International Falls at Section 7A Track and Field
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A good day for the Bronco track and field teams at the Section 7A meet held at a windy UMD. Let’s start with the girls and Maddie Lowe who is heading to state after taking 2nd place in the 300 meter hurdles. Maddie says finishing into the wind was tough
Maddie, who also ran in the first event, the 4 x 800 relay, and the last event, the 4 x 400 relay, says she cheers on her teammates to stay up for the entire meet
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Quianna Ford also qualified for the state meet by taking second in the pole vault. Four girls all made 8 feet 6 inches, but Ford took 2nd on the number of misses. Quianna says that she had to change somethings to be successful with the strong tailwind
Ryan Ford, Quianna’s older sister, also made 8’ 6” but took 4th place on the number of misses but also ran in 3 events. Ryan says that all 4 of her events were difficult with the conditions.
Ryan also placed 4th in her other individual event, the 800 meter run. Abbi Hutchinson also participated in 4 events, 2 relays and 2 individual. In her individual events, she placed 3rd in the triple jump, missing going to state by 3.5 inches, and 5th in the long jump. Abbi just started these 2 events in the last month and talks about what it takes to get this close to qualifying for state so quickly.
Jillian Bilben placed 7th in the 100 meter hurdles and says that she made the finals and that’s all that matters.
Bailey Herberg ran in 2 relays and in the open 400 meter dash where she placed 7th. Bailey says the final 100 into the wind was difficult
The 4 x 200 relay of Mary Versteeg, Bilben, Piper Tomczak, and Herberg took 5th.
The 4 x 400 relay of Lowe, Herberg, Hutchinson, and Ryan Ford placed 8th and
The 4 x 800 relay of Lowe, Quianna Ford, Hutchinson, and Ryan Ford took 5th
For the Bronco boys, Braden Skifstad placed 4th in the discus and missed going to state by 7 inches. Braden talks about that result was both good and bad.
You can hear the rest of the interview with Braden at around 8:45 and 3:35 today as he also is our second Student Athlete of the Month.
Other top finishes for the Broncos include Anthony Scholler placing 8th in the 400 meter dash and the 4 x 100 relay of Adrion Mannausau, Colton Hollis, Christian Davidson, and Ezra McGonigle took 8th.