Packy Paquette Indoor Held at UW-Superior
The Cumberland Track Team continued their Indoor Season by traveling to the Packy Paquette Indoor Meet held at UW-Superior last Friday. The meet is named for a former Superior High School student and University of Minnesota athlete who was killed in a car accident in 1968.
Cumberland finished 12th in the 12-team boy’s competition, while the girl’s team was 10th in the 11-team competition in their portion of the evening. Chippewa Falls and Hayward were the two first-place finishers.
Cumberland Coach Ryan O’Connell received another outstanding performance from Senior Andie Otto during the meet. Otto took first in the 55-meter hurdles, 3rd in the 200-meter hurdles (30-72), 3rd in the triple jump (33-00), and 7th in the 220 (28-29). Her winning time in the 55-meter hurdles was 9.20, just off her school record. She has taken her place among the top female track competitors in Northwest Wisconsin.
The other top five finish for the Beavers came from Senior Josh Swint, who took 4th out of 18 runners in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:58.
Senior Jacob Schradle also enjoyed a nice night by finishing 7th in the 200-meter hurdles (28-46) and 8th in the 55-meter hurdles (9.27), while Gavin Gores was 10th in the 200 (25-29) and Ryker Allen 10th in the shot put (40-06). Mya Anderson also finished 9th in the triple jump with a leap of 27-01.
Finally, the Beavers received 6th place finishes from the girl’s 4x800 meter relay team (McCreary, Witthoft, Clark and Peterson) and the boy’s 4x400 team (Gores, Jain, Owens, and Kiekhoefer). “We had some fine performances against strong competition,” said Coach O’Connell.
Cumberland finishes up their indoor season with the HON Conference Meet in Ashland this Friday night, Starting at 4:00 pm.
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