Chargers girls 4x200 relay team is headed to State
Tue, 06/06/2023 - 9:33am
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Chargers Girl’s Track and Field team are sending their 4x200m relay team to the State Championship Track meet on June 8th-9th, 2023! This team will be the first female athletes to go to the State Championship Track Meet in school history! The team consists of Brooklynn Kriel (grade 10), Molly Cullen (grade 11), Ashlyn Nelson (grade 10), and Caitlyn Jacobson (grade 12) and alternate Nevaeh Kotrba (grade 9).
The 2023 season started off with their first race breaking the standing school record (1:54.71) with a new time of 1:53.75. These girls continued to break the school record throughout the season. Watching other teams’ times in the section, the girls were consistently in 2nd place behind the Park Rapids team. They were in the perfect position to put in the extra work to secure that spot. Coach Grandstrand told them they needed to lower their time down to 1:50 in order to be in the hunt to qualify for state. Going into the Section Track Meet last week (Friday, June 2nd) their coaches knew the girls needed to streamline their handoffs to get that time. In Roseau last Friday, they did just that coming from behind and closing in on that 2nd place spot on the final 100m stretch. They dropped the school record to 1:50.52, taking 2nd place at the Section 8A Championship Track Meet and qualifying for the State Championship Track Meet.
The girls will depart on Wednesday, June 7th, with their coaches, Jason Grandstrand, Brady Olson, and Alyssa Nelson. There will be a sendoff from the Goodridge School at 8am on Wednesday morning. Everyone is welcome to attend!
They will practice at SM-A High School Wednesday afternoon, and begin competition on Thursday, June 8th, at the St. Michael-Albertville High School. Class A running begins at 3:30pm. If they qualify as one of the Top 8 Teams in the prelims on June 8th they will compete again on Friday, June 9th, in the finals heat of the 4x200m relay. Congratulations on this achievement and good luck this week!
There were more records broke at the Section 8A Championship Track Meet in Roseau last Friday, June 2nd.
Competing athletes were:
Ashlyn Nelson: 100m hurdles, 4x200m relay, 300m hurdles; Molly Cullen: 4x200m relay, 400m, 200m; Brooklynn Kriel: 4x200m relay; Caitlyn Jacobson: 4x200m relay; Nevaeh Kotrba: 800m; Kehan Nelson: 100m, 4x100m relay; Lewis Jones: 4x100m relay, 400m; Elliot Phillip: 4x100m relay; Shay Jacobson: 4x100m relay