GARNETT — The Iola High track and field team had various athletes take top spots at the Anderson County Invitational on Thursday.
The Mustangs competed in their third meet of the season and improved in most field and running events. Eli Adams, Jesse Taylor and Karingten Hall impressed on the track while Jake Skahan and Jessica Kroenke were solid in the field events.
Adams secured second place in the 800-meter with a time of 2:05. He also ran his leg of the 4×400 meter relay in 54 seconds.
“I know Eli is driven to lower his time to get close to 2 minutes even, and this was a great step in the right direction,” Iola head coach Dana Daugharthy said.
Gavin Jones took fifth place in the 400 meter dash with a time of 56 seconds.
Taylor ran the 1600- and 3200-meter races in an efficient manner.
“It’s difficult logging that many miles in a meet, but he did great,” Daugharthy said. “Those tough races early in the season are going to pay off at the end of the season.”
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Skahan threw the javelin for a distance of 144 feet.
“Jake has only been throwing for a few weeks, but he has been progressing very well,” said Daugharthy. “He has yet to master the full approach.”
Mustang Travis Wanker placed 13th in the high jump at 5′ 2″.
Jaydon Morrison was sixth in the discus throw with a distance of 114′ 2″. Kolton Greathouse got 22nd in the javelin with a throw of 90′ 10″ and Alex Donnelly was 26th place with a throw of 80′ 11″.
Maddox Riley took third place in the 110 meter hurdles.
“He is a freshman and looks impressive in a varsity meet,” Daugharthy added.
Kyler Mittelmeier took 11th place in the pole vault at 7′ 6″.
