, 25^th, and came away with an impressive 2^nd place performance. The Norfolk Invite represents one of the most challenging meets on our schedule, so this performance is very encouraging. Every girl competed hard and well, many girls set season or lifetime best marks. Highlighting the 2^nd place performance was the victory by Sara Gotch in the 400 meter dash. Her time ranks as one of the fastest ever run by a SSC athlete and is her second fastest clocking of the spring. Sara came back to finish 2^nd in the 200 meter dash, as well as 4^th in the Long Jump and anchor the 4x100 meter relay to a fourth place finish to cap off a fantastic day. Another meet highlight would be Molly Hines’ 2^nd place finish in the Triple Jump. Her jump is the second best jump ever by a SSC athlete and narrowly missed the school record by less than 1”. Molly also placed in the 100 hurdles to cap a super meet. SSC results of the meet are as follows:

1^st Place:

400 Meter Dash: Sara Gotch 60.88

2^nd Place:

Triple Jump: Molly Hines 34’ 5 ½”
Long Jump: Amber Ross 16’ 10”
200 M Dash: Sara Gotch 26.70 (fully automatic timing)
4x400 M Relay: Amber Ross, Bridgette Schram, Andrea Schoepf, Elisha Doyle 4:18.32
4 x 800 M Relay: Kayla Miller, Bridgette Schram, Andrea Schoepf, Brooke Flynn 10:25.90

3^rd Place:

800 Meter Run: Kayla Miller 2:30.14

4^th Place:

300 Meter Hurdles: Elisha Doyle 49.93
Long Jump: Sara Gotch 15’5”
4x100 M Relay: Amber Ross, Tiffany Kennedy, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch 53.39
100 M Hurdles: Molly Hines 17.04

6^th Place:

300 Hurdles: Amber Estochen 52.8

7^th Place:

1600 M Run: Brooke Flynn 5:50.75

8^th Place:

300 Hurdles: Molly Hines 53.25
800 Meter Run: Bridgette Schram 2:40.78
High Jump: Molly Hines 4’10”

South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team 3^rd in East Invite

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field Team competed in the East Invite on Tuesday, 4/22 and came away with a 3^rd place finish, scoring 76 points. Highlights of the meet included the win by the 4 x 800 meter relay, posting the 4^th best time in Nebraska, currently, as well as the win by the Shuttle Hurdle Relay team, who won with the 3^rd fastest time in school history. Individually, Elisha Doyle shaved .08 of a second off of her own school record and Freshman Amber Estochen posted the 4^th fastest time in school history in finishing 2^nd in the meet. The following is a summary of our meet performance.

1^st Place:

4 x 800 M Relay: Alyssa Paulsen, Bridgette Schram, Kayla Miller, Brooke Flynn 10:17.75
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Elisha Doyle, Amber Estochen, Andrea Schoepf, Molly Hines 1:10.47
400 Hurdles: Elisha Doyle 1:11.60

2^nd Place:

400 Hurdles: Amber Estochen 1:14.6
4x100 M Relay: Kalie McGinty, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch, Tiffany Kennedy 53.43
4x400 M Relay: Alyssa Paulsen, Bridgette Schram, Sara Gotch, Andrea Schoepf 4:17.12

3^rd Place:

High Jump: Annie Johnson 4’10”
100 Hurdles: Molly Hines 16.13
800 M Run: Kayla Miller 2:33.1

4^th Place:

High Jump: Molly Hines 4’ 10”
Long Jump: Brittni Likes 14’ 11”
800 M Run: Bridgette Schram 2:43.5
200 M Dash: Kalie McGinty 28.72
1500 M Run: Brooke Flynn 5:24.08

5^th Place:

Long Jump: Sara Gotch 14’8”
Distance Medley Relay: Brittni Likes, Kalie McGinty, Molly Hines, Andrea Schoepf 4:47.19
100 M Hurdles: Amber Estochen 17.25

6^th Place: Discus Nicole Johnson 89’11”

SSC Girls Track and Field in Sioux City Relays

The South Sioux City Track and Field team competed in the Sioux City Relays, Friday and Saturday, 4/19 and 4/20. The weather was cold and rainy, as seems to be customary for the relays. The girls competed well, although many of our performances were not season bests, there was plenty of effort for which the girls and the coaches to be proud. One individual that did set a season best was Brooke Flynn in the 1500 meter run. Brooke knocked 12 seconds off of her personal best to move up to 6^th all-time in the 1500 at South Sioux City. Results of the Sioux City Relays follows.

2^ndPlace: Amber Ross Long Jump 16’ 3 ¾”

3^rd Place: Molly Hines 100m Hurdles 17.3

4^th Place:

4x100 m Relay Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch 52.9
4x400 m Relay Kayla Miller, Andrea Schoepf, Alyssa Paulsen, Sara Gotch 4:21.0
1600 Medley Relay Brittni Likes, Kalie McGinty, Andrea Schoepf, Bridgette Schram 4:53.4

5^th Place:

4 x 800 m Relay Bridgette Schram, Andrea Schoepf, Kayla Miller, Alyssa Paulsen 10:37.6
400 Hurdles Elisha Doyle 1:14.3
High Jump Molly Hines 4’8” tie
Annie Johnson 4’ 8” tie

6^th Place:

1500 m Run Brooke Flynn 5:22.06
4 x 200 m Relay Amber Ross, Brittni Likes, Kalie McGinty, Elisha Doyle 1:56.07
100 m Dash Sara Gotch 13.77

Freshman Relays:

4x100m Relay Lindsie Love, Tiffany Wright, Amber Estochen, Tiffany Wright 57.40
4 x 200 m Relay Lindsie Love, Kayla Miller, Amber Estochen, Tiffany Kennedy 2:01.12
4 x 400 m Relay Annie Johnson, Tiffany Kennedy, Lindsie Love, Amanda Wenger 4:50.47

SSC Girls Track and Field Team 2^nd in City Meet

The South Sioux City Track and Field Team competed in the Sioux City Girls City Track Meet, Tuesday, April 15^th. The Lady Cardinal tracksters competed very well, finishing in 2^nd place, 20 points behind Sioux City Heelan and two points ahead of Sioux City West. The 2^nd place finish was sealed by a tremendous effort in the 4 x 400 meter relay. Two South Sioux City school records fell in this meet with Elisha Doyle breaking Kim Sublet’s school record in the 400 hurdles, and Amber Ross breaking her own school record in the Long Jump. The following is a list of the place winners and their times.

1^st Place:

4 x 800 meter Relay: Bridgette Schram, Kayla Miller, Andrea Schoepf, Alyssa Paulsen 10:24.33
400 hurdles: Elisha Doyle 1:11.77
Long Jump: Amber Ross 17’ 5”

2^nd Place:

100 Meter Dash: Sara Gotch 12.92
400 Meter Dash: Sara Gotch 1:02.65
800 Meter Run: Alyssa Paulsen 2:29.08
4 x 400 Meter Relay: Andrea Schoepf, Kayla Miller, Bridgette Schram, Alyssa Paulsen 4:21.77

3^rd Place:

High Jump: Molly Hines 4’ 10”
Long Jump: Sara Gotch 16’ 6”
400 meters: Amber Ross 1:03.4
100 hurdles: Molly Hines 16.85
Distance Medley Relay: Brittni Likes, Tiffany Kennedy, Molly Hines, Brooke Flynn 4:46.89
Sprint Medley Relay: Brittni Likes, Tiffany Kennedy, Amber Ross, Kayla Miller 1:58.43
4 x 100 M Relay: Amber Estochen, Tiffany Kennedy, Kalie McGinty, Lindsie Love 56.30

4^th Place:

4 x 200 Meter Relay: Elisha Doyle, Brittni Likes, Lindsie Love, Kalie McGinty 1:58.43
400 Hurdles: Amber Estochen 1:14. 89
High Jump: Annie Johnson 4’ 10”

5^th Place:

400 Hurdles Molly Hines 1:16.10
1500 m run Brooke Flynn 5:32.49

JV Division

1^st Place 100 m Hurdles: Annie Johnson 20.3
200 Meter Dash: Annie Johnson 31.69

SSC Girls Bring Home a 3^rd in the Omaha Benson Track and Field Invitational Meet

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team competed in the Benson Invitational, Saturday, 4/12/03, and came away with a fantastic 3^rd place finish in a 9 team field. The girls totaled 84 points, trailing 2^nd place finisher Bellevue East by only 6 points. Highlights of the meet include the near record by the 4 x 800 team, the dominance of the SSC Sprint Relay, and Sara Gotch’s 2^nd place finish in the 400, running the 4^th fastest time in school history.

1^st Place:
4 x 800 Meter Relay:    10:17.92 (missed meet record by .3)
                                        Bridgette Schram, Kayla Miller, Andrea Schoepf, Alyssa Paulsen
4 x 100 Meter Relay:    52.01      Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch
Long Jump:   Amber Ross    16’ 2 ½
200 Meter Dash:    Sara Gotch     26.8

2^nd Place:
400 Meter Dash:   Sara Gotch     60.46
Triple Jump:           Molly Hines   34’ ½”
100 High Hurdles:   Molly Hines    17.72

3^rd Place:
1600 Meter Run: Brooke Flynn 5:56.13
4 x 400 Meter Relay: 4:21.89 Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Andrea Schoepf, Sara Gotch

5^th Place:
300 Hurdles          Elisha Doyle    53.33
100 Hurdles          Elisha Doyle    17.85
800 Meter Dash      Kayla Miller    2:36.21

6^th Place:
Long Jump Brittni Likes 14’ 3 ¼”
High Jump Molly Hines 4’ 6”

7^th Place (non-scoring):
High Jump          Annie Johnson   4’ 6”
Triple Jump         Brittni Likes      28’ 8 ¾”
Long Jump         Kelsey Troth     13’ 11”
800 Meter Dash   Alyssa Paulsen    2:41.73
300 Meter Hurdles    Amber Estochen 53.40
100 Meter Dash    Brittni Likes     13.97

8^th Place:
300 Meter Hurdles Molly Hines 55.23
800 Meter Dash Bridgette Schram 2:42.38

9^th Place:
100 Meter Hurdles Amber Estochen 19.17
High Jump Amber Estochen 4’4”

12^th Place:
200 Meter Dash Tiffany Kennedy 30.27

13^th Place:
100 Meter Dash Tiffany Kennedy 14.32

South Sioux City Girls in Dan Lennon

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team competed in the Dan Lennon Invitational Track and Field Meet on Monday, March 24^thin Vermillion, SD. The kids competed very hard and took home some places in this competitive early season meet. With a thousand or so athletes in participation, nothing is given away—so any places that are brought home are hard-earned. South Sioux’s places are as follows:

2^nd Place:     Long Jump: Amber Ross, 16’ 7”
4^th Place:       Triple Jump: Molly Hines, 34’ 2” (second all-time at SSC)
                        4 x 400 meter Relay Team,     4:27.2 seconds    Amber Ross, Kelsey Troth, Elisha Doyle,
                        Andrea Schoepf

6^th Place: 60 meter dash: Sara Gotch, 8.33 seconds (new school record)

10^thPlace: Medley Relay: 4:46.10 Elisha Doyle, Kelsey Troth, Molly Hines,Bridgette Schram