Track and field: Packers advance three to state
Published 9:24 pm Thursday, June 1, 2017
The Austin track and field team qualified three athletes for the state meet on the first day of the Section 1AA meet in Lakeville South Thursday.
Austin junior Sydney Marsh earned her second trip to state, while senior throwers Amber Hansen and Pat Hagan will be making their first trip to state.
Hansen took third in the shot put with a distance of 41-3.5 and second in the discus with a distance of 129-7 to get to state in both events, Hagan took second in the discus with a distance of 145-4 to get to state and Marsh took first in the pole vault with a 10-6 to get to state.
BOYS RESULTS
100-meter dash: Michael Vuong (22nd, 12.11)
200-meter dash: Jacob Steinbach (20th, 24.66)
400-meter dash: Samuel Bailey (16th, 53.95)
800-meter run: Omod MetiJwok (12th, 2:08.73); Mitchell Mayer (13th, 2:06)
3200-meter run: Henry Hinchcliffe (12th, 10:14.93)
110-meter hurdles: Trent Brown (second, 15.28); Corbin Munger (11th, 16.77)
300-meter hurdles: Trent Brown (third, 40.32); Corbin Munger (12th, 42.96)
pole vault: Aiden Wilson (fourth, 13-0); Coy Stark (13th, 11-6)
long jump: Aiden Wilson (18th, 17-11.75)
triple jump: Jacob Steinbach (13th, 38-11)
discus: Pat Hagan (second, 145-4)
GIRLS RESULTS
100-meter dash: Odongonga Oballa (ninth, ninth, 13.09)
400-meter dash: Odongonga Oballa (sixth, 1:01.35)
800-meter run: Molly Garry (14th, 2:30.28); Paiton Schwab (18th, 2:33.13)
3200-meter run: Abby Lewis (11th, 12:04.57)
100-meter hurdles: Taige Iverson (third, 16.30); Paige Raymond (seventh, 16.83)
300-meter hurdles: Paige Raymond (eighth, 49.30); Sydney Marsh (14th, 50.77)
high jump: Isabel Leuer (fifth, 5-1)
pole vault: Sydney Marsh (first, 10-6)
long jump: Colie Justice (10th, 15-6.50)
triple jump: Sydney Marsh (fifth, 33-6); Colie Justice (11th, 32-5.50)
shot put: Amber Hansen (third, 41-3.50)
discus: Amber Hansen (second, 129-7)