Knights and Other Peoria Area Entries Rocked

April 17, 2005

The ladies from Richwoods boarded the bus again and went visiting to Rock Island.
The home town Rocks proved to be less than gracious hosts to the 14 guest teams in claiming firtst place in their invitational. The visiting Peoria area teams which visited were held to the bottom 5 positions in the very strong meet. The relatively inexperienced Knights could muster no better than a 12th place finish.
Despite the overall finish level, RHS did produce a number of quality performances including Jewel Sanders seizure of the Class A discus title with a 126' 3" effort. Sanders also was 3rd in the Class A shot. Richwoods young "D-dogs" distance crew 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.
Senior Alesha Guard joined up with Freshmen Olivia Coker, Sravanthi Vegunta and Stowell to place 6th in the 4x800 relay in a RHS season best 10:55.3 time.

Results Photos