By Kevin Cunningham
Correspondent
Whippet track athlete Logan Rasmussen won all three of the events he competed in during the Fort Invite, an event that head coach John Houwers described as cold and wet.
Rasmussen and the Whippets trudged through the April 28 invite with Rasmussen winning the triple jump, 400-meter dash and anchored the Whippets’ 4×400-meter relay team – which won in come from behind fashion.
“His fellow relay members, Matt and Mike Mattingly, and Juan Cuellar, ran great legs to put them in position for Logan to finish things off,” Houwers said. “The girls had a number of good performances as well, winning four events. Allisan Barrett ran a steady race in the 3200-meter run, in typical Ali fashion. She started out letting the field go out strong, but quickly settled into her pace. She gradually picked off every runner and ended up leading the second half of the race.”
Houwers said the teams competed hard and had some nice performances.
In the field events, the trio of Ali Ketterhagen, Miranda Reynolds and Brianna Tillett each won jumping events, taking the triple, high and long jumps, respectively. Ketterhagen had a season-best for the third straight meet, going 33 feet.
Reynolds won the high jump with her leap at 5-feet, 2-inches and Tillett was the only girl to jump over 15 feet, going 15-feet, 5-inches.
“Other highlights included a great boys 4×800-meter relay from Jacob Korf, Mike and Matt Mattingly, and Connor Laue, Hailey Prager with a lifetime best in the 800-meter run, Sophie Elworthy with another personal record in the shot put and Cassidy Laue making finals in the 200-meter dash,” Houwers said. “Morgan Weidenhoeft had a great meet, taking second in the 100-meter dash, just .02 seconds out of first, and running well on both the 4×100-meter and 4×200-meter relays.”
