FREDONIA — A little rain didn’t spoil Iola High’s fun on the track Thursday as the boys took fourth overall out of 22 teams at the Fredonia Relays, one of the largest track meets of the season.
Familiar names paced the Mustangs, including Jack Adams, who took second in the 1600 meters and third in the 3200 meters. He also anchored Iola’s 4×800 relay team to second place.
Brett Willis found himself near the top of the leaderboard in the long jump, triple jump and 100- and 200-meter dashes. “Brett is a great competitor who wants to succeed,” Iola head coach Dana Daugharthy said. “He went against tough competition and performed well.”
Others of note: Riley Jay set a personal record, as did Kaster Trabuc. Trabuc also set a new personal best in the 800-meter run. Tyler Crane reached 7 feet for the first time in the pole vault, while Henrik Sieh passed the 100-foot mark in the discus for the first time.
A sore ankle kept Kobe Lord out of his jumping events, but he still set a personal best time in the 100.
The Fillies 4×800 team of Sage Barney, Cara Porter, Audrey Coltrane and Averie Sharon took sixth with their best time of the season by a full 10 seconds. “I am looking forward to this team getting better in the next couple of weeks,” Daugharthy said. “They all ran great times.”
Iola’s Evan Casner took second in the 110-meter hurdles, narrowly missing out on gold after a slight misstep over the last two hurdles. “He has been progressing nicely this season, and I expect a big drop in the next couple of weeks,” Daugharthy said.
Jesse Taylor took fourth in the 3200.
Barney also took sixth in the girls 1600. “She is setting herself up nicely to push for a high ranking at league and regionals,” Daugharthy said.
HUMBOLDT’S Drew Wilhite had an exhausting, and successful night. He took second in the boys 3200 and triple jump, third in the 1600 and fifth in the high jump. He led the Cubs to a ninth-place finish as a team.
Results for Iola, Humboldt and Yates Center athletes follow.
GIRLS SCORES — 1. Girard, 85; 15. Humboldt, 6; 17. Iola, 2, and Yates Center, 2.
High jump — 9. Madelyn Proper, YC, 34’6”; 13. Jessica Myers, H, 4’4”; 15. Kamdyn Trahan, YC, 4’2”; 22. Ella Lassman, H, 4’
Javelin — 9. Anna Goforth, H, 94’8”; 30. Assya Goforth, H, 61’1”
Shot put — 5. Jada Dangerfield, 33’11.5”; 19. An. Goforth, 28’3.5”;
