1997 KANELAND GIRLS TRACK

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1997 Schedule
1997 Meet Results
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Kaneland Girls 1997 State Qualifiers
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GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE
Day Date Opponent Time Location
Thur March 06 Hinsdale South Invitational 5:30 Hinsdale
Sat March 15 Byron Invitational 9:00 Byron
Sat March 22 SPC Indoor Invitational 9:30 Oswego
Sat April 05 Stagg Invitational 11:00 Palos Hills
Tue April 08 Oregon 4:30 Maple Park
Sat April 12 Kaneland Invitational 12:00 noon Maple Park
Tue April 15 Yorkville, Rockford Christian Life 4:30 Maple Park
Sat April 19 Knight Relays 12:00 Maple Park
Tue April 22 Morris, Evergreen Park 4:30 Morris
Fri April 25 Porter Invitational 4:30 Lockport
Tue April 29 Lemont, Westmont 4:30 Maple Park
Thur May 01 Ram Relays J V Invitational 4:30 Lombard
Fri May 02 Kane County 4:30 Maple Park
Tues May 06 Ridgewood, Elmwood Park 4:30 Norridge
Fri May 09 Suburban Prairie Conference 5:00 Maple Park
Tue May 13 DeKalb, Rochelle 4:30 Rochelle
Fri May 16 IHSA Sectional 5:00 Maple Park
Fri/Sat May 23/24 IHSA State Meet 12:30p (Fri) and 10:30a (Sat) Charleston

KANELAND 1997 STATE QUALIFIERS

In the 1997 IHSA Maple Park - Kaneland Sectional Meet, the following Kaneland Girls Track and Field individuals and relays qualified to compete at the IHSA State Track and Field Meet, held in Charleston, Illinois. In order to qualify for state competition, place finishers were required to place either first or second in their respective event, or perform at a qualifying time or distance (as defined by the IHSA).

High Jump - Kelly Malone (1st - 5' 0"), Debbie Lang (2nd - 4' 10");
Shot Put - Erika Houtz (1st - 34' 5.25"), Laura Alms (2nd - 33' 4");
Discus - Erika Houtz (1st - 107' 7.5");
300m Low Hurdles -Jenny Baert (2nd - 48.9); and
1600m Relay - JennyBaert, Megan deRaismes, Alex Self, Anna VanNaarden (2nd - 4:16.9).

Additionally, four girls will be selected to participate in the state meet as alternates in the relay event.

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD MEET RESULTS

Hinsdale South Invitational

Kaneland took fifth place with 16 points, 20 points behind fourth place Sandburg . Hindsale South won the meet with 108 points. Debbie Lang finished fourth in the high jump with 4' 10" and fourth in the 200 meter with 28.8. April App finished fourth in the triple jump with 29' 10". Senior Erika Houtz finished third in the shot put with 30' 3".

Byron Invitational

Kaneland scored 65 points to finish a strong fourth in the Byron Invitational. The 1600-meter relay team of Megan deRaismes, Christina Palazzolo, Anna VanNaarden and Jenny Baert finished second with a 429.1. Debbie Lang finshed second and Kelly Malone third in the high jump.

Byron had 117 points, followed by Crystal Lake Central with 110 and Marengo with 68.

SPC Indoor Invitational

Jenny Baert finished first in the high hurdles with a time of 9.3 seconds. Finishing fourth in the same event was April App at 9.9 seconds. App also placed fifth in the long jump with 14'6". In the shot put, Maranda Schenk finished 7th with a toss of 29'6". In the high-jump Kelly Malone finished fourth with a leap of 4'10", with Debbie Lang coming in fifth.

Stagg Invitational

Kaneland's girls team scored 57 points to finish fifth in the 12-team invitational. Kaneland's 800-meter relay team of Christina Palazzollo, Melinda Hankes, Anna VanNaarden and Megan deRaismes finished first in 1:57.7. Jenny Baert fished second in 300-meter low hurdles with 50.7. Erika Houtz finished second in the discus with 92-7 and Shelley Behrens 3rd with 85-11.

Oregon Meet

Due to extremely cold weather, the Oregon meet was canceled. There are no plans to reschedule the meet.

Kaneland Invitational

The Kaneland Invitational was canceled due to freezing weather conditions.

Yorkville/Rockford Christian Life Meet

In a triangular meet held at Kaneland High School, the girls track team defeated Rockford Christian Life and Yorkville by tallying 64 team points. Rockford Christian Life and Yorkville teams earned 59 and 54 points respectively.

Kaneland place finishers for the running events included:

800 Medley Relay - 1st (Palazzolo, deRaismes, Hankes, VanNaarden - 2:02.3);
100m High Hurdles - 1st (App - 17.8), 2nd (Baert - 18.6), 4th (Haidle - 19.3);
100m Dash - 2nd (Stover - 13.7);
800M Run - 2nd (Burke - 2:44.8), 3rd (Kirwan - 2:45.4);
800 m Relay
- 2nd (Palazzolo, Hankes, deRaismes, Lang - 1:56.4);
400m Dash
- 2nd (Dalton - 70.1);
300m Low Hurdles
- 1st (Baert - 50.6), 2nd (Lettow - 57.0); and
200m Dash - 1st (Baert - 28.3), 4th (Lettow - 30.7).

Place finishes for the field events were as follows:

Shot Put - 2nd (Alms - 32'2"), 3rd (Houtz - 31'1");
Discus
- 1st (Houtz - 104'), 4th (Behrens (85'9");
Long Jump - 4th (deRaismes - 14'2");
Triple Jump - 2nd (Lettow - 30'0"), 3rd (App - 29'10"), 4th (Lang - 28'5"); and
High Jump - 1st (Lang - 4'10"), 4th (Fitzpatrick - 4'8").

Knight Relays

In the third annual Knight Relays, Kaneland girls earned sixteen place finishes.

In the running event relays, place finishers included:

300 Low Hurdles - 2nd (Baert, Lettow, Lippold, App - 221.5);
6400m Relay - 4th (Poole, Tervel, Guthke, Burke - no time available);
Varsity Sprint Medley Relay - 1st (Stover, Hankes, Palazzolo, VanNaarden - 1:58.9);
Frosh/Soph 800m Relay - 3rd (Lettow, Dalton, Sauber, Baert - 2:02);
Class 1600m Relay - 1st (Dalton, Hankes, Stover, Lang - 4:34.6);
3200m Relay - 3rd (Self, Burke, Guthke, Poole - 11:28);
High Hurdle Shuttle - 1st (App, Lippold, Haidle, Lettow - 1:19.1);
400m Relay - 1st (Palozzolo, VanNaarden, Hankes, deRaismes - 53.9);
Weightperson's Relay - 5th (Alms, Kainz, Schenk, Houtz - 33.1); and
1600m Relay - 1st (Baert, Palazzolo, VanNaarden, deRaismes - 4:21.7).

Place finishers in the field event relays included:

Shot Put - 1st (Houtz, Hislop, Alms, Schenk - 92'9.5"), 5th (Veldhuizen, Reynolds, Kainz, Behrens - 70'10.25");
Discus - 1st (Veldhuizen, Behrens, Reynolds, Houtz - 263'6"), 4th (Kainz, Hislop, Schenk, Alms - 210');
High Jump - 1st (Malone, Fitzpatrick, Lang - 14'2"),
Triple Jump - 1st (Lettow, App, Nolte, Lang - 87'8.25"), and
Long Jump - 1st (deRaismes, App, Fitzpatrick, Lang - 42'6.5").

NOTE: No team scored were calculated for the Knight Relays.

Morris, Evergreen Park Meet

The girls track team earned 2nd place in a triangular meet against Morris and Evergreen Park, accumulating a total of 64 points. Morris and Evergreen Park accumulated 80 and 57 team points respectively.

Place finishers in the field events for Kaneland were the following:

High Jump - 2nd (Malone - 4'10"), 3rd (Lang - 4'8");
Long Jump - 2nd (deRaismes - 14'2"), 4th (App - 13'7");
Triple Jump - 2nd (App - 29'2"), 4th (Lettow - 28'6");
Shot Put
- 2nd (Alms - 31'9"), 3rd (Houtz - 31'7"); and
Discus - 2nd (Veldhuizen - 90'6"), 4th (Behrens - 79'10").

Place finishers in the running events included:

800m Medley Relay - 1st (Dalton, Hankes, Palazzolo, VanNaarden - 2:00.4);
400m Relay - 1st (Baert, deRaismes, Hankes, App - 55.1);
100m High Hurdles - 1st (App - 17.8), 4th (Baert - 18.8);
100m Dash - 4th (Dalton - 16.0);
800m Run - 1st (Self - 2:42), 4th (Nolte - 3:05);
800m Relay - 2nd (Hanken, deRaismes, Dalton, Haidle - 2:04);
300m Low Hurdles - 1st (Baert - 51.0), 4th (Lettow - 55.6);
1600m Run - 1st (Burke - 6:12), 4th (Guthke - 6:50); and
1600m Relay - 1st (Baert, Self, Burke, Guthke - 4:44).

Porter Invitational

The girls track team participated in a 16 team invitational on Friday, April 25, 1997. Kaneland athletes scored a total of 25 team points in the effort placing 10th overall. The top five team scorers were Lincolnway, Crete Monee, Lockport, Homewood-Flossmor, and Thornwood, scoring 98, 86, 68, 55, and 50 team points respectively.

Place finishers for Kaneland included:

800m Medley Relay - 6th (Hankes, Stover, Palazzolo, VanNaarden - 1:58.8);
Shot Put - 6th (Houtz - 32'7");
100m High Hurdles - 6th (App - 17.5);
Discus - 5th (Houtz - 103'9");
300m Low Hurdles - 3rd (Baert - 50.9);
High Jump - 2nd (Lang - 4'8");
200m Dash - 5th (Lang - 28.6); and
1600m Relay - 4th (Baert, deRaismes, Hankes, VanNaarden - 4:24.3).

Lemont, Westmont Meet

In a triangular meet held at home in Maple Park, Kaneland's girls track team scored 52 team points placing second overall. Lemont and Westmont scored 87 and 45 team points respectively.

In the field events, the Kaneland girls earned the following places toward the team total:

High Jump - 1st (Malone - 5'0"), 2nd (Lang - 5'0");
Long Jump - 2nd (deRaismes - 13'5");
Triple Jump - 3rd (Lettow - 29'5"), 4th (Lang - 29'2");
Shot Put
- 2nd (Houtz - 32'5"), 3rd (Schenk - 30'4"); and
Discus - 1st (Houtz - 90'2"), 2nd (Schenk - 88'2"), 3rd (Veldhuizen - 83'3"), 4th (Behrens - 79'0").

Place finishers in the running events included

100m High Hurdles - 1st (Baert - 17.4), 3rd (Haidle - 17.8);
100m Dash - 3rd (Lang - 13.3), 4th (VanNaarden - 13.6);
400m Dash - 2nd (VanNaarden - 62.9);
200m Dash - 2nd (Lang - 13.3), 4th (VanNaarden - 13.6);
300m Low Hurdles - 3rd (Baert - 52.5), 4th (Lettow - 55.3);
1600m Relay - 2nd (Baert, Stover, Malone, Self - 4:30.9).

Ram Relays J V Invitational

In the Ram Relays JV Invitational, held at Glenbard East High School, Kaneland girls track team scored 47 points earning them 6th place overall.

Kaneland earned second place in the following events:

Triple Jump - 30'9.5" (Lettow),
Shot Put - 28'11.25" (Schenk)
Discus - 84'6" (Schenk)

Finishing in third place for the Knights were:

800m Medley Relay - 2:08.1 (Haidle, L. Dalton, A. Dalton, Self), and
100m High Hurdles - 18.3 (Haidle).

Earning points toward the team total with fifth place finishes for Kaneland were:

400m Relay - 59.4 (Haidle, Lettow, L. Dalton, A. Dalton),
300m Low Hurdles - 56.0 (Lettow),
1600m Relay - 4:40.3 (Lettow, Guthke, A. Dalton, Self),
Long Jump - 13'6.5" (Kainz), and
Discus - 75'10" (Behrens).

Sixth place team points were awarded to:

Shot Put - 25'8" (Hislop).

Kane County Meet

This year's Kane County Meet for 1997 was hosted by Kaneland High School. The Knights finished second place overall out of 12 competing area teams. Teams competing in this year's meet and their corresponding team totals included:

West Aurora (96), Kaneland (93), Burlington Central (79), Batavia (77.5), St. Charles (69), Dundee Crown (63.5), Geneva (25), Aurora Central (23), Larkin (17), Elgin (7), Aurora Rosary (6), and East Aurora (2).

Place finishers in the running events for the Knights were:

3200m Relay - 3rd (deRaismes, Burke, Self, Kirwan - 10:49.2);
400m Relay - 5th (Hankes, Stover, VanNaarden, Lang - 54.5);
100m High Hurdles - 4th (App - 18.9) and 5th (Baert - 19.4);
800m Medley Relay - 4th (Hankes, Stover, Baert, VanNaarden - 2:00.4);
800m Run - (Burke - 2:46.5);
800m Relay - 3rd (Hankes, deRaismes, VanNaarden, Lang - 1:55.5);
300m Low Hurdles - 2nd (Baert - 50.7); and
1600m Relay - 1st (Baert, deRaismes, Self, VanNaarden - 4:18.56).

Placing in the field events for the Knights were:

High Jump - 3rd (Malone - 4'8") and 5th (Lang - 4'8");
Long Jump - 2nd (deRaismes - 14'3") and 5th (App - 13'7");
Triple Jump - 3rd (App - 30'6") and 4th (Lettow - 30'3");
Shot Put - 2nd (Houtz - 32'5") and 3rd (Alms - 30'9"); and
Discus - 2nd (Houtz - 97'4").

Ridgewood, Elmwood Park Meet

In a triangular meet against Ridgewood and Elmwood Park, Kaneland girls track team placed first place earning 85 team points. Ridgewood and Elmwood Park scored 67 and 28 points respectively.

Place finishers in the field events for Kaneland included:

Long Jump - 1st (App - 14'8") and 2nd (deRaismes - 13'4");
High Jump - 1st (Malone - 5'2"), 3rd (Lang - 5'0"), and 4th (Fitzpatrick - 4'6");
Shot Put - 2nd (Houtz - 32'4"), 3rd (Alms - 31'9"), and 4th (Schenk - 29'7");
Discus - 1st (Houtz - 99'7"), 3rd (Behrens - 90'10"), and 4th (Schenk - 89'9"); and
Triple Jump - 1st (Lettow - 29'11") and 2nd (Lang - 28'11").

Placing in the running events included:

Medley Relay - 1st (Hankes, Stover, Baert, deRaismes - 2:03.8);
3200m Relay - 2nd (Guthke, Nolte, Schuppner, Hahn - 13:21);
400m Relay - 1st (App, Hankes, Stover, deRaismes - 55.6);
100m Dash - 3rd (Sauber - 15.5) and 4th (Kainz - 15.6);
100m High Hurdles - 1st (Baert - 18.2), 3rd (Haidle - 18.5), and 4th (Lettow - 19.4);
800m Run - 1st TIE (Self and Burke - 2:40.1);
400m Dash - 4th (Nolte - 77.7);
300m Low Hurdles - 1st (Baert - 51.4) and 3rd (Lettow - 55.7);
200m Dash - 2nd (Stombres - 30.9) and 3rd (L. Dalton - 32.1); and
1600m Relay - 2nd (A. Dalton, Burke, Guthke, Malone - 4:45.5).

Suburban Prairie Conference Meet - White Division

The Suburban Prairie Conference Meet girls track and field meet for the White Division was held Friday, May 9, at Kaneland High School. Competing in both the Junior Varsity and Varsity levels were eight schools. Kaneland girls placed fourth overall at the Junior Varsity level and second at the Varsity level.

Junior Varsity team scores were as follows:

Lemont (130), Morris (120), Elmwood Park (107), Kaneland (97), Westmont (38), Ridgewood (20), Yorkville (1), and Evergreen Park (1).

Team scores at the varsity level were:

Lemont (175), Kaneland (130.5), Westmont (85), Morris (63), Yorkville (48), Elmwood Park (26), Ridgewood (22.5), and Evergreen Park (7).

Junior Varsity Competitor Results

Placing in the running events for Kaneland's JV team included:

3200m Relay - 1st (Guthke, Schuppner, Hahn, Nolte - 12:36.8);
100m High Hurdles - 1st (Lettow - 19.0)** and 3rd (Lippold - 19.2);
100m Dash - 5th (Kainz - 15.3);
800m Medley Relay - 1st (Haidle, L. Dalton, Stombres, A. Dalton - 2:12.0);
800m Relay - 1st (Stombres, L. Dalton, A. Dalton, Malone - 2:02.9)**;
300m Low Hurdles - 6th (Lippold - 62.6);
1600m Run - 6th (Guthke -6:59); and
200m Dash - 5th (L. Dalton - 32.1).

Scoring Junior Varsity team points for the Knights in the field events were:

Discus - 1st (Veldhuizen - 74'10") and 3rd (Reynolds - 58'11");
Shot Put - 1st (Schenk - 30'10")**;
Long Jump - 4th (Kainz - 12'11"); and
Triple Jump - 4th (Schuppner - 25'3") and 6th (Nolte - 24'1").

Varsity Competitor Results

Place finishers in the Varsity running events for Kaneland were:

3200m Relay - 3rd (deRaismes***, Burke***, Kirwan***, Self*** - 10:41.9);
400m Relay - 2nd (Lang***, Hankes***, Palazzolo***, VanNaarden*** - 53.9);
100m High Hurdles - 3rd (App*** - 17.84) and 5th (Haidle - 18.3);
100m Dash - 3rd (Hankes*** - 13.8);
800m Medley Relay - 3rd (App***, Stover***, VanNaarden***, Baert***).
800m Run - 5th (Burke - 2:42.6);
800m Relay - 2nd (Lang***, Hankes***, Palazzolo***, deRaismes*** - 1:53.1);
400m Dash - 3rd (VanNaarden*** - 63.3) and 6th (Stover - 68.1);
300m Low Hurdles - 2nd (Baert*** - 48.8) and 5th (Lettow - 54.4);
200m Dash - 3rd (Lang*** - 28.3); and
1600m Relay - 1st (Baert***, deRaismes***, Self***, VanNaarden*** - 4:17.5)**.

Tallying team points for the field events were:

High Jump - 1st (Malone*** - 5'0") and 2nd (Lang*** - 4'10");
Discus - 2nd (Houtz*** - 109'5") and 6th (Behrens - 89'1");
Shot Put - 2nd (Houtz*** - 34'11") and 5th (Alms - 31'5");
Long Jump - 2nd (deRaismes*** - 14'9") and 4th (App - 14'8"); and
Triple Jump - 3rd (App*** - 31'8") and 5th (Lettow - 30'9").

**Indicates a new Suburban Prairie Conference Record
***Indicates an All Conference standing for this event.

DeKalb, Rochelle Meet

The Kaneland Girls Track and Field team competed in the last triangular meet of the season, placing third overall against Rochelle and DeKalb. Team scores were Rochelle (76.5), DeKalb (58) and Kaneland (48.5).

Accumulating team points in the running events for Kaneland were:

800m Medley Relay - 3rd (Stover, Hankes, VanNaarden, A. Dalton - 2:05.5);
3200m Relay - 1st (Self, Burke, Guthke, Kirwan - 11:02.2);
400m Relay - 1st (Lang, Hankes, Palazzolo, VanNaarden - 54.0) and 4th (Haidle, Stombres, L. Dalton, A. Dalton - 1:00.2);
100m High Hurdles - 2nd (App - 17.6) and 3rd (Baert - 18.0);
800m Relay - 3rd (Stombres, L. Dalton, A. Dalton, Lettow - 2:08.6);
300m Low Hurdles - 1st (Baert - 48.9); and
1600m Relay - 1st (Baert, Stover, Lettow, A. Dalton - 4:34.7).

Place finishers in the field events for Kaneland were:

Triple Jump - 1st (App - 30' 8.5") and 2nd (Lettow - 29' 10.5");
High Jump - 3rd (Lang - 4' 10") and 5th (Malone - 4' 10");
Shot Put - 1st (Houtz - 33' 3") and 3rd (Alms - 30' 7.5") and;
Discus - 1st (Houtz - 95' 4") and 4th (Schenk - 85' 9").

IHSA Maple Park - Kaneland Sectional Meet

In the fifteen team IHSA Kaneland Sectional Track and Field Meet, Kaneland girls placed second overall, and qualified 12 individuals to compete at the 1997 IHSA State Track Meet. Participating sectional teams included the following (followed by team score):

Burlington Central (118), Kaneland (94), Richmond Burton (59), Marian Central (50), Marengo (48), Yorkville (34), Montini (36), Hampshire (20), Harvard (20), Aurora Central (18), Aurora Christian (16), St. Francis (15), Alden Hebron (14), Wheaton Academy (6), and St. Edwards (2).

Place finishers for Kaneland included:

3200m Relay - 3rd (deRaismes, Burke, Self, Baert - 10:28.5);
100m High Hurdles - 3rd (App - 17.4) and 5th (Haidle (17.9);
High Jump - 1st (Malone - 5' 0") and 2nd (Lang - 4' 10");
800m Medley Relay - 5th (Stover, Hankes, Palazzolo, VanNaarden - 1:59.4);
Discus - 1st (Houtz - 107' 7.5");
Shot Put - 1st (Houtz - 34' 5.25") and 2nd (Alms - 33' 4");
Long Jump - 3rd (deRaismes - 15' 3") and 5th (App - 14' 2.5");
800m Relay - 3rd (Lang, Hankes, Palazzolo, VanNaarden - 1:53.6);
300m Low Hurdles - 2nd (Baert - 48.9);
200m Dash - 5th (Lang - 29.6); and
1600m Relay - 2nd (Baert, deRaismes, Self, VanNaarden - 4:16.9).

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IHSA Girls Track & Field State Meet

In the 1997 IHSA Girls Track & Field State Meet, held at Eastern Illinois University, the Kaneland girls state qualifiers proudly represented their school and community. Although Kaneland did not qualify any girls to the finals competition on Saturday, all of the girls performed well. The results for Kaneland were as follows:

Discus - Erika Houtz (107 '0");
Shot Put - Erika Houtz (34' 6") and Laura Alms (31' 0.5");
High Jump - Kelly Malone (5' 0") and Debbie Lang (MOH);
300m Low Hurdles - Jenny Baert (48:08); and
1600m Relay - Jenny Baert, Megan deRaismes, Alex Self, Anna VanNaarden (4:09.54).

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD ROSTER
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Laura Alms April App Jenny Baert Nicki Balistieri
Megan deRaismes Shelley Behrens Lisa Dalton Jamie Fitzpatrick
Malinda Hankes Rhyan Burke Jenni Kirwan Andrea Schuppner
Erika Houtz Amy Dalton Debbie Lang Alex Self
Christina Palazzolo Cindi Garbarz Stacy Lettow Krissy Stover
April Reynolds Emily Guthke Kelly Malone
Natalie Tereal Rachel Hahn Beth Nolte
Anna VanNaarden Kristen Haidle Addie Sauber
Shelly Hislop Maranda Schenk
Cara Lippold
Corrie Kainz
Stefanie Stombres
Brianna Veldhuizen

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