Richwoods Awards Announced

On the strength of 2 state championship medals, 3rd in Discus and 9th in Shotput, Richwoods Junior throws specialist Jewel Sanders was named as the Most Valuable Participant.

Jewel now holds both Richwoods throwing event record - 145' 10" in the Discus, and 40' 8" in the Shotput. In addition to her State Meet showing, in Discus competition Jewel had the best throw at the Palatine Relays, the Rock Island Invitational, and the North Central Invitational, as well as second place at the Sectional Championship and the Galesburg Invitational. In the Shotput competition, she won the Sectional title and placed third at Rock Island, North Central and Galesburg. Jewel was also the winner of both throwing events in each of the dual meets during the 2005 season.

Brittney Wallace was the recipient of the Kim Field Award. This award is presented to the athlete who best embodies career long dedication, effort, and cooperation which allowed her to have achieved the most from her abilities. It recognizes realistic goal-setting , cooperation with coaches and teammates, daily reliability, personal integrity, and dedication, all of which allowed for personal achievement - although not necessarily winning. It is awarded to the team member who reflects achievement through personal effort and triumph of spirit in her years of women's track at Richwoods and is symbolic of ultimate respect and admiration of her coaches and teammates.

The Adrienne Moos Award was presented to Alesha Guard. This award acknowledges the athlete who through effort, cooperation, and self-sacrifice has been marked as an example of one who places her team before herself. It is a person who has shown herself to be a dedicated, inspirational leader who has accomplished through daily hard work and who is respected by her teammates, her coaches, her opponents, and the faculty at Richwoods.