Charger girls place seventh at Kip Janvrin Invitational, set school record in 4×400 relay

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC girls track team made the short trip to compete in the Kip Janvrin Invitational at Panorama on Tuesday, April 8. The Chargers placed seventh, scoring 60 points. Central Decatur won the meet with 101, narrowly defeating Madrid, which scored 100. The girls had two gold medalists: Cadence Petersen in the 400-meter hurdles and Ava Campbell in the 1500-meter run. The 4×400-relay squad earned a silver medal and broke a school record. The previous record was 4:29.12, set in 2017. The team of Campbell, Nora Langgaard, Lillie Lauzon and Savannah Akers beat it, running a 4:27.92. Becca Littler in discus and the 800-meter sprint medley teams earned bronze.

FULL ACGC RESULTS

• 100-meter dash: Elizabeth Drake placed 24^th in 15.52
• Kiera Boals placed 30^th in 15.84
• 200-meter dash: Savannah Akers placed 13^th in 29.49
• Drake placed 29^th in 33.26
• 400-meter hurdles, Cadence Petersen placed first in 1:13.03
• 800-meter run: Brooklyn Schafer placed sixth in 2:49.07
• 1500-meter run: Ava Campbell placed first in 4:55.25
• Discus: Becca Littler placed third throwing 95-02
• Caydence Boals placed fourth throwing 94-00
• Megan Underwood placed 23^rd throwing 65-07
• High jump: Petersen placed 12^th jumping 4-04
• Shot put: Boal placed sixth throwing 32-03.50
• Littler placed 11^th throwing 29-00.75
• Olivia Mahaffey placed 15^th throwing 26-10.75
• 800-meter sprint medley: Meranda Gruber, Akers, Nora Langgaard and Campbell placed third in 1:59.56
• 4×100-meter relay: Gruber, Akers, Lillie Lauzon and Langgaard placed fifth in 54.85
• 4×400-meter relay: Campbell, Langgaard, Lauzon and Akers placed second in 4:27.92
• Distance medley: Langgaard, Lauzon, Brooklyn Schafer and Petersen placed fourth in 4:47.89

Photos by Mark Reno

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