First surpassing school records from years past and now breaking their own…and each other’s, Savannah Meyer (right), a senior, and her sister Charlotte Meyer (left), an eighth grader, are having a banner year as distance runners on the Loyola/Cleveland track team.
With a 5:23.55 second-place finish in Blooming Prairie on Tuesday, Savannah broke the 1600-m Cleveland record previously held by Charlotte: 5:24.07, which the younger Meyer set at the conference meet last year when she surpassed Emily Phillips’ 2008 record of 5:26.6.
Meanwhile, with an 11:13.60 first-place finish, Charlotte broke the 3200-m Cleveland record previously held by herself. With a time of 11:24.12 in St. James on April 8th, she had surpassed Phillips’ 11:25.3 mark, which was also set in 2008.
While there is sibling rivalry, it pushes them to both run faster, said Savannah, who typically focused on the 800 last year but ran the 1600 as well.
“Even in practice, we are always trying to beat each other. There’s always competition.”
And while Charlotte will have her sites on regaining the 1600 school record, it doesn’t matter to Savannah.
“I will just try to beat it again.”
As a team, the Crusader girls took third place in the Blooming Prairie meet, their 107 points was three fewer than what St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran totaled. With 149 points, JWP ran away with the race. Rounding out the field were Blooming Prairie (92.5), NRHEG (82.5), WEM (79), USC/Alden-Conger (46) and Medford (19).
But with 140 points, the Crusader boys won the meet. JWP totaled 121.5, while USC/Alden-Conger had 109 points. Rounding out the field were WEM (89), St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran (85), Blooming Prairie (72), NRHEG (45.5) and Medford (33).
Boys:
With an 11:11.75 finish, TJ Waldron was third in the 3200. With a 5:01:28 finish, Waldron was fourth in the boys 1600. With a 15:00 finish, Oliver Starke was 22nd in the 100.
With a leap of 13-04.00, Elijah Mons was 19th with a boys long jump while Carter Kern launched himself 8-08.50 for 20th place. Mons also triple jumped 25-10.5 for 21st place. Thayne Remiger triple jumped 36-03.00 for seventh place and pole vaulted 9-06.00 for seventh place.
With a 2:08.87, the boys 4x200 team of Taiton Moore, Kern, Clark Streeter and Joe Lyons took seventh. With a 4:00.11 finish, the boys 4x400 team of Mons, Hayden Kulas, Iker Juarez and Tate Racho came in fifth.
Chase Kijenski won the 300-m hurdles and high jump. Mitchell Buboltz won the 800. Soren Kelly won the 1600 and 3200. Sam Vetter was second in the 3200. The boys 4x100 team of Eli Blace, Anthony Mai, Marshall Jorden and Ty Romnes took first.
Girls:
Savannah Meyer also won the 800 with a 2:28.00 finish. The girls 4x800 team of Izzy Endres, Charlotte Meyer, Lily Phillips and Lily Mock won gold with a 11:02.17 finish.
Aubrey Blaschko was 13th in 100 with a 14.62.
With a leap of 12-00.50, Liviana Lee was 12th in the long jump. Mylie Krenik triple jumped 25-05.50 for 14th place.
Finishing in 56.24, the 4x100 team of Maddie Cooney, Miah Bauer, Krenik and Ava Hahn took fifth.
Maddie Hurias won both hurdle events. Brianna Michels was first in the discus.
Tonight’s (Thursday’s) invitational meet in New Ulm is rained out. Charlotte Meyer is running the 3200 tomorrow during the Hamline Elite Meet at 8:50pm. Otherwise, the Crusaders return to the track on May 1 when they travel to New Richland.
