Worth County Girls 5th at Rock Port

The Worth County girls were 5th at the Rock Port Relays last Tuesday, getting a total of 42 points. Mound City won the event with 101.50 points. They are the defending state champions in girls track. Stanberry was second with 78. Rock Port was third with 64 points, followed by Maysville with 47 points.

Claire Andrews was third in the Pole Vault with a vault of 8 feet. that was six inches off the pace set by Alex Philips of Mound City.

Getting one of her best jumps of the year was Katie Mullock in the Long Jump. She finished third with a jump of 14'9 1/2".

Rebecca Moore was 3rd in the Discus with a throw of 88'4", not far off her personal best. That was 20'1" off the throw of Makayla Vette of Rock Port, who has dominated the event for the last few years.

The 4x800 Relay Team of Kristen Andrews, Liz Novak, Lauren Null, and Kiley Reynolds took some time off their performance in finishing 5th. They finished with a time of 11:17.92, over a minute off the pace set by Mound City.

Worth County placed two in the 100 Hurdles. Jessica Garrett was 3rd with a time of 18.06, which was around her best time of the year. Brooke Gilland was 6th with a time of 18.94.

Katie Mullock is following in the footsteps of her cousin Eli and is moving up the charts in the 100 as a freshman. She was 3rd at Rock Port with a time of 13.57, which was her best time up to that point. She is one of a number of speedy athletes the Tigers have; they were able to dominate the speed events in the years that they won state titles. Katie Mullock was also second in the 200, where she finished with a time of 29.11.