MS Track and Field capped one of the best seasons in program history with a solid Championship meet Saturday at Apollo HS. We had 21 athletes qualify this year, in many different events. John Bruns had a fantastic day winning the 1600m race with a meet record time of 4:58, the first time an athlete has broken the 5-minute barrier at this meet! John also went on to place 2^nd and PR in the 800, as well as earning a Pr and taking 4th in the 400m race. Dani Kerwin put on a display in the 100m Hurdles, being the only girl to break 18 in the hurdles and brought home the gold, while also qualifying for finals in the 100. Rebekah Ponce also had an outstanding meet and took home 2 medals as well, with her 2^nd place finish in the 1600m and 3^rd place finish in the 800m.

Other Charger highlights included:

* The entire girls throws team PR'd. Leighton Roberts, Valentina Hardison, Preslee Hidalgo and Sylvie Whitehead all improved their personal records by at least 2 feet in Shot Put and Daniella Pereza and Avery Von Herke both Pr'd in Discuss by at least 3 feet. Additionally, Sylvie Whitehead qualified to compete in finals, placing 9^th overall

• In Long Jump and Tripple Jump Izzy Restivo PR'd in both finishing 9^th overall in Long Jump and 4^th overall in Tripple Jump, in addition to her 2 PRs in the 100 and 200.
• Nathan Pham had a fantastic day, qualifying for finals in all 3 events he competed in, placing 6^th in Long Jump and the 100m and 4^th in the 200
• Zoe Ruiz had 2 massive PR's in the 800 and a 10 second PR in the 1600 to break the 6-minute barrier
• Also having a great day in hurdles was Lilly Vaughan, running PRs in qualifiers and finals. She came into the meet ranked 11^th overall but ended up with a huge 5^th place finish.
• Adam Pham qualified for finals in the hurdles and finished 6^th overall
• Extra special shout out to Blade Hingson for staying the entire meet to cheer on his team, and going out of his way to pick up trash and clean the stadium.
• Arete finished the meet at 5^th place for the boys and 6^th place for the girls

Congratulations to all and the entire team for a successful '23 track season!

Thank you to Coach Smauley, Coach Johnson, and Coach Hingson! Thank you parents for all of the support you provided the team all year, especially those who served as meet volunteers!