The Fort Campbell Lady Falcons brought home the runner-up trophy from the Class 1A Region 1 Track and Field Meet at Murray Saturday.
The Lady Falcons accumulated 143 points to finish second to only Murray’s 175 points.
Gianna Verdone won region titles in the two hurdle events and ran the second leg on the 400-meter relay team that beat defending state champion Murray by .08 seconds.
Eighth-grader Jerni Hicks, who split time between middle school and high school events, ran the anchor leg and finished second in the 200-meters.
The top two finishers advance to the Class A state meet with the next 10 best statewide getting at-large bids.
LADY FALCON REGION RESULTS
Gianna Verdone – 1st in the 100-meter hurdles (17.02); 1st in the 300-meter hurdles (50.41); 3rd in the high jump (4-10)
Pyper Sain – 1st in the high jump (5-0)
Meg Lubas – 2nd in the 1600-meter run (5:50.51); 2nd in the 800-meter run (2:37.45)
Isabella Palenzuela – 2nd in the 400-meter run (1:04.21)
Anna Allen – 2nd in the triple jump (32-11); 7th in the long jump (13-11.50)
Jerni Hicks – 2nd in the 200-meter dash (28.61); 3rd in the 100-meter dash (13.49)
Madeline Thompson – 2nd in the pole vault (8-06)
Jinny Joo – 3rd in the pole vault (7-06)
Natalie Winters – 4th in the 200-meter dash (29.29)
Savannah Ziegler – 5th in the 100-meter dash (13.94); 5th in the long jump (14-02)
Ava Roberts – 5th in the 3200-meter run (16:45.80)
Hailey Hendrickson – 5th in the triple jump (27-06); 8th in the 100-meter hurdles (19.62)
Keelin Gray – 6th in the 3200-meter run (16:46.65)
Theadora Bober-McDonald – 8th in the 400-meter dash (1:14.32)
Angela Glynn – 9th in the discus throw (67-00)
Elizabeth Allen – 10th in the 300-meter hurdles (1:01.42)
Hailey McCoy – 14th in the shot put (20-05); 14th in the discus throw (53-09)
The 400-meter relay team of Savannah Ziegler, Gianna Verdone, Natalie Winters, and Jerni Hicks edged Murray for the win in a time of 52.60 seconds.
The 3200-meter relay team of Lauren Blanton, Elizabeth Allen, Keelin Gray, and Meg Lubas finished in second place in 11:19.13.
The 800-meter relay team of Charlize Cruz, Natalie Winters, Jerni Hicks, and Savannah Ziegler came in second with a time of 1:51.33.
The 1600-meter relay team of Kennedy Leary, Anna Allen, Lauren Blanton, and Theadora Bober-McDonald finished in second place in 4:44.45.
