Girls Track wins 12th straight conference title!

The DGS girls track & field team won the WSC Gold Indoor title for the 12th straight season Friday night. Full team scores from both varsity and frosh/soph levels can be found HERE.

Shaliyah Dixon-Tucker (Sr) led the Mustangs with 4 individual victories. Shaliyah took 1st in the high jump with a 5’0″ effort. Then she took to the track in record-setting fashion. Shaliyah won the 55m dash in 7.04, a new conference record, as well as DGS school record. Currently, that is the fastest time in the state! She came back a few minutes later to win the 55m Hurdles in 8.20 which is also a new conference record and state leading time. Shaliyah finished off her day by winning the 200m dash in 26.01.

Michaela Hackbarth (Sr) won 2 events, placing 1st in the 800m (2:28.41) and 15 minutes later, 1st in the 400m dash (59.96).  Other DGS varsity conference champions were:  Katie Stapleton (Jr) in the 1600m run (5:21.85), Becky Versaskas (Fr) in the 3200m run (11:27.80), and Maddie Manganiello (So) in the long jump (17′ 7″).

The Mustangs won two of the three relays as well. The team of Maggie Seitz (Sr), Jill Boyle (Sr), Liz Alcantara (Sr), and Kara Petersen (Jr) won the 4x800m relay with a time of 10:22.03.  The 4x160m relay team of Soren Umali (Jr), Nicole Muccianti (Jr), Lauren Wong (Sr), and Arianna Finely (Sr) took 1st place with 1:26.06.

On the Frosh-Soph level, Alexus Allen (So) led the way with 3 individual victories. Alexus won the long jump with 15′ 11″, setting a new indoor conference record in the process. She also won the 55m dash in 7.96 and the 200m dash in 28.34.  Izzy Taylor (So) won both the pole vault (6′ 6″) and the 300m dash (45.33).  Kelley Hackbarth (So) was also a double winner, taking 1st in the 800m (2:37.34) and the 400m (1:04.92). Alyssa Taglia (So) won the 1600m run with 5:46.68.  And Olivia Duax (Fr) won the 3200m run (12:06.21), which was a new indoor conference record!

The F/S team also won two relays. The team of Teagan Halik (Fr), Johanna Skibbe (So), Riya Bhasin (So), and Amber McCauley (So) took first in the 4x800m relay (11:00.11). And the 4x160m relay team of Clarice Maes (Fr), Lauryn Hodge (Fr), Katie Meyr (So), and Trinity Thomas (So) won with a time of 1:33.32.

It was a great day to be a Mustang!