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Four firsts for Fort Scott at opening meet
ALTAMONT --Track and field season opened here Thursday for both varsity and junior varsity teams at Fort Scott High School at the Labette County Invitational.
Four varsity athletes won events. Cassidy Westhoff won the girls' 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:33 and also placed second in the 3,200. Tiger girls won only two other medals -- third-place in the 800 by Grace Willis and a fifth in the 100 by Keaira Meadows.
Josh Hudiburg won boys' javelin with an effort of 167 feet, 7 inches. Nick Woods took discus at 149 feet even. Issac Thurston rounds out the list of event winners, taking the 900 in 2:11.
The were four event winners in girls' JV competition. The 4x800-meter relay team turned in a time of 12:28. Kelsey Carpenter won the 300-meter hurdles in 55.06 and pole vault at 6' 6". And Paxsten Eads took the 3,200 in 14:21.
There were no event winners in JV boys' competition.
Only events in which Fort Scott athletes medaled are listed. The winning mark in each event is listed, regardless of school. If a Fort Scott athlete was the winner, the runner-up, regardless of school is listed for comparison.
Team scores
1. Independence (IN) 111, 2. Chanute (CH) 89, 3. Girard (G) 83, 4. Fredonia 52, 5. Coffeyville 51, 6. Labette County 47, 7. Southeast 44, 8. Iola 34, 9. Fort Scott (FS) 26, 10. Parsons 1, 11. Columbus 0.
100-meter dash: 1. K.Matthews, IN, 13.21; 5. Meadows, FS, 14.30.
800-meter run: 1. Logue, G, 2:27; 3. Willis, FS, 2:37.
1,600-meter run: 1. C.Westhoff, FS, 5:33; 2. Ramsey, CH, 55.
3,200-meter run: 1. Logue, G, 11:16; 2. C.Westhoff, FS, 11:44.
Team scores
1. Girard (G) 88, 2. Labette County 75, 3. Chanute (CH) 69, 4 (tie). Parsons (P) and Independence (IN) 58, 6. Coffeyville (CF) 55, 7. Fort Scott (FS) 50, 8. Fredonia (FR) 25, 9. Southeast 20, 10. Columbus 8, 11. Iola 7.
200-meter dash: 1. McPherson, P, 22.89; 6. Tome, FS, 24.50.
400-meter dash: 1. Dammon, G, 50.93; 6. Tome, FS, 57.91.
800-meter run: 1. Thurston, FS, 2:11; 2. Lindbloom, G, 2:14; 6. Torres, FS, 2:23.
1,600-meter run: 1. Hughes, G, 5:05; 3. Brooks, FS, 5:16.
3,200-meter run: 1. Pyle, G, 10:38; 3. Brooks, FS, 11:00.
300-meter hurdles: 1. Wilson, CF, 41.62; 5. Rogers, 46.78.
Long jump: 1. VanAnne, CH, 20' 6"; 5. Montojo, FS, 17' 10".
Discus. 1. Woods, FS, 149' 0"; 2. Speicher, IN, 120' 1".
Javelin: 1. Hudiburg, FS, 167' 7"; 2. Ostrosky, FR, 164' 10"
Only events in which Fort Scott athletes medaled are listed.
Team scores
1. Chanute 113, 2. Fort Scott 77, 3. Columbus 67, 4. Independence 62, 5. Girard 44, 6. Parsons 30, 7. Labette County 29, 8. Coffeyville 25, 9. Iola 14, 10. Southeast 2, 11. Fredonia 1.
800-meter run: 2. Chavis, 2:53; 4. Farrington, 3:01.
1,600-meter run: 3. Eads, 6:52.
3,200-meter run: 1. Eads, 14:21.
300-meter hurdles: 1. Carpenter, 55.06.
4x800-meter relay: 1. Fort Scott, 12:28
High jump: 4. Dwyer, 4' 2".
Triple jump: 3. Dwyer, 27' 6"; 4. Larson, 25' 5".
Pole vault: 1. Carpenter, 6' 6".
Discus. 6. H.Denton, 71' 8".
Shot put: 4. Berger, 25' 6 1/2".
Team scores
1. Chanute 74, 2. Labette County 62, 3 (tie). Girard and Iola 58, 5. Parsons 56, 6. Fredonia 50, 7. Coffeyville 46, 8. Fort Scott 43, 9. Independence 31, 10. Columbus 2, 11. Southeast 1.
100-meter dash: 3. Brown, 12.26.
400-meter dash: 2. Brown, 55.41.
3,200-meter run: 6. Witt, 12:56.
High jump: 4. Brown, 4' 10".
Long jump: 5. Brown, 16' 11".
Discus. 2. Cook, 95' 6".
Javelin: 2. W.Tourtillott, 131' 0".
Shot put: 2. Cook, 35' 10".