Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Tiger Boys Win Junior High Early Bird; Worth County Completes Four Way Sweep

Worth County’s junior high boys won the Early Bird to complete the four way sweep of the early home track meets. All four Worth County teams – the varsity boys and girls along with the junior high boys and girls – won the Early Bird. The boys won with 129 team points. South Harrison had just as little competition for second, getting 95. Albany had 58, King City 44, North/West Nodaway 35, North Andrew 32, Stanberry 26, Platte Valley 23, NEN 16, North Harrison, Union Star, and Tri-County all with 2, and Gilman City with 1.

Alex Rinehart was third in the 100, getting a personal best with a time of 12.99.

The Tigers placed two in the 200 as Lucas Wake was fourth with a time of 28.39, while Aydan Gladstone was fifth with a time of 28.90.

Levi Cassavaugh got a personal best in the 400 with a third place finish of 1:07.29, almost three seconds better than his previous best time.

Jace Cousatte got a personal best and placed second in the 800, getting a time of 2:31.83. That was over three seconds better than his previous best time. Josh Freed was sixth and came close to a personal best, getting a time of 2:40.64.

Worth County was 1-2 in the 100 Hurdles. Jace Cousatte won, with a time of 17.64, while Aydan Gladstone was second with a time of 18.21. Both were personal bests, with Cousatte knocking 1.6 seconds off his time, while Gladstone knocked 1.03 seconds off.

The 4x100 team of Alex Rinehart, Lucas Wake, Aydan Gladstone, and Jace Cousatte was second with a time of 52.34.

The 4x200 team of Brent Harris, Josh Freed, Levi Cassavaugh, and Jackson Runde was third with a time of 1:58.47.

The 4x400 team of Jon Galanakis, Jackson Runde, Levi Cassavaugh, and Josh Freed held off a late charge from Albany to place third and knock over six seconds off their best time from last  year, getting a time of 4:38.66.

Worth County finished 1-2 in the High Jump with Lucas Wake matching a personal best with a height of 5 feet, and Jace Cousatte finishing right behind with a jump of 4’11”.

Aydan Gladstone came up short in a Pole Vault duel with Braden Spurling (South Harrison), who is drawing a lot of buzz this year for the Bulldogs. But Gladstone got a personal best with a vault of 8’6” and finished second to Spurling’s 9’6”. Lincoln Moore was fifth with a vault of 7 feet, also a personal best.

Worth County placed two in the Long Jump as Alex Rinehart got a personal best and a second place finish with a leap of 16’1”. Jon Galanakis was fifth with a jump of 13’3½”.

Alex Rinehart won the Triple Jump handily, as he got a leap of 34’3”, over three feet better than his nearest competitor. Josh Freed was third with a jump of 29’4½”.

Jackson Runde won the Discus and beat his personal best by over 10 feet, getting a throw of 106’7”.

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