Kee girls track team racks up nine State Meet qualifications on the way to fourth-place team finish at Class 1A Qualifier
On to State with nine total qualifications ... These five members of the Kee girls track team racked up a total of nine different qualifications for this year’s State Track Meet with their efforts at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet hosted by Edgewood-Colesburg High School Thursday, May 13. Left to right are sophomore Jaylyn Walleser, junior Reagan Mudderman, sophomores Alison Wagner and Alaina Bakewell, and junior Haley Meyer. Walleser, Mudderman, Wagner and Bakewell qualified together with their fourth-place effort in the 4x400 relay in 4:24.16, and Walleser, Mudderman, Bakewell and Meyer joined forces for a runner-up qualifying result in the distance medley in 4:22.31. Meyer is also a triple individual qualifier after winning the 3000 meter run (11:12.90) and 1500 meter run (5:05.55) and also finishing second in the 800 meter run (2:23.43). Wagner placed fourth to join Meyer in qualifying in both the 3000 meter run (11:40.68) and 1500 meter run (5:26.10). Bakewell is also a double championship individual qualifier after winning both the 100 meter dash (13.09 seconds) and the 200 meter dash (27.50 seconds). They will compete this Thursday through Saturday, May 20-22 at the Iowa High School State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. 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 webpage.
Meyer and Bakewell are both double champions, four-event qualifiers
The Kee girls track team continued to accomplish many of its season objectives at its Class 1A State Qualifying Meet Thursday, May 13 at Edgewood-Colesburg, despite having to also continue to overcome some obstacles in the way. Already dealing with illness and injury throughout the regular season, the Lady Hawks were dealt another challenging hand by COVID-19 that took their most seasoned veteran out of Thursday’s competition mix. Despite that latest adversity, the Kee girls were able to rack up nine qualifications for this year’s State Meet, winning four events for automatic advancement Thursday night and adding five more at-large qualifications with performances that ended up being within the top 14 non-championship results from throughout the 10 Class 1A State Qualifying Meets held throughout the state of Iowa.
The Lady Hawks will now prepare to make their mark among Class 1A’s best at the State Track Meet in Des Moines Thursday-Saturday, May 20-22. Details of that season grand finale can be found elsewhere on the Sports pages in the May 19, 2021 e-edition and print edition of The Standard.
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