By Nick Phillips, Editor

The Lady Knights varsity track team finished second at their indoor conference meet and at the Rockton Hononegah Invitational.

The team has now kicked off their outdoor events, taking second at their first outdoor meet at Oregon, finishing with 83 points behind Burlington Central (96 points) and defeating Oregon High School (81 points) and Lena-Winslow High School (12 points).

Senior Sydney Stang, juniors Amanda Lesak, Abby Dodis and Sydney Strang and freshman Jessica Kucera led the 3200-meter relay team with a time of 10 minutes, 27.89 seconds.

Junior Ashley Castellanos, sophomore Lauren Zick and freshmen Kaltrina Ismalia and Madison Keith won the 400-meter relay with a time of 51.78 second. Senior Nicole Ketza took first in discus with a 97’ throw and Zick took first in long jump with a 16’09.75” jump.

The key to success is “working hard, doing the best, being a good citizen, keeping up on school work, warning [players] about injuries,” Coach Doug Ecker said.

While the team has had success in several conference events, they are looking to finish strong.

“The girls work very hard at practice, so if they keep that up, we should be very competitive in May,” senior discus and shot put throw er Nicole Ketza said. “As long as you perform well at the end of the year, that’s all that really matters.”

Upcoming meets include tomorrow’s Kane County Track meet at St. Charles North, a meet against Morris and Yorkville on May 1, and the NIB 12 conference meet at Streator on May 4.

“[The goal is] to make each meet better than the last. We are looking toward conference [play] and would like to hold our winning streak in this conference,” junior sprinter Ashley Castellanos said.