The Ballard women's track team placed sixth at the Norseman Relays on Thursday.  Ava Vance won the 3,000 Meter run with a time of 11:37.  The 4x200 relay team of Natalie Maher, Carley Wilson, Molly Ihle, and Kate Tollefson finished second running in a time of 1:54.85.  Kate Miller finished third in the long jump (15'1").  The shuttle hurdle relay ran a season best time of 1:17.11 which also placed them 3rd.

Comments From Head Coach Scott Barth:

"We were missing some key athletes tonight due to having the Drake Relays in the morning.  This led us to switch some line-ups or eliminate a few events all together.

The highlight of the night came from freshman Ava Vance in the 3,000 meter as she won the race in a time of 11:37.  There was a bit of a breeze, but she went out and led the whole way shaking the 2nd place runner from Gilbert in the last 100 meters.  Ava has a passion for the 3,000 meters and is developing.

The 4x200 meter relay team of Natalie Maher, Carley Wilson, Molly Ihle, and Kate Tollefson turned in a good performance running a time of 1:54.85 which placed them 2nd in the meet.  This is just off of their season best time and showed promise.

Kate Miller showed consistency in the long jump placing 3rd with a jump of 15'1", which is her second meet in a row over the 15 foot barrier.  The shuttle hurdle relay also showed their consistency running a season best time of 1:17.11 which also placed them 3rd in a good field.  Kate Huisinga also picked up a 3rd place finish with a time of 5:25, which completed a tough double coming back from a great 800 meter leg at the Drake Relays 11 hours earlier. 

Overall, I would not say it was our greatest meet of the season, but I saw good effort out of the girls and many running on tired legs hampered by minor injuries.  We have our last regular season meet on Monday at Saydel before having a nine day break to get some training in before conference meet."

NORSEMAN RELAY SCORES

1. North Polk, 169

2. Roland-Story, 93.5

3. Gilbert, 89

4. Norwalk, 76

5. PCM, 65.5

6. Balllard, 63

7. Bondurant-Farrar, 55

8. West Marshall, 46

9. Nevada, 38

10. Lake Mills, 22

10. South Hardin, 22

The Bombers are back in action on Monday - April 26 when they travel to Saydel.  The meet will start at 4:30 PM.