McDowell Track and Field
McDowell Cross Country
established 1962
established 1957
2020
2020
The outdoor season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. During the indoor season, junior Claire Belton set a new record in the 3000 meter run. Junior Kalli Knott placed 8th at the Indoor State Championship. She had reached a height of 12 feet twice during the season. Katie Frank placed 6th at the TSTCA Championship in Pole Vault. Adriana Nikolova placed 8th at the TSTCA Championship in the Triple Jump. Freshman Dara Fallon qualified for the 60 and 200 meter dashes for the TSTCA Championship.
2021
2021
The team won the Region title for the second straight season, having now won 9 straight Region dual meets. They narrowly lost the district title to Hickory by 9 points. At the district meet, Kalli Knott set the District record in the Pole Vault, at 12-4. Junior Katie Frank finished right behind her. Senior Claire Belton placed in both the 1600 (3rd) and the 3200 (2nd). Sophomore Grace Emmanuel was the district champ in the 200, and was the runner-up in the 100. Hannah Shepard placed in both the 100 (3rd) and the 200 (3rd). The 4 x 800 relay team of Abby Faulhaber, Sara Renshaw, Kyla Kramer, and Lexi Pierce were the district champs in that event. Lexi Pierce followed that up with a 2nd place finish in the 800. Riley Hudnall was the district champ in the Long Jump.
2022
2022
For the third straight season, the girls' track team won the Region 6 title. They have now won 14 straight Region meets. It was also their first undefeated season since 2012. At Districts, the team finished 3rd, only 4 points behind co-champs Grove City and Hickory. The 4 x 100 relay team of Dara Fallon, Alexa Sargent, Ella Gebhardt, and Gracyn Farr were district champs. The team took 1st, 3rd and 4th in Pole Vault with Emma Revak (1st), Katie Frank (3rd), and Mary Stravinsky (4th).
2023
For the forth straight season, the girls' track team won the Region 6 title. They have now won 17 straight Region meets. The team finished 2nd to Meadville at districts. Senior, Dara Fallon was the district champ in the 200. She was also a member of the district winning 4 x 100 relay team. Alexa Sargent, Joslyn Schnell and Gracyn Farr were also on that team. Schnell was also the district champ in Long Jump. Senior, Mary Stravinsky was the district champ in Pole Vault. Hannah Palmer broke the school record in the outdoor 3200 twice with a final time of 11:33.81. Her time beat Stephanie Strub's time of 11:42 from 2002.
2024
The Girls' team won the Region title for the 5th straight season, winning 20 straight region dual meets in the process. Joslyn Schnell was the District champ in both the Long Jump and the Triple Jump. Caroline Lewis was the District champ in the Javelin. Hannah Palmer broke the indoor school record in the 3200 with a 12:02.8 (Katie Manno, 12:09.57- 2012). She also broke her own school record in the outdoor 3200 with a time of 11:32.35 (11:33.81- 2023). She was the 3200 runner-up at Districts.
