Worth County’s girls and North Harrison’s junior high boys won at the first ever event held at the North Harrison Sports Complex Tuesday, April 9th. It was the first win by a North Harrison track squad since 2017, when the North Harrison varsity girls won the HDC Conference meet that year.
In the fall of 2015, a group of patrons gathered and named themselves the North Harrison Sports Complex Booster Club. They began to make plans to finance a football field surrounded by an eight lane all weather track to benefit the students and community. The North Harrison School Board and then-Superintendent Rick Johnson contributed $20,000 in school funds for the project.
Janice Borey and Julie Tracy of Worth County were commissioned to write a Land & Water Conservation Fund Grant from the Missouri DNR and the project was awarded $150,000. Land adjacent to school property was purchased from Stuart and Peggy Slatten. Commitments of labor, equipment, and supplies followed. Weather and staffing delays and COVID-19 halted progress until Brian Nail became involved. He was instrumental in the completion of the track and built a parking lot at his own expense.
Randy Garrett was the Project Manager. Briggs & Cracraft and Briggs Transportation, including Jack Briggs, Greg Cracraft, and Danny Estrada helped with the project. BTC Bank donated over $5,000 to the project. Verimore Bank donated $2,500. Labor, supply, and equipment donations totaled $165,000. Local cash donations were $17,500. The total cost of the project was nearly $300,000, and North Harrison superintendents Rick Johnson, Todd Willhite, J.W. Brandt, and Ethan Sickels along with the respective school boards all helped come up with money to keep the project afloat. The City of Eagleville provided over $30,000 towards the purchase of the land, fencing the track, and the initial purchase of track equipment. The Pawnee Peppers 4-H Club and Grassroots Organization came up with the money for bleachers.
North Harrison has had 14 track and field athletes medal at state since 1952 with only gravel roads and a playground to practice on. The goal is to have many more do so.
WORTH COUNTY
The girls saw Worth County run away with the meet with 170 points. North Harrison had 94, Gilman City 46, Pattonsburg 34, East Harrison 9, and North Daviess 3. On the boys side, North Harrison had 124, winning a duel with their brothers on the football gridiron in Pattonsburg, who had 105. Worth County had 78, Gilman City 40, and North Daviess 3.
For the girls, Brooklyn Smith got second in the 100 with a personal best 14.06. Paige Chaney was fourth with a time of 15.52. Lola Morin got a personal best with a time of 17.39. Three or more athletes from each school could compete in each event, but only the top two counted towards team points.
Lola Morin was fifth in the 200 with a personal best time of 37.99.
Brooklyn Smith won the 400 with a time of 1:15.07. Megan Tracy was second with a time of 1:21.19. Bree Ray got a personal best with a time of 1:33.65. Hadley Rush was second in the 800 with a time of 3:11.02. Jolynn Hawk was second in the 1600 with a time of 8:20.96. Audrey Runde was second in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 19.27, a season best. Brianna Riley was third with a personal best 20.07.
The 4x100 team of Audrey Runde, Brianna Riley, Gracie Thurman, and Megan Tracy won with a time of 58.84. The 4x200 team of Megan Tracy, Brianna Riley, Gracie Thurman, and Kennedy Murphy was second with a time of 2:09.28. The 4x400 team of Gracie Thurman, Hartley Fitzgerald, Kennedy Murphy, and Paige Chaney won with a time of 5:32.72.
Brooklyn Smith got her second win in the High Jump, getting a height of 1.30 meters. Paige Chaney was second with a height of 1.25. Gracie Thurman and Brooklyn Smith were tied for second in the Long Jump with a jump of 3.86, with Thurman getting a personal best. Megan Tracy was second in the Triple Jump with a jump of 8.50 and Audrey Runde was third with a jump of 8.44. Both jumps were personal bests.
Laura Hansen was second in the Shot Put with a throw of 8.11 meters. Bella Blankenship was third with a throw of 7.59 meters. Bree Ray got a personal best with a throw of 7.48.
Bella Blankenship got a personal best and won the Discus with a throw of 18.25 meters. It was an improvement by over 1.25 meters over her previous best throw. Audrey Runde was third with a throw of 16.94.
For the boys, Wesley Brown got a personal best in the 100 by over 1 second, getting a time of 17.07. Bentley Frisch was fifth in the 200 with a time of 29.53. Jordan Dannar won the 400 with a time of 1:05. Brock Healy improved his time in the 100 Hurdles by nearly a second and won with a time of 17.69. Mason Hiatt was third with a time of 18.93.
The 4x100 team of Maverick Cox, Jordan Dannar, Mason Hiatt, and Bentley Frisch was third with a time of 59.72. The 4x400 team of Jordan Dannar, Mason Hiatt, Brock Healy, and Maverick Cox won with a time of 4:53.38.
Mason Hiatt was tied for fourth in the High Jump, matching a personal best with a height of 1.35 meters. Jordan Dannar got a personal best in the Long Jump and was fifth with a jump of 4.33. Brock Healy won the Triple Jump with a jump of 10.32 meters. Bentley Frisch was sixth with a season best 9.16.
Wesley Brown was fourth in the Shot Put with a personal best of 8.75 meters. Owyn Wuillay was fifth with a personal best throw of 8.25. Brock Healy won the Discus with a throw of 26.68 meters. Wesley Brown was fifth with a throw of 21.88. Owyn Wuillay got a personal best with a throw of 21.27.
NORTH HARRISON
Duels between Brooklyn Smith (Worth County) and Raegan Hogan in the 100 might be a thing of the future. Both got personal bests by a long ways and both were well ahead of the competition. Hogan won with a time of 13.98 seconds and Smith was second at 14.06.
Another good race was in the 200, where Hali Smith edged out Raegan Hogan. Hali had a time of 31.49, and Hogan had a time of 31.83. Lily Lane got a personal best with a time of 37.07. Hali Smith got her second win in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 18.24, improving on her time by over 1.2 seconds. Addison Milligan got a season best with a time of 21.90.
The 4x200 team of Hali Smith, Gracie Young, Ava Rinehart, and Raegan Hogan knocked nine seconds off their time and won with a time of 2:07.29. That was Hali Smith’s third win of the afternoon.
Raegan Hogan was third in the High Jump with a height of 1.20 meters. Ava Rinehart was fourth with a height of 1.10 meters. Hali Smith won her fourth event in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.18 meters. Ava Rinehart won the Shot Put, matching a personal best with a throw of 9.06 meters. Kathryn Parkhurst was fourth with a throw of 6.20 meters. Rinehart was second in the Discus with a throw of 17.78. Parkhurst was fifth with a throw of 12.66.
For the boys, Jensen Davis won the 100 with a personal best time of 13.15. Ryker Fortner was fourth with a time of 14.13, also a personal best. Davis was second in the 200 with a time of 28.33. Ryker Fortner was fourth with a personal best time of 29.28. Kellan Craig got a personal best time of 29.90.
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