District 3 Wrap Up!

The District 3 Track & Field Meet is always an amazing meet!  This year was no different.  Hempfield had high expectations!  The girls & boys were looking for medals & qualifying for States!

First the "bad" news!  Two of our top guns had injury issues!  Sarah Helgeson was nursing a hamstring injury.  If you are a sprinter, this is one of those injuries that is the most difficult to recover from!  Sarah rested the hamstring through the League Meet, but it just was not enough time!  Great year for Sarah and the state meet will be missing one of the top sprinters!

Tory Long had an awesome League Meet & sophomore season!  He was one of the top sprinters in the district & the anchor of the 4 x 100 relay!  Tory also "tweaked" the hamstring at districts!  He made the finals of the 100 meters, but pulled up during the 200 meter semi's!  Another great season, and only a sophomore!  He will be back!!

Tanner Unger is the District 3 Discus Champion!  And that is three years in a row for a Hempfield athlete!!  And Kyle Long was there to cheer on Tanner!

District 3 Champ Tanner Unger!!!

Kyle Long (Arizona State) cheering on Tanner!

Devon Santos carried the great year on into districts, qualifying for states in the 110 Hurdles!  Devon has become one the top hurdlers in Hempfield history!  And he is a junior!!!

Devon!

Andrew Birk was the heart of the boys distance crew, and he was rewarded by qualifying for states in the 1600 meters!  Great year Andrew!

Andrew!

The girls had a better district meet and qualified two relays and 3 individuals!  The 4 x 100 and 4 x 800 teams are in states!!  Claire Davis in the triple jump, Dani Poletti in the Pole Vault, and Danielle Bland in the 100 meters!

Danielle Bland's story is awesome!  She came on in the middle of the season in the sprints and shocked the leagues by winning the 100 meters!!!  When Sarah was trying to recover from her injury, Danielle was becoming one of the top sprinters in the county!!

Claire Davis was a consistent scorer for the girls in the Long & Triple Jumps!  She was rewarded for all that hard work by qualifying for states in the triple jump!

Danielle Poletti has been one of the top pole vaulters in district three for over two years and is going back to states for the second year in a row!!!  After a second straight league title in the pole vault, Danielle will attempt to get that state medal to add to her trophy case!!