In their outdoor season debut for 2015, the Pella High girls’ track and field team looked extremely sharp at Southeast Polk last night. The Lady Dutch finished runners-up to the host Rams, scoring 151.5 points, only 34 less than Southeast Polk. Six different events placed for Pella, including the 4 x 400 meter and shuttle hurdle relay teams, Emma Thoreson was first in the 100 meter hurdles, Kiki Pingel in the 400 meter hurdles, Marissa Borgerding had the furthest shot put throw, and Lexi Reynolds was best in the discus. Four events finished second and four more third for the Lady Dutch, and you can see full results below. Pella’s girls are back at it in Knoxville on Saturday for the Panther Relays.
1st place
100H Emma Thoreson 16.23
400H Kiki Pingel 1:13.21
4×400 Lydia VanEe, Makenna Bogaard, Annika Pingel, Kenzie Gustafson 4:09.10
Shuttle Paighton Malek, Emma Thoreson, Kiki Pingel, Lydia VanEe 1:08.76
Shot Put Marissa Borgerding 36-01.0
Discus Lexi Reynolds 119-02
2nd place
3000m Tess Roorda 11:42.81
4×200 M. Bogaard, K. Pingel, M. Gustafson, A. Pingel 1:49.36
Long Jump J. Holterhaus 16-00.0
Shot Put Heidi Groenendyk 35-07.5
3rd place
1500m Kelcey Blommers 5:21.08
4×100 P. Malek, E. Vos, J. Holterhaus, A. Pingel 51.96
4×800 Erica Halstead, Payton Phelps, Nicole Schnebbe, Kelcey Blommers 10:53.7
Discus Marissa Borgerding 92-09
4th place
1500m Tess Roorda 5:26.71
Sprint Med Sara Tallman, Kristin Rundle, K. Gustafson, E. Halstead 2:00.47
Long Jump P. Malek 15-02.0
5th place
Distance Med Megan Kooker, J. Holterhaus, Jenna Murphy, Ashley Kirkland 4:54.24
6th place
200m Emily Vos 27.86
800m Payton Phelps 2:38.99
3000m Emily Dux 12:53.24
7th place
100m Paighton Malek 13.56
200m Makenna Bogaard 27.97
800m Nicole Schnebbe 2:40.68
Team Scores
SEP 185.5
PELLA 151.5
Dowling 149
Ottumwa 104
DM Lincoln 56
DM East 47
DM North 14
Hoover 9