LHS Boys, Girls Place Seventh at Platteview (3-31-11)

Both Louisville boys and girls track teams finished in seventh place at the Platteview invitational which was won by the Mt. Michael boys and Roncalli/Duchesne girls squads.

The Lions were paced by the second place finish of Paul Drelicharz in the triple jump. The LHS senior jumped 37’ 10”, just behind the gold medal showing of Nebraska City’s Dan Madsen. Another noteworthy performance was Sterling Reeves’ third place showing in the 300 hurdles in :47.3, the best time by an LHS freshman in school history.

Another freshman, LeighAnn Novotny, was the top medalist for the Louisville girls team, placing third in the high jump with a leap of 4’ 4”, just ahead of classmate Sam Lane, who jumped the same height but placed fourth due to more misses. Carlee Derby (long jump), Sydney Stander (triple jump) Allyssa Terry (100 Hurdled) and the 4x800 relay team (Stander, Paige Higginbotham, Tori Dean, Kristen Brandstrom) also placed fourth in their respective events.

The Lions travel to Wilber-Clatonia High School for their invitational on Friday at 2:00 p.m., a meet rescheduled from earlier this week due to inclement weather.

Louisville points:
Girls- Split Squad
LJ- 4th-Carlee Derby- 14ft 6in
TJ-4th- Sydney Stander- 30ft 11in
HJ- 3rd- LeighAnn Novotny, 4th- Sam Lane - Both jumped 4'4"
3200m- 6th Sydney Stander- 14:20
100H- 4th- Allyssa Terry- 19.12
3200m Relay- 4th- Sydney Stander, Paige Higginbotham, Tori Dean, Kristin Brandstrom- 11:23
1600m- 5th- Ashley Sjogren- 6:12
1600m Relay- Taylor Zaracki, Megan Poland, Alex Jensen, Kaitlin Coughlin- 4:35

Boys- Split Squad
Shot Put- 6th Nick Reynolds 41ft 2in
TJ- 2nd Paul Drelicharz 37ft 10in
HJ- 6th- Sam Long-
3200m- 6th- Jack Winkler- 11:24.7
110H- 5th Sterling Reeves- 18.89, 6th Tucker Sjorgren- 19.92
3200m Relay- 4th- 9:43- TJ Zaracki, Jack Winkler, Sam Long, Paul Drelicharz
300H- 3rd- Sterling reeves- 47.3
1600m- 4th- TJ Zaracki- 5:19
1600m Relay- 6th- Skyler Deloske, Colby Smith, Jake Zyla, Paul Drelicharz

PLATTEVIEW INVITATIONAL

BOYS TEAM SCORING: Mt. Michael 143, Platteview 103.33, Roncalli/Duchcsne 71, Nebraska City 56, Raymond Central 51.33, Plattsmouth 50, Louisville 28.33, Weeping Water 24.
EVENT WINNERS: 100--Pecka, Raymond Central, :11.32; 110 hurdles--Connor, Nebraska City, :16.33; 1,600--Feichtinger, Mt. Michael, 4:40.55; 300 hurdles--Connor, Nerbaska City, :43.54; 3,200--Christensen, Raymond Central, 10:37.83; 400--Weeping Water (Nielson, Crook, Brammier, Dehne), :47.27; 1,600 relay--Mt. Michael (Loth, Cairney, Higgs, Feichtinger), 3:40.23; 3,200 relay--Mt. Michael (Bourek, Farhart, Mikulicz, Spiegel), 9:12.85 discus--Ventcicher, Mount Michael, 177-03; shot put--Jochim, Platteview, 51-0; high jump--Connealy, Mt. Michael, 5-10; pole vault--Hartzell, Plattsmouth, 9-06; long jump--Burks, Roncalli, 20-07 1/2; triple jump--Madsen, Nebraska City, 38-05 1/2; 400--Cairney, Mt. Michael, :53.90; 200--Burks, Roncalli, :24.00; 1,600--Feichtinger, Mt. Michael, 4:40.55.

GIRLS TEAM SCORING: Roncalli/Duchesne 104, Platteview 87, Raymond Central 82, Mercy 62, Boys Town 58, Plattsmouth 55, Louisville 32, Nebraska City 25, Weeping Water 19.
EVENT WINNERS: 100--Fox, Raymond Central, :12.82; 100 hurdles--Matulka, Raymond Central, :16.17; 1,600--Carson, Roncalli/Duchesne, 6:04.08; 3,200--Baier, Weeping Water, 12:44.29; 3,200 relay--Roncalli/Duchesne (White, Ka. Mullen, Hillmer, Kr. Mullen) 10:26.61; 400 relay--Mercy (Davis, Nguyen, Turner, Wulff), :54.46; discus--Nelson, Platteview, 106-05 1/2; pole vault--Litz, Platteview, 7-06; shot put--Grubb, Platteview, 38-00; high jump--Sundermann, Plattsmouth, 4-08; long jump--Vega, Boys Town, 14-07 1/2; triple jump--Nelson, Platteview, 33-00; 400--Mullen, Ron./Duc., 1:01.69; 800--Mullen, Ron./Duc., 2:22.14; 200--Angus, Nebraska City, :28.44; 1,600--Carson, Roncalli/Duchesne, 6:04.08.

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LHS high jumper LeighAnn Novotny strains to make the leap at the Platteview Invitational. Novotny placed third with a jump of 4' 4".

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