Wagner finishes 18th at state in 300 hurdles

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls track

Rochester senior Audrey Wagner placed 18th in the 300 hurdles in 46.09 seconds at the IHSAA girls track state finals at North Central High School in Indianapolis Saturday.

Running in the second of three heats, Wagner’s time was 0.76 seconds off her school record time that she ran at the Warsaw regional May 27.

Wagner made state in an event in which she had only been competing for two years. She had never broken 48 seconds prior to this year. She won the Three Rivers Conference title in 46.84 seconds May 9 at Wabash and the sectional title in 46.53 seconds May 20 at Bremen.

She was second behind South Bend Washington’s Adriana Swanson in 45.33 at the regional.

New Albany freshman Jada Harper won the state title in 41.52 seconds.