MG hosts middle school invite

By ROB HAMILTON

River Val­ley claimed vic­to­ries in both the boys’ and girls’ track meets at the Mount Gilead Mid­dle School Invi­ta­tional on Saturday.

Two girls’ records were set in the meet. Amanda Spears of River Val­ley cleared 7’9” in the pole vault to break the record set by Cait­lyn Ever­heart (7’6”) set in 2008. Ridgedale’s Court­ney Clark had a throw of 36’9.5” to break the old record of 32’11” set in 2006 by Kyla Morgan.

The out­stand­ing male ath­lete was Devin Hop­kins of River Val­ley, who scored 28 points; while the out­stand­ing female ath­lete was Hunter Ather­ton of Pleas­ant, who scored 26 points.

River Val­ley tal­lied 150.66 points to win the women’s meet, while Mount Gilead took sec­ond with 111. Also, North­mor was fifth with 49 points and Gilead Chris­t­ian placed ninth with 21.

For Mount Gilead, the 800-meter relay team of Olivia Brewer, MaKaylee Wyatt, Cam­bry Arnold and Jenna Ship­man took first place in 1:59.5.

Brewer added wins in the 100 (12.7) and 200 (28.0), while Ship­man took the long jump with an effort of 14’8.25” and placed third in the 200.

Ray­gan Wal­ters took sec­ond in the dis­cus, while team­mate Claire Nichol­son placed third. Erin Zmuda fin­ished third in both the 400 and the 800. Also, Arnold was third in the long jump and Kelsey Sny­der took third in the 1600.

For the fifth-place Knight girls, Alissa Bot­jer took sec­ond in the shot put to pace them.

Gilead Chris­t­ian got a win in the 100 hur­dles, as Lydia Mor­gan fin­ished in 17.0.

In the boys’ meet, River Val­ley dom­i­nated the field, scor­ing 165.5 points. North­mor was sec­ond with 65, while Mount Gilead took fifth with 40, Card­ing­ton was 11th with 21 and Gilead Chris­t­ian took 13th with 11.

Northmor’s James Walker won the high jump by clear­ing 5’2”. Also, Jacob Marks took sec­ond in the long jump and Josh Caudill placed the same in the shot put.

Mount Gilead’s top place-winner was Deon­dre Cook, who took third in the 800.

Card­ing­ton got a win from Jacob Long in the 1600 with a time of 5:06. Also, Spencer Bax­ter fin­ished third in the 400.

Gilead Chris­t­ian scored most of their points when Austin Hal­labrin won the 400 in 56.7.

Card­ing­ton Pirates

Card­ing­ton com­peted against North Union in a dual meet last Tuesday.

While the Wild­cats won both the boys’ (99–38) and girls’ (89–39) meets, Card­ing­ton did win a num­ber of events.

In the boys’ meet, Mitchel Yake won two events, tak­ing the 400 in 58.0 and the 800 in 2:26.4.

Zach Zvan­sky took the pole vault by clear­ing 11’, while Chris Scherzer won the 200 in 25.8.

Kelsee Lothes was a dou­ble win­ner for Card­ing­ton in the girls’ meet. She took the shot with an effort of 25’11.5” and won the dis­cus with a throw of 68’7.25”.

Syd­ney Zier­den took the 400 in 1:07 and the team won the 1600 relay in 4:50.5.

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