April 29, 2022
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Personal records were set by 6 DCHS track runners over this past week of competition.
Nolan Gottlied threw a personal best of 91 feet 9 inches in the discus and 38 feet 8 inches in the shot put. (Tomahawk Championship April 23rd) He also blazed through the 200m dash with a time of 25.51.
Aaron Gottlied set a PR in the 800m run coming through the finish line in 2:09.05 beating his previous time of 2:09.06. (Tomahawk Championship April 23rd)
Kaleb Spears posted 2 PR’s in the 800m run in 2:15.89 and in the 400m run 56.69 (Cookeville Home Meet April 26th)
Caleb Gray shaved 9 seconds off his 1600m run time with a huge PR of 5:21.95 (Cookeville Home Meet April 26th)
Sam Harris beat his previous 400m time, crossing the finish in 1:06.05 for a new PR. (Cookeville Home Meet April 26th)
Katherine Knowles also set a personal record in the 400m dash with a time of 1:13.38 (Cookeville Home Meet April 26th)
The DeKalb track athletes will compete at Sub-Sectionals on May 3rd at Rhea Co. HS. This will be the first step to qualifying for the TSSAA D1-AAA State Championship meet on May 26th.