Monroe track team making strides

Last Saturday, the William Monroe High School indoor track team competed at the four-team Polar Bear Invitational in Louisa. The meet was rescheduled from the beginning of December.
“I was very happy with our performances,” said coach Shaun Gainer. “Even though this is indoor track, this meet at Louisa was run on an outdoor track, hence the name ‘Polar BearMeet.’ 
“I was excited to be on a outdoor track because there is a big difference between this and an indoor track.  The tracks are smaller indoors with fewer lanes, so mentally it can do a lot to an athlete. 
Gainer singled out several of the field competitors for their performances.
“Our throwers continued to improve on their personal bests,” Gainer said. “Caleb Baker and Nicole Vaughn had performances that stood out to me.  BJ Anthony won the long jump with a jump of 19-feet-11 inches, which qualifies him for regionals.”
Gainer said he is also pleased with the improvement he saw in his sprinters.
“They are continuing to get out of the blocks quickly, which is enabling them to have faster times,” he said. “The boys 4x200 team of Alex BeVille, Anthony, Rodes Beeler, and Richard Brent ran its best race of the season, barely missing out on a regional qualifying time by a tenth of a second.  Both boys (BeVille, Beeler, David Shaulis, and Anthony) and girls 4x400 meter teams (Erin Green, Demetria Qualres, Chelsea Higgins, and Jessy Crawford) clocked personal bests.
Gainer said the distance runners are rounding into shape.
“Shaulis, Ryan Thomas, and Higgins are continuing to perform better with each meet.  I am excited to see how fast they run when they are in peak shape.
The next meet is not until Feb. 5, at Woodberry Forest.
“That gives us a good two weeks of practice before we have to compete,” Gainer said “ I am looking forward to seeing our progress over these next few weeks. 
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Women 55 Meter Dash
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  Name             Year                 Finals
  8 Green, Erin (soph)                    8.53  
  9 Quarles, Demetria (senior)           
13 Watson, Courtney (junior)           
14 Shifflett, Samantha (freshman)         
15 Vaughn, Alison (freshman)           
Women 300 Meter Dash
13 Crawford, Jessica (soph)              54.53  
17 Watson, Courtney (junior)     
18 Nowieki, Marta (soph)       
19 Vaughn, Nicole (Junior)       
 
Women 500 Meter Run
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18 Nowieki, Marta (soph)                2:00.14   1
 
Women 1,000 Meter Run
12 Higgins, Chelsea (junior)            3:55.47

Women 1,600 Meter Run
=========================================================================  6 Higgins, Chelsea (junior)              6:40.53
 
Women 4x200 Meter Relay
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  4 William Monroe ‘A’                    2:14.87
    1) Quarles, Demetria (senior)        2) Crawford, Jessica (soph)       
    3) Green, Erin (soph)            4) Vaughn, Nicole (junior)         
 
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
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  4 William Monroe ‘A’                    5:17.39
    1) Green, Erin (soph)            2) Quarles, Demetria (senior)     
    3) Higgins, Chelsea (junior)        4) Crawford, Jessica (soph)       
Women Long Jump
  8 Green, Erin (soph)          11-10.50
  9 Quarles, Demetria (senior)  11-03.25
 
Women Triple Jump
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  8 Green, Erin (soph)          25-01.25
Women Shot Put
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  6 Vaughn, Alison (freshman)        24-03.00
  9 Shifflett, Samantha (freshman)    21-03.00
10 Vaughn, Nicole (junior)            21-01.50

Men 55 Meter Dash
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10 Brent, Richard (junior)  7.40 2
16 Baker, Caleb (junior)    8.77   1
 
Men 300 Meter Dash
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  8 BeVille, Alex (senior)      39.62  
  15 Brent, Richard (junior)      41.83   3
Men 500 Meter Run
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  8 Anthony, BJ (senior)        1:13.82  
14 Beeler, Rhodes (senior)      1:20.13   1
Men 1000 Meter Run
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16 Shaulis, David (soph)    3:12.26
Men 1,600 Meter Run
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  11 Shaulis, David (soph)    5:21.01
 
Men 4x200 Meter Relay
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  3 William Monroe ‘A’          1:41.51    
    1) Anthony, BJ (senior)            2) BeVille, Alex (senior)         
    3) Beeler, Rhodes (senior)          4) Brent, Richard (junior)         
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
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  4 William Monroe ‘A’          3:57.39
    1) Anthony, BJ (senior)            2) Shaulis, David (soph)         
    3) Beeler, Rhodes (senior)          4) BeVille, Alex (senior)         
 
Men Long Jump
  Name             Year School             Seed   Finals Points
  1 Anthony, BJ (senior)  19-11.00  
 
Men Triple Jump
  5 Anthony, BJ (senior)    36-08.25  
   
Men Shot Put
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10 Johnson, Dekota (senior)    34-04.25