Junior High Girls Gain Separation from Albany; Both Teams Sweep at Stanberry

Both junior high Tiger teams won at Stanberry last Thursday, as the girls gained separation from Albany at that event. On the girls side, Worth County won with 90 points to 68 for Albany; the Warriors beat out Worth County at the Early Bird, but Worth County has won every meeting since between the two teams. Rock Port had 58, Platte Valley 54, Northeast Nodaway 38, Gallatin 37, Princeton 27, North Harrison 20, Stanberry 18, Braymer 14, Stewartsville 13, and King City 11. On the boys side, Worth County ran away with the meet with 103 points. Albany had 68, Pattonsburg 60, Rock Port 53, Stewartsville 37, Platte Valley 36, Princeton 35, Gallatin 32, North Harrison 16, Northeast Nodaway 14, Stanberry 6, Braymer 3, and East Harrison 1.

For the girls, Anna Spainhower was sixth in the 200 with a time of 30.8, which was a personal best for her. Megan Cassavaugh was fourth in the 400 with a time of 1:08.7. Braidy Hunt was fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:43.8, another personal best. Two Tigers posted personal bests in the 100 Hurdles. Morgan Beagle won the event with a time of 18.0, knocking off .78 of a second off her previous best and edging out Paige West (Northeast Nodaway) by .03 of a second. Jill Hardy also posted a personal best as she got third with a time of 19.6.

The 4x100 team of Megan Cassavaugh, Morgan Beagle, Keelin Engel, and Anna Spainhower knocked nearly a second off their time and finished second with a time of 58.7 to Albany. The 4x200 team of Megan Cassavaugh, Morgan Beagle, Braidy Hunt, and Anna Spainhower came close to a personal best and was second with a time of 2:05.7. The 4x400 team of Jill Hardy, Aivry Griffin, Keelin Engel, and Allison Larison shaved 16 seconds off their time and finished third with a time of 4:50.3.

Anna Spainhower matched a personal best in the High Jump and tied for first with a height of 4’4”. Aivry Griffin set a personal best and was sixth with a height of 4’2”. Keelin Engel continued to excel in the Pole Vault and won with a height of 7’6”. Aivry Griffin was fifth and improved her height by a foot, getting 6 feet.

Megan Cassavaugh was fifth in the Long Jump with a jump of 13’4”. The Tigers were 1-2 in the Triple Jump, with both setting personal bests. Jill Hardy improved her distance by over 3 feet and won with a jump of 30’6”. Braidy Hunt improved her distance by a foot and finished second with a jump of 29’8”.

Maddie Taute was sixth in the Shot Put, coming close to a personal best with a throw of 27’6”. Emilee Brown and Olivia Kanak tied for fourth in the Discus with throws of 61’3”. Both throws were personal bests.

Andrew Alarcon knocked .79 of a second off his time in the 100 and finished third with a time of 12.0 for the boys. Alarcon set another personal best in the 200, knocking a second and a half off his time and finishing second with a time of 25.7. Alarcon won the 400 with a time of 1:01, while Nate Adwell was third with a time of 1:04.37, a personal best by over 2 seconds. Josh Freed knocked almost four seconds off his time in the 800 and was sixth with a time of 2:36.3. Jace Cousatte won the 1600, posting his first victory of the year with a time of 5:51.8. Cousatte matched a personal best in the 100 Hurdles and finished third with a time of 19.0 seconds. Aydan Gladstone was fifth with a time of 19.6.

The 4x200 team of Aydan Gladstone, Reid Gabriel, Alex Rinehart, and Nate Adwell knocked .19 of a second off their time and finished second with a time of 1:55.4. The 4x400 team of Jace Cousatte, Reid Gabriel, Alex Rinehart, and Nate Adwell was the surprise winner of the event. Seeded behind two other teams, they nonetheless knocked nearly nine seconds off their time and won with a time of 4:25.2.

Reid Gabriel set a personal best in the High Jump and placed fifth with a height of 4’10”. Nate Adwell continued to dominate the Pole Vault, winning with a vault of 10 feet. Aydan Gladstone was fourth with a vault of 6’6”.

Alex Rinehart matched a personal best in the Long Jump and finished fourth with a jump of 15’6”. Rinehart also beat his mark in the Triple Jump by nearly 4 feet and finished third with a leap of 32’11”. Josh Freed improved his distance by nearly 2 feet and finished sixth with a jump of 28’4½”.
Andrew Alarcon came close to a personal best in the Shot Put and finished sixth with a throw of 29’11”. Reid Gabriel was second in the Discus with a throw of 102’3½”.