STORMS AT STATE TRACK

O'Hara's Max Storms took fourth place in the long 3200 meter race on Saturday, May 30th in the Class 3 State competition in Jefferson City. His time was 9:30.76 with the winning time of 9:22.48 by a runner from Potosi. He finished the Class 3 State 1600 meter run in fifth place on the previous day. Timed at 4:17.12, he was edged out of fourth place by his Sectional rival Harrisonville's Maksim Korolev who had a time of 4:16.94. The top three places in this race were won by runners from Potosi and Westminster. Sixth place was taken by a West Plains runner whose time of 4:18.09, indicating how close the competition was at State level.

Five Soccer Players Honored

Juniors Taylor Eason and Kaylea Lancaster along with sophomore Lindsey Hanaway made the ALL WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM playing for Archbishop O'Hara High School. Sophomore Katie Brage and freshman Andi Davis were name to the SECOND TEAM ALL CONFERENCE. Three of these players also were selected to the ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM: Taylor Eason, Lindsey Hanaway, and Andi Davis.

ALL CONFERENCE BASEBALL

Junior Aaron Stubblefield and sophomore Cullen Rowland from O'Hara were selected to the FIRST TEAM ALL WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE BASEBALL. Rowland was chosen as a pitcher but also filled in on occasion at first base while Stubblefield was chosen as a utility player having contributed on the mound as well as at shortstop. Three players made the SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE. Outfielder Chuck Preston, pitcher & firstbaseman Mike Lynch, and pitcher & infielder Aarom Mitchell were seleced. The Celtic team came in third in the Conference with a 6-4 record.

Congratulations

Brittany Crawford who will be a sophomore next year and Allison Seck who will be a junior have been chosen for the Girls Grant Project this summer.

TRACK SECTIONALS

Max Storms who had already won the State Cross Country Championship in his classification during his junior year, as a senior moved on in the Track Sectionals to the State competition next weekend in both the 3200 meter run and the 1600 meter race. He took first place in the 3200 meters and second place in the 1600 meters. Both races turned out to be a two-runner competition with only Max Storms from O'Hara and Maksim Korlev from Harrisonville well ahead of the rest of the field. At 9:38.17, Storms outdid Korlev in the longer race. Korlev's time was 9:45.32 with the bronze medal going to a Clinton runner whose time was a distant 9:52.72. Settling for the silver medal at 1600 meters, Max had a time of 4:20.97, just a hair short of Korlev's 4:20.5! The bronze medalist from Saint Pius X was in at a distant 4:33.93. Saturday's Sectionals were held at Kearney High School. -----HERE IS ANOTHER REPORT ON THE SAME TOPIC ---- Max Storms competed in the 1600 meter and 3200 meter races at the Class 3 Sectionals in Kearney and qualified for State competition in both. In the 1600 he set a personal record with a 4:20.97 coming in second to Maksim Korlov less than a second. In the 3200 he set a sectional record (which atually wasn't his personal best time) with 9:30.17 and was first. The previous sectional record was set in 1999 by Brock Babcock of Platte County with a time of 9:41.7 Storms will be the sole representative of the Celtic Track team at the State meet in Jefferson City next weekend. Paulina Pengelley came in fifth in the discus with a personal best distance of 108 feet. . Freshman Kayla McDowell competed in 100 meter hurdles taking 7th place and in the Triple Jump with a personal best leap of 17 feet, one inch. It was good enough to place 5th.

2009-2010 Varsity Cheerleaders

Eleven O'Hara students were named to the 2009-2019 varsity cheerleading team. The selectees were Selchia Cain, Catherine Duncan, Nikiea Henderson, Alex Keffer-Swaney, Kayla McDowell, Leilani Riley, Sarah Rupp, Jayla Smith, Brynn Thibault, Natalya Washington, and Skyler Young. Except for McDowell and Thibault who live in Raytown, and Rupp who lives in Lee's Summit, the others live in Kansas City. Coaches for the team are Melissa Wiehn and Coriann Sperling.

BASEBALL DISTRICT

In a five inning game, the O'Hara baseball team won a 14-1 rout of Renaissance School in the first round of District play. Jake Slocum pitched a two-hitter. Multiple RBI's were registered by Jake Slocum, Jared Ginter, and Chuck Preston. Then the Celtics lost in the semifinals to Pembroke Hill 8-6 to end their 2009 season.