Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Junior High Tiger Girls Edge Out Platte Valley for Early Bird Win

Worth County’s junior high girls edged out Platte Valley and several other teams to win the Early Bird Tuesday. The Tigers won with 62 points. Platte Valley had 60, North Andrew 53, King City 53, Albany 47, Princeton 37, Stanberry 34, Tri-County 30, Pattonsburg 22, South Harrison 19, North Harrison 13, Gilman City 12, North/West Nodaway 8, and Union Star 2.

Hailey Adwell was third in the 400 with a time of 1:11.39.

Aivry Griffin was third in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 19.50. It was a close race, as Carly Turner (Tri-County) had 19.49 and Jillian Plymell (Pattonsburg) had 19.32 to win it.

Worth County’s 4x400 team of Molly Miller, ZeeAnna Gladstone, Ali Brown, and Justina Wimer was fourth with a time of 5:26.54.

Aivry Griffin was sixth in the High Jump with a jump of 4’2”.

Worth County went 1-2 in the Pole Vault as Molly Miller won with a vault of 6’3”, and Claire McElvain was second with a vault of 6 feet. Both marks were personal bests.

The Tigers were 2-3 in the Triple Jump. Justina Wimer was second with a jump of 26’4¾”, while Ali Brown was third with a jump of 26’1”. Brown’s mark was a personal best. Over half of Worth County’s 62 team points came in the Pole Vault and the Triple Jump.

Olivia Kanak got a personal best in the Discus and won with a throw of 72’6½”. Calli Mancuso was fifth with a throw of 62’2”.

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