Tiger Girls Runner-Up at State; Anna Gladstone, Merrideth Spiers Set School Records; Boys 12th

Worth County’s girls were state runner-up at the State Track Meet Friday and Saturday. They actually improved on the previous year’s performance and even beat out this year’s nemesis, St. Joseph Christian. But they ran into Blue Eye, a school south of Branson on the border with Arkansas and were edged out by one point for the state title. The boys were 12th with 19 points.

For the girls, Blue Eye had 68 points and Worth County 67. Christian, which had frequently beaten Worth County this year, was far back in third at 45. Marion County had 38, Greenwood 31, Salisbury 28, Glasgow 28, Russellville 22, Appleton City 19, and Platte Valley 19. Last year, Worth County had scored 50 points, which was enough to tie for first with West Platte.

Anna Gladstone set a school record in the Long Jump with a jump of 17’10¼, which broke her own school record and came close to the 18 foot barrier. She improved on last year’s mark at the same facility by a foot, and was four inches short of the Class 1 record set by Ashlee Miller (Osborn) set in 2006; Miller holds the class mark at 18’2¼”.

In the Shot Put, Merrideth Spiers did everything she was asked and more, getting a school record with a throw of 40’1” and breaking the 40 foot barrier as she broke the 40 foot barrier. She was second behind Hannah Whitlock (Schuyler County), who had 40’4”.

In the High Jump, Anna Gladstone matched a personal best and got third in the even with a jump of 5’2”. Liz Lyle got a season best of 4’11” with her final jump to get seventh.

The girls were 1-2 in the Pole Vault. Regan Allee won with a vault of 9’9”, while Keelin Engel was second with a vault of 9 feet, getting there on her final vault and getting past Maycie Mayfield (Drexel) and Jade Morris (Hermitage), who both had 8’9”.

Merrideth Spiers successfully defended her title in the Discus, getting a throw of 132’5”, beating out Camie Vaughn (East Harrison), who had 121’10”. Spiers holds the Class Record with a throw of 135’9” set in 2018.

Anna Gladstone was fourth in the 100 Hurdles, getting a time of 16.23. In the 300 Hurdles, Anna Gladstone knocked over a second off her time and finished second with a time of 46.89, a personal best.

For the boys, Bryant McCord was fourth in the 110 Hurdles with a time of 15.75. Andrew Alarcon was fifth in the 100, with a time of 11.55. The 4x200 Relay Team of Bryant McCord, Caleb Parman, Jaxon Anderson, and Andrew Alarcon was fourth with a time of 1:34.91. The 4x100 team of Jaxon Anderson, Caleb Parman, Andrew Alarcon, and Bryant McCord was fourth with a time of 45.23.