Boys Third, Girls 5th at Rock Port Relays

Worth County’s girls were 5th and the boys were 3rd at a tough Rock Port field. The boy beat out Stanberry this time, but they were behind Mound City and a tough Winnetonka squad.
Claire Andrews matched her personal best on the Pole Vault with a vault of 9’6” to win that event. That was one foot ahead of her nearest rivals. Wyatt Rush was 4th on the boys side with a vault of 10 feet.
Katie Mullock was 4th in the Long Jump with a distance of 15’6”. On the boys side, Eli Mullock was 3rd with a jump of 17’10”. Grant Parman was barely out of the money, getting 7th with a jump of 16’8”. But Parman did place in the Triple Jump, where he was 5th with a distance of 37’9”. Cole Parman was 12th with a distance of 33’11”.
The boys placed two in the discus throw. Dallas Greenland won with a personal best 132’3”. Wyatt Rush placed 6th with a throw of 106’10”, also a personal best. Neither of the girls placed as Kaitlyn Davidson was 7th with a throw of 82’6” and Rebecca Moore was 9th with a throw of 80’1”.
Lane Craven continued to tear up the shot put field for the Tiger boys, showing that his strong start was no accident. He threw a personal best 41’ to win that event. Josh Warner finished barely out of the money in 7th with a throw of 38’7”. On the girls side, Kaitlyn Davidson was 3rd with a throw of 33’4” while Taylor Causey threw for a distance of 28’3”.
The boys 4x800 relay team was 6th with a time of 9:34.55.
The girls placed two in the 100 Hurdles. Sydney Thummel was 4th with a time of 18.33. Jessica Garrett was 6th with a time of 18.79.
In the 100, Sydney Thummel was 3rd with a time of 14.14. On the boys side, one of the closest races of the afternoon was between Mullock and Eric Duncan of Rock Port. Eli beat out Duncan by two hundredths of a second to win the 100 with a time of 11.50.
The 4x200 team was second with a time of 1:39.79. Normally stuck behind the powerhouse Stanberry team, they beat out Stanberry this time and only lost to Winnetonka.
Haven Schottel was third in the 1600 with a time of 6:19.51. That was eight seconds off the pace set by Megan Farmer of West Nodaway.
Jordan Harding faced a tough field in the boys side of the 1600 as five different players broke the five minute barrier. Harding got a time of 5:16.64, which put him in 8th. Will Rennells got a personal best 5:43.03.
The girls 4x100 Relay team of Claire Andrews, Katie Mullock, Sydney Thummel, and Jessica Garrett was 4th with a time of 55.88. The boys were 6th with a time of 50.04.
Kristen Andrews was 6th in the 400 with a time of 1:09.38, close to her personal best.
Sydney Thummel barely finished out of the money in the 300 Hurdles, getting 7th with a time of 54.09.
Jordan Harding was much more successful in the 800, coming close to a personal best and getting 3rd with a time of 2:12.84. Bryson Scott also placed, getting 6th with a time of 2:19.48.
Katie Mullock was 3rd in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 29.08; her qualifying time of 28.92 matched a personal best.
Eli Mullock had a much easier time of it in the 200, getting his second win with a time of 23.91. That was six tenths of a second ahead of Nate Luke.
Justin Smith finished just out of the money in the 3200 on the boys side, getting a time of 12:17.57 for 7th place.
The girls 4x400 team of Kristen Andrews, Claire Andrews, Malori Moellenberndt, and Haven Schottel was 6th with a time of 4:40.90.