Junior High Girls Win at Albany; Boys 4th

The Worth County girls won at Albany, beating out Mercer with 91 points to 79 for the Cardinals. The boys were fourth with a team score of 50 points. The girls had a balanced field with several athletes doing well. The boys came close to winning in a few events and also had a balanced team effort.

Grace Schottel has established herself easily as one of the most versatile athletes in the area. She ran in the 100, where she finished second with a time of 14.26, second only to Bailey Owens of Mercer with a varsity-level time of 13.56. She was also second in the 1600 with a time of 6:34 in a close race with Kalie Peterson of Stanberry. She then ran for the winning 4x400 team, easily beating out Stanberry by 13 seconds. Other members of the 4x400 were Payton Adwell, Quinci Schottel, and Sydney Troutwine.

Kristen Ross was fourth in the 200 with a time of 30.70.That was .9 of a second off the pace of Kelsey Stone of Braymer.

The girls placed two in the 400. Payton Adwell was third in the event with a time of 1:14.61. Quinci Schottel was 8th with a time of 1:18.51.

 Kristen Ross continued her dominance of the 75 Hurdles, winning by almost a second with a time of 14.15. Aubrey Ragan was fourth with a time of 15.70.

The 4x100 of Belle Babb, Aubrey Ragan, Darbi Weddle, and Rachel Gardner was fifth with a time of 1:03.62. The 4x200 team of Payton Adwell, Rachel Gardner, Kristen Ross, and Sydney Troutwine was fourth with a time of 2:07.98.

Rachel Gardner was 8th in the High Jump with a leap of 3'10".

Winning the Pole Vault was Sydney Troutwine with a jump of 5'6". The girls placed two in the Long Jump. Payton Adwell was second with a jump of 13'11 1/2". Kristen Ross was right behind her in third with a jump of 13'10".

Aubrey Staton was 5th in the Shot Put with a throw of 27'5 1/2".

On the  boys side, Jayden Mancuso was 7th in the 100 with a time of 13.41.

Cade Allee was third in the 400 with a time of 1:04.50. He was involved in a close race with the top four competitors finishing within .45 of a second of each other.

Brandon Fletchall came the closest to winning in the boys events, finishing second in the 800, just .26 of a second behind Jake Gladiuex of Braymer. Johnny Carlson was 7th with a time of 2:59.02.

Jayden Mancuso was fourth in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 20.07.

The 4x100 team of Wade Rush, Ryan McClellan, Tevin Cameron, and Johnny Carlson was fourth in the 4x100 with a time of 59.49.

The 4x200 team of Cade Allee, Lucas Caddenhead, Ryan McClellan, and Wade Rush was fifth with a time of 1:59.30.

Out of the relay teams, the 4x400 did the best with the team of Cade Allee, Lucas Caddenhead, Jordan Huntsman, and Jayden Mancuso finishing third with a time of 4:31.69.

Lucas Caddenhead was second in the Pole Vault with a leap of 7 feet.

Drake Kinsella was 5th in the Shot Put with a throw of 30'1 1/2".