Altamont Girls Track Finishes Seventh at Pana Invite

Altamont girls track and field finished in seventh place out of 12 teams at the Pana Invite on Saturday. With 6 girls competing in just 11 entries for the meet, the Lady Indians finished in the Top 12 for all of them with five Top 5 finishes. The 4×200 relay team of Katie Tedrick, Keely Fleeharty, Quincy Niermann and Baileigh Starnes took first place and the same foursome nabbed second place in the 4×100 relay. Fleeharty finished third in the high jump and Starnes took fourth in the 100m Dash and fifth in the 200m Dash. The Lady Indians will be back in action on Tuesday at Teutopolis against the host Wooden Shoes, Tuscola, North Clay, CHBC and Dieterich.

1. Effingham (St. Anthony) – 129
2. Gillespie – 101
3. Pana –69
4. Hillsboro – 58
5. Nokomis – 36
6. Piasa (Southwestern) – 36
7. ALTAMONT – 30
8. Cowden (C.-Herrick) – 20.5
9. Moweaqua (Central A & M) – 19.5
10. (Tie) Carlinville – 8

10. (Tie) Windsor/Stew-Stras
11. Jacksonville Routt – 7

Altamont Girls Individual Finishes:

Baileigh Starnes: 100m Dash, 4^th place, 13.56 seconds and 200m Dash, 5^th place, 27.90 seconds

Keely Fleeharty: High Jump, 3^rd place, 4’ 6”

Katie Tedrick: 200m Dash, 9^th place, 28.93 seconds

Quincy Niermann: 100m Dash, 10^th place, 14.34 seconds

Jenna Kollman: Discus, 8^th place, 74’ 8.75” and Shot Put, 12^th place, 26’ 8”

Kara Bauer: Shot Put, 10^th place, 27’ 2” and Discus, 10^th place, 73’ 6.25”

4×200 Relay (Tedrick, Fleeharty, Niermann, Starnes) – 1^st place, 1:53.00

4×100 Relay (Tedrick, Fleeharty, Niermann, Starnes) – 2^nd place, 54.11 seconds