The Iola Middle School track team has been busy the past few weeks hosting the Iola Pioneer Quad meet while also competing at the Jayhawk-Linn Junior High Invitational.
Iola’s Kevon Loving broke a 63-year old record in the 100-meter dash at the Iola Pioneer Quad meet with a time of 11.92 seconds. At the Jayhawk-Linn Invite, Kale Pratt broke the eighth grade 100-meter hurdle time in 15.98 seconds.
Iola’s eighth grade boys placed first in the Iola Pioneer Quad meet with 64 points.The eighth grade girls took third place with 54 team points. The Mustang seventh grade boys placed fourth with 34 points while the seventh grade girls placed fifth with 12 points.
Seventh grade boys
In the 100-meter dash, Loving placed second in 11.92 seconds while Reginald Davis placed third with a time of 12.14 seconds.
In the 200-meter dash, Davis snatched second place with a time of 27.41 seconds.
In the 400-meter dash, Loving took second place with a time of 1:03.25.
In the 1600-meter run, Mosiah Fawson came in second place with a time of 5:59.09.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Colton Thompson placed third with a time of 19.70 seconds.
The 4×100-meter relay team of Thompson, Fawson, Loving and Davis placed first with a time of 53.58 seconds.
In the long jump, Loving came in first place with a leap of 15’ 8.6”.
Seventh grade girls
In the 100-meter dash, Harlei Gregg took fifth place with a time of 14.64 seconds.
In the 200-meter dash, Gregg took second place in 33.03 seconds and Shaylee Karns took third place with a time of 33.97 seconds.
In the 4×100 meter relay, Iola’s team of Jordyn Potter, Jordyn Spillman, Kali Joy and Karns took third place with a time of 1:05.00.
