Lady Arrows Finish 5^th at MITCA State Meet

With last week’s regional victory the Lowell Girls T & F team earned the right to compete at the MITCA Team State Meet.  This is significant as it is the first time that Lowell has earned this privilege as a D1 team and the first time it has earned the right at any level since 2002 as a D2 team.  The Arrows took advantage of the invite as they hit some high marks and finished in 5^th place among the 15 teams that accepted the invitation to the meet.   What a great learning opportunity for Lowell as there were some big names in the meet including state leaders Rockford, Kentwood, and Macomb Dakota; and the Arrows fought hard throughout the meet.  The highlight of the meet was seeing the 400m relay team of Kyra Snyder, Madison Brown, Julia Tuuri, and Diana Roth taking 5^th as they set the school record of 50.45 which broke the school record set in 1995 by the team of Jansma, Gowen, Arnett, and Burrows.  Individual highlights were seen in the HJ as Kaylee Diamond took 2^nd in the HJ (5’3”)  and 5^th in the LJ (15-08.75), Theresa Judd taking 4^th in the PV (9-09) and 5^th in the 100H (16.25), and Haley Nieuwkoop taking 5^th in the 3200m (12:08.09).

Other top ten finishes for Lowell were,

Kyra Snyder        200m     6^th           26.81

Judd                      300H      9^th           50.83

Ashley Boehr     300H      10^th         51.49

Roth                      100m     10^th         13.25

Nieuwkoop        1600m   10^th         5:42.51

800m relay    (Snyder, Brown, Tuuri. Roth)   8^th    1:48.86

3200m relay  (Boehr, Haines, Fredricks, Aud)       8^th  10:41.44

1600m relay (Tuuri, Sanders, Forward, Boehr)  8^th 4:22.41

Women - Team Rankings

1) Rockford 1819.50       2) East Kentwood 1508

3) Salem 1309.50             4) Macomb Dakota 1238

5) Lowell 1213.50             6) Ann Arbor Skyline 1203

7) Howell 1101                  8) Holt 1090

9) Brownstown Woodhaven 939.50    10) Temperance Bedford 906

11) Jenison 874.50          12) St. Joseph 870

13) Port Huron Northern 715     14) Grosse Pointe North 474.50

15) Allen Park 460

The MITCA meet closes out the season for the team as a whole but six individuals will continue to carry the banner as they compete at the MHSAA State Meet this Saturday at East Kentwood HS.  Those competing are

Theresa Judd                     100H / PV

Kaylee Diamond               HJ /LJ

Dian Roth                            100m / 800m relay

Julia Tuuri                            800m relay

Madison Brown                800m relay

Kyra Snyder                        800m relay