PLEASANTON — Marmaton Valley, Crest and Southern Coffey County High Schools met at the Pleasanton High School Invitational on Tuesday.
The three area schools fielded a dozen athletes who came in first place in their events. Crest had several winners in Ethan Godderz in the long jump and triple jump, Peyton Schmidt in the girls 800-meter run, Josie Walter in the 1600-meter run and Peyton Schmidt in the 3200.
In the boys 100 meter dash, Marmaton Valley’s Jaedon Granere took second place in 12.08 seconds while Crest’s Jerry Rodriguez came in fifth place with a time of 12.30 seconds. Crest’s Gentry McGhee placed sixth with a time of 12.45 seconds.
In the boys 200 meter dash, Marmaton Valley’s Granere came in fifth with a time of 25.61 seconds while Colony’s Rodriguez placed seventh in 25.80 seconds.
In the boys 400 meter dash, Marmaton Valley’s Granere got second place in 55.76 seconds and Crest’s Elijah Taylor took fourth place with a time of 1:01.76.
In the boys 800 meters, Crest’s Taylor took fifth place with a time of 2:25.20. Marmaton Valley’s Zach Allee took eighth place with a time of 2:29.26.
In the boys 1600-meter run, Crest’s Gunner Ellington claimed second place with a time of 5:08.52. Marmaton Valley’s Allee took ninth place with a time of 5:51.31. Crest’s Breakin Jones finished in 12th place in 6:02.25.
In the boys 3200 meter run, Crest’s Ellington took second place in 11:34.26 while Jones took eighth place with a time of 12:57.87.
In the boys 110 meter hurdles, Crest’s Ryan West came in sixth place with a time of 21.88 seconds.
In the boys 300 meter hurdles, West came in sixth place in 50.10 seconds.
In the boys 4×100 meter relay, Crest came in third place in 48.62 seconds while Southern Coffey County placed sixth in 57.50 seconds.
In the boys high jump, Marmaton Valley’s Todd Stephenson took fifth place with a leap of 5 feet.
In the boys long jump, Crest’s Ethan Godderz earned first place with a jump of 19’ 6.75”. Crest’s Gentry McGhee placed sixth with a jump of 17’ 7.5”. Marmaton Valley’s Granere placed 10th with a jump of 17’ 3”. Stephenson came in 14th with a jump of 15’ 11.25”.
In the boys triple jump, Godderz took first place with a jump of 41’ 2”. Marmaton Valley’s Stephenson was fifth at 33’ 11.50”.
In the boys discus, Marmaton Valley’s Evan Kent came in second place with a throw of 118’ 8.75”. SCC’s Thomas Nickel came in third place while Reeston Cox took fourth place with throws of 115’ 9” and 112’ 8.5”, respectively.
