Monday, May 13, 2024

Tigers Qualify Ten for State Track Meet

Ten Tigers qualified to go to state in track Saturday at the Sectional Track meet. They will compete at state this weekend.

The 97th MSHSAA Boys Track & Field Championships and the 49th Girls Championships will be held May 17th and 18th at Adkins Stadium at Jefferson City High School in Jefferson City. The Class 2 and 3 championships will be held there as well. Tickets are available at the MSHSAA website. There is a chance of rain Friday, but Saturday is forecast to be clear in Jefferson City.

For the girls, Rock Port had 91, East Atchison 60, K.C. Lutheran 59, Pattonsburg 49, Worth County 48, Santa Fe 44, Platte Valley 40, Concordia 38, Mound City 36, King City 34, Nodaway Valley 34, Albany 34, Wellington-Napoleon 34, St. Joseph Christian 27, Hardin-Central 18, Stanberry 16, Orrick 15, South Holt 12, DeKalb 12, Sweet Springs 8, Winston 8, Acaademie Lafayette 6, Norborne 5, Northwest Hughesville 5, NEN 2, and Green Ridge 1.

For the boys, Mound City had 90, Orrick 73, Worth County 57, Platte Valley 48, Concordia 47, Stanberry 43, Rock Port 41, Albany 40, Wellington-Napoleon 36, Sacred Heart 34, Nodaway Valley 33, Hardin-Central 33, Green Ridge 27, Sweet Springs 21, North Andrew 17, East Atchison 17, Otterville 11, DeKalb 10, North Nodaway 9, Academie Lafayette 9, King City 7, St. Joseph Christian 6, Pilot Grove 5, Northwest Hughesville 3, Union Star 3, Winston 3, Norborne 2, LaMonte 1, and South Holt 1.

For the boys, Lucas Frisch qualified for state in the 110 Hurdles. He was third with his second best time of the year at 16.06. Jonathon Harris (Orrick) will be tough to beat as he won with a time of 15.18. August Meadows (Mound City) was second with a time of 15.60 and Chauncey Brown (Mound City) was fourth with a time of 16.09.

The boys 4x200 team of Lucas Frisch, Landon Moser, Bo Collins, and Tyler New qualified with a third place finish of 1:33.68. They took two seconds off their time. The girls 4x200 team of Emma Spencer, Brooklyn Richardson, Keira Hardy, and Riley Ridge also qualified for state with a third place finish of 1:52.40 and took two seconds off their time. 

The girls duo of Emma Spencer and Brooklyn Richardson qualified for state in the 100, finishing third and fourth. Addison Grossenbacher (K.C. Lutheran) won with a time of 13.06 and Claire Staley (King City) was second with a time of 13.24. The girls 100 was a close race, as the second through seventh place finishers were within .18 of a second of each other. 

The boys 4x100 team of Lucas Frisch, Landon Moser, Bo Collins, and Tyler New made it through to the finals, placing third with a personal best time of 45.42. The girls 4x100  team of Emma Spencer, Brooklyn Richardson, Keira Hardy, and Rayleigh Smith made it as well, getting a second place finish of 52.10, a personal best.

Lucas Frisch took .42 of a second off his time in the 300 Hurdles and made it to state with a second place finish of 42.25, behind only August Meadows of Mound City. 

Emma Spencer qualified for state in the 200, placing fourth with a personal best time of 26.80. She has gotten better in the event every single time, knocking almost three seconds off her time.

Andrew Griffin narrowly missed out qualifying for state in the High Jump, getting fifth place with a height of 1.76 meters. He will return for two more years. He matched his second best height of the year.

Riley Ridge made it in the High Jump on the girls side, getting a second place jump of 1.54 meters. 

Eva Engel won the Pole Vault with a height of 3.17 meters. She battled difficult conditions; she was under the weather, and the event, which was supposed to start at 1:30 pm, did not start until 5:30 pm. But she pushed through with the win and will return to state.

On the boys side, Landon Moser narrowly missed out on a trip to state in the Long Jump, getting fifth with a jump of 5.87 meters. But he made it to state in the Triple Jump with a second place jump of 12.50 meters, a personal best.

Bo Collins made it to state in the Discus with a throw of 38.19 meters, good enough for fourth place.

Tyler New won the Javelin with a personal best throw of 46.72 meters, holding off Lucas Walker (Orrick) and Ean Meyer (Platte Valley).

NEN

Baylie Busby was seventh in the girls High Jump with a height of 1.38 meters. 

North Nodaway

Jordan DeLeon was fifth in the 110 Hurdles with a personal best time of 17.54. Mason Casner qualified for state in the Long Jump with a fourth place finish, matching a season best with 5.93 meters. 


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