Kee girls track team places fifth at Crestwood, wins home invitational

Third-place hurdle effort, and more ...
Kee girls track senior Erin Rud clears this hurdle on her way to a third-place finish in the 100 meter hurdles in a time of 19.94 seconds at the Hawks’ own home invitational meet Thursday, April 21. In addition to her hurdle heroics in the final home meet of her high school career, Rud also helped Kee’s 4x100 relay to third place, as well as assisting the Hawks’ distance medley and 4x400 relays to victories. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee girls track team competed in a pair of meets this past week, putting forth some of its best efforts of the season. The Lady Hawks claimed a fifth-place finish on a cold, wet night at the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 19 before winning their own Kee Invitational Thursday, April 21.

“The girls took a big step forward this week,” Kee girls track coach Chad Winters said about his charges’ efforts. “Times are starting to drop and the weather is finally cooperating!”

The Lady Hawks were scheduled to compete in the Clayton Ridge Invitational Tuesday, April 26 before competing at MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 28. The Kee track girls will then compete at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Monday, May 2 before taking part in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 5 at North Fayette Valley in West Union. Kee will then compete for State Meet qualification Thursday, May 12 at Edgewood-Colesburg.
 

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