Newbies Lead Knights Past Morton

Coach Maier Achieves 200th Win

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.

An examination of the Knights history has caused an error to surface in the overall won-lost record of the program. The correct dual meet record for the team over its 31 year history is 206-50 (.805), with Coach Maier's record being the above referenced 200-49 (.803) over 30 seasons.

The :13.0 time in the 100 m by Shavantay Thomas moved her onto Richwoods All-Time Top Perfomances in the event at Number 23. Career bests by Jewel Sanders' of 35' 2½' in the shot put and Amber Gayles' of :18.2 in the 100 hurdles retained their respective spots of 3rd and 20th in the RHS lists.