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Bee Bees sending six relays to state
The Illinois Elementary School Association had one of its Class 2A Sectionals at Rochester Saturday, and
the Williamsville Bee Bees and Riverton Hawks will be represented at state this weekend in East Peoria.
For Riverton, Caitlyn Lamkey won the eighth grade high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 11 inches, while Brad
Virgin was second in the eighth grade 1600.
Competitors must finish in the top two or meet qualifying standards.
For the Bee Bees, three 400 runners advanced, seventh grader Rachel Rhodes and eighth graders Paige
Peterman and Abbey Stier, while Jordan French and Kathryn Spenn both advanced in the discus and Sam
Pensabene did in the pole vault.
Six Bee Bee relays also moved on. The eighth grade 400 relay, with Kaitlyn Constant, Taylor Kovacevich,
Torey Sorenson and Regan Stump; the seventh and eighth grade 800 relays (with Emily Davis, Sydney Dees,
Kaitlyn Lemasters and Rhodes in the former and Peterman, Stier, Sephra Urbas and Kylie Walsh in the
latter); and three 1600 relays (seventh grade girls, with the same foursome, the eighth grade girls, with
Peterman, Stier, Stump and Walsh and the eighth grade boys, with Pensabene, Nick Roscetti, Dalton
Strocher and JJ Watson).
Overall teamwise, Williamsville was sixth (34) and Riverton 10th (7.5) on the seventh grade girls side.
The Lady Hawks’ Raegan Wilshusen finished sixth in the 100.
Walsh was fifth and Davis sixth in the 200.
Rhodes won the 400, while the seventh grade 800 relay finished third with a qualifying time.
Riverton tied for fifth in the 800 relay, with Carlie Cuffle, Shaye Kershaw, Erika Shriver and Wilshusen doing
the honors.
The Bee Bees were second in the 1600 relay, just .1 of a second out of first. The Lady Hawks were sixth,
with Alexis Crawford joining Cuffle, Shriver and Wilshusen. Cuffle placed fourth in the long jump.
French finished third in the discus, with teammate Abbi Penk sixth.
On the eighth grade side, the Bee Bees were fourth with 48 points, while Riverton was 10th with 13 points.
Peterman finished second and Stier third in the 400.
Riverton’s Jordi Bumpus placed fifth in the hurdles.
The Bee Bees’ 400 relay took second, and Riverton’s (with Bumpus, Shelby Cuffle, Lamkey and Emily
Thomas) tied for fourth.
The Williamsville 800 relay was second and the 1600 relay won by over seven seconds.
Spenn finished second in the discus.
For the seventh grade boys, the Bee Bees were 11th (6.5 points) and Riverton 12th (3).
The Bee Bees’ 400 relay took sixth, with Andrew Sapochak, Connor Thompson, Andrew Slater and Arthur
McCusker the quartet.
The Hawks’ 800 relay (with Tyler Borski, Chase Dickerson, Ryan Fisher and Evan McClintock) placed fifth,
and the 1600 relay, with Matt Nordyke anchoring Borski, Dickerson and McClintock, finished sixth.
The Bee Bees’ Marty Pesch tied for sixth in the pole vault, and Ozzie Kent was fourth in the discus.
The Bee Bee eighth graders were fourth (30 points), while Riverton was 10th (15).
Strocher was fourth in the 100 and Roscetti was fifth in the 200; Roscetti also was fourth in the long jump.
Virgin was fifth in the 800 and second in the 1600; Pensabene was third in the 1600 and also in the pole
vault.
Riverton’s Seth Best finished fourth in the hurdles.
The Bee Bee 1600 relay was second.
The Illinois Elementary School Association had one of its Class 2A Sectionals at Rochester Saturday, and
the Williamsville Bee Bees and Riverton Hawks will be represented at state this weekend in East Peoria.
For Riverton, Caitlyn Lamkey won the eighth grade high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 11 inches, while Brad
Virgin was second in the eighth grade 1600.
Competitors must finish in the top two or meet qualifying standards.
For the Bee Bees, three 400 runners advanced, seventh grader Rachel Rhodes and eighth graders Paige
Peterman and Abbey Stier, while Jordan French and Kathryn Spenn both advanced in the discus and Sam
Pensabene did in the pole vault.
Six Bee Bee relays also moved on. The eighth grade 400 relay, with Kaitlyn Constant, Taylor Kovacevich,
Torey Sorenson and Regan Stump; the seventh and eighth grade 800 relays (with Emily Davis, Sydney Dees,
Kaitlyn Lemasters and Rhodes in the former and Peterman, Stier, Sephra Urbas and Kylie Walsh in the
latter); and three 1600 relays (seventh grade girls, with the same foursome, the eighth grade girls, with
Peterman, Stier, Stump and Walsh and the eighth grade boys, with Pensabene, Nick Roscetti, Dalton
Strocher and JJ Watson).
Overall teamwise, Williamsville was sixth (34) and Riverton 10th (7.5) on the seventh grade girls side.
The Lady Hawks’ Raegan Wilshusen finished sixth in the 100.
Walsh was fifth and Davis sixth in the 200.
Rhodes won the 400, while the seventh grade 800 relay finished third with a qualifying time.
Riverton tied for fifth in the 800 relay, with Carlie Cuffle, Shaye Kershaw, Erika Shriver and Wilshusen doing
the honors.
The Bee Bees were second in the 1600 relay, just .1 of a second out of first. The Lady Hawks were sixth,
with Alexis Crawford joining Cuffle, Shriver and Wilshusen. Cuffle placed fourth in the long jump.
French finished third in the discus, with teammate Abbi Penk sixth.
On the eighth grade side, the Bee Bees were fourth with 48 points, while Riverton was 10th with 13 points.
Peterman finished second and Stier third in the 400.
Riverton’s Jordi Bumpus placed fifth in the hurdles.
The Bee Bees’ 400 relay took second, and Riverton’s (with Bumpus, Shelby Cuffle, Lamkey and Emily
Thomas) tied for fourth.
The Williamsville 800 relay was second and the 1600 relay won by over seven seconds.
Spenn finished second in the discus.
For the seventh grade boys, the Bee Bees were 11th (6.5 points) and Riverton 12th (3).
The Bee Bees’ 400 relay took sixth, with Andrew Sapochak, Connor Thompson, Andrew Slater and Arthur
McCusker the quartet.
The Hawks’ 800 relay (with Tyler Borski, Chase Dickerson, Ryan Fisher and Evan McClintock) placed fifth,
and the 1600 relay, with Matt Nordyke anchoring Borski, Dickerson and McClintock, finished sixth.
The Bee Bees’ Marty Pesch tied for sixth in the pole vault, and Ozzie Kent was fourth in the discus.
The Bee Bee eighth graders were fourth (30 points), while Riverton was 10th (15).
Strocher was fourth in the 100 and Roscetti was fifth in the 200; Roscetti also was fourth in the long jump.
Virgin was fifth in the 800 and second in the 1600; Pensabene was third in the 1600 and also in the pole
vault.
Riverton’s Seth Best finished fourth in the hurdles.
The Bee Bee 1600 relay was second.
Issue Date: May 15, 2008