Sunday, May 22, 2022

Tiger Boys are State Runner Ups in Track

Worth County finished second in the State Track Meet Saturday. Principia ran away with the meet, scoring 73 points. Worth County had 47, Green City 44, Nodaway Valley 39, King City 30½, Stanberry 27, Princeton 22, Wellington-Napoleon 22, Mound City 21, Hayti 21, Lakeland 21, Santa Fe 19, Atlanta 18, Appleton City 17, Newtown-Harris 16, Marion Early 16, Hermitage 16, Sacred Heart 16, Humansville 15, Tri-County 14, College Heights Christian 14, Orrick 14, Crystal City 14, Galena 14, Thomas Jefferson Independent 13, Winona 13, Tina-Avalon 10, Albany 9, St. Paul Lutheran 9, Macks Creek 9, Viburnum 8, Liberal 8, South Holt 8, Gilman City 8, Bell City 7, Leeton 6, Knox County 6, Jasper 6, Chadwick 5½, Greenwood 4, Wheaton 3, Norwood 3, La Plata 3, Norborne 3, Midway 3, East Atchison 2½, Richland 2½, Glasgow 2, Madison 2, Northeast (Cairo) 2, Stoutland 1, Crossroads College Prep 1, Braymer 1, Pattonsburg 1, and Slater 1.

The Tigers placed two in the 110 Hurdles. Aydan Gladstone had finished second to Jace Cousatte all year, but finally beat him out at the State Meet, getting fourth with a time of 16.19. Cousatte was sixth with a time of 16.21. Jace Cousatte was third in the 300 Hurdles with a time of 41.31. 

The 4x100 Relay Team was eighth with a time of 48.59. The 4x200 team was third with a time of 1:33.18. The 4x400 team shaved several seconds off their time in the prelims and then showed that it was no accident, winning with a time of 3:33.56, over 1½ seconds over the second place finishers.

Aydan Gladstone got a personal best in the Pole Vault and finished third with a height of 13’1”. Jase Latham was fourth in the Shot Put with a throw of 47’4¼”. Alex Rinehart was fourth in the Javelin with a personal best throw of 153’9”.

For the girls, Eva Engel was fifth in the Pole Vault with a height of 9’1”. She nearly missed out, getting 8’4¼ on her third and final try, but she made it through before getting 9’1” on her second try. Ali Brown was sixth in the Javelin with a throw of 111’1”. 


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