Lady Knights Finish Strong in Regional Championship
By Tonya Boone | May 22, 2024 9:48 AM
The Lady Knights competed in the Track & Field Regional Championship Tuesday night at Carroll High School in Ft. Wayne. Competing against much larger schools in a highly competitive arena, the Knights maintained their poise and competed like champions. In the 4x800m relay, the team of Carrie Collins, Jaiya Corn, Lola Winer, and Hailey Collins placed in scoring position by finishing 7th overall in the field of 16 teams. The Knights started out strong with Carrie Collins overtaking opponents throughout the second lap. With placement in the slower heat, each girl ran very respectable splits throughout each leg of the race, despite ending up in "no-man's" land with no immediate competitor in sight and relying on themselves and the clock to push the pace. 4x800 results: 1st Place Concordia Lutheran (9:14.6), 2nd Homestead (9:19.03), 3rd Huntington North (9:34.8), FW Carroll (9:52.4), 5th East Noble (9:59.1), 6th Bishop Dwenger (10:07.4), 7th SOUTHWOOD (10:23.55), 8th Garrett, 9th FW Snider, 10th Adams Central, 11th Northrop, 12th Westview, 13th Oak Hill, 14th Canterbury, 15th Eastbrook, 16th Angola. In the final event of the evening, the relay team of Grace Drake, Hailey Collins, Presley Kroft, and Lola Winer competed in the fast heat of the 4x400m Relay. The lady knights were outmatched by their field of competitors but refused to go down quietly. In the first leg of the race, Grace Drake ran a tremendous split, putting the Knights in first place for a brief moment. Traffic through the handoff zone created fits for the other members of the relay teams and they jostled with other competitors trying grab simultaneous handoffs. Despite a 9th place finish, just out of scoring position, the Knights raced to a new personal record of 4:13.27 in a valiant overall effort. 4x400m Relay results: 1st Northrop (4:01.56), 2nd Huntington North 4:03.4, 3rd Homestead (4:03.58), 4th FW Carroll (4:05.46), 5th Bishop Dwenger (4:07.1), 6th Concordia Lutheran (4:07.37), 7th East Noble (4:09.99), 8th Oak Hill (4:11.51), 9th SOUTHWOOD (4:13.27), 10th Angola (4:14.45), 11th South Side (4:14.85), 12th North Side 4:15.58, 13th Norwell (4:19.26), 14th FW Snider (4:20.02), 15th Bellmont (4:20.74), Westview (4:23.51) Also competing for the Lady Knights in the Regional Championship was Grace Drake in the High Jump.