Monday, March 30, 2009

Track Season Kicks Off with Early Bird

Both Worth County and Northeast Nodaway teams participated in the Worth County Early Bird Thursday as track season kicked off.

Borey leads Tigers to 5th place finish
Pole vault school recordholder Jessica Borey began right where she left off last year as she notched a 10'0" showing on the Pole Vault to lead the Tigers to a fifth place finish with 52 points, behind Mound City's first place finish with 155 points. She was three feet ahead of any other competitor. Worth County has historically dominated the Pole Vault, with April (Miller) Healy, Tiffany Troutwine, and now Borey headlining the event. Lauren Null vaulted 6'0" to finish fourth for the Tigers. In other events, Keely Cook finished sixth for the Tigers in the 100 with a time of 13.99. Borey was 6th in the 200 with a time of 29.49. She was also 4th in the 400 with a time of 1:07.42. In the 800, Lauren Null finished fifth with a time of 2:54.18.

In the hurdles, Brooke Gilland and Jessica Garrett picked up some points for the Tigers. Gilland was 4th with a time of 19.11 while Garrett was 5th with a time of 19.35 in the 100 hurdles. They also finished 4-5 in the 300 hurdles, with Gilland recording a time of 58.38 and Garrett recording a time of 1:00.96. The 4x200 Relay Team of Jessica Borey, Jessica Garrett, Brooke Gilland, and Keely Cook finished 3rd with a time of 2:00.65. Jessica Garrett was 5th in the Long Jump with a distance of 12'8.25". In the Triple Jump, Keely Cook was 3rd with a distance of 30'5". Paige McPike was 5th in the Discus with a distance of 64'05".

Schulte sisters lead Bluejays
The Schulte sisters established themselves as forces to be reckoned with in the 800 and 1600 events, as they led Northeast Nodaway to seventh in the standings in the Early Bird. Jacqueline and Michelle finished 1-3 in the 1600 Meter Run. They started off first and second in the 1600, well ahead of everyone else. Late in the race, Mound City's Jordyn Pankau passed Michelle and was neck and neck with Jacqueline as the final lap came, but Jacqueline Schulte found her second wind and put on a burst of speed to hold her off. Jacqueline Schulte finished with a time of 6:10.89, while Michelle finished with a time of 6:23.54. The Schulte sisters also finished 1-3 in the 800 as well, with Jacqueline winning the 800 with a time of 2:48.33, 37 hundreths of a second ahead of Maysville's Allison Moore. Michelle finished with a time of 2:53.15. Michelle Schulte finished second in the Long Jump with a distance of 13'6.25" to round out the scoring for Northeast's girls.

Tiger Boys finish close second behind Mound City
Worth County's boys performed strongly in finishing a close second behind Mound City. They picked up 108 points on the afternoon, led by four firsts by Kyler Hiatt. The Tigers had balance as they had someone medal in most of their events during the afternoon.

Eli Mullock paced the Tigers in the short events along with Hiatt. He finished 4th in the 100 with a time of 13.93. Kyler Hiatt won the 200 with a time of 23.50; Worth County finished 1-3 in the event as Mullock finished 3rd with a time of 24.73. In the 400, Mullock finished 5th with a time of 58.27. Aaron Summers was 4th with a time of 58.17.

In the 800, Mitch Andrews finished 4th with a time of 2:21.73. In the 1600, he was 2nd with a time of 5:31.44. Bryson Scott was 4th in the 3200 with a time of 13:13, much better than his seeded time of 15:00.

Kyler Hiatt defended his state title in the 110 and 300 hurdles. In both events, he was two seconds ahead of his runner-up. In the 110, his time was 15.86, while his time in the 300 was 42.85. The 4x100 team of Zach Harmening, Al Harmening, Tyler Garrett, and Barrett Baker finished 6th with a time of 50.87. In the 4x200, the team of Barrett Baker, Riley Gooslby, Aaron Summers, and Alex Harmening also finished 6th with a time of 1:44.56. The 4x400 relay team of Aaron Summers, Tyler Garrett, Zach Harmening, and Mitch Andrews finished 6th with a time of 4:05.42. The 4x800 relay team of Mitch Andrews, Aaron Summers, Riley Goolsby, and Zach Harmening finished 3rd with a time of 9:25.94.

The Harmening brothers dominated the Pole Vault event as Zach was first with a height of 11 feet. Alex was 4th with a height of 9 feet. Kyler Hiatt picked up his fourth first-place finish by winning the Long Jump with a distance of 19'3 1/4". Brian Hall was 4th in the Shot Put with a throw of 35'11". Riley Goolsby was 5th with a throw of 35'4". Hall was 3rd in the Discus with a throw of 108'4". Tyler Garrett was 6th with a throw of 89'1".

Davis notches points for NEN Boys
Tyler Davis was the only person to notch points for the Northeast Nodaway boys. He was 6th in the Shot Put with a throw of 35'2 1/2". He also placed 5th in the Discus with a throw of 95'8 3/4".

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