Junior High Girls Second, Boys Third at Junior High Early Bird

The Worth County girls were second and the boys third at the Junior High Early Bird last Tuesday. In the Shot Put, Aubrey Staton was 4th for the girls with a throw of 25'2 1/4". On the boys side, Drake Kinsella was 5th with a throw of 29'7". Drake Kinsella and Aubrey Staton also competed in the Discus. Drake was 4th with a throw of 78'6". Aubrey was 5th with a throw of 48'9". The boys placed two in the High Jump. Lucas Caddenhead was 5th with a jump of 4'8". Cade Allee was right behind him at 6th with a leap of 4'6". For the girls, Rachel Gardner was 4th with a leap of 4 feet. Both the boys and girls won in the Pole Vault. Sidney Troutwine won the girls Pole Vault with a vault of 6'6". She is the niece of Tiffany Troutwine, who has been a state champion in the event in the past. On the boys side, Lucas Caddenhead and Will Engel were 1-2 in the event. Lucas won with a vault of 7'6" while Will was second with a vault of 6 feet. Kristen Ross was third in the Long Jump with a leap of 13'5 1/2". That was 3 1/2" off the winning jump of Alisha Davison of North Nodaway. Troutwine was 6th in the 100 with a time of 15.64. Kristen Ross won the 200 with a time of 30.13. That was .2 of a second ahead of Alisha Davison of North Nodaway. Jayden Mancuso was 5th in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 19.92. That was 1.1 seconds off the winning time of T.J. Williams of South Harrison. The girls got their best result of the day in the 75 Hurdles as they finished 1-2 in the event. Kristen Ross got her second win of the afternoon in the event with a time of 13.91. Aubrey Ragan, who had never run a complete set of hurdles before, encountered just as little competition for second as she finished with a time of 15.04, more than one second ahead of the third place finisher. The girls won the 4x200 as Kristen Ross picked up her third win of the afternoon as she was on the winning team. The team of Ross, Sidney Troutwine, Rachel Gardner, and Payton Adwell won with a time of 2:04.88, three seconds ahead of the second-place North Nodaway squad. The boys team of Jayden Mancuso, Wade Rush, Tevin Cameron, and Ryan McClellan finished second in the 4x200 with a time of 1:58.45. That was 2.47 seconds off the first place pace of North Andrew. Winning the 1600 was Grace Schottel, who had little competition in the event as she won with a time of 6:28.80. That was 23 seconds ahead of the second place finisher. She rewrote the elementary track meet record book from the 100 to the 1600 and now she is getting a chance to show what she can do. The girls 4x100 team of Sidney Troutwine, Darbi Weddle, Aubrey Ragan, and Rachel Gardner finished fourth with a time of 1:02.02. That was 1.74 seconds off the winning time of King City. The boys 4x100 relay team placed third with a time of 56.72. That was 1.5 seconds off the winning pace of King City. On the team were Ryan McClellan, Tevin Cameron, Jayden Mancuso, and Wade Rush. Winning the 400 was Payton Adwell with a time of 1:11.94. That was 1.13 ahead of Carlie Newman of Albany. That result was a relief for Payton as she had struggled earlier in the day in the field; that was her second win of the afternoon. The Tigers also won on the boys side of the 400 as Cade Allee won with a time of 1:02.67. That was 1.06 seconds ahead of Derek McClure of South Harrison. Brianna Harker was 6th in the 800 with a time of 3:13.72. Brandon Fletchall was 4th on the boys side with a time of 2:42.01. The girls and boys teams both placed in the 4x400 to round out the afternoon. The girls were second as the team of Payton Adwell, Quinci Schottel, Bell Babb, and Grace Schottel finished seven seconds behind North Nodaway with a time of 5:09. The boys team of Lucas Caddenhead, Brandon Fletchall, Harley Charles, and Cade Allee was 4th with a time of 4:45, 18 seconds behind North Andrew. The girls were second behind North Nodaway as the Mustangs collected 110 points on the afternoon. Worth County was second with 98. North Harrison followed with 69 and King City with 46. On the boys side, South Harrison won with a total of 116 points. North Andrew had 78, followed by Worth County and King City with 61 each. North Harrison followed with 36.