Haden had a PR-ifect night!

Well the night best performances' probably has to go to Savannah Haden as she had 2 pr's and finished 1st in the 3200 and 2nd in the 1600 (in a come from behind win) on Tuesday night at Vienna's Black and Gold Invitational. We had some other good performances at the meet but Savannah did an awesome job. She had a season pr in the 1600 and a career pr in the 3200.

Here are the top eight finishers
Girls
1. Vienna 149
2. Russellville 119.5
3. New Bloomfield 71

100m 2nd 14.03 Morgan Roberts
400m 3rd 1:06.03 Sarah Koestner
400m 4th 1"1:10.44 Jessica Potts
800m 4th 2:57.87 Cassandra Carter
1600m 2nd 6:11.7 Savannah Haden
1600m 4th 6:35.55 Cassandra Carter
3200m 1st 13:56.06 Savannah Haden
100H 4th 20.18 Tanya Neal
100H 8th 22.57 Jamie Webster
300H 3rd 55.85 Tanya Neal
300H 5th 1:04.6 Jamie Webster
4x200 1st 2:00.29 Sarah Koestner, Morgan Roberts, Jessica Potts, Tanya Neal
4x400 1st 4:36.33 Sarah Koestner, jessica Potts, Casandra Carter, Tanya Neal
4x800 1st 11:26.00 Sarah Koestner, Savannah Haden, Casandra Carter, Jessica Potts
Shot Put 4th 32'8" Stephanie Baker
Discus 5th 99'10" Stephanie Baker
Pole Vault 3rd 6' Jamie Webster
Long Jump 4th 15' Morgan Roberts


Boys
1. Vienna 158.5
2. Steelville 91.33
3. Belle 88.5
10. Russellville 23

3200 4th 11:56.10 Nick Hartley
Shot Put 1st 43'10" Alex Earls
Discus 2nd 123'11" Alex Earls

Fatima Blue & Gold Results

I probably shouldn't say anything but, I can not believe that the weather has been so nice this spring. And last night the weather exactly what we wanted in order to run. The highlight of the night was Sarah Koestner again! Sarah won the 1600 and 3200 while smashing her own record in the 3200 by a mere 12 seconds. WOW! We also had some good performances throughout the night, Jessica Potts pr'd in the 400 and the 4x100 team did a great job getting their pr for the season. And Tanya Neal is doing a great job this year in the 300 hurdles, as she has brought her time down every single meet this year. Another girl doing well is Karen Wells, she is getting better and better as the season progresses. For the boys, Dustin Hagenhoff did a great job in the 1600 by getting a pr by about 10 seconds. Alex Earls is also doing very well in the disc and shot. Here are the results, i do not have team scores although i believe the girls finished 4th.

Here are the top 8 finishers

Girls:

4x800 8th 12:00 Cassandra Carter, Savannah Haden, Sue Englage, Karen Wells
100m 5th 13.2 Morgan Roberts
4x200 6th 1:55.23 Tanya Neal, Courtney Dawson, Jessica Potts, Morgan Roberts
1600m 1st 5:36 Sarah Koestner
1600m 8th 6:24 Savannah Haden
400m 6th 1:05.71 Jessica Potts
3200 1st 12:14.41 Sarah Koestner *****Current School Record*****
Shot Put 7th 30'8" Stephanie Baker
Discus 8th 82'3" Stephanie Baker

Boys:
Shot Put 1st 42'10" Alex Earls
Discus 2nd 128'1" Alex Earls

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Results

There is another website out there that lists all of the results that I have accumulated throughout the year. I try to put all of the times that I can get my hands on. You can look at the site and see where you stand throughout the state, class, district. Remember these results are only from schools that input the information in the website. Go to athletic.net you will then click on the 'High School' link on the left side. You will then go down on the page and find our school in Class 2. If you have any questions please let me know.
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Conference Results!

Well we didn't win our third straight conference title for the girls but we still did a great job. Sarah Koestner was Conference champion in the 800, 1600, & 3200. Also Alex Earls was conference champion in the Shot Put and Discus. Other All-Conference performers were Morgan Roberts in the 100 & Long Jump, Jamie Webster in the Pole vault, 4x200 & 4x100 team of Tanya Neal, Courtney Dawson, Jessica Potts, & Morgan Roberts. Tanya Neal was all conference in the 300H while Stephanie Baker was all conference in the shot put. Here are the top 8 performers in the Show-Me Conference Track meet.

Girls
1. Fatima 199 pts
2 Linn 157.5 pts
3. Russellville 114 pts

4x800 3rd 12:25 Sue Englage, Cassandra, Savannah Haden, Karen Wells
100H 4th 19.58 Tanya Neal
100H 8th 22.37 Jamie Webster
100 2nd 13.43 Morgan Roberts
4x200 2nd 1:56.24 Tanya Neal, Courtney Dawson, Jessica Potts, Morgan Roberts
1600 1st 5:30 Sarah Koestner
4x100 2nd 55.39 Tanya Neal, Courtney Dawson, Jessica Potts, Morgan Roberts
400 5th Jessica Potts 1:07.37
300H 3rd 54.71 Tanya Neal
300H 6th 1:02 Jamie Webster
800 1st 2:26.95 Sarah Koestner
800 8th 2:48 Cassandra Carter
200 7th 31.00 Courtney Dawson
3200 1st 13:00 Sarah Koestner
3200 7th 15:09 Savannah Haden
Shot-Put 3rd 32'7" Stephanie Baker
LJ 2nd 15'3" Morgan Roberts
PV 3rd 6'6" Jamie Webster


Boys
1. Fatima 213
2. Chamios 141
3. Linn 127
4. St. Elizabeth 69
5. Russellville 46

4x800 5th 10:29 Billy Hendricks, Nick Hartley, Bradley Skinner, Dustin Hagenhoff
4x200 5th 1:50.81 Jacob Saunders, Billy Hendricks, Kyle Peek, Ben Rice
1600 7th 5:25.01 Bradley Skinner
4x100 4th 54.41 Jacob Saunders, Billy Hendricks, Kyle Peek, Ben Rice
400 6th 1:05 Nick Hartley
300H 6t 54.48 Ben Rice
SP 1st 42'11" Alex Earls
Discus 1`st 133'9" Alex Earls

By the hair on her chinny chin chin!

Well as I have said earlier in a post, Sarah was on the verge of breaking the 800m record. Well last night at the Show-Me Conference track meet she beat the record by a meer 3 hundredths of a second. She ran a great race and was not really pushed on the second lap, so she got that record on her own desire. She overtook the record set by Renee Bryant, Sarah ran a 2:26.95 while Renee ran a 2:26.98. Congratulations to Sarah for winning and setting your Fourth record at RHS. Sarah is a remarkable athlete, as she sit two different records this year without even being pushed. Good luck and stay tuned for more record breaking performances.
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Blair Oaks Relays

This is one weird meet. This meet is not like any other meets that we go to. It really is a lot of fun except if veers from the norm. There are some events that are not usually staged at most meets, for instance the Sprint Medley relay of 100, 100, 200, 400. The same distance as a 4x200 relay except the runners run different distances. As a team we did pretty well considering the amount of teams that were present. Here are the top 8 finishers from Saturdays meet.

Girls

1600 1st 5:37.89 Sarah Koestner
3200 2nd 12:55 Sarah Koestner
4x800 Relay 5th 12:14.94 Sue Englage, Cassandra Carter, Savannah Haden, Karen Wells
Sprint Medley 1st 2:02.76 Tanya Neal, Morgan Roberts, Courtney Dawson, Jessica Potts
1600 Medley 5th 5:00.98 Morgan Roberts, tanya Neal, Jessica Potts, Cassandra Carter
LJ 15'4" 3rd Morgan Roberts

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Osage vs. Cole County Challenge

For the Osage vs. Cole County Challenge the teams of Russellville and Blair Oaks paired up with the likes of Linn and Fatima. The two counties high school and middle school boys and girls points were added together with the highest point total claiming the victory. The Cole County teams fell just a tad short on claiming the first annual title. We fell short by 19 points. Very fun evening for all involved (although it was a bit late into the evening when all was said and done) Here are the top 5 finishers

Girls
4x800 11:04.36 3rd Sue Englage, Cassandra Carter, Savannah Haden, Karen Wells
100m Hurdles 20.29 5th Tanya Neal 20.29
Shot 29'5" 3rd Stephanie Baker
100m 13.28 4th Morgan Roberts
Long Jump 15'2" 2nd Morgan Roberts
Pole Vault 6' 5th Jamie Webster
1600m 5:39.37 1st Sarah Koestner
Discus 97'6" 2nd Stephanie Baker
4x100 2nd 55.23 Tanya Neal, Courtney Dawson, Jessica Potts, Morgan Roberts
400m 1:08.78 3rd Jessica Potts
800m 2:27.5 1st Sarah Koestner
200m 28.91 3rd Morgan Roberts
200m 29.81 4th Tanya Neal
3200m 13:15 1st Sarah Koestner
3200M 14:24 5th Savannah Haden

Boys
Shot 40'8" 1st Alex Earls
Discus 116'3" 3rd Alex Earls


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Results from the Linn Invitational

So does weather effect the way a person performs in track and field? Well, after this last meet we seen some major differences in the times in most of the events. So, yes weather does play an important role. At the Linn Invite we has some great weather, warm for sprinters yet cool enough to be great for the long distance kids. After the first meet we had some times that were not where I was expecting them to be, and that worried me a great deal. So I was contemplating things about our training. Then we has this meet last Thusday and things were back on track and that put things to ease in my mind. From my earlier post we had a great performance by Sarah Koestner in the 3200 by setting the 3200 school record by 9 seconds. We also had a good performance by Alex Earls in both the shot-put and discus. Alex is just 1' away from the discus record. This record is also in danger of being broken within the next week or so. So congrats to all of the runners and throwers, we had a great meet and hopefully we will have more to come.
Here are the top 8 finishers at the Linn Invite.

Girls:
1st Fatima 104 pts
2nd Blair Oaks 101 pts
3rd Linn 75 pts.
8th Russellville 39 pts.

100m Morgan Roberts 5th 13.28
1600m Sarah Koestner 1st 5:47.12
3200M Sarah Koestner 1st 12:26.56 School Record
4x100 (Tanya Neal, Courtney Dawson, Jessica Potts, Morgan Roberts) 5th 55.41
Shot Put Stephanie Baker 6th 30'6.5"
Discus Stephanie Baker 6th 92'7"
Long Jump Morgan Roberts 4th 14'8.5"


Boys:
1st Fatima 122 pts.
2nd Linn 62 pts.
3rd Versailles 59 pts.
16th Russellville 12 pts.

Discus Alex Earls 3rd 133'10"
Shot Put Alex Earls 3rd 41'7"

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Sarah Koestner breaks another school record.

Wow is all i have to say. Sarah Koestner is going to be a legend at Russellville High School in the years to come, and at Russellville you have to be good no Great, to be considered a legend. With the past legends like Danny Bryant, Jim Heady, Carl Gilpin, and Zach Bryant to name a few, to be in the talk with those you have to have done some great things on the track. Sarah, in just the 2nd meet of the season has broken her third school record in the 3200m run. The record, which was set by Jamie Flessa at 12:35, was smashed by 9 seconds to 12:26. She has also broken the 1600 meter record last year, and her sophomore year she helped set the 4x800 relay record. There is still another record in her reach, so stay tuned for the news on that. Sarah you will go down in the history books here at RHS. We are all so proud of you.
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