Thursday, May 9, 2013

Sydney Thummel, Kaitlyn Davidson, Claire Andrews All Win in Districts; Girls Team 2nd

Sydney Thummel, Kaitlyn Davidson, and Claire Andrews all got wins in districts at Albany and the Tiger girls finished second to Mound City as Worth County found themselves in good shape going into sectionals. They had a host of qualifiers move on. Mound City finished with 136 team points to 100 for Worth County.

Sydney Thummel won the 100 over Madison Taylor of Rock Port, getting a time of 13.62 as she has established herself as one of the consistent threats in the event. She then came within two hundredths of a second to Nodaway-Holt's Megan Rosenbohm, finishing second in the 200 with a time of 27.59 to Rosenbohm's 27.57. Kaitlyn Davidson and Claire Andrews were also near their peak form going into sectionals. Claire Andrews once again broke the 10 foot barrier, beating out three competitors who topped nine feet. She got a new pole and it appeared to be helping out. Sister Tess matched a season best and finished 6th with a vault of 7 feet. Kaitlyn Davidson won the Shot Put with a throw of over 36 feet and Taylor Causey nearly qualified as well, getting a personal best, breaking the 30 foot barrier, and finishing 5th.

Haven Schottel qualified in the 400, where she finished fourth with a time of 1:11.59.

Sydney Thummel picked up one of her best times in the 100 Hurdles and picked up her second 2nd place finish of the day, getting a time of 17.35 to move on to sectionals in that event.

The 4x100 gave Mound City a run for their money and finished second; Ally Buffington, Sydney Thummel, Katie Mullock, and Rikky Hunt finished second with a time of 54.70 to Mound City's 54.45.

The 4x200 team of Malori Moellenberndt, Ally Buffington, Rikky Hunt, and Haven Schottel also qualified, finishing second to Mound City with a time of 1:56.08.

The 4x400 was the third relay team to qualify as Kristen Andrews, Malori Moellenberndt, Rikky Hunt, and Haven Schottel finished 3rd with a time of 4:37.27.

Katie Mullock did not qualify in the Long Jump; she was 6th with a jump of 14'8 1/2". Rikky Hunt was 7th in the Triple Jump with a jump of 28'11 3/4".

Kaitlyn Davidson qualified in the discus with a throw of 91'8 1/2". She beat out teammate Rebecca Moore, who was right behind her with a throw of 87'5 1/4".




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