Photo by Keith Stewart
SOV sophomore Ashlynd Risley takes off after receiving the handoff from freshman Bailey Turnbaugh during their 4x200 warmup Saturday morning in Charleston. The relay later came away with first place.

March 18, 2015

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

ALAH settles for 34th

The Sullivan-Okaw Valley girls’ track and field team competed in their second indoor meet of the year Saturday at Eastern Illinois University and came away with third place while nearby Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, participating in their first meet of the season, finished 34th.

SOV was led by the 4x200 relay consisting of seniors Amanda McClain and Emily Neuhauser, sophomore Ashlynd Risley, and freshman Bailey Turnbaugh. The relay finished first with a time of 1 minute, 52.17 seconds.
“The 4 x 2 knocked a second and a half off of last weekend’s time,” noted head coach Kali Taylor, “and their handoffs improved considerably so I’m very happy with that.”     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.