Kee girls track team brings home pair of medals, plenty of top-10 finishes from Class 1A State Track Meet; Brennan sixth in 3000 meters, Courtney Cooper eighth in shot put
Second consecutive 3000 meter medal ... Kee girls track sophomore Katie Brennan leads some of her fellow Class 1A 3000 meter runners in the Thursday, May 18 event at the State Track Meet hosted by Drake Stadium in Des Moines. In her second consecutive season of qualifying for that season grand finale event, Brennan brought home her second consecutive medal, finishing sixth in a school record time of 10:59.50. She also teamed up with fellow sophomore Makayla Walleser and the junior pair of Nicki Wood and Kendra Cooper for a 21st-place finish in the 4x400 relay in a time of 4:24.01 and for a ninth-place effort just one place shy of a medal in the distance medley with another school record time of 4:26.74. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The 2017 State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Thursday through Saturday, May 18-20 put the icing on another historic cake for the core group of girls who seem to be involved in nearly every historic aspect of Kee girls athletics in recent times. That icing, however, may not have always tasted as sweet as those Kee track girls may have wanted.
The Lady Hawks were able to bring home a couple medals from their nine State Meet qualifications, but were also within a spot or two of doing so in many more, as the Kee tracksters were able to garner finishes within the top half of their respective event fields in all but two of their nine event efforts. A sixth-place medal won by sophomore Katie Brennan in the 3000 meter run and an eighth-place medal won by senior Courtney Cooper in the shot put were among the greatest highlights for the Hawks in this season’s final go-round.
The Lady Hawks wrapped up their 2017 State Meet experience with a 21st-place finish in the 4x400 field of 24 Class 1A teams, the fleet-footed foursome of Walleser, Wood, Kendra Cooper and Brennan teaming up to run that 21st-place time of 4:24.01. The same top distance medley crew from Maple Valley-Anthen-Oto also won the Class 1A 4x400 championship in a time of 4:04.00.
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