Tough Field Greets Lions at W-C (4-1-11)

The Louisville boys and girls track teams ran into stiff competition at the Wilber-Clatonia Invitational won by the Tri County boys and the Heartland girls teams.

Kaitlin Coughlin was the top finisher for the Lions, earning the silver medal with a leap of 34’ 3/4”, her best effort in the event since last year’s conference meet. The talented senior also placed third in the 400 (1:09) while freshman Leigh Ann Novotny high jumped 4’ 6” to match the bronze medal showing.

Paul Drelicharz was the top scorer for the LHS boys team, earning a fourth place finish in the triple jump with a personal best of 39’ 9 3/4” and a sixth place in the 800 in a time of 2:24. The senior also ran legs on the sixth place 1600 relay as well as the 3200 relay team which finished in third place.

The Lions varsity track squads will travel to Malcolm on Tuesday, April 5 for a 2:00 start with the Louisville jayvee teams headed to Lincoln Southwest at 3:00.

Louisville Scoring:
Girls Split Squad-
TJ- 2nd-Kaitlin Coughlin-34'.75"
HJ-3rd-LeighAnn Novotny-4'6"
200m-6th-Carlee Derby-30.00
300mH-6th-Allyssa Terry-55.8
400m-3rd-Kaitlin Coughlin-1:09.0
800m-4th-Kristin Brandstrom-2:42.0
1600m Relay-4th- Alex Jensen, Raegan Holl, Kristin Brandstrom, Kaitlin Coughlin-4:38.1
3200m-4th-Ashley Sjogren-13:41.0
3200m Relay- 4th- Ashley Sjogren, Jordyn Giles, Paige Higginbotham, Kristin Brandstrom

Boys Split Squad
TJ-4th- Paul Drelicharz-39'9.75"
800m-6th-Paul Drelicharz-2:24
1600m-5th-TJ Zaracki-5:12
6th-Jack Winkler-5:12
1600m Relay-6th-Sterling Reeves, Skyler Deloske, Colby Smith, Paul Drelicharz
3200m run-5th-Jeff Bishop-11:54.0
3200m Relay-3rd- TJ Zaracki, Jack Winkler, Sam Long, Paul Drelicharz
1600m- 4th- TJ Zaracki- 5:19
1600m Relay- 6th- Skyler Deloske, Colby Smith, Jake Zyla, Paul Drelicharz

• Meet Results, Team Standings via Lincoln Journal-Star
• Click to view Louisville times, distances

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