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Tiger girls finish third, boys sixth in opening meet
ALTAMONT Fort Scott High Schools girls finished in third place behind Independence and Iola in the season-opening track and field meet at Labette County here Thursday.
The varsity girls scored 56 points and won 10 medals. Indy scored 97 points and Iola finished with 84. The junior varsity girls won 16 medals and six events in easily taking the team title with 116 points, 46 points more than runner-up Independence.
Tiger varsity boys scored 42 points and won eight medals while the JV finished third behind Labette County and Indy and won 13 medals.
Freshman Ella Beth had an outstanding first meet for the Tigers, winning two varsity events and one JV event. She won the varsity 800-meter run with a time of 2:38.5 and the 1,600 in 5:45. She claimed the JV long jump at 15 feet, 10 inches.
Gracie Krokroskia finished second in the varsity 300-meter hurdles in 51.56 and also was fifth in the 200-meter dash in 29.33. Paxsten Eads took second in the 3,200-meter run in 12:23 and was also third in the 1,5600 in 5:57.
Gabriella Clements was fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:44.97 and fifth in the 1,600 in 6:08.50.Macayla McClure finished fourth in the 3,200 in 13:11 while Emma Davis was fifth in 13:25.
There no event winners for the varsity boys. The highest finishes went to the 4-x-400-meter relay team, second in 3:46.72, and Connor Fess, second in the 800 in 2:12.09.
Makyn Wade was third in shot put with an effort of 40 9 1/2. Dalton Colvin was third in the 300-meter hurdles in 44.50. Nick Lawrence was fourth in the 400 meters in 54.39 and the triple jump at 36 6 1/2. Korbyn Reyes was fourth in javelin with a mark of 137 4 and fifth in the 200 meters in 24.35.
Other event winners for the girls JV were Emily Farrington in the 1,600 in 6:30, Kenzi Hardesty in the 3,200 in 14:06, the 4x800-meter relay team in 11:48, Addi Lyons in triple jump at 28 9, and Gabby Griffin in the 800 in 2:56.83.
Gage Lamb led the JV with both of its event wins. He took the 100-meter dash in 11.59 and the 200 in 24.54.
This is the only time this season the varsity and JV are scheduled to compete on the same day. The next event for the junior varsity is at Pittsburg on Tuesday. The varsity team will compete at Paola on Thursday. Both meets have 3:30 p.m. start times.
Only events in which Fort Scott athletes medaled are listed. If a Fort Scott athlete won the event, the second-place finisher is listed, regardless of school, for comparison.
VARSITY GIRLS
Team scores
1. Independence (IN) 97, 2. Iola (IO) 84, 3. Fort Scott (FS) 56, 4 (tie). Girard (G) and Chanute 50,
6. Parsons 47, 7. Coffeyville 38, 8. Caney Valley 36 1/2, 9. Oswego 25, 10. Fredonia 22 1/2,
11. Lenapah, Okla.-Oklahoma Union 14, 12. Columbus 11, 13. Labette County 9.
Event results
200-meter dash: 1. Kassy Shelby, IO, 28.27; 5. Gracie Krokroskia, FS, 29.33.
800-meter run: 1. Ella Beth, FS, 2:38.5; 2. Elka Billings, IO, 2;41.51; 4. Gabriella Clements, FS, 2:44.97.
1,600-meter run: 1. Ella Beth, FS, 5:45; 2. Renee Trout, IN, 5:50; 3. Paxsten Eads, 5:57; 5. Gabriella Claments, 6:09.
3,200-meter run: 1. Renee Trout, IN, 12:03; 2. Paxsten Eads, FS, 12:23; 4. Macayla McClure, 13:11; 5. Emma Davis, FS, 13:25.
300-meter hurdles: 1. Rachel Stephan, G, 50.46; 2. Gracie Krokroskia, 51.46.
VARSITY BOYS
Team scores
1. Chanute (CH) 98, 2. Parsons (PA) 89, 3. Labette County (LC) 86, 4. Caney Valley (CV) 84, 5. Girard (G) 71,
6. Fort Scott (FS) 42, 7 (tie). Independence and Iola 20, 9. Oswego (OS) 16, 10. Fredonia 11,
11. Lenapah, Okla.-Oklahoma Union 9, 12. Coffeyville 7, 13. Columbus 4.
Event results
200-meter dash: 1. Keshaun Anderson, LC, 22.93; 5. Korbyn Reyes, 24.35.
400-meter dash: 1. Gage Friess, PA, 53.27; 4. Nick Lawrence, FS, 54.39.
800-meter run: 1. Ryan Hughes, G, 2:12.02; 2. Connor Fess, FS, 2:12.09.
300-meter hurdles: 1. Tyler Watts, CV, 43.43; 3. Dalton Colvin, FS, 44.50.
4x400-meter relay: 1. Parsons, 3:43; 2. Fort Scott 3:47.
Triple jump: 1. Josh Pierce, PA, 40 1 1/4; 4. Nick Lawrence, 36 6 1/2.
Javelin: 1. Damon Simmons, OS, 146 1; 4. Korbyn Reyes, FS, 137 4.
Shot put: 1. Qualin Powell, CH, 47 10; 3. Makyn Wade, FS, 40 9 1/2.
Only events in which Fort Scott athletes medaled are listed.
JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS
Team scores
1. Fort Scott 116, 2. Independence 70, 3. Lenapah, Okla-Oklahoma Union 64, 4. Columbus 63, 5. Iola 62,
6. Caney Valley 43, 7. Girard 42, 8. Chanute 29 1/2, 9. Fredonia 13 1/2, 10. Coffeyville 13,
11. Labette County 8, 12. Parsons 1, 13 (tie). Erie and Oswego 0.
Event results
200-meter dash: 2. Addi Lyons, 29.55.
800-meter run: 1. Gabby Grifin, 2:56.83.
1,600-meter run: 1. Emily Farrington, 6:30; 2. Kenzi Hardesty 6:40.; 4. Zoe Self, 7:04.
3,200-meter run: 1. Kenzi Hardesty, 14:06; 4. Melonie Harper, 17.20.
4x100-meter relay: 5. Fort Scott, 1:00.4.
4x400-meter relay: 2. Fort Scott, 5:02.93.
4x800-meter relay: 1. Fort Scott, 11:48.
Long jump: 1. Ella Beth, 15 10.
Triple jump: 1. Addi Lyons, 29 9; 2. Ella Beth, 28 6 1/2.
Pole vault: 2. Shaylee Terry, 6 0.
Discus: 4. Kinzye Whitehead, 65 11.
Javelin: 5. Tacy Holsten, 84 0.
JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS
Team scores
1. Labette County 128, 2. Independence 64, 3. Fort Scott 55, 4. Caney Valley 48, 5. Girard 43,
6. Parsons 41, 7. Iola 37, 8 (tie). Chanute and Columbus 34, 10. Lenapah, Okla.-Oklahoma Union 21,
11. Erie 16, 12. Coffeyville 14, 13. Fredonia 7, 14. Oswego 0.
Event results
100-meter dash: 1. Gage Lamb, 11.59.
200-meter dash: 1. Gage Lamb, 24.54.
400-meter dash: 4. C.J. Horton, 59.75.
800-meter run: 5. Conner Parker, 2:28.12.
3,200-meter run: 3. Connor Mason, 11.53; 6. Nathan Jackson, 12:03.
300-meter hurdles: 4. Caleb Watkins, 49.39.
4x400-meter relay: 6. Fort Scott, 4:21.63.
4x800-meter relay: 6. Fort Scott, 11:32.
High jump: 5. C.J. Horton, 5 2.
Long jump: 6. Gage Lamb, 17 11.
Triple jump: 2. C.J. Horton, 33 3.
Javelin: 5. Will Wunderly, 94 10.