Tiger Boys Track Wins Districts at King City

Worth County’s boys won districts over a loaded field Saturday, while the girls were sixth. 

For the boys, Worth County had 107, King City 91, Nodaway Valley 81, Stanberry 76, Mound City 71½, Rock Port 53, East Atchison 51, Platte Valley 49½, Albany 34, South Holt 30, Stewartsville/Osborn 29, NEN 26, North Andrew 12, Union Star 9, and DeKalb 1.

Cannon Fletcher was sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:24.48. He qualified in the 1600 with a fourth place finish of 5:12.92. Both Jace Cousatte and Aydan Gladstone qualified in the 110 Hurdles, with Cousatte winning with a time of 16.44 and Gladstone coming in right behind at 16.61. Cousatte also won the 300 Hurdles with a time of 42.54.

The 4x100 Relay Team of Aydan Gladstone, Alex Rinehart, Braxton Hightshoe, and Levi Cassavaugh qualified with a third place finish of 47.39. The 4x200 Relay Team of Aydan Gladstone, Levi Cassavaugh, Braxton Hightshoe, and Jace Cousatte won with a time of 1:34.44. The 4x400 Relay Team of Levi Cassavaugh, Braxton Hightshoe, Alex Rinehart, and Jace Cousatte won with a time of 3:39.40. 

Braxton Hightshoe was seventh in the High Jump with a height of 5’7”. Aydan Gladstone qualified in the Pole Vault with a third place finish of 10 feet. Tyler New qualified in the Triple Jump with a jump of 35’9¼”. Carter Chapman was sixth with a jump of 32’8¼”. Jase Latham was third in the Shot Put and qualified with a throw of 45’9¼”. Cole Cameron was seventh with a throw of 38’5½”. The Tigers qualified two in the Javelin, with Alex Rinehart winning with a throw of 156’11”, and Tyler New placing third with a throw of 138’8”.

For the girls, Stanberry had 76, East Atchison 74½, Platte Valley 66, DeKalb 63, Rock Port 61, Worth County 50, Mound City 46, Albany 44, North Andrew 38, Union Star 37, St. Joseph Christian 36, King City 27, Nodaway Valley 26½, Stewartsville/Osborn 22, South Holt 21, North Nodaway 20, and NEN 16.

Emma Spencer was sixth in the 100 with a time of 14.20. Brooklyn Richardson won the 100 Hurdles and advanced to sectionals with a time of 17.32. The 4x100 team of Hailey Adwell, Eva Engel, Brooklyn Richardson, and Becca Smith placed fourth and qualified for sectionals with a time of 55.74. 

Eva Engel qualified in the Pole Vault with a height of 8’6¼”, good enough for third place. Paige Sherer narrowly missed out on tiebreaks, getting fifth and a height of 7’0½”. Emma Spencer qualified in the Long Jump with a jump of 14’11½”. Brooklyn Richardson was eighth with a jump of 14’3¼”. Kara Staton qualified in the Discus with a third place throw of 99’6”. Ali Brown qualified in the Javelin with a fourth place throw of 110’7”.