Josh Warner won the State Title in Discus and was runner-up in the Shot Put while Claire Andrews was the runner-up in the Pole Vault on the girls side for Worth County in the State Track Meet held last week. For Northeast Nodaway, Sage DeLong was 5th in the 100 while Steve Schulte got over 38 feet in the Triple Jump.
In the throwing events, each competitor has six tries. Josh Warner did not even break 130 feet in his first four tries; however, he finally broke 136 feet on his fifth try, which placed him in second place. He had to break 139 feet to get the state title, which he did, getting a throw of 142'6", a personal best by almost 10 feet.
For Claire Andrews, she battled back from a shoulder injury suffered in sectionals to place second in the Pole Vault with a vault of 9'6". A whole host of vaulters cleared 9'6", and Claire placed second on tiebreaks.
Josh Warner also threw a personal best in the Shot Put, where he also saved his best for last. He threw for 45'8 1/4", breaking his previous personal best by over two feet, to place second on his final throw, beating out teammate Lane Craven. Lane also came close to a personal best in finishing third with a throw of 44'11 3/4".
Grant Parman was 5th in the Long Jump. He also saved his best for last, getting a personal best of 20'6".
The 4x100 team of Grant Parman, Brevyn Ross, Dallas Greenland, and Andrew Mullock finished 8th with a time of 46.66.
Sydney Thummel got a personal best of 27.10 in qualifying for the 200 Finals and then came close with a 6th place finish in the Finals with a time of 27.27.
The girls 4x100 Relay team of Ally Buffington, Katie Mullock, Rikky Hunt, and Sydney Thummel was 6th, beating out long-time nemesis Mound City to qualify and then getting a time of 53.56 in the finals.
Overall, the boys were 7th with 29 team points. The girls finished with 14.
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