Motivation Street, Osage junior leads Green Devils to TIC East title
There is a determined look in Osage junior sprinter MeredithbrStreet’s eyes when she is on the track.
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She and her teammates meant business at Central Springs Highbrschool last week to score 161 points and topping runner-up St. Ansgar (134).
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She won all four events she competed in and all while recoveringbrfrom an injury she incurred in practice that forced her to miss the DrakebrRelays last month.
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“I think I made the right decision for the end of the season,”brStreet said of sitting out the relays and the following week and a half.”
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She describes what happened and what followed.
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“I was, during practice one day, it progressively kept gettingbrmore and more sore in my hamstring,” Street said. “I had to stop halfwaybrthrough the workout because I just didn’t feel right. The next morning I wokebrup and I had bruising on it and I knew that wasn’t a good sign and definitely abrhard to decision to not run, but I think it it benefitting me more now than itbrwould have to run at Drake.
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“It helps that I’m a junior and have a chance next year.”
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It paid off as she was named TIC East female athlete of thebrmeet. She set three new meet records in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dash inbr12.64 seconds, 26.58 and 1:57.57, respectively. She also anchored the sprintbrmedley relay to a win in 1:57.57.
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Aiding Street to her dominant night is a sort of compressionbrsleeve on her upper thigh as she is competing.
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“It makes it feel almost numb,” Street said. “Makes me feel morebrsecure when I have it on, less unstable, more comfortable running. I’ve beenbrdoing a lot of acupuncture and different things to try to prove it. They arebrhelping, but still not 100 percent.”
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She added, “My dad is actually a chiropractor, he’s been able tobrhelp me out quite a bit: I’m lucky.”
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And, even before she ran the 200, she admitted her legs felt ‘abrlittle bit shot.’ Asked if she was impressed with what she’s accomplishedbrdespite the setback, Street wouldn’t go that far.
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“I just know I’m pretty determined in my sports,” Street said.br“Honestly, when I’m running, I don’t notice it. When I get done, I’m tight andbrsore, but during it, I don’t feel it.”
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Her teammates were certainly motivated as well, winning 10 ofbrthe 19 events that night.
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Among the wins were more meet records for Paige Kisley in thebr100 hurdles (15.13) and the 400 hurdles (1:06.88) as well as Addyson Grimm inbrthe 800 (2:30.13) and Katelyn Johnson in both the 1,500 (5:13.80) and the 3,000br(11:15.94).
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Other wins by the Green Devils were earned by the shuttle hurdlebrrelay for Ainsley Dodd, Claudia Aschenbrenner, Brooklynn Halbach and Kisley,branother meet record; and the 4×800 team of Raegan Hungate, Talia Stangel,brTaylor Klobassa and Grimm.
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2021 Top of Iowa Conference Girls Meet
Team Scoring
1. Osage 161; 2. St. Ansgar 134; 3. Nashua-Plainfield 90; 4. Central Springs 63; 5. West Fork 53; 6. Northwood-Kensett 37; 7. North Butler 30; 8. Mason City Newman 19; 9. Rockford 2.
Individual Results
(Champion, area finishes)
100 — 1. Meredith Street (O) 12.64*; 3. Cora Heeter (SA) 13.38; 4. Lia Halfman (SA) 13.70; 11. Lily Dale (O) 14.76.
100 hurdles — 1. Paige Kisley (O) 15.13*; 5. Claudia Aschenbrenner (O) 17.81; 9. Kennedy Schwiesow (SA) 17.98; 10. Bri Minnis (SA) 18.10.
200 — 1. Meredith Street (O) 26.58*; 3. Cora Heeter (SA) 27.57*; 5. Lia Halfman (SA) 28.37; 13. Lily Dale (O) 30.49.
400 — 1. Meredith Street (O) 1:00.44*; 2. Addyson Grimm (O) 1:02.52*; 4. Natalie Bork (SA) 1:03.31*; 5. Cora Heeter (SA) 1:03.62*.
400 hurdles — 1. Paige Kisley (O) 1:06.88*; 4. Hali Anderson (SA) 1:12.65; 5. Aspen Falk (SA) 1:15.13.
800 — 1. Addyson Grimm (O) 2:30.13*; 3. Lauren Bork (SA) 2:34.63*; 5. Taylor Klobassa (O) 2:44.22; 7. Ella Brown (SA) 2:51.47.
1,500 — 1. Chloe Matthews (N-P) 5:10.11*; 2. Katelyn Johnston (O) 5:13.80*; 7. Natalie Shoars (O) 5:00.09; 10. Haley Peterson (SA) 6:09.81.
Sprint medley relay — 1. Osage (Azure Christenson, Meagan Krebsbach, Katie Smith, Meredith Street) 1:57.57; 3. St. Ansgar (Sarah Wagner, Kirsten Boerjan, Hannah Clevenger, Natalie Bork) 1:58.65.
3,000 — 1. Katelyn Johnson (O) 11:15.94*; 4. Kinsey Anderson (SA) 12:46.41; 5. Natalie Shoars (O) 12:54.12; 6. Haley Peterson (SA) 13:09.85.
4×100 — 1. Nashua-Plainfield 53.16*; 2. St. Ansgar (Sarah Wagner, Jaci Woods, Kirsten Boerjan, Lia Halfman) 53.88; 3. Osage (Azure Christenson, Paige Kisley, Meagan Krebsbach, Brooklynn Halbach) 53.96.
Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Osage (Ainsley Dodd, Claudia Aschenbrenner, Brooklynn Halbach, Paige Kisley) 1:09.87*; 2. St. Ansgar (Sarah Wagner, Kennedy Schwiesow, Bri Minnis, Aspen Falk) 1:12.09*.
4×200 — 1. St. Ansgar (Lia Halfman, Taylor Hanna, Emma Hall, Hannah Clevenger) 1:54.30*; 3. Osage (Brooklynn Halbach, Katie Smith, Azure Christensen, Meagan Krebsbach) 1:57.99.
4×400 — 1. St. Ansgar (Hannah Cleverer, Taylor Hanna, Ella Brown, Natalie Bork) 4:20.00; 4. Osage (Taylor Klobassa, Katie Smith, Raegan Hungate, Addyson Grimm) 4:29.67.
4×800 — 1. Osage (Raegan Hungate, Talia Stangel, Taylor Klobassa, Addyson Grimm) 10:34.72; 3. St. Ansgar (Lauren Bork, Ella Brown, Megan Goode, Hali Anderson) 10:52.43.
Distance medley relay — 1. Nashua-Plainfield 4:28.82*; 2. Osage (Azure Christenson, Ella Schafer, Katie Smith, Katelyn Johnston) 4:40.52; 4. St. Ansgar (Taylor Hanna, Hannah Cleverer, Gracie Urbatsch, Kinsey Anderson) 4:53.21.
Discus — 1. Abigayle Angell (CS) 120-1*; 3. Kira Baldus (SA) 102-8; 4. Blayne Koster (SA) 89-1; 5. Joy Levendusky (O) 87-5; 9. Abi Cockrum (O) 75-5.
High jump — 1. Jordan Swenson (WF) 4-10; 2. Gracie Urbatsch (SA) 4-10; 3. Brooklynn Halbach (O) 4-10; 5. Ainsley Dodd (O) 4-6.
Long jump — 1. Cora Heeter (SA) 16-1.5; 3. Emma Hall (SA) 14-5; 6. Taylor Klobassa (O) 13-8; 14. Ainsley Dodd (O) 10-9.
Shot put — 1. Breanna Hackman (N-P) 39-1.5*; 3. Kira Baldus (SA) 33-4; 4. Joy Levendusky (O) 32-3; 6. Madison Hillman (SA) 31-0; 10. Abi Cockrum (O) 27-8.
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