Saturday, April 21, 2018

Tiger Teams Sweep Tiger Relays; Spiers Sets Meet Record in Discus

Worth County’s teams both won the Tiger Relays; the girls won handily over a crowded field, while the boys held off a strong Princeton contingent. The girls afternoon was highlighted by Merrideth Spiers setting the meet record in the Discus.

For the girls, Worth County had 91 team points. Stanberry had 65, King City 56, St. Joseph Christian 54, Rock Port 48, Platte Valley 48, East Atchison 37, DeKalb 31, Princeton 26, Gallatin 20, East Harrison 20, Albany 18, South/Nodaway-Holt 15, North Harrison 10, Maysville 10, NEN 9, North/West Nodaway 9, South Harrison 9, North Andrew 7, and Tri-County 6.

For the boys, Worth County had 113 team points. Princeton had 84, Stanberry 64, South/Nodaway-Holt 56, North Andrew 35, Gallatin 35, Stewartsville 34, Platte Valley 29, South Harrison 24, NEN 24, St. Joseph Christian 23, East Atchison 21, King City 16, Albany 14, Maysville 9, Rock Port 8, North Harrison 6, North/West Nodaway 2, and Union Star 2.

The girls managed to win without getting a single point in any of the open running events. In the hurdles, Anna Gladstone held off Natayla Selby (East Harrison) and Paige West (NEN) to win the 100 Hurdles. Gladstone got 17.52 while Selby got 17.76 and West had 17.88. In the 300 Hurdles, Gladstone and Abbie Hale (Rock Port) were neck and neck the whole way, with Hale winning with a time of 49 second and Gladstone second with a personal best time of 49.97, breaking the 50 second barrier.

The 4x100 team of Navada Hoff, Regan Allee, Jessi Badell, and Morgan Beagle took almost .4 of a second off their time and was third with a time of 56.47. The 4x200 team of Regan Allee, Jessi Badell, Megan Cassavaugh, and Navada Hoff was sixth with a time of 2:04.53. The 4x400 team of Kristin New, Jill Hardy, Braidy Hunt, and Megan Cassavaugh was fourth and took three seconds off their time and got 4:49.87. The 4x800 team of Allison Larison, Kristin New, Jill Hardy, and Megan Cassavaugh showed some rapid improvement and finished second to Stanberry with a time of 11:07.29 after being neck and neck with them the whole way. They took over 22 seconds off their time.

The Tigers placed two in the Pole Vault. Regan Allee won with a vault of 8’6”. Keelin Engel was third with a vault of 8’1”, a personal best.

Anna Gladstone was third in the Long Jump with a jump of 15’5¼”. Liz Lyle was second in the Triple Jump with a jump of 31’9”.

In the throwing events, Merrideth Spiers won the Shot Put with a throw of 36’10”. She also won the Discus with a throw of 124’3”. The throw in the Discus was a new meet record. Kennedy Galanakis was fourth with a throw of 97’4”.

For the boys, Bryant McCord was third in the 100 with a time of 12.03. Andrew Alarcon was fifth with a time of 12.09. Dylan Mildfeldt (NEN) won with a time of 11.63, while there was a whole cluster of five runners finishing within .24 of a second of each other for the second through sixth places. Joshua States (King City) was second with 11.97, McCord had 12.03, Colton Coburn (Albany) had 12.04, Andrew Alarcon had 12.09, and Joey Herron (Rock Port) had 12.21.

Bryant McCord won the 200, edging out Joshua States (King City), getting a time of 24.40 to States’ 24.50. McCord got another win in the 110 Hurdles. He and Briacin Gebhards-Bywater (East Atchison) were neck and neck in the race the whole way; McCord’s lean at the end allowed him to pass him and get the win. McCord had a time of 16.03, while Gebhards-Bywater got 16.07. Jaxon Anderson was sixth in the 300 Hurdles with a time of 47.28.

The 4x100 team of Tevin Cameron, Caleb Parman, Ryan McClellan, and Bryant McCord won with a time of 47.35. The 4x200 team of Andrew Alarcon, Jaxon Anderson, Ryan McClellan, and Tevin Cameron was fourth with a time of 1:41.76. The 4x400 team of Wayde Parman, Nate Adwell, Jaxon Anderson, and Andrew Alarcon was fifth with a time of 4:03.32.

Nate Adwell got a personal best and won the Pole Vault with a vault of 12 feet. Jeremy Wimer was fourth with a vault of 9’6”, also a personal best. Caleb Parman was third in the Long Jump with a jump of 18’6”. Tevin Cameron was fifth with a jump of 18’3”. Jaxon Anderson was second in the Triple Jump with a jump of 39’6”. Caleb Parman was fourth with a time of 37’10”.

Drake Kinsella won the Shot Put with a season best throw of 47’7½”. Mason Hawk was fourth with a throw of 42’9½”. Kinsella got a personal best in the Discus with a throw of 133’10”. Mason Hawk got a season best of 128’5” and placed third. Jacob New was fourth in the Javelin with a throw of 133’2”.

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