Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Tiger Teams Sweep Junior High GRC Titles

Both Worth County teams finished the season on a high note, sweeping the GRC West meet at North Andrew Thursday.

The girls, after having several close matches with Albany, won handily over the Warriors with 115 team points to 86 for Albany. St. Joseph Christian had 76, King City 63, Braymer 49, North Andrew 42, Stanberry 24, and Pattonsburg had 6.

For the boys, Worth County ran away with the meet with 127 points. St. Joseph Christian had 83, Albany 82, Pattonsburg 73, North Andrew 36, King City 29, Braymer 20, and Stanberry 15.
For the girls, Keelin Engel was sixth in the 100 with a time of 14.37.

Megan Cassavaugh was sixth in the 200 with a time of 31.20. Cassavaugh was third in the 400 with a time of 1:12.70.

Braidy Hunt was fourth in the 800 with a time of 3:00.22. She was second in one of the most exciting races of the afternoon with a time of 6:24.85, just one hundredth of a second behind Madilyn Wall (King City).

Jill Hardy was second in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 18.94, a personal best. Aivry Griffin was fifth with a time of 19.27, also a personal best.

The 4x100 team of Morgan Beagle, Anna Spainhower, Aivry Griffin, and Keelin Engel was third with a time of 59.15. The 4x200 team of Jill Hardy, Braidy Hunt, Aivry Griffin, and Anna Spainhower was third with a time of 2:11.86. The 4x400 team of Jill Hardy, Allison Larison, Morgan Beagle, and Anna Spainhower was third with a time of 5:10.09.

Aivry Griffin got her highest finish of the year in the High Jump, getting a height of 4’4”, good enough for second. Anna Spainhower was third with a height of 3’10”.

Worth County won on the girls side despite only having two athletes finish first. Keelin Engel won the Pole Vault, matching a personal best with a height of 8’6”. Two other Tigers placed; Megan Cassavaugh was fourth with a personal best height of 7 feet, while Molly Miller got a personal best and fifth place with a height of 6 feet. The other winner was Morgan Beagle, who got a personal best and won the Long Jump with a leap of 13’6½”. Allison Larison set another personal best and was fourth with a leap of 13’2¼”, and Megan Cassavaugh was sixth with a leap of 13’¾”. Less than six inches separated the first and sixth place finishers in the event.

The Tigers placed two in the Triple Jump. Jill Hardy was third with a jump of 27’3½”. Braidy Hunt was fourth with a jump of 27’¼”.

Maddie Taute got her best finish of the year in the Shot Put, placing third with a throw of 28’6”. Keelin Engel tried her hand and got fourth with a throw of 28’3½”. Olivia Kanak was sixth in the Discus with a throw of 61’4”.

For the boys, Andrew Alarcon won with 100, nearing a personal best with a time of 12.31. Alarcon was second in the 200 with a time of 26 seconds.

Reid Gabriel was fourth in the 400 with a time of 1:06.11.

Jackson Runde was fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:48.19.

Jace Cousatte was third in the 1600 with a time of 5:56.45.

The Tigers were 1-2 in the 100 Hurdles. Jace Cousatte won handily by over a second, setting a personal best and getting a time of 18 seconds. Aydan Gladstone edged out Jay Jura (St. Joseph Christian), getting a personal best time of 19.16 to Jura’s 19.19.

The 4x100 team of Aydan Gladstone, Jeshua Blaine, Andrew Alarcon, and Nate Adwell set a personal best and finished second with a time of 54.95. The 4x200 team of Aydan Gladstone, Reid Gabriel, Alex Rinehart, and Nate Adwell was second with a time of 1:57.89. The 4x400 team of Jace Cousatte, Reid Gabriel, Alex Rinehart, and Nate Adwell was second with a time of 4:23.39.

Lucas Wake was fourth in the High Jump with a height of 4’8”. Jace Cousatte was sixth with a time of 4’6”.

Nate Adwell had been winning the Pole Vault all year and did so again with a personal best height of 11’6”, 2’6” ahead of the next finisher. Aydan Gladstone was third, matching a personal best with a height of 8’6”. Lincoln Moore set a personal best and finished fifth with a height of 7’¼”.

Andrew Alarcon was second in the Long Jump with a jump of 16’½”. Alex Rinehart was fourth with a jump of 15’6¼”.

Alex Rinehart was second in the Triple Jump with a jump of 31’10½”.

Reid Gabriel won the Discus with a throw of 110’1½”.

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