Knights Overcome Dragons
April 19, 2005
Richwoods traveled to Pekin for the final away dual meet of the season. During the ride Coach Maier noted that the Dragons are a dangerous team and would likely provide a challenge to the young Knights...and the youngsters responded by beating the Dragon 93-58. The intensity between the long time adversaries manifested itself from the beginning of the meet. In the initial running event of the evening RHS' LaPorschua Lindsey ran a :64.0 anchor in the Medley to edge Pekin's Lynsey Barnard literally by a lean at the tape. Richwoods senior Brittney Wallace was a double winner in the hurdles and as well as being a member of 2 winning relays, 4x100 and 4x400. Richwoods was able to demonstrate its depth by sweeping the relays in the meet. Jewel Sanders again claimed both of the weights going 37' 10½" in the shot.
Katie Grinstead, the Knights freshman distance specialist, ran 12:29.3 in the 3200 and beat defending 1600 and 3200 meter conference champion Allison Glick by over 20 seconds. Glick came back ready for the 1600. In what was probably the best race of the evening Glick and Grinstead raced side by side for the entire 1600. Grinstead held a slight lead when Glick attempted to pass repeatedly in the final 2 laps. For 7 attempts she held Glick off. As the two made the turn into the final straightaway they were confronted by lapped runners. Glick seized the opportunity and swept swept to the outside as Grinstead slowed slightly to avoid contact when the inside opened. Given the lead Glick closed the door and beat Grinstead to the finish by a stride.
Richwoods traveled to Pekin for the final away dual meet of the season. During the ride Coach Maier noted that the Dragons are a dangerous team and would likely provide a challenge to the young Knights...and the youngsters responded by beating the Dragon 93-58. The intensity between the long time adversaries manifested itself from the beginning of the meet. In the initial running event of the evening RHS' LaPorschua Lindsey ran a :64.0 anchor in the Medley to edge Pekin's Lynsey Barnard literally by a lean at the tape. Richwoods senior Brittney Wallace was a double winner in the hurdles and as well as being a member of 2 winning relays, 4x100 and 4x400. Richwoods was able to demonstrate its depth by sweeping the relays in the meet. Jewel Sanders again claimed both of the weights going 37' 10½" in the shot.
Katie Grinstead, the Knights freshman distance specialist, ran 12:29.3 in the 3200 and beat defending 1600 and 3200 meter conference champion Allison Glick by over 20 seconds. Glick came back ready for the 1600. In what was probably the best race of the evening Glick and Grinstead raced side by side for the entire 1600. Grinstead held a slight lead when Glick attempted to pass repeatedly in the final 2 laps. For 7 attempts she held Glick off. As the two made the turn into the final straightaway they were confronted by lapped runners. Glick seized the opportunity and swept swept to the outside as Grinstead slowed slightly to avoid contact when the inside opened. Given the lead Glick closed the door and beat Grinstead to the finish by a stride.
posted by Richwoods Women's Track & Field at 6:25 PM
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The ladies from Richwoods boarded the bus again and went visiting to Rock Island.
showed that they will likely be a group to be reckoned with yet this season. Freshman Katie Grinstead's p.r. distance double of 12:11.4 in the 3200 for 6th place in the Class A event placed her 7th on RHS all-time list, and her Class B finish in 3rd place with a time of 5:46.1 in the 1600 earned her 18th in the RHS list. She was joined by Freshman Ali Stowell on the 1600 list at 23rd with a 5:52.6 clocking (all times are FAT adjusted) which netted her 7th position in Class C. Stowell also ran a season best 2:42.4 in the 800 meter and claimed 2nd in the Class B race.
runner Katie Grinstead. Sanders set a personal best of 36' 0" in the shot placing 3rd. She also continued to make positive strides in her conversion to a full spin move in the discus claiming 2nd place with a season's best of 118' 5". Grinstead continued her efforts to establish herself as one of the better distance runners in RHS history with her strong performances in the 2 long races of the evening. Her 12:23.4 time which earned her 2nd in the 3200 coupled with a 5:52.9 fourth place performance in the 1600 suggests that her credentials as a top RHS performer are well on the way toward being accepted.
The host Richwoods Knights won 11 events en route to beating the visiting Morton Potters 88 1/3 - 62 2/3, with the rather unusual score resulting from a 3 way tie for second place in the pole vault. Richwoods was again led by its group of newcomers in the win. Freshmen were very active in the effort led by Ali Stowell who was involved in 4 winning efforts ( 800 m, 1600 m, 4 x 400, 4 x 800 ), Olivia Coker in 3 wins ( 400 m, 4 x 400, 4 x 800 ), Katie Grinstead ( 3200 m, 4 x 800) and Shavantay Thomas ( 4 x 100, 4 x 200 ) in 2 wins each. Sophomore first year Knights Markesha Fondren ( 4 x 100, 4 x 200 ) and Amy Bussman ( 4 x 200 ) also helped 
to reach the RHS total. The victory by the Knights marked the 200th career win for longtime Richwoods Head Coach Joe Maier whose dual meet win-loss ratio now stands at a lofty .803 ( 200-49 ) over his 30 year tenure. The result also marks the Knights 55th consecutive dual meet victory with the streak stretching back to the second meet of the 1998 season.
