SPRING SPORTS With the statewide cancellation of spring sports last year, student-
The girls track team also had an outstanding season, finishing as
athletes were ready to return to competition, successfully completing a
district champions with several state qualifiers. Finishing in the
season filled with many highlights, state titles and new school records.
top five at the state meet were the sprint medley team of Forest Kuestner-Burleson, Shea Johnson, Olivia Kramer and Margaret Tobias who placed fifth and set a new school record; the 4x200 team of Julia Shonka, Shea Johnson, Olivia Kramer and Margaret Tobias with a fourth place finish; Esaba Okwaramoi who finished third in the 100M hurdles; and Emily Ball who finished third in discus. These were just a few of the highlights from a season in which every member contributed to the team’s success.
TENNIS The girls tennis
TRACK
team also made
The boys track and field team finished as co-conference and district
school history when
champions and made school history as runner-up in the Class 4A
they brought home
state track meet, the highest finish ever for the boys team at DCHS.
the Class 2A team championship state
Their success was a true team effort led by three individual state
title. Allison Szalay
champions. Mikey McClain finished as a two-time state champion in
won the individual girls state championship, Kenzie Klein and Ava
the 100M and 200M dash, Adam Wright won the 110M hurdles, and
Pedersen finished as runners-up in doubles, followed by Isa Valverde
Jackson Heidesch won the 3200. Additional top performers included
and Ella Spanovic who placed fifth.
Koah Thompson (third in the 110M hurdles); Will Ryan (third in the 3200 and fifth in the 1600); Adam Wright, Colin Clark, Will Bussey and
Daniel Lu finished the season as the Class 2A boys individual state
Koah Thompson (third in the shuttle hurdle relay); Louis Brooks, Mikey
champion. The boys team also had a successful season but lost 5-4
McClain, Jake Nevitt and Jalyn Thompson (third in the 4x200); and Cade
to Ames in the sub-state preliminary meet. In Class 2A Co-Ed state
Muller, Will Ryan, Gabe Shaw and Jackson Heidesch (fifth in the 4x800).
doubles, Daniel and Allison finished as runners-up.
MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH & DEBATE With a strong tradition of excellence in
through eighth grade are invited to join. A
DCHS did host four online tournaments with
speech and debate, Dowling Catholic
total of four tournaments are offered each
students participating from Holy Trinity, St.
provides upcoming students with the
year, with the first typically taking place in
Theresa, St. Joseph and St. Augustin.
opportunity to work on developing their
the winter and additional tournaments held
skills before they get to high school. For the
once a month through the spring.
last five years, DCHS has hosted parochial
“Providing an opportunity for our middle school students to practice using their
middle school tournaments, allowing
The program is run by Tim Sheaff ‘86,
voices to express important ideas is our
students to learn from high school mentors
Dowling Catholic’s director of drama and
number one goal,” said Sheaff. “Providing
and to compete in tournaments hosted at
debate for the last 24 years. DCHS students
them with a gateway to our nationally
the school.
judge the tournament rounds and serve
recognized high school program is also part
as mentors, traveling to parochial schools
of our purpose.”
Participation in the program is free and all
to provide coaching. While the pandemic
parochial middle school students in sixth
prevented that from happening this year,
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