Polo Track Results
by Jonathan Pickrell
The Polo Panther women's track team recorded four first place finishes at North Andrew on April 28th, and the men notched three top spots.
Taylor Wagner won the 800m run, Jorgia Cory the shot put, Jenna Johnson the javelin, and the 4 x 800m relay team of Amanda Hilburn, Elisabeth Davis, Taylor Wagner and Emma Howard.
For the men, Parker Smith took top honors in the 400m dash, Luke Cory in the javelin throw, and the 4 x 400m relay team of Dalton Frazier, Cole Bartlett, Patrick Covey, and Parker Smith. Parker Smith also won the 400m dash at the Grand River Conference Championships in Albany on May 2nd. Below are the results for the Polo competitors at both meets.
Here are our results from Thursday's meet at North Andrew Cardinal Relays and from our GRC meet yesterday at Albany.
North Andrew 4/28/16
Girls
200: Brittany Sperry 31.49
400: Elisabeth Davis 1:08.03 (3rd), Brittany Sperry 1:18.69
800: Mariah Clevenger 3:20.88 (6th), Taylor Wagner 2:50.6 (1st)
1600: Mariah Clevenger 7:20, Taylor Wagner 6:35.29 (4th)
100 H: Maddy Baughman 20.24
300 H: Amanda Hilburn 1:03.47, Maddy Baughman 1:07.89
4x100 relay: Brittany Sperry, Amanda Hilburn, Maddy Baughman, Elisabeth Davis - 59.18
4x400 relay: Brittany Sperry, Amanda Hilburn, Elisabeth Davis, Taylor Wagner - 4:55.65 (3rd)
4x800 relay: Amanda Hilburn, Elisabeth Davis, Taylor Wagner, Emma Howard- 11:46.31 (1st)
Long Jump: Sommer Gurwell 9' 10"
Shot Put: Jorgia Cory 32' 9.5" (1st), Sondra Sumpter 28'10" (5th)
Discus: Jorgia Cory 89' 11.5"(2nd), Sondra Sumpter 85' 7"(5th)
Javelin: Jenna Johnson 85' 8" (1st), Megan Latimer 64' 6" (4th)
"I was very proud of our girls. We tied for second as a team. We have a young team, but the girls are hard-working and motivated to pick up every point they can. It was a true team effort and a great way to lead into an important week at Conference and Districts." -Jill Rardon
Boys
100: Gunnar Martin 12.65, Wyatt Curp 13.11
200: Parker Smith 24.01 (3rd), Cole Bartlett 24.44 (4th)
400: Parker Smith 53.41 (1st), Dalton Frazier 55.32 (2nd)
800: Gage Aubrey 2:24.2, Patrick Covey 2:20.41 (5th)
1600: Patrick Covey 5:12.64 (3rd), James Fleener 5:22.34 (4th)
3200: Jared Robison 14:20
110 H: Drake Burton 19.66
300 H: Drake Burton 49.32
4x100 relay: Dalton Frazier, Cole Bartlett, Jesse Vaughan, Gunnar Martin- 48.56 (3rd)
4x200 relay: Dalton Frazier, Cole Bartlett, Gunnar Martin, Parker Smith- 1:38.64 (2nd)
4x400 relay: Dalton Frazier, Cole Bartlett, Patrick Covey, Parker Smith- 3:46.50 (1st)
4x800 relay: James Fleener, Gage Aubrey, Nick Myers, Patrick Covey- 9:18.25 (2nd)
Long Jump: Jesse Vaughan 14' 9.5", Wyatt Curp 13' 10"
Triple Jump: Jesse Vaughan 34' 0", James Fleener 36' 9.5" (3rd)
High Jump: James Fleener 5' 8" (6th)
Discus: Garrett Jones 84' 2", Matt Vaughan 90' 9"
Shot Put: Gunnar Martin 37' 1" (5th), Zack Phillips 33' 6"
Javelin: Luke Cory 112' 9" (1st), Garrett Jones 100' 6" (2nd)
"The boys team placed second behind a very solid North Andrew squad. We were very happy with our performances today and it should be great motivation for our Conference and District schedule ahead of us next week. Luke Cory and Jenna Johnson (girls) both set new meet records for the Javelin at the Cardinal Relays so we were very excited for those two." - Jonathan Pickrell
GRC Track Meet at Albany, MO 5/3/16
Girls
400: Brittany Sperry 1:17.66
800: Elisabeth Davis 2:46.63 (4th), Taylor Wagner 2:50.21 (5th)
1600: Taylor Wagner 6:26.89 (5th), Emma Howard 6:56
3200: Mariah Clevenger 17:40.48 (7th)
100 H: Maddy Baughman 20.12 (8th), Brittany Sperry 26.09
300 H: Amanda Hilburn 56.87, Maddy Baughman 1:00.70
4x400 relay: Elisabeth Davis, Amanda Hilburn, Brittany Sperry, Taylor Wagner- 4:53.86 (8th)
4x800 relay: Elisabeth Davis, Amanda Hilburn, Mariah Clevenger, Taylor Wagner- 11:46.27 (4th)
Long Jump: Sommer Gurwell 10' 1"
Shot Put: Jorgia Cory 30' 5.5" (3rd), Sondra Sumpter 28' 5.5" (7th), Sierra Dye 27' 4.5", Sommer Gurwell 24' 5", Megan Latimer 21' 7"
Discus: Jorgia Cory 89' 9" (2nd), Sondra Sumpter 82' 7" (7th), Jenna Johnson 78' 3", Sommer Gurwell 73' 2", Sierra Dye 63' 9", Megan Latimer 60' 11"
Boys
100: Gunnar Martin 12.77, Wyatt Curp 13.24
200: Parker Smith 24.09 (2nd), Cole Bartlett 24.54 (4th)
400: Parker Smith 53.41 (1st), Dalton Frazier (8th), Wyatt Curp 1:02.65
800: Patrick Covey 2:18.37 (8th), Gage Aubrey 2:19.2, Jimmy Blystone 2:37.31
1600: James Fleener 5:03.66 (3rd), Patrick Covey 5:03.78(4th), Jared Robison 5:58.96
3200: Nick Myers 11:36.52 (2nd)
110 H: Drake Burton 19.88
300 H: Drake Burton 51.03
4x100 relay: Dalton Frazier, Cole Bartlett, Jesse Vaughan, Gunnar Martin- 48.14 (5th)
4x100 relay (JV): Drake Burton, Luke Cory, Garrett Jones, Zack Phillips- 57.55
4x200 relay: Dalton Frazier, Cole Bartlett, Gunnar Martin, Parker Smith- 1:37.57 (2nd)
4x400 relay: Dalton Frazier, Cole Bartlett, Patrick Covey, Parker Smith- 4:06.42 (8th)
4x400 relay (JV): Wyatt Curp, Jared Robison, Jimmy Blystone, Drake Burton- 4:31.19
4x800 relay: James Fleener, Gage Aubrey, Nick Myers, Patrick Covey- 9:08.31 (5th)
Long Jump: Jesse Vaughan 17' 0.25" (8th), Wyatt Curp 13' 3.25"
Triple Jump: James Fleener 35' 4.5" (4th), Jesse Vaughan 35' 2.5" (5th), Jimmy Blystone 33' 0.5"
High Jump: James Fleener 5' 8" (4th)
Shot Put: Gunnar Martin 39' 3.5"(8th), Zack Phillips 33' 10"
Discus: Garrett Jones 84' 2", Luke Cory 73' 10"
"Our boys team had several opportunities to get second at our conference meet behind South Harrison. We fell a little short in a few events. We didn't perform at our best level today and I know that this will get under some of our guys' skin and help us compete at a higher level on Saturday. We are now at the point in our season where if you don't run your best, you go home and you're done for the year. We took a lot of events down to state last year and we hope to continue that success, but first we have to control what we can control on Saturday and do our best to advance as many things to sectionals that we can." - Jonathan Pickrell
