Big 8 Championships

Friday night brought together some of the best competition in the state at the 2015 Big Eight Conference Championships hosted by Verona HS. How good is the Big Eight Conference you ask? Well after Friday nights meet the the Big 8 girls boast 53 state honor roll performances (2 of which are #1 performances) and the Big 8 boys have 42 state honor performances (4 of which are #1 performances). The Wisconsin weather cooperated Friday night to allow for many PR performances and the Madison Memorial Spartans rose to the occasion to contribute to this great meet. Over the night the girls team accumulated 71 points to finish in 5th place while the boys team garnered 36 points for an 8th place finish. Both teams will look ahead now to WIAA Regionals which will be hosted at Middleton HS and hope to have some top 4 finishers to continue the pursuit of the trip to LaCrosse for WIAA State.

Big Eight Conference Champion
Holly H - Discus - 134' 0"

Scoring points on the girls side: Holly H 2nd in the shot put (38' 10" - PR), Delaney E 2nd in 1600m run (5:08.31 -PR) & 2nd in the 3200m run (11:01.33 - PR), 4x100m relay of Margot W, Sierra H, Emma Cate M, & Brittany B 3rd in 50.81, 4x800m relay of Carly H, Siena C, Caroline B, & Sydney P 4th in 10:13.96, Sydney P 4th in the 800m run (2:31.05), Brittany B 4th in the 100m dash (13.16) & 8th in pole vault (8' 6"), 4x200m relay of Margot W, Brittany B, Emma Cate M, & Sierra H 4th in 1:47.89, Sydney H 6th in shot put (33' 5.5" - PR) & 7th in discus (97' 0), Sarah H 6th in triple jump (33' 8.5" - PR), Mariah OF 7th in the 300m hurdles (50.12), and the 4x400m relay of Danni F, Caroline B, Sarah H, & Natalie D 8th in 4:24.15. Some other notable PRs on the day included Kyra H in the 800m run (2:38.91), Danni F in the pole vault (8' 0"), & Sierra H in the long jump (15' .5").

Scoring points on the boys side: Hunter P 2nd in the 110m hurdles (15.42 - PR) & 2nd in the high jump (6' 0"), Darrion M 3rd in the high jump (5' 10"), Jack G 5th in the discus (126' 9"), 4x100m relay of Ean M, Kyle F, Hunter P, & Jason W 6th in 45.70, 4x400m relay of Alex A, Calvin J, Lance D, & Rory S 6th in 3:35.86, 4x200m relay of Alfredo EA, Kyle F, Ean M, & Alex A 7th in 1:36.78, and the 4x800m relay of Luke V, Austin W, Jonas B, & Calder B 7th in 8:46.43. Other notable PRs included Rory S (4:33.81) & Joel F (4:45.37) in the 1600m run, Andrew CW (54.81) & Lance D (55.07) in the 400m dash, James H in the 300m hurdles (44.20), Calder B in the 800m run (2:09.48), Casey GT (9:58.50) & Jonas B (10:05.20) in the 3200m run, and Tommy K (11' 0") & Zach O (11' 0") in the pole vault.

MEET RESULTS
Boys & Girls

MEDIA COVERAGE
Madison.com article
Madison.com photo gallery
wisconsintrackonline.com feature

UPCOMING MEETS
Tuesday May 19th - BOYS
Frosh/Soph Janesville Invite
Early Release - 2:00pm
Bus - 2:15pm
4:15 - Running & Field Events
2014 Results

Thursday May 21st - GIRLS
JV Beloit Invite
Early Release - 1:45pm
Bus - 2:00pm
4:00pm - Field Events
4:30pm - Running Events
2014 Results

NEWS & NOTES
Uniform/Jacket Returns - Please wash & return to head coach in a bag with athlete's name on the bag
Regionals - Tues May 26th - @ Middleton HS 
End of Year Gathering - June 2nd @ 6:00pm

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