June 28, 2018
The Panthers traveled to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winstead High School on May 8 for the Section 4A True Team Meet.
In a typical meet, only the top eight individuals and top six relays score, but in a True Team meet, every participant scores. There are 16 teams in Section 4A, and with each team able to put up to two athletes in an event, many individual events had 32 athletes. This is a very competitive meet and MPA athletes stepped up with great performances.
Notable girls performances include the 4x800m team, consisting of senior Sarah Ley, junior Gabby Law, ninth grader Izzy Quam, and seventh grader Margo N., who finished in sixth place. In the girls 1600m, seventh grader Margo N. placed seventh, and ninth grader Katie Dahiya placed twelfth. The 4x100m team of seniors Quinn Campbell and Maya Sayers, sophomore Catherine Moore, and ninth grader Keerti Upadhyaya placed seventh, nearly breaking into the top at MPA with a time of 55.30. In the 400m, ninth grader Izzy Quam ran 1:04.11, placing first and moving up to eighth all time at MPA in that event! In the 200m, sophomore Catherine Moore finished fourth, in a personal best of 28.69.
In the high jump, sophomore Aaliyah Kellogg improved her personal best to 4’4, moving up to fifth place all time at MPA. In the triple jump, ninth grader Izzy Quam broke the 30 foot barrier with a personal best jump of 30’1 to place seventh, and in the discus, sophomore Catherine Moore threw a personal best of 79’5 to place ninth.
The girls placed seventh out of 16 teams with an impressive score of 517.5.
On the boys side, the 4x800m team of Junior Matt Bourne, ninth grader Peter Manolis, and eighth graders Isak N. and Cullen M. placed sixth overall. In the 110m hurdles, junior Dylan Dickinson, and sophomore Charles Grimes, both recorded personal bests. Junior Tae’Vion Wilkins recorded a season best in the 100m dash (12.24) and sophomore Kailil Schertzing ran a personal best (12.47), both into a strong headwind. In the 1600m run, senior Declan Dahlberg placed first, and sophomore Henry Snider placed fifth, and in the 3200m Declan picked up another victory, with Junior Matthew Bourne placing fifth. In the high jump, junior Yahya Madar continued his winning streak, placing first with a jump of 6’5, and in the discus, senior Sumner Wu broke the 100 foot barrier and placed ninth with a throw of 101’5.
The boys placed eighth with a strong score of 614.5.
