Khloey Sperry and Camden Griffith went out on top Friday and Saturday at the State Track Meet, with Khloey winning the High Jump and Camden winning the 400. The Hawks nearly brought home a third gold medal, with the 4x800 girls relay team finishing second.
Khloey Sperry and Annabelle Gardner resumed their duel in the High Jump. Both cleared 1.45 and 1.50 on their first try, and Khloey cleared 1.55 on her first try and Annabelle cleared on her second try. Mallory Griffin (North Shelby) and Sophie Biermann (Mound City) were also in the running. Finally, Khloey was the lone jumper to clear 1.57 meters, doing it on her second try to become the state champion. She cleared the 1.62 mark for good measure.
Avery Gregg got a personal best in the 800 and did all one could ask of her, getting fourth with a time of 2:26.03.
The 4x800 team of Hailey McClure, Khloey Sperry, Paisley Taggart, and Avery Gregg finished second behind St. Joseph Christian, who led wire to wire. The real contest was for second place. The Hawks got off to a bad start, finishing the first leg in eighth place. But then they started chipping away and Khloey Sperry vaulted them into third place, behind only Norwood and Christian. Paisley Taggart vaulted the Hawks into second place, but had to hold off a charge by Norah Watkins of Rock Port. Finally, Avery Gregg nearly matched her time in the 800 from the day before with a split of 2:26.10 and held off Braylyn Wood to secure the silver medal for Gilman City.
Khloey Sperry started off slowly in the Javelin, with her first two throws at 30.81 and 30.08 meters. But then she got better as she progressed, finally finishing fourth. She saved her best for last, getting a fourth place throw of 36.79 meters.
Camden Griffith broke the 50 second barrier in the 400, holding off Brody Best of Wellington-Napoleon and Creyton Roup of Mound City to win with a time of 49.47. Jude Archer of Northeast Nodaway finished fifth with a time of 50.96. Camden Griffith started off fifth, but slowly began catching up and by the final turn, he was in the lead. He held off Creyton Roup in the last 100 yards before a frantic burst by Brody Best at the end vaulted him into second.
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