Sports MEDALS Continued from page 12 five, but after the second lap, I knew I didn’t have it.” Adding cross country to her resume, O’Brien finished her career with six total state medals. “There were some up and down moments, but overall as a career at Lockport, it was great,” she said.
MINOOKA After the sectional meet, the Minooka 800 relay team was thrilled to just advance to state. That excitement was elevated when the quartet of sophomore Bethany Bachmann, senior Angelica Estrada, senior Lauren
MINDS Continued from page 10 One of the most thrilling races of the night was the 110 hurdles, where teammates Billy Reed and Jonathan Goins battled to a photo finish, with Reed coming out on top (14.42-14.45). Goins got his sectional title later on in the 300
Jonen, Lauren and sophomore Janile Rogers ran a 1:41.71 in the prelims and advanced to the finals. “Our first goal was just to come down here and once we got here, we knew we had some shot of getting in the finals, so we gave it all we had yesterday and once we knew we were in day two, we figured we would make it the best we could,” Jonen said. The Indians ran a 1:42.41 in the finals, placing seventh. “We were hoping to do a little better,” Jonen said.“But you can’t complain getting on the podium.” “We just wanted to come to state and get PRs and get a new school record, but then we ended up getting in the finals and then we got seventh, so I think we are pretty excited about that,”
Bachmann said. Overall, the Indians enjoyed the weekend. “This has been so much fun,” Estrada said. “We got to spend a lot of time with our teammates and bond and have a good time and then also compete, because that is why we were here. We tried our best and that is all we can ask.” Rogers also competed in the triple jump finals, placing 12th overall. She had very little time to get in place for the relay. “I headed over right away and ran, but the long jump was a good warm up for me,” she said. “I PR’ed yesterday with a 36-12 I was ranked 21st and finished 12th and I can’t be mad at that. I am really happy and really proud of myself.”
hurdles (39.81). “It was close and was going to the camera because it was really close between first and second,” Reed said. “We knew coming in we were the top two and battling for first and second. It was good competition and we are both going to state. Now we both want to make it to finals.” “It was pretty exciting,” Goins added. “I didn’t expect us to
be that close. You need to have someone there to push you and drive you to be where you want to be. I improved a lot (in the 300) in conference and am happy I’m going to state. I want to get two medals at state.” Other qualifiers for Lockport were Crist Brenner in the discus (161-01) and Thomas Razo in the 800 (158.05).
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