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Girls compete at WaMaC Indoor

NEWS CHRONICLE PHOTOS BY STEVE BRANT – STC sophomore Scout Ridout runs the first leg of the Distance Medley Relay at the WaMaC indoor meet.
STC sophomore Cahysia Kapayou runs her leg of the 4x200 relay at the WaMaC indoor meet.
STC sophomore Sydney Arp runs the 4x200 relay at the WaMaC indoor meet.
STC sophomore Brylee Nelson runs the 4x200 relay at the WaMaC indoor meet.
STC sophomore Maylee Rucker runs the second leg of the Distance Medley Relay at the WaMaC indoor meet.
STC senior Naomi Peshel runs the third leg of the Distance Medley Relay at the WaMaC indoor meet.
STC junior Livia Smith runs the anchor leg of the Distance Medley Relay at the WaMaC indoor meet.

GRINNELL — The STC girls track and field team had a solid performance at the annual WaMaC conference on Tuesday, March 24, in Grinnell. Head coach Emily Chyma and the squad earned multiple top-10 performances in their final indoor meet of the season.

The Trojans were led by sophomore Scout Ridout, who grabbed runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles and third place in the 200. Ridout ran a personal-best time of 9.36 in the 60-meter hurdles, just getting passed by West Delaware’s Avery Schmitz, who won with a time of 9.34. Ridout ran another personal-best in the 200, with a time of 27.30. Her third place finish was impressive in a crowded field of 55 runners.

Other top-10 finishes for STC included their distance medley team of Ridout, sophomore Maylee Rucker, senior Naomi Peshel, and junior Livia Smith. The foursome ran a time of 5:18.27 to finish in 8th place. Senior Autumn Elsbury finished in 8th place in the shot put with a top throw of 30 feet, 8 inches. And Rucker earned 9th place in the high jump with a jump of 4-8.

Two other relay teams earned top-20 finishes for STC. These included the 4×200 team of sophomores Sydney Arp, Cahysia Kapayou, Brylee Nelson, and Jayva Gomez (13th, 1:56.89); and the 4×400 team of junior Olivia Bradley, senior Madeline Paxton, Smith, and Peshel (16th, 5:03.35). The Trojans also gained a 14th place finish from freshman Nova Carr in the 1500. Carr finished with a time of 6:06.

Up next for the girls track and field team is the STC Early Bird Invite on Tuesday, April 7. The meet will begin at 4:30 at the STC High School track.