Tiger Boys Get Third Meet Victory; Win Home Meet

Worth County’s boys won their third meet Tuesday, April 18th, winning their home meet. The girls finished third.

For the girls, South Harrison had 99, East Atchison 82.5, Worth County 53, Platte Valley 46, Maysville 43, Rock Port 43, DeKalb 43, Pattonsburg 42, Gallatin 30, Albany 25, North Andrew 24, King City 18, South Holt 14, Stanberry 12, Nodaway Valley 8, Tri-County 3, East Harrison 2, North Nodaway 1, and NEN 0.5.

Worth County ran away with the boys side, coming away with 86 points. Albany had 57, Stanberry 54, North Andrew 50, Nodaway Valley 46, King City 41, East Atchison 40, South Harrison 37.75, Platte Valley 37, Maysville 37, Rock Port 34, Tri-County 25, North Nodaway 12.5, North Harrison 11.75, East Harrison 8, Gallatin 4, DeKalb 4, and NEN 2.

For the girls, Hailey Adwell was third in the 100 with a time of 13.70. Emma Spencer showed that her improvement in that event was no accident as she finished fourth with a time of 13.93. Adwell was third in the 200 with a time of 28.14. 

The 4x100 team of Hailey Adwell, Brooklyn Richardson, Rayleigh Smith, and Emma Spencer took seven tenths of a second off their time and finished second with a time of 52.84. They have improved their time by four seconds since the season began. 

Riley Ridge was third in the High Jump with a jump of 4’9”. She nearly cleared the next height, but the wind caught hold of the bar and blew it off. Eva Engel battled the wind and some tough competition, winning the Pole Vault with a height of 10 feet. Emma Spencer got a season best in the Long Jump with a jump of 14’9¼”. Riley Ridge got a personal best in the Triple Jump with a jump of 29’5½”. Katelyn Fletchall got a personal best with a jump of 25’7¾”. 

After being stuck all year just over the 31 foot mark, Kara-Jean Staton got a personal best in the Shot Put with a throw of 33’6¾”, good enough for fourth place. She was sixth in the Discus with a throw of 98’7½”. Ali Brown got a season best with a throw of 98’7”. Brown was second in the Javelin with a throw of 117’10½”. 

For the boys, Levi Cassavaugh was sixth in the 100 with a time of 12.18. Cassavaugh won the 400 with a time of 54.26. 

John Galanakis was third in the 110 Hurdles with a time of 18.70. Brayden Combs got a personal best in the prelims with a time of 20.54 and finished sixth with a time of 20.61. Lucas Frisch was fifth in the 300 Hurdles with a time of 47.72. 

The 4x100 team of Andrew Griffin, Tyler New, Lucas Frisch, and Levi Cassavaugh was second with a time of 47.59, close to a personal best. The 4x200 team of Tyler New, John Galanakis, Landon Moser, and Levi Cassavaugh was second with a time of 1:37.56, close to a personal best. The 4x400 team of Ethan Frese, Andrew Griffin, Franklynn Taute, and Lucas Frisch took almost 6½ seconds off their time and won with a time of 3:53.78. They have taken almost 20 seconds off their time since the start of the season. 

Brayden Combs was third in the Pole Vault with a height of 9 feet, close to a personal best. Wyatt Hill was fifth with a height of 7’6”. Landon Moser was third in the Long Jump with a jump of 19’2¾”, close to a personal best. Moser got a personal best in the Triple Jump with a jump of 37’10¼”, good enough for fourth place. Andrew Griffin got another personal best in the Triple Jump, getting a jump of 37’7¼”, good enough for fifth place.

Jase Latham won the Shot Put, getting a season best and coming close to a personal best with a throw of 48’¾”. Elias Alarcon was fifth in the Discus with a season best throw of 114’11½”. Latham got a season best with a throw of 107’7”. Tyler New was second in the Javelin with a throw of 142’7”. 

NEN

Sasha Deardorff got a personal best in the 800, taking two seconds off her time and getting a time of 3:00.75. Baylie Busby continued to hover near her state qualifying mark from last year, tying for sixth with a jump of 4’7”. Deardorff has continued her trend of steady improvement in the Long Jump, getting her third straight personal best of 12’1¾”. Dalanie Auffert got a personal best in the Shot Put with a throw of 29’4¼”. She got a season best in the Discus with a throw of 78’10½”. 

For the boys, Kenneth Schieber got a season best in the 800 with a time of 2:33.79. He finished fifth in the 3200 and knocked 19 seconds off his time, getting a time of 12:21.15. Kyler Scadden got a personal best in the Long Jump with a jump of 14’1¾”. Kyler Scadden got a personal best in the Javelin with a throw of 113’6½”, 18 feet better than his previous best.

CORRECTION – Kenneth Schieber’s time at the Early Bird in the 800 was 2:34.47. That makes his performance at the Tiger Relays of 2:33.79 a season best. 

North Nodaway

Andrea Jenkins got a personal best, knocking a second off her time in the 800 and finishing sixth with a time of 2:58.43. Casey Wray took almost a minute off her time in the 3200 and finished with a time of 16:32.69. 

The boys got a pair of personal bests in the 400. Owen Martin was fifth with a personal best of 57.16. It was the fifth straight time in the 400 that he has improved his time. Aydan Blackford took 1.3 seconds off his time and got a time of 1:02.40. Jeremiah Vinzant got a personal best in the 1600 with a time of 6:33.12. That was almost 12 seconds better than his previous best time. 

The 4x400 team of Aydan Blackford, Mason Casner, Damon Carroll, and Owen Martin was fifth with a time of 4:09.59. The 4x800 team of Landon Parman, Jordan DeLeon, Gannon Volner, and Jeremiah Vinzant was fourth with a time of 11:34.11. 

The Mustangs placed two in the High Jump. Owen Martin and Jordan DeLeon tied for fourth with a jump of 5’3”.  Mason Casner was sixth in the Long Jump with a jump of 18’1¼”. 

North Harrison

Erika Gerken continued her steady improvement in the 100 Hurdles. She finished with a time of 19.26, almost six tenths of a second better than her previous mark. Lily Shovick got a season best in the Discus with a throw of 78’6½”. 

For the boys, Tyson Gibson tied for fourth in the High Jump with a height of 5’3”. Gibson won the Triple Jump with a jump of 42’5½”.