Tate, Paul and Montgomery place in Top 10 at Champaign Central

By Fred Kroner

Loran Tate and Adena Paul were the top placers for the Heritage girls’ track and field team on Tuesday (April 25) at a six-school meet at Champaign Central.

Tate finished fourth in the triple jump (30 feet, 1 inch). Paul took fifth in the shot put (28 feet, 3 inches).

Tate ended 13^th in the 200 meters (30.5 seconds) and ran a leg on the seventh-place 400-meter relay (57.58 seconds). She teamed up with Madi Wilson, Alex Tatman and Savanah Gilliland.

Lillian Montgomery captured eighth in the 800 meters (personal-best 2:51.84).

Other leaders for the Hawks were Gilliland (11^th in the long jump at a personal-best 13 feet, 5 inches), Bailee Lubben (14^th in the shot put at 20 feet, 1 inch) and the seventh-place 1,600-meter relay.

Sharing the baton in the relay were Tatman, Wilson, Montgomery and Gilliland. They were timed in 5:22.5.

Heritage will return to action on Friday (April 28) at the Monticello Invitational.