Tiger Teams Qualify for State in 10 Events

Worth County's teams qualified in 10 different events for state at sectionals in Kearney, MO last Saturday.

Sydney Thummel was 4th in the 100 Hurdles, qualifying for the State Meet with a time of 17.54. It was one of her better times of the year in that event.

All three relay teams on the girls side qualified for state. The 4x100 Relay Team qualified, finishing third with a personal best time of 54.15.  The 4x200 team qualified by finishing second to Mound City with a time of 1:53.49. And the 4x400 team got their best time of the year as they finished third and qualified with a time of 4:26.

For Northeast Nodaway, Taryn Farnan narrowly missed qualifying for the High Jump as her jump of 4'8", matching her personal best, was only good for 8th place.

Both Kenna LaFollette and Katie Mullock missed qualifying in the Long Jump. Katie was 8th with a jump of 14'3 1/2". Kenna LaFollette jumped a personal best of 14'9", but still finished 7th.

 Claire Andrews and Amy Gully continued their pole vaulting duel that they have done for the last two years. Claire matched her jump of 9'6" from Albany, but Amy Gully jumped a personal best 10'0" to win the event. Both qualified for state.

Kaitlyn Davidson narrowly missed qualifying in the Shot Put, finishing 5th with a throw of 34' 3/4".

For the boys, Brevyn Ross qualified for the 110 Hurdles with a time of 18.03. That was good enough for a 3rd place finish. Brevyn also qualified in the 300 Hurdles and got Worth County's lone first place finish on the afternoon, getting a time of 42.37.

The 4x400 team narrowly missed qualifying, finishing 5th with a time of 3:44.49.

Josh Warner was beaten in the Discus for the first time all year. He was 2nd to Max Carrillo (St. Joseph Christian) as they resumed their duel in that event and left everyone else far behind. Warner had a throw of 149'3".

Ben Badell got a personal best in the High Jump but missed qualifying as he finished 8th with a leap of 5'6".

Both Andrew Mullock and Jared Simmons qualified in the Pole Vault. They finished second and third respectively with a vault of 10'6". Jared Simmons' vault was a personal best.

Josh Warner was 2nd in the Shot Put, beating his previous best by 2 feet and getting a throw of 48'9". He was second to Carrillo in that event.

For Northeast Nodaway, Steve Schulte came heartbreakingly close to qualifying, getting a season best 40'8" in the Triple Jump, but missed qualifying on tiebreaks, finishing 5th.