Beloit Memorial boys and girls both seventh in SLC Track and Field Championships

BURLINGTON, Wis. – Junior Dontavious Olson took first place in the 300-meter hurdles in a personal-best 42.08 seconds to lead Beloit Memorial’s performances at the 2004 Southern Lakes Conference Track & Field Championships at Burlington High School on Tuesday.

The Purple Knights juniors had a strong night in the weight events. Tucker Sherrod finished third with a PR of 148-feet, 10 inches. He edged out teammate Jaedyn Coleman, who was fourth with a PR of 148-03. Teammate Dillon Larson-Amato also earned team points with an eighth-place finish and a PR of 121-07. Beloit earned 11 points in the event.

Coleman also collected a third place in the shot put with a PR of 51-09.

Beloit’s 4x200m relay took fourth with a time of 1:36.80. That quartet consisted of Tevin Anderson, Brian Cunningan-Little, Dontavious Olson, and Caiden Price. Olson, Price, Cunnigan-Little and Vinson Reed finished seventh in the 4x100 in 47.99 seconds..

Several Knights had PR performances in the meet. Sophomore Vinson Reed set a PR in the 100 with a time of 11.81 seconds and senior Brayden Bye set a PR in the 1600 with a time of 5:36.40. Freshman Sean Levy set a PR in the 800 (2:29.76).

Tevin Anderson set a PR in the 200 (24.73).

For the girls, senior Jaslyn Gama scored in two events in the girls meet. She was third in the 400 in 1:02.01 and she was third in the 300 hurdles in a personal-best 49.59.

Junior Audrey Mills-Brown set a PR in the 200 (27.60). Senior Jadyn Gibson set a PR in the shot put (26-02) Senior Norah Saladar also set a PR in the shot put (25-03) and also a PR in the discus (76-00) Senior Anna Friedl set a PR in the discus (50-11).

Beloit Memorial’s boys and girls track teams both finished seventh in the eight-team meet.