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Whispering Palms finishes strong in All Schools
Whispering Palms students pose with their medals won in the 2016 PSS/McDonald’s All Schools Track and Field Championships held last week at the Hopwood Junior High Scholl Field.
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After four days of non-stop competition, the 2016 PSS/McDonald’s All Schools Track and Field Championships came to an end last Saturday at the Hopwood Junior High Scholl Field.
In a large field of competitors, Whispering Palms School was able to place third overall in the elementary school division. By age group, WPS’ boys U9 and boys U11 finished third and the girls U11 came in at second place.
Whispering Palms’ team was composed of 14 elementary students who qualified to compete in the running and field events. The list includes Lily James, Katie Rose James, Helen Kim, Lia Mariano, Violet Allen, River Kramer, Ashley DeCourteney, Erin Frink, Kyle Kramer, Robert DeCourteney, Dylan Mister, Max Church, Blake Mister, and Kaden Church.
Individual medal winners for their respective age/events were as follows: boys U9’s Robert DeCourteney—400m (1st), 800m (1st), 1500m (2nd); girls U9’s Helen Kim—400m (1st), 800m (2nd); boys U11’s Dylan Mister—1500m (1st), softball throw (3rd); and girls U11’s Violet Allen—800m (3rd), 1500m (2nd); Ashley DeCourteney—200m (2nd), 400m (2nd), 800m (1st), 1500m (1st); and River Kramer—200m (1st), 400m (1st).
On the final day, the relays were the highly anticipated events and WPS collected four medals from these contests. Whispering Palms had two mixed medley relay teams in both the 9U and 11U age categories and each earned silver medals for the school. The U9 team had Mariano, Robert DeCourteney, Helen Kim, and Kyle Kramer as runners, while the U11 members were Erin Frink, Max Church, River Kramer, and Dylan Mister.
WPS also fielded two 4x400m relay teams in both the girls U11 and boys U13 age categories. The boys team of Dylan Mister, Max and Kaden Church, and Blake Mister, ended up running in an older category and still managed to earn the silver medal. The girls team (Allen, Erin Frink, Ashley DeCourteney, and River Kramer) had a strong showing and brought home the gold medal.
All competitors thoroughly enjoyed last week’s events and look forward to next year’s meet at what they hope to be the newly resurfaced Oleai Sports Complex track and field facility. (PR)
