The PHS girls track and field team took second place at the Gary Ewing Invitational in Brookfield Friday, falling just five and a half points behind first-place Marceline.
“It was a good day over all at Brookfield,” said Coach Nicholas Koetters. “We weren’t at full strength but that didn’t stop them from doing well.
“We have some positions to figure out and some things to clean up going forward if we want to make history.”
Palmyra notched four first place wins while also competing against athletes from Brookfield, Fayette, Highland, Knox County, Paris, Schuyler County, South Shelby and Westran.
The 4 x 100, 4 x 400 and 4 x 800 relay teams all took first along with Abbey Redd in the pole vault.
Placing in the top five for Palmyra were:
Redd, first place in the pole vault at 10 feet;
the first-place 4 x 100 meter relay team of Sophie Hoerr, Redd, Bella McBride and Taytum White at 53.29;
the first-place 4 x 400 meter relay team of Lauren Sheputis, Mallory Sublette, Alaina Loman and White at 4:28.05;
the first-place 4 x 800 meter relay team of Sheputis, Loman, Bella Perkins and Audrey Noland at 10:54.22;
the second-place 4 x 200 meter relay team of Grace Krigbaum, Dyoni Mundy, Hoerr and Sublette at 1:56.12;
Drew Billups, third place in the discus with a personal best 104 feet, 10 inches;
Loman, third place in the pole vault tying her personal best eight feet, six inches;
King, fourth place in the shot put at 34 feet, five inches; and fifth place in the discus at 103 feet, 11 inches;
White, fourth place in the 200 meters at 28.06;
Sheputis, fourth place in the 400 meters at 1:05.92;
Noland, fourth place in the 800 meters with a personal best 2:40.06; and
Sublette, fifth place in the triple jump at 32 feet, five inches.
Also setting personal bests at the meet were:
Gabi Cissna, in the 100 meter hurdles;
Ava Weiman in the 1,600 meters; and
Lydia Gard in the 3,200 meters.
