Iola Middle School athletes shine at Parsons

IMS track and field athletes fared well at a meet in Parsons Wednesday, earning several top medals in the process.

Sports

April 29, 2021 - 10:01 AM

Iola Middle School's Alyssa Williams hands the baton to teammate Elza Clift in a track meet earlier this season. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register

PARSONS — Iola Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-graders dodged rain drops Wednesday while taking part in the Parsons Invitational Track Meet.

There were several highlights for the Mustang athletes.

India Barney brought home gold in the seventh-grade girls 100-meter hurdles, while Bella Rahming won the shot put.

In eighth-grade girls action, Karingten Hall won the 100- and 200-meter dashes, while Elza Clift won the 100-meter hurdles.

On the boys’ side, seventh-grader Tre Wilson was tops in the 100-meter hurdles, and high jump and Noah Schowengerdt took gold in the 400- and 800-meter runs. Jakolby Hill won the 3200-meter run, as did the seventh-grade 4×100-meter relay team of Schowengerdt, Henry White, Nick Bauer and Wilson.

Cole Moyer took the 3200-meter crown in eighth-grade boys competition.

Iola’s results follow.

Seventh Grade

Girls

Team scores — 1. Pittsburg, 143; 5. Iola, 38

100m hurdles — 1. India Barney, 18.41; 8. MaHallie Genoble, 22.02; 10. Kandrella McCullough, 23.63

100 meters — 3. Barney, 15.34; 12. Genoble, 16.92; 14. McCullough, 17.57

1600 meters — 8. Stephanie Fees, 7:56.65

4×100 relay — 5. Iola (Bella Rahming, Barney, Tessa Bruchin, Genoble), 1:03.30

400 meters — 11. Bruchin, 1:29.64; 13. Fees, 1:34.75

200 meters — 3. Barney, 31.67; 8. Rahming, 32.80; 9. Genoble, 35.02

High jump — 5. Rahming, 3’10”

Long jump — 8. McCullough, 10’6”

Shot put — 1. Rahming, 32’9.5”; 11. Madelyn Ashworth, 21’9.5”

Iola Middle School’s Jakolby Hill runs in a track meet earlier this season.Photo by Richard Luken

Boys

Team scores — 1. Pittsburg, 133; 2. Iola, 108

3200 meters — 1. Jakolby Hill, 13:26.10

100m hurdles — 1. Tre Wilson, 17.52; 6. Maddox Riley, 19.81

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