Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Tiger Boys Win Home Meet as Wind Wreaks Havoc; Lane Graham Wins Long Jump for Shamrocks

Worth County’s boys overcame a windy afternoon that wreaked havoc on the meet and won their second meet of the year, edging out Rock Port and Stanberry. The girls finished ninth. North Harrison saw Lane Graham win the Long Jump as he continued on the tear that he started in Princeton the day before. 

For the girls, Rock Port had 88, East Atchison 71, South Harrison 63, Pattonsburg 57, Albany 54, Platte Valley 48, Maysville 41, Stanberry 24, Worth County 23, South Holt 23, Nodaway Valley 22, King City 17, DeKalb 13, NEN 5, East Harrison 2, North Harrison 2, and Tri-County 1.

For the boys, Worth County had 85, Rock Port 81, Stanberry 81, Platte Valley 55, Albany 48, South Harrison 47.5, East Atchison 35, King City 24, North Andrew 20, North Nodaway 18.5, North Harrison 10, South Holt 10, DeKalb 9, Maysville 8, NEN 8, Pattonsburg 5, Tri-County 4, Nodaway Valley 3, and East Harrison 2.

For the girls, Emma Spencer was fifth with a time of 14.54. The 4x100 team was fourth with a time of 55.31. Riley Ridge won the High Jump with a height of 1.45 meters. Addison Gray got a personal best in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.26 meters. Katelyn Fletchall got a season best in the Triple Jump with a jump of 8.44 meters. Kara Staton was fifth in the Shot Put with a throw of 9.35 meters. Autumn Cousatte was sixth in the Javelin with a throw of 26.70 meters.

The boys side came down to the last event of the afternoon. Worth County had 79 points, Rock Port had 77, and Stanberry had 71 with the 4x400 coming up. Worth County needed to finish ahead of Rock Port and finish at least fourth so that Stanberry could not mathematically catch them. They succeeded on both counts. Stanberry, which traditionally scores well in the 4x400 and 4x800, won the event with a time of 3:49.31, but Worth County was third with a time of 4:01.32. They finished ahead of Rock Port, which had a time of 4:14.74 to get the win. 

In other boys results, Lucas Frisch won the 110 Hurdles with a time of 18.75. Brayden Combs was sixth with a time of 21.31. Frisch ran into a stiff challenge from Cooper Mooney of King City in the 300 Hurdles. Mooney grabbed the early lead and led most of the way. But despite the stiff south wind, Frisch caught Mooney in the final 100 meters and passed him for the win. He won with a time of 45.01 to Mooney’s 45.91. Brayden Combs was fifth with a time of 49.71.

In the 4x100, Worth County led most of the way and ran their second best time of the year at 46.67 despite the wind. But a bad handoff on the final leg opened the door for Albany and Kyle Emerson caught Worth County at the end as Albany finished first with 46.50 to Worth County’s 46.67. 

With the wind wreaking havoc on most of the high jumpers, Andrew Griffin thrived in the adversity and matched a personal best to win the event with a height of 1.75 meters. 

Landon Moser was fourth in the Long Jump with a personal best of 5.76 meters. Moser won the Triple Jump with a season best 11.78 meters. Bo Collins was second in the Shot Put with a throw of 12.12 meters. He was third in the Discus with a throw of 37.96. 

Tyler New got a personal best in the Javelin with a winning throw of 45.40 meters, 1.7 meters ahead of his previous best. He had trailed Ean Meyer (Platte Valley) all year in the event, but finally moved ahead of him with his effort.

NEN

Baylie Busby tied for third in the High Jump with a height of 1.40 meters. Blair Nelson got a season best in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.08 meters. Severia Hall matched a personal best in the Triple Jump with a jump of 6.50 meters. Hayley Yost had a personal best throw of 21.43 meters in the Discus. She has improved her throw by almost five meters since the start of the year. 

For the boys, Kenneth Schieber thrived in the 800 on a day when so many other athletes struggled with the wind and times were way up. He got a season best and a fifth place finish of 2:30.08. He also finished fourth in the 3200 with a time of 13:11.31. Kyler Scadden was fifth in the Javelin with a throw of 34.50 meters.

North Nodaway

Carlos Rohner got a personal best in the 400 with a time of 1:12.83. Draven Rowland got a season best in the 1600 with a time of 6:43.13. Jeremiah Vinzant was sixth in the 3200 with a time of 14:13.96. Jordan DeLeon was third in the 110 Hurdles with a time of 19.64. He was fourth in the 300 Hurdles with a time of 49.38. 

The Mustangs placed two in the High Jump. Mason Casner matched a personal best from last year and finished third with a height of 1.70 meters. Jordan DeLeon matched a season best with a tie for fifth and a height of 1.65 meters.

North Harrison

Erica Gerken battled the wind and a loaded field and finished fifth in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 18.98. Jaxcynn Hansel got a personal best in the Discus with a throw of 23.04 meters. 

The highlight of the day for North Harrison was Lane Graham winning the Long Jump for the boys. He had a personal best jump of 5.94 meters. 


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