Led by senior Allison Hilleman, the Trojans continued their domination on the track and in the field events on their way to back-to-back conference titles. The Trojans have now won seven-straight meets and are 8-for-9 this season.

“We just work so hard, so it shows how hard we’ve worked,” Hilleman said. “We’ve earned it.”

Hilleman added some personal accolades to her resume as she set a new NICL West record in the 200-meter dash, running a 26.00-second race, beating out teammate Emma Meyer (27.36) for the conference title. She also won the 100 dash (12.73) and was the third leg in the first-place sprint medley relay (Maddy Vawter, Avril Sinning, Hilleman and Kayla Cripps; 1:52.89).

“It’s my last season and I’ve really worked hard the last couple years,” Hilleman said. “These were a couple of the goals I had and I’ve just been working so hard for it. It’s finally coming along.”

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The sprint medley was also accompanied by the 4×100 (Emma Meyer, Vawter, Sinning and Cripps; 52.89) and the 4×800 relay (Sinning, Hana Hohnstein, Georgia Porter and Shannon Breja; 10:21.94) as relay conference titles on Thursday.

West Marshall girls’ head coach Cynthia Hilleman — who was named the 2017 Coach of the Year — said the biggest testament to the Trojans’ success this season has been their depth.

“We have a very diverse team. We had good throwers and jumpers, and then we had a really good distance group and sprinters group,” Cynthia said. “So, we could really mix them all up. We could just run everything.”

Cripps helped out individually with a conference title of her own, as she won the 400 in a time of 1:01.97. Isabelle Gradwell also had an individual conference title in the 100 hurdles, running a 15.98.

AGWSR’s Aubrie Fisher won the NICL West Athlete of the Year as she won three conference titles in the 800 (2:29.59), 1,500 (5:12.19) and the 3,000 (11:15.69). To top it all off, she helped anchor the 4×800 relay that took second place as well (10:34.45).

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Fisher said the distance events are deeper this year, and with teammate Bethany Lippert — who finished second to Fisher in the 1,500 and 3,000 — in her pocket most of the way, she’ll be able to have some peak performances in the coming weeks.

“It’s awesome [to have three conference titles],” Fisher said. “That was my goal coming into the meet this year, and I knew I had the ability to win all three events. I told myself, “You’re going to do it. This year, you don’t want to wait.’ I just wanted to do it now.”

Fisher said she’s got her eyes set on qualifying in at least all three of those same title-winning events Thursday at the district qualifier, and possibly adding another in a relay later in her career.

Lippert wasn’t runner-up all night, though. She took first place in the high jump, clearing 5 feet for the conference title. The AGWSR distance medley of Addison Johnson, Anna Jaspers, Ali Gerbracht and Haley Bakker also earned a conference title, running a 4:37.36.

The Cougars were second with 103 points.

The Grundy Center girls weren’t done setting records either. A week after they broke the school mark in the 4×200, the squad of Kyah Luhring, Brooke Flater, Landry Luhring and Hailey Wallis did it again, running a 1:49.38, a new school record, and a new NICL West record. The Spartans took third overall as a team with 80 points.

Kyah Luhring also won the long jump, going for a leap of 16-2 and led off the first-place 4×400 relay that ran a 4:12.83 in the process.

East Marshall’s girls were a point back with 79 team points, finishing fourth. The Mustangs were led by McKaylie Coleman, who placed second in the 400 hurdles (1:11.46) and anchored the fourth-place 4×400 relay team (4:35.26).

The 4×100 relay of Genesis Wanatee, Brittany Anderson, Madi Duncan and Kaley Burchland also took second in a time of 54.52.

The fifth-place team of BCLUW found its lone individual champion in Jenna Willett, who won the 400 hurdles in a time of 1:09.69. She was also second in the long jump at 16-1/2.

The Comets’ shuttle hurdle team of Olivia Hughes, Samantha Ubben, Kiersten Kruse and Willet won its event in a time of 1:11.78.

South Hardin’s Brylie Zeisneiss is less than a week removed from a medalist finish at the Drake Relays and doubled in winning conference titles in the shot put (39-1 1/4), and the discus (109-5). Emma Gourley had a runner-up finish in the 400 (1:04.14) and two third s in the 200 (27.54) and the 100 (13.29). The Tigers finished sixth as a team with 61 points.

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls were seventh with 17 points, 16 of which came from Lily Ehlers. She was third in the 800 (2:34.63), third in the 3,000 (11:48.86) and fourth in the 1,500 (5:33.79). The Rebels got a point from Sadie Cahalan, Morgan Kupka, Morgan Kelley and Kaylah McDonough in the 4×100, finishing sixth (1:06.85).

Girls Standings — 1. West Marshall 171, 2. AGWSR 103, 3. Grundy Center 80, 4. East Marshall 79, 5. BCLUW 70, 6. South Hardin 61, 7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 17.

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