Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Anne Sikkora to be Inducted into St. Kate's Hall of Fame September 22

The St. Catherine University athletics department will induct four new members into the Wildcats Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 22, during a ceremony at 11:45 AM in the Butler Center. The 2012 class includes Kim (Hayes) Jones ‘03, Rita Pomroy ’05, Anne Sikkora ’03 and Jenna (Martin) Tanner ’06.

Sikorra, a multi-event athlete, set eight school records, three indoor and five outdoor. Her indoor records include Pole Vault (3.31 meters in 2003), Long Jump (5.21 meters in 2002) and Pentathlon (3149 points). Outdoors, Sikorra shares the top spot for the 200-meter dash (26.57 seconds in 2001); is a part of the top teams for the 4x100-meter relay (50.67 seconds in 2001) and 4x800-meter relay (9:41.59 in 2003); and holds records in the Heptathlon (4323 points in 2003) and Pole Vault (3.46 meters in 2003). Overall, Sikorra holds nine top-three school marks for indoor competition and 12 top-five marks for outdoor.

Her fellow inductees were standouts in hockey(Jones), softball(Pomroy), and basketball(Tanner). Sikorra is the third track athlete to be inducted into the Wildcats Hall of Fame. Distance runner Kathryn (Jorgenson) Wagner '99 and multi-sport athlete Jill (Ament) Gibbon '04 are the others. Wagner was inducted in 2004, Gibbon in 2009.

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