Lowell Repeats as Snowmelter Champs

It took five years, but the Lowell girls track team defended their 2018 Snowmelter title with a team score of 653.5 which out distanced runner-up Sparta by 50 points. It took five years as the Snowmelter was cancelled due to both weather and the pandemic in the years in between. The meet was the first time the 2023 team was able to compete outside and was also the first time the girls were in a meet that used the MITCA scoring system in which three athletes from each team score in every event; thus, eighteen people score with a six-team field.

Lowell took advantage of multiple first place wins in the field events to start the ball rolling and built on it with 6 wins on the track as well as two first place finishes for relays.   There were multiple events where Lowell either went 1-2 or where we had a 1-3 finish in events which help build the point total quickly. Multiple event winners were Annika Sandman (800, 1600, 3200), Isabel German (PV, 100,200, 400mrelay), and Aubriegh Oswald (Shot Put, Discus). Five girls hit the AQ (automatic qualifying) mark to earn their varsity letter.

Team Scoring

1. Lowell                           653.5
2. Sparta                           601.5
3. GRTC                             312
4. GR Union                     157
5. GR Wellspring Prep 150
6. Grand River Prep      117

Finishing in the top three were.

Isabel German 1^st 100m 13.50 / 1^st 200m 29.31 / PV 9’6”

Annika Sandman 1^st 1600m 5:19.41 / 1^st 3200m 10:52 (School Record) / 3^rd 800m 2:29.53

Aubriegh Oswald 1^st Shot Put 33’11/2” / 1^st Discus 85’11”

Katrina Sandman 2^nd 800m 2:27.96 / 2^nd 1600m 5:20.17 / 2^nd 3200m 11:22.28

Leah Krieger 1^st HJ 4’7” / 2^nd 100H 18.4(PR) / 2^nd 300H 58.09 / 2^nd LJ 14’3”

Brooklyn Braun 3^rd 100m 14.59

Kailyn Gustin 3^rd 200m 31.37 / 3^rd LJ 13’11”

Anna Seddon 3^rd 100H 19.6

1^st place relays were.

400m Relay (Seddon, Gustin, Annika Huhn, I German) 56.37

800m Relay (Seddon, Isabella Kuntz, Huhn, Gustin) 2:04.3

2^nd place relays were.

1600m Relay (Braun, Kuntz, A Sandman, K Sandman) 4:52.04

3200m Relay (Jadyn Young, Maree Perfitt, Audrey Latchaw, Abigail German) 11:37.22

The Arrows will be off for Spring Break and will open the OK White Season @ FHN on April 11^th.