Saturday, April 28, 2018

Junior High Tiger Boys Win, Girls Sixth at Home Relays in Loaded Field

Worth County’s junior high boys edged out South Harrison and the girls were sixth in a loaded field Thursday at their home relays.

For the girls, powerhouse Maysville ran away with the meet with 87 team points. There were 21 points separating the 2nd through 9th place finishers. Albany had 45, Platte Valley 44, East Atchison 40.5, Rock Port 36, Worth County 34.5, King City 34, North Harrison 26, and South/Nodaway-Holt 24. The rest of the field saw Stanberry with 18, North/West Nodaway 17, Union Star 12, Pattonsburg 10, South Harrison 9, Tri-County 9, St. Gregory’s 8, Gallatin 8, and NEN 2.

For the boys, Worth County won with 86 team points. South Harrison had 74, South/Nodaway-Holt 67, King City 62, East Atchison 49, Albany 29, Gallatin 25, North/West Nodaway 19, Rock Port 12, Stewartsville 10, Platte Valley 8, Stanberry 8, NEN 8, St. Gregory’s 7, and Union Star 1.

In the 800, Hailey Adwell continued to knock time off her runs, getting second with a personal best time of 2:45.43. Aivry Griffin was third in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 18.68.

Molly Miller was fifth in a crowded field in the Pole Vault with a vault of 6 feet. Claire McElvain was tied for sixth with a vault of 5’6”. Justina Wimer got Worth County’s lone first place finish, matching a personal best and getting a jump of 29 feet in the Triple Jump. Ali Brown was fourth in the Shot Put with a throw of 30’8”. Olivia Kanak was fourth in the Discus with a throw of 73’4”.

On the boys side, Worth County had every reason to be worried at first as standout discus thrower Jackson Runde threw all of his throws out of bounds and didn’t place, taking away 10 of Worth County’s points in a crowded meet. South Harrison was there, with standout Braden Spurling getting a host of points for the purple squad. But Worth County was able to pick up enough points to make up for it and get the win.

Alex Rinehart was fifth in the 100 with a time of 12.93. Rinehart was also second in the 400 with a time of 1:01.09; Levi Cassavaugh was sixth with a time of 1:04.73. Worth County was helped in the 100 Hurdles, where they got a 1-2 finish. Jace Cousatte won with a time of 16.01, while Aydan Gladstone was second with a time of 17.39.

The 4x100 team of Jon Galanakis, Lucas Wake, Aydan Gladstone, and Levi Cassavaugh won with a time of 53.53. The 4x200 team of Jon Galanakis, Josh Freed, Aydan Gladstone, and Jace Cousatte was third behind Spurling and the South Harrison contingent with a personal best time of 1:49.89. The 4x400 team of Jon Galanakis, Jackson Runde, Josh Freed, and Levi Cassavaugh was third, coming close to a personal best with a time of 4:26.36.

Jace Cousatte matched a personal best and was second in the High Jump with a jump of 5 feet. Aydan Gladstone was third in the Pole Vault with a vault of 9’6”. Alex Rinehart was second in the Long Jump with a jump of 16’8”. Jon Galanakis was sixth with a jump of 15’¼”. Alex Rinehart won the Triple Jump with a jump of 35’7”, while Josh Freed was fifth with a jump of 30’8”.

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