Saturday, April 21, 2018

Junior High Boys Edged Out; Girls Fourth in Rock Port

Worth County’s junior high boys were edged out in the Little Blue Jay Relays in Rock Port Thursday, while the girls were fifth in a loaded field. For the girls, there were only 30.33 points separating the 1st and 10th place teams. East Atchison won with 61.33 team points. Mound City had 58, Albany 57, South/Nodaway-Holt 48.33, Worth County 47.33, North Andrew 40, Rock Port 39, North/West Nodaway 37, South Harrison 35, St. Joseph Christian 31, and Stewartsville 11.

For the boys, East Atchison edged out Worth County, getting 100.5 points to 92 for Worth County. South Harrison had 74, Mound City 46.5, South/Nodaway-Holt 42, Albany 36, North Andrew 23, Rock Port 16, Stewartsville 15, North/West Nodaway 13, and St. Joseph Christian 8.

For the girls, Hailey Adwell was second in the 800 with a time of 2:45.49. Aivry Griffin was third in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 18.98.

Aivry Griffin matched her personal best in the High Jump and placed second with a leap of 4’6”. Molly Miller finished in a dead heat for fourth in the Pole Vault with a vault of 6 feet. Ali Brown was fourth in the Triple Jump with a jump of 26’4½”.

Ali Brown was second in the Shot Put with a personal best of 31’11½”. Olivia Kanak was fourth in the Discus with a throw of 72’7”.

On the boys side, Alex Rinehart was third in the 400 with a time of 1:01.48. Josh Freed was fifth in the 800 with a time of 2:32.22. The Tigers continued to shave time off in the 100 Hurdles. Jace Cousatte won this time, getting a time of 16.37, while Aydan Gladstone was second with a time of 16.63. Both times were personal bests.

The 4x100 team of Jon Galanakis, Lucas Wake, Aydan Gladstone, and Jace Cousatte was third with a time of 54.26. The 4x200 team of Jon Galanakis, Josh Freed, Levi Cassavaugh, and Jackson Runde was fourth with a time of 1:54.12. The 4x400 team of Jon Galanakis, Jackson Runde, Josh Freed, and Levi Cassavaugh was third with a time of 4:26.28, knocking almost eight seconds off their time.

The Tigers were 1-2 in the High Jump. Jace Cousatte won with a leap of 5 feet, edging out Lucas Wake on tiebreaks. Both matched personal bests. Aydan Gladstone matched his personal best in the Pole Vault and won with a vault of 10 feet, edging three other competitors on tiebreaks. Alex Rinehart was second in the Long Jump with a jump of 17’1”. Alex Rinehart was fourth in the Triple Jump with a jump of 33’8¾”. Jackson Runde won the Discus with a personal best throw of 124’11, over 11 feet better than his previous best throw.

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