A group of middle school athletes accomplished some remarkable feats this past spring season. The Pella Christian seventh and eighth grade girls track and field team broke several school records and placed 2nd at the middle school Little Hawkeye Conference meet among the field made up of large Class 3A and small Class 4A schools. Hear from this group of athletes on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.

Pella Christian placed 2nd at LHC Middle School Championship Meet:
Top 3 finishers – Pella at 147, PC at 123.5 and Indianola at 101. At the conference meet, the Eagles had had 6 conference champions and finished 2nd two times.
Conference champs in:
– Open 100 – Rachel Kacmarynski
– Open 200 – Meredith Van Wyk
– Open 400 – Bailey Vos
– 4 x 200 – Chloe Nikkel, Josie Settles, Amaia Agre and Meredith Van Wyk
– Sprint Med – Chloe Nikkel, Lexi Terpstra, Rachel Kacmarynski and Amaia Agre
– 4 x 100 – Chloe Nikkel, Lexi Terpstra, Rachel Kacmarynski and Meredith Van Wyk

2nd place:
800 – Bailey Vos
4 x 400 – Amaia Agre, Josie Settles, Tori Van Zee and Bailey Vos

2022 Junior High Track records
Long Jump – 16.60 – Lexi Terpstra
400 – 1:00.33 – Bailey Vos
800 – 2:32.94 – (This was the longest standing record. It was held since 1982.) Bailey Vos
4 x 200 – 1:54:73 – Chloe Nikkel, Amaia Agre, Josie Settles, Meredith Van Wyk
Sprint Medley – 2:00.18 – Chloe Nikkel, Rachel Kacmarynski, Meredith Van Wyk, Bailey Vos
Shuttle Hurdle – 1:17:63 – Brynn Runner, Addie Van Arendonk, Maddy Van Zee, Tori Van Zee
Distance Medley – 4:40.14 – Lexi Terpstra, Meredith Van Wyk, Amaia Agre, Bailey Vos
4 x 400 4:29.15 – Amaia Agre, Josie Settles, Meredith Van Wyk, Bailey Vos
4 x 100 53.88 – Chloe Nikkel, Lexi Terpstra, Rachel Kacmarynski, Meredith Van Wyk