Ankeny, IA- The Mt. Pleasant Middle School 8th grade girls’ track and field team has been breaking records all season and it has gotten to the point where they have to break their own records. At least, that’s what Hailey Schadt resorted to at the Mike Henderson Middle School State Track and Field Meet this past weekend.
The Panthers brought a couple of competitors west to the state meet and accumulated 38 points, which landed them just outside of the top four.
Schadt had a full day, gathering a trio of gold medals and a silver to decorate the mantle. Schadt partook in two relays that finished with a gold medal. With Peyton Duplessis, Millie Wellington, and Kya Heaton, the Panthers notched a season best time of 1 minute and 56 seconds to win the sprint medley and broke the school record in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 52.67 seconds.
(Sprint Medley Team celebrating a win, Picture courtesy of Julie Gilmore)
Schadt would own two more records before the end of the day, earning 2nd place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.5 seconds and she broke her own school record in the long jump to don the gold, leaping 16 feet and 10.5 inches. Wellington also finished inside the top 10 for the hurdles with a 9th place time of 17.05 seconds.
(Schadt flying through the air, Picture courtesy of Julie Gilmore)
Danielle Wagner grabbed 12th place in the 800-meter run, while Bianca Russo placed in 12th in the shot put and 14th in the discus. Duplessis took 28th in the 100-meter dash, Heaton raced to an 18th place time of 28.68 seconds in the 200-meter dash. Lastly, Wagner ran to a 19th place finish in the 400-meter dash.
“The girls had a great experience,” said head coach Julie Gilmore. “And will definitely add to an already talented high school team next year!”