It was no small feat to break records at the Crater Rotary Track and Field Classic Saturday at Crater High. The things been going on for 37 years, and there are still some marks almost as old as the meet itself. Crater’s Kayleigh Tyerman got one in the girls 1,500, running 4:41.20 to break a 1985 mark.
Summit girls got three records, including two by sprint sensation Kellie Schueler. Schueler, a junior, usurped one of Jackie Hunter’s two marks from way back in 1975, the 200 at 24.69. She also got former South Medford runner Janette Martin’s standard in the 400 at 55.90. Schueler’s teammate, Alyssa O’Conner, replaced the 1994 record in the 800 with her time of 2:15.65. So the girls marks from the 200 through the 1,500 were reset. Also falling was the girls 4×400 relay mark to Summit.
No boys marks fell. Jordan Kent did in 2002 what Schueler might have done Saturday, putting four meet records so far out there (sprints and long jump) that no one will get a sniff of them for some time. It wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened. The records for the 800 (1:52.49), 1,500 (3:51.62) and 3,000 (8:18.10) were set from 1975-77 by three different runners. What really makes you appreciate those numbers are the stunning efforts of Elliott Jantzer, Cole Watson and Zach Elliott at those distances the other day and the fact they didn’t reset them.
There are also marks in the Crater Rotary still standing from ’74 (110 hurdles, 14.3), ’75 (triple jump, 46-10) and ’78 (javelin, 203-4).
