STUDENT SPORTS
CGA captures first regional title
The Culver Girls Academy track and field team made history this spring when it captured its first regional title in history. Neither CMA nor CGA had won a regional until this spring. In a lead-up to the regional, CGA won its ninth Bremen sectional crown by 56 points over second place Plymouth. The girls finished with 88 points at the Goshen regional, just 3.5 points ahead of second place Warsaw. A total of 31 teams were represented at the regional tournament. In winning the regional, CGA also qualified a record number of participants for the IHSAA Track & State Finals. Senior Alexis Allen (Canton, Georgia) qualified in the 1600- and 3200-meter runs, junior Cecille Figueroa (Chicago) qualified in the 100 and 200, and senior Maggie Bialek (Metamora, Michigan) earned an appearance in the 400. The 4x800 relay team of senior Elizabeth Strogilos, junior Emily Heim
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(Culver), and sophomores Liilian VerMeulen and Margaret VerMeulen (Winnetka, Illinois) and the 4x400 team of Bialek, junior Madison Rivera (Columbus, Indiana), sophomore Lena Spiller (Louisville, Kentucky), and freshman Quinn Bird (Sturgis, Michigan) each took third-place overall in their respective events during the Regional, also earning bids to the Finals. Junior Madison Miller (Indianapolis) was the lone field contestant to appear in the State Finals, besting her own personal record by more than 16 feet in the discus throw during the Regional round. Allen finished her Culver career by reaching the podium twice at the state finals. She finished fifth in the 1600 with a time of 4 minutes, 51.24 seconds. The state record, interestingly enough, is held by CGA’s Waverly Neer ’11 at 4:43.46. Allen also finished sixth in the 3200 with a time of 10:45.74. She is headed to Princeton University to run cross country and track and field.
