Sons looks to throw 100 feet at girls track regional tonight

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Seymour senior Kiley Sons has come close several times to throwing the discus 100 feet this season.

Her longest throw has been 99 feet, 7 inches.

“I’d like to go over 100,” she said as her goal tonight in the Bloomington North Regional.

She started competing in track and field her sixth grade year at Brownstown, then moved to Seymour her seventh grade year and has been throwing the shot put and discus for the Owls ever since.

She said this year, she has had more success in the discus.

“I’ve been putting a lot of work and effort into my form and technique,” she said. “In the shot put, I did about the same thing, but I was more successful in sectional with my discus.”

Sons placed third in the discus with a throw of 99-4 at the sectional, and she was third in the Hoosier Hills Conference meet with a throw of 99-7.

“I like the bigger meets just because it gives you that extra chance to push yourself to get into the finals,” she said. “Once you’re in the finals, you can really start trying and holing out everything and making sure your throws are good and your technique is good so that you can make it onto regional or state.”

Sons said she improves as the meet goes along.

“I find that in the finals, your best throws come out just because you know you are already safe, you’re already in the finals, so then you just try your hardest,” she said.

The sectional was at Seymour, and Sons said, “Whenever I’m in the ring, when I’m facing backwards, I look at a pine tree, and then when I throw, I make sure my eyes are on that stop sign, so then it’s in the middle of the sector.”

Sons said she enjoys throwing at home.

“I’d say we have one of the best (discus areas) because it is nice and flat, and the maintenance is always real nice,” she said. “It’s mowed, and the lines are straight.”

She said she enjoys working with weight coach Chris Rose in practice.

“Practice is very important. Since we only have a week between sectional and regional, you have to make sure you are working and you’re getting your technique down and that you are ready to go and compete at the regional,” Sons said. “I like doing it all together. It has just been my thing since sixth grade for the past six years. Ever since I got here at the high school, coach Rose has helped a lot. He focuses a lot on our technique, and if there is something wrong, he always makes sure we know how to fix it and that we’re working on it to fix it.”

She said technique is key as it has a lot to do with your release.

“You want to make sure your chest is pointed up to the sky and that you’re swinging your arms so you can get that nice swing with the discus and that it can just go flying out,” she said.

Sons said her best throw in the shot put was 32-4.5.

“Shot has a lot to do with speed, so when you’re down and you glide, you want to make sure that you’re coming up, and then as soon as your left foot hits the ground, you’re just going,” she said.

She said she has enjoyed attending SHS, and this fall, she will attend Southern Illinois University and study pre-veterinary.

The regional will bring together the top finishers from the Bloomington North, Madison, Terre Haute North and Seymour sectionals and will start at 6 p.m.

Jackson County regional qualifiers:

Brownstown Central

200: Maddy Schepman

100 hurdles: Camryn Thompson

300 hurdles: Thompson

4×100 relay: Hailey Bair, Jocelyn Love, Schepman, Thompson

4x400realy : Sophie Wischmeier, Noe McPherson, Love, Thompson

High jump: Liberty Wilkins

Long jump: Bair

Seymour

4×800 relay: Kelly Beavers, AnnMarie Shuler, Vivienne Siefker, Brooke Trinkle

100 hurdles: Evah Snyder

100: Sydnie Kingery

1600: Trinkle, Shuler

4×100 relay: Kingery, Kamryn Aynes, Kennedy Burnett, Anna Marks

400: Sydney Montgomery, Alexis Stuckwisch

800: Beavers

3200: Siefker

4×400 relay: Beavers, Ashlyn Henderson, Stuckwisch, Montgomery

Pole vault: Kate Connell

Discus: Sons

Trinity Lutheran

High jump: Emalee Goss

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