There were automatic qualifiers aplenty for the PCM girls’ track and field team yesterday at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont. The Mustangs’ gals were the Class 2A district champions in their meet thanks to six first place finishes and four runner-up times. Rachel Peter won the 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs, and the 4 x 200 and 4 x 400 relay teams also placed first. Pella Christian’s girls finished fourth as a team and qualified a quartet of events to state, including the 400 meter dash, 4 x 100 and 200 meter relays and the sprint medley relay. PCM and Pella Christian’s results are below.

Pella Christian:
2014 State Qualifying Meet – Media

PCM:
Automatic State Qualifiers:
Lexi Kain: 100 hurdles (district champion) – 16.89
Jayci Vos: 400 hurdles (district champion) – 67.41
Rachel Peter: 1500 (district champion) – 5:18.90
Rachel Peter: 3000 (district champion) – 11:18.09
Katie Vande Wall: 400 (district runner-up) – 64.90
4×200: Jayci Vos, Kenzie Clarke, Ashley Van Gorp, Lexi Kain (district champions) – 1:49.37
4×400: Jayci Vos, Katie Vande Wall, Ashley Van Gorp, Rachel Stafford (district champions) – 4:18.30
Sprint Medley: Kenzie Clarke, Emily Hugen, Lexi Kain, Rachel Stafford (district runner-up) – 1:57.90
Distance Medley: Kenzie Clarke, Emily Hugen, Ashley Van Gorp, Rachel Stafford (district runner-up) – 4:29.14
Shuttle Hurdle: Rachel Gulling, Abbi Gilson, Kayla Jennings, Tatum Schnug (district runner-up) – 1:12.19

Results: Official results haven’t been sent to me yet. I’ll give you top 8 results for PCM

DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AS A TEAM: PCM

District Champions:
100 hurdles: Lexi Kain (16.89)
400 hurdles: Jayci Vos (67.41)
1500: Rachel Peter (5:18.90)
3000: Rachel Peter (11:18.09)
4×200: Jayci Vos, Kenzie Clarke, Ashley Van Gorp, Lexi Kain (1:49.37)
4×400: Jayci Vos, Katie Vande Wall, Ashley Van Gorp, Rachel Stafford (4:18.30)

District Runner-Ups:
400: Katie Vande Wall (64.90)
Sprint Med: Kenzie Clarke, Emily Hugen, Lexi Kain, Rachel Stafford (1:57.90)
Distance Med: Kenzie Clarke, Emily Hugen, Ashley Van Gorp, Rachel Stafford (4:29.14)
Shuttle Hurdle: Rachel Gulling, Abbi Gilson, Kayla Jennings, Tatum Schnug (1:12.19)

3rd place:
Long Jump: Ashley Van Gorp (15’6″)
Discus: Abbi Gilson (104’3″)
Shot Put: Grace Telfer (36’1/2″)

4th place:
Shot Put: Abbi Gilson (36’0″)
Long Jump: Rachel Freland (15’2″)
400 hurdles: Tatum Schnug (75.70)

5th place:
100: Rachel Gulling (13.59)

6th place:
200: Emily Hugen (28.86)
400: Kayla Jennings (71.10)
Discus: Grace Telfer (88’02”)

7th place:
800: Rachel Peter (2:45.82)
4×800: Kiara Kapplemann, Courtney Van Houweling, Morgan Novak, Kaylee Townsend (12:02.85)

8th place:
100 hurdles: Rachel Gulling (17.57)

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