By Sam Parsons

The Oskaloosa Indians girls track team competed in their state qualifying meet at Pella last night and automatically qualified for 4 state track events.

Tierney Carter will be heading to the Blue Oval for the fourth straight year after auto-qualifying for both the 400m and the 400m hurdles. In the 400m, she was district champion with a school record time of 56.92. In the 400m hurdles, she was also district champ, finishing with a PR time of 65.52.

The Indians also had two relay teams punch their tickets to state. The SMR team of Monica Hundley, Vivian Bolibaugh, Delaney Harbour, and Tierney Carter ran to a 1st place finish with a school record time of 1:48.2. The Distance Medley Relay team of Monica Hundley, Alyssa Sheets, Delaney Harbour, and Kennedy Wright auto-qualified with a season-best time of 4:26.4, which earned 2nd place.

More state qualifiers could be on the way as official times are entered. The state track meets will take place from May 21-23 for all classes.