Waukon girls track team gets outdoor schedule off to successful start with a win at own Early Bird Invitational, places seventh at limited Tipton Invitational


Hurdle highlights ... Waukon girls track junior Maggie Criswell clears a hurdle on her way to victory in the 400 meter hurdles at the Lady Indians’ Early Bird home invitational Tuesday, April 12. Criswell topped that 400 meter hurdle field in a time of 1:16.83, finished second in the 100 meter hurdles in 17.24 seconds, and joined fellow junior Bailey Sherman and sophomores Breckan Stewart and Cameron Johnson in winning the shuttle hurdle relay with a clocking of 1:13.64. She also joined forces with Johnson, sophomore Kaitlyn Krambeer and freshman Reese McCormick in winning the 4x100 relay in 55.87 seconds. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon girls track team was finally able to compete outdoors for the first time this season, but had to make some quick adjustments in order to get two competitions this past week. The Lady Indians were able to host their own Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 12, winning that eight-team event, but then made a quick schedule change when their New Hampton Invitational scheduled for Thursday, April 14 was canceled due to cold, windy weather - the track Tribe instead getting some team members entered into the Tipton Invitational to end up seventh among 12 teams in that event.

The Waukon girls were next slated to compete at the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 19 and take part in the North Fayette Invitational Friday, April 22 before hosting their own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 26. The Lady Indians will then compete in the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 28 and the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Monday, May 2 before taking part in the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet at Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, May 5.

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