STERLING — The Rochelle varsity boys and girls track and field teams capped off their respective indoor seasons this past Saturday, when both squads traveled to Sterling’s Westwood Sports Complex for the 2018 Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Indoor Meet.

The Lady Hubs placed seventh out of 10 schools with 25 points, while the Hubs finished 10^th overall with three points. The Rochelle girls broke an indoor team record along the way, setting a new mark in the 800-meter relay with a time of 1:49.55 behind seniors Cesca Vardman, Morgan Baker, Jacie Wyatt and sophomore Macey Ryan.

Lady Hubs

Ryan finished sixth in the 60-meter dash with Rochelle’s top time of 8.27 seconds, while Vardman placed 11^th in 8.52. Ryan was the lone Lady Hub in the 200-meter dash, where she placed 11^th with a time of 29.01.

Junior Cam Turner and sophomore Emma Smith each set personal records in the 800-meter run, with Turner finishing 10^th in 2:45.11 and Smith taking 13^th in 2:47.67. Sophomore Britney Baez finished 14^th as Rochelle’s only competitor in the 1600-meter run, while junior Katherine Bakken recorded a personal record of 12:28.22 to take fifth in the 3200-meter run.

Juniors Cheyene Watson (eighth in 11.140 and Grace Garcia (12^th in 12.06) led Rochelle in the 60-meter hurdles. The record-setting 800-meter relay group (Vardman, Ryan, Baker and Wyatt) placed second overall, and the Lady Hubs also took second in the 1600-meter relay (4:17.13) behind Vardman, senior Morgan Knight, Wyatt and Baker.

Wyatt’s personal record of 5-2 earned her third place in the high jump, and senior Alexis Bialas (7-0) finished 12^th in the pole vault. Baker’s leap of 13-8 in the long jump put her in ninth place, while sophomore Maddie Ohlinger leapt 13-5.75 for 10^th place. Turner and Ohlinger took eighth and ninth in the triple jump with respective lengths of 29-5.50 and 28-7.50.

Sophomore Cristina Alfano led Rochelle in the shot put, placing 10^th with a heave of 30-10.50. Sophomore Gabrielle Harding placed 13^th with a distance of 29-9.

Hubs

Senior Bazil Bennett finished seventh in the varsity boys shot put with a toss of 44-4.50, while senior Zach Miller (39-10) placed 15^th. Freshman Trevor Goodwin led the Hubs in both long jump (18-2.50) and triple jump (38-9.50), placing 10^th and sixth in the two events, respectively. Junior Mason DeLille placed 16^th in the long jump (17-3) and seventh in the triple jump (38-3.50).

Sophomore Ben Hickey took 11^th in the high jump with a clearance of 5-8, and sophomore Aaron Vondergathen finished 13^th in the pole vault with a clearance of 8-0. Senior Austin Tracey cleared 7-0 for 16^th place.

Junior Noah Knight (7.58 seconds) and senior Ben Pflipsen (7.78) took 11^th and 18^th in the 60-meter dash, respectively. Junior Ryan Friestad ran the 60-meter hurdles in 11.21, while freshman Dominic Williams clocked in at 11.34 for 15^th place.

Sophomore Evan Horner led Rochelle in the 400-meter dash, taking 12^th in 57.52. Junior Benjamin DaCosta (1:01.22) placed 16^th, and sophomore Gyvanziel Quinonez completed the 1600-meter run in 4:46.87 for eighth place overall. Knight (12^th in 25.85) and sophomore Parker Hale (16^th in 27.61) led the Hubs in the 200-meter dash.

Rochelle’s 800-meter relay of Knight, junior Alex Louck, junior Eddie Villalobos and Tracey placed fifth with a time of 1:40.97. The Hubs took seventh in the 1600-meter relay behind junior Greg Ricketts, junior Connor Lenkaitis, Horner and Louck.