Lady Cardinal Track & Field
2004 Season Results & Highlights

South Sioux City Girls Track & Field team 14^th at State

Pictures from State & School Records:

• Amber Ross in the Long Jump & Amber Ross with Gold Medal Posting

• Molly Hines in Triple Jump & Molly Hines with Medal

• 4 x 100 Relay Team of Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, & Sara Gotch

The South Sioux City Girls Track & Field team finished 14^th in the 2004 State Track and Field Meet, May 21^st and 22^nd at Omaha’s Burke Stadium.  Scoring points for the Lady Cardinals were Amber Ross in the Long Jump and Molly Hines in the Triple Jump.

Amber claimed the Class B State Championship in the Long Jump with a school record jump of 18’ 1”.  The winning jump came dramatically on her final jump of her high school career and vaulted her from 3^rd to 1^st—a great way to end a great career.

Molly also had a clutch jump, to get her into the finals and win a medal.  On the final jump of the prelims, she popped a 35’ 5” jump, a foot further than her previous jumps, to qualify her for the finals and place her 5^th going into the finals—a place she protected through the finals enabling her to win her first State Meet medal.  Also a fitting end to a stellar High School career.

The 4x100 meter relay team narrowly missed medalling as well.  They finished with a quick 50.80 fully automatic time, breaking their own school record but finishing 7^th by less then .100^th of a second.  The 50.8 is a tremendous time that simply came up a little short.  That relay consisted of Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, and Sara Gotch.

Sara Gotch competed in the 200 meters, turning in a 27.1 second effort, but did not place.  Kayla Miller gave a 2:30 effort in the 800 meters, but likewise didn’t place.  Molly  Hines clobbered the 2^nd hurdle in her 100 meter hurdles race and failed to qualify, as well.  Her time was 17.2.

The state meet represents the end of a very successful season for the Lady Cardinals Tracksters.  Highlights include winning our own meet and finishing 2^nd in the River Cities Conference.  The girls were also a narrow 3^rd in the Metro Meet, almost winning it.  The coaches are extremely proud of the efforts of all of the girls on the team this year and are looking forward to a successful 2005.

South Sioux City Girls Track and Field Compete at Districts

 The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team competed in the B-5 District Meet, Thursday, May 13^th on a cold, blustery day in Pierce, Nebraska.  The girls turned in a solid 6^th place performance out of an 11 team field.  6 Lady Cardinal Track and Field athletes qualified for the State Track and Field meet Friday and Saturday at Burke Stadium in Omaha.  The following is the SSC girls State qualifiers and place winners in the 2004 District Track Meet.

2^nd Place:
Long Jump          Amber Ross    17’ 3/4”
Triple Jump         Molly Hines      35’ 11 3/4”  (New School Record!)

3^{r d}  Place:
4x100 m relay        Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch     51.5 seconds

4^th Place:
200 meters           Sara Gotch       26.5 seconds
800 meters           Kayla Miller    2:30.4
4x800 m relay      Kayla Miller, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittany Stabe, Brooke Flynn      10:45.3
100 m hurdles      Molly Hines        16.3 seconds

5^th Place:
100 m hurdles     Amber Estochen   16.8 seconds

6^th Place:
4x400 m relay     Alyssa Paulsen, Kayla Miller, Brittany Stabe, Sara Gotch   4:29.0

South Sioux City Girls 2^nd at Conference Meet

     The South Sioux City girls Track and Field Team competed in the River Cities Conference Track and Field Meet, Thursday, May 6^th, 2004 in South Sioux City and came away with a strong 2^nd place showing.  The girls accumulated 119 points- our most ever at the conference meet—and numerous personal bests, serving at a tune-up for districts next week.  The girls competed hard all day and the coaches are immensely proud of their performance.  SSC results are as follows:

1^st place:
4x400 meter relay    Alyssa Paulsen, Kayla Miller, Kelsey Troth, Sara Gotch      4:22.12
1600 m run                Brittany Stabe          5:52.60
3200 m run                Brooke Flynn          13:16.05

2^nd Place:
Long Jump                 Amber Ross        16’ 6 3/4”
4x100 meter relay     Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch       50.97
100m hurdles             Molly Hines                16.65
Discus                        Jackie Humphrey    107’ 6”

3^rd Place:
100 m dash        Sara Gotch      12.53
200 m dash        Sara Gotch      26.08
800 m run            Kayla Miller   2:35.75
1600 m run          Brooke Flynn     6:03.40
4x800 m relay     Amber Estochen, Alyssa Paulsen, Kayla Miller, Brittany Stabe   10:47.40
Long Jump          Molly Hines    15’ 10 1/2”
Triple Jump         Molly Hines     34’ 0”

4^th Place:
200 meter dash      Alyssa Paulsen         26.33
Shot Put                  Jackie Humphrey      32’6”
Triple Jump             Kelsey Troth       31’ 8 1/4”

6^th Place:
High Jump           Emily Hanish      4’ 8”
100 m hurdles     Amber Estochen     17.28
Triple Jump         Brittni Likes             29’ 6”

Freshman / Sophomore Invite @ Sioux City Heelan

Team Scoring: North 122, East 80, Heelan 65, Norfolk 53, Sgt. Bluff-Luton 44.25, West 41,
South Sioux City 24.5, Ponca 7.25

1st Place:
100 M Low Hurdles:  Amber Estochen  16.92

3rd Place:
Shot Put:  Jackie Humphrey  32'-1"
400 M Low Hurdles:  Amber Estochen  1:12.72

South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team Wins 2004 South Sioux Invite

     The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team stayed at home, Friday, April 29^th, 2004 for the first major meet of the year on our track, The South Sioux Invite.  The results were fantastic for the Lady Cardinals, as we came away with the first win in a major meet since 1999.  This was truly a team effort – many girls contributed, points-wise; all girls contributed with support for their teammates, a team goal.  Team results are as follows; SSC place-winners will follow.

Girls Team Scoring:
            South Sioux City        97             Omaha Northwest       43.5
            Omaha Westside      88.5          Sioux City Heelan       43.5
            Columbus                   83             Sioux City West             5
            Sioux City North         69
            Sioux City East          66.5

1^st Place:
Long Jump         Amber Ross            16’ 8 3/4”
100 m hurdles    Amber Estochen     16.70

2^nd Place:
Long Jump           Molly Hines        15’ 8 1/2”
100 m hurdles      Molly Hines         16.79
Triple Jump           Molly Hines        33’ 0 3/4”
Discus                   Jackie Humphrey    105’ 1”
100 m dash          Sara Gotch          12.36
4x800 m relay       Kayla Miller, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittany Stabe, Rachel Heeney     10:20.07
4x100 m relay       Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch         51.60

3^rd Place:
200 m dash     Sara Gotch      26.68

4^th Place:
200 m dash         Alyssa Paulsen    27.41
800 m run            Kayla Miller       2:28.95
4x400 m relay     Kayla Miller, Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Amber Estochen     4:23.23

6^th Place:
300 m hurdles    Amber Estochen     51.77
3200 m run         Brooke Flynn       13:07.60
Triple Jump        Amber Ross       31’ 0 1/4” 

SSC Girls Track and Field 6^th in Norfolk Invite

     The South Sioux City girls Track and Field team competed in the Norfolk Invitational  on Friday, April, 23^rd at the newly renovated Johnny Carson Track and Field complex.  The Cardinals were missing some team members due to district Band and Choir competition, yet still managed to perform well in most events.  The following is the SSC place winners in the  Norfolk Invite:

2^nd Place:
100 meter hurdles       Amber Estochen       16.90
4x100 meter relay       Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch      51.68(fat)
Long Jump                   Amber Ross            16’11” 

3^rd Place:
4x400 meter relay       Amber Ross, Kayla Miller, Alyssa Paulsen, Sara Gotch   4:20.1

4^th Place: 
100 meter dash       Sara Gotch            13.33
800 meter dash       Alyssa Paulsen  2:32.48 

5^th Place:
300 meter hurdles      Amber Estochen       51.59
1600 meter run           Brittany Stabe         5:45.15
4x800 meter relay      Kayla Miller, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittany Stabe, Tiffany Kennedy   11:02.07                    

6^th Place:
200 meter dash       Amber Ross      27.73 

South Sioux City Girls Track & Field in Sioux City Relays

The South Sioux City Girls Track & Field team participated in the Sioux City Relays on Saturday, April 17^th, 2004 on a warm, windy day—the best day weather-wise in many years for the relays.  South Sioux competed very well, coming away with several places and two wins in this highly competitive meet.  Highlights of the meet include Amber Ross breaking her own school record in the Long Jump en route to winning the Long Jump Championship, the victory by the 4 x 100 team, and Jackie Humphrey surprising the field to finish 3^rd in the discus with a personal best throw.  SSC’s times and places follow:

1^st Place:
Long Jump     Amber Ross    17’ 8 1/2”   (New School Record)
4x100 meter relay    Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch     51.82                 

2^nd Place:
100 m dash     Sara Gotch       12.97

3^rd Place:
4x200 m relay     Amber Ross, Kelsey Troth, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch   1:51.90
Discus                 Jackie Humphrey     104’ 11”

5^th Place:
4x400 m relay      Amber Ross, Brittany Stabe, Kelsey Troth, Alyssa Paulsen   4:31.79

6^th Place:
400 m hurdles    Amber Estochen     1:12.5
100 hurdles        Amber Estochen         17.8
100 m dash        Lindsie Love                14.2
1500 m run         Brooke Flynn            5:29.77
Long Jump         Kelsey Troth            15’ 3 1/2”
Shot Put             Jackie Humphrey     31’ 8 1/4”

South Sioux City Girls 3^rd in City Meet

The South Sioux City Girls Track & Field team competed in the Metro Meet on Tuesday, April 13^th at Memorial Field.  The girls came away with a hard-fought 3^rd place finish, accumulating 104 points, the highest point total in many years.  The meet was extremely close with less then 10 points separating  1^st and 3^rd.  The following is a summary of our effort at the Girls City Track and Field Meet.

1^st Place:
Long Jump            Amber Ross     16’ 10”
100 meter dash    Sara Gotch       13.1 seconds
200 meter dash    Sara Gotch        26.4 seconds
4x100 m relay       Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch    51.5 seconds

2^nd Place:
Long Jump            Molly Hines       15’ 9”
High Jump             Molly Hines         5’ 0”
100 m hurdles       Molly Hines       16.2
4x800 m relay       Brittany Stabe, Rachel Heeney, Alyssa Paulsen, Kayla Miller   10:27.0
4x200 m relay       Tiffany Kennedy, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Kelsey Troth       1:55.8

3^rd Place:
3000 m run          Brooke Flynn     12:13.0
Distance Medley Relay       Tiffany Kennedy, Kelsey Troth, Lindsie Love, Brittany Stabe    4:52.83
400 m dash          Kayla Miller         1:04.5
400 m hurdles      Amber Estochen    1:12.5

 4^th Place:
Shuttle Hurdle Relay  Amber Estochen, Jessica Wooley, Emily Hanish, Sarah Tan   1:27.1                              100 m hurdles            Amber Estochen    17.2
200 m dash                Amber Ross            27.9
Sprint Medley Relay    Lindsie Love, Emily Hanish, Kelsey Troth, Tiffany Kennedy    2:05.4

5^th Place:
High Jump                  Emily Hanish                        4’ 6”
1500 m run                 Brooke Flynn                        5:32.3

South Sioux City Girls 3^rd in Benson Invite

On Thursday, 4/8/04, the South Sioux City Girls traveled to Omaha to participate in the Benson Invitational.  The Lady Cardinals came away with a hard fought 3^rd place, totaling 74 points, trailing Bellevue West and East in a competitive Omaha Metro Track and Field Meet.  What follows is the SSC places in the Benson Invitational:

1^st Place:
Triple Jump      Molly Hines       33’ 6”
Long Jump       Amber Ross     16’ 7” 

2^nd Place:
4x800 meter relay    Alyssa Paulsen, Brooke Flynn, Brittany Stabe, Kayla Miller   10:32.0
High Jump           Molly Hines      4’ 10” 

3^rd Place:
Discus                     Jackie Humphrey     100’ 11”
Triple Jump             Kelsey Troth               32’ 2”
100 High Hurdles   Molly Hines            16.8 seconds
200 meter dash      Sara Gotch            26.50
1600 meter run       Brooke Flynn      5:57.2

4^th Place:
Triple Jump     Brittni Likes     30’ 7”

5^th Place:
100 High Hurdles     Amber Estochen      17.28
4x100 meter relay    Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Kayla Miller    52.40

6^th Place:
300 Low Hurdles  Amber Estochen   53.04

South Sioux Girls 4^th in LeMars Invitational

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team competed in the LeMars Invitational on 4/6/04 on a beautiful night for Track and Field.  The mild temperatures led to some tremendous individual and relay performances by the Lady Cardinals at this meet.  Our goal coming into the meet was to qualify our relay teams for the competitive Sioux City Relays coming up at the end of next week.  The girls gave a great effort the entire night to come up with 75 points.  What follows is the South Sioux City scoring by place: 

1^st Place:
Long Jump    Amber Ross      16’ 2”

4x100 m relay          Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch       51.76

4x200 m relay          Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch    1:50.73

2^nd Place:

4x800 m relay  Kayla Miller, Brooke Flynn, Alyssa Paulsen, Amanda Wenger   10:41.90

100 m hurdles    Amber Estochen      16.92

400 m hurdles    Amber Estochen   1:13.19

3^rd Place:

High Jump         Molly Hines            4’ 11”

800 meters        Kayla Miller         2:33.63

1500 meters      Brooke Flynn      5:32.43

4x400 m relay    Amber Ross, Brittni Likes, Amber Estochen, Kayla Miller    4:35.4

4^th Place:

Shot Put               Jackie Humphrey     28’ 8 1/2”

100 m hurdles     Molly Hines     17.08 seconds

 5^th Place:

Shuttle Hurdle Relay     Sarah Tan, Jessica Wooley, Sadie Johnson, Emily Hanish    1:27.0

6^th Place:

Long Jump      Kelsey Troth    14’ 8 1/2”

High Jump      Emily Hanish      4’ 8”

South Sioux City Girls Track & Field at Dan Lennon Invitational

The South Sioux City Girls Track and Field team competed, Monday, March 29, 2004 in the Dan Lennon Invitational in Vermillion, SD.  The Dan Lennon meet is one of the larger that we attend all year and is a very competitive meet.  South Sioux managed to come away with several places and more strong performances.  One highlight that deserves mention is Molly Hines breaking her own school record in the Triple Jump by 10”, charting a 35’ 10” jump.  Full results are as follows:

1^st Place:
Long Jump   Amber Ross  17’ 3”

2^nd Place:
Triple Jump   Molly Hines   35’ 10  1/4”
                       Kelsey Troth (12^th)         31’   3 1/2”

4^th Place:
4 x 200 m relay   Amber Ross, Alyssa Paulsen, Brittni Likes, Sara Gotch   1:53.48
                                   
60 Hurdles:         Molly Hines           12^th     10.02
                             Amber Estochen  23^rd     10.48

Other Results:
1600 meter        Brooke Flynn    19^th    5:59.64

Sprint Medley Relay:   Sara Gotch, Kelsey Troth, Alyssa Paulsen, Kayla Miller  7^th    4:38.18

400   Tiffany Kennedy    1:10.5
          Rachel Heeney     1:11.99
          Lindsie Love         1:12.3

800   Brittany Stabe   16th     2:39.98
          Amanda Wenger          2:52.84

4x400 m relay      Amber Estochen, Molly Hines, Tiffany Kennedy, Kayla Miller   4:37.1              

• All of the girls ran well and the coaches see this as a strong start to the ’04 season.  South Sioux’s next meet is Tuesday, April 6^th in LeMars.