If there’s one thing you can count on from the NRHEG High School girls’ track and field team this spring, it’s that Hailey Schuller will score a lot of points.
The junior did it again at the Maple River Invitational Thursday, April 23, placing in the top three in four events while leading the Panthers to a fourth-place finish.
“Hailey paced us again,” said coach Duey Ferber. “She always seems to be in the top three.”
Schuller won the 100-meter high hurdles in 16.98 seconds, was second in the 300 hurdles in 52.39 and third in the long jump at 13-7.5. She combined with Maddie Wagner, Gretchen Ramaker and Marnie Wagner for second in the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:54.11.
Madelia-Truman won the meet with 167 points. Minnesota Valley Lutheran was second at 106, followed by USC/AC with 105, NRHEG 91 and Maple River 73.Maddie Wagner picked up the Panthers’ other first, winning the high jump at 5 feet. Sophia Fischer was second in the shot put at 31-10.
Other NRHEG places: Marnie Wagner, third, 100 and sixth, high jump; 4x800, third (Kelly Harden, Annie Prigge, Kallie Thompson, Hailey Westrum); Ramaker, fourth, 100 and fourth, triple jump; Harden, fourth, 400; 4x100 relay, fourth (Wagner, Wagner, Erin VanWilgen, Harden); 4x400, fourth (Harden, Prigge, VanWilgen, Katharine Lewer); Maddie Wagner, fifth, 200; Sandra Quezada, fifth, 3200; Fischer, fifth, discus; Mia Williams, sixth, 3200; Katie Crabtree, sixth, discus.
“Maddie jumped well to win the high jump,” said Ferber. “We were without our young girls as they were competing in the junior high part of the meet.”