Iola Middle School’s Braden Plumlee found himself in the record books again, this time at the IMS Invitational Track meet.
The eighth-grader sliced 11 seconds off his old record in the 3200-meter run, winning the event Monday with a time of 11 minutes, 33.77 seconds, even after a track official’s error inadvertently slowed his progress.
Plumlee was mistakenly stopped after his seventh lap, because officials thought he had completed eight circuits. He stopped at the finish line for a few seconds before his father, Brandon Plumlee, noted the error and convinced his son to continue.
The hesitation made no difference in the final tally. Plumlee still beat his nearest competitor by nearly 43 seconds.
Plumlee completed his double-gold day by winning the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:11.98.
Iola’s Olivia Taylor took gold in the seventh-grade girls’ 1600, with a mark of 6:07.25, while Dayton Ryherd won the seventh-grade boys’ 100-meter hurdles in 18.30 seconds. The seventh-grade boys also were quickest in a pair of relays. Isaac Vink, Bryce Andrews, Cale Barnhart and Nick Peterson teamed to win the 4×200-meter relay with a time of 2:03.38. Ryherd, Vink, Barnhart and Nick Vaughn teamed to win the medley relay in 2:12.02.
Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Kyla Drake also took home a pair of golds. She won the 200-meter dash in the eighth-grade girls’ class with a time of 28.73 seconds. She also won the long jump with a distance of 14 feet, 8 3/4 inches. She added a silver medal in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 14.46 seconds.
Marmaton Valley’s Makayla Brooks was quickest in the seventh-grade girls’ 200, finishing in 29.33 seconds. She was second in the 400-meter dash at 1:09.39.
In team competitions, the Pony girls finished second in seventh grade with 72.5 points, behind Anderson County’s 120.5. Marmaton Valley claimed fifth with 50 points.
In eighth-grade girls’ action, Iola finished ninth with 24 points. Chanute’s Royster Middle School was first with 104.5 points. Marmaton Valley finished fifth with 50.
On the boys’ side, Iola’s seventh-graders took second at 103.5 points, behind Burlington’s 119. Marmaton Valley was sixth with 26. Iola’s eighth-graders finished third with 73 points, behind Roosevelt Middle School of Coffeyville, which scored 93. Marmaton Valley finished 12th with three points.
The track meet was delayed about 45 minutes just as the races were about to start because of passing thunderstorms. In the interim school such as Central Heights and Prairie View left early because of the uncertain nature of the storms.
Girls
Seventh grade
1. Anderson County, 120.5; 2. Iola, 72.5; 5. Marmaton Valley, 50.
100-meter dash: 4. Makayla Brooks, MV, 15.03; 6. Clara Boyd, MV, 15.33; 8. Carly Cescon, I, 15.42.
200-meter dash. 1. M. Brooks, MV, 29.33.
400-meter dash. 2. M. Brooks, MV, 1:09.89; 3 (tie). Katie Bauer, I, 1:12.18; 6. Kylee Hunter, I, 1:13.61.
800-meter run: 4. Olivia Taylor, I, 2:44.39.
1600-meter run: 1. Taylor, I, 6:07.25; 3. Shelby Yoho, MV, 6:11.13.
100-meter hurdles: 3. Eliza Hale, 19.83; 4. Colbi Riley, 20.06.
4×100-meter relay: 3. MV (Clara Boyd, Emily Smart, Shayla Brooks, M. Brooks), 1:00.88; 4. Iola (Carly Cescon, Hale, Riley, Sophie Whitney), 1:01.74.
4×200-meter relay: 5. Iola (Cescon, Madison Carlin, Whitney, Katie Bauer), 2:17.41.
Long jump: 2. S. Brooks, MV, 12’8”; 4. Riley, I, 12’4 3’4”.
Shot put: 5. Bauer, I, 24’11 1/2”.
Discus: 4. Taylor, I, 57’9”; 5. Karly McGuffin, I, 53’7”.
Medley relay: 1. Iola (Cescon, Riley, Whitney, Taylor), 2:16.44; 5. MV (Megan Ensminger, Yoho, Boyd, Smart), 2:27.82.
Eighth grade
1. Chanute-Royster, 104.5; 5. Marmaton Valley, 50; 9. Iola, 24.
100-meter dash: 2. Kyla Drake, MV, 14.46; 5. Sydney Wade, I, 14.60.
200-meter dash: 1. Drake, MV, 28.73; 5. Toni Macha, I, 31.82.
400-meter dash: 5. Misty Storrer, MV, 1:12.23.
800-meter run: 8. Casey Allen, MV, 3:04.19.
1600-meter run: 3. C. Allen, MV, 6:46.01.
100-meter hurdles: 6. NaLea Alexander, MV, 20.35; 7. Riley Murry, I, 20.45.
4×100-meter relay: 6. Iola (Macha, Jadyn Sigg, Wade, Murry), 1:00.15.
4×200-meter relay: 4. Iola (Murry, Sigg, Wade, Macha), 2:10.61; 6. Marmaton Valley (Emily Plaschka, Alexander, Magie Stevenson, Storrer), 2:16.84.
Long jump: 1. Drake, 14’8 3/4”.
Medley relay: 3. Iola (Macha, Sigg, Wade, Megan Klubek), 2:15.61; 4. MV (Alexander, Stevenson, Drake, Storrer), 2:16.99.
Boys
Seventh grade
1. Burlington, 119; 2. Iola, 103.5, 6. Marmaton Valley, 26.
100-meter dash: 3. Trevor Wilson, MV, 13.89.
200-meter dash: 2. Dalton Ryherd, 28.49; 7. Isaac Vink, I, 30.27.
400-meter dash: 2. Ryherd, I, 1:05.76; 7. Zach Cokely, I, 1:10.7.
800-meter run: 3. Justice Pugh, MV, 2:46.75; 8. Devan Radford, I, 3:01.98.
1600-meter run: 3. Nick Vaughn, I, 5:49.70; 6. Pugh, MV, 6:06.55.
100-meter hurdles: 1. Ryherd, I, 18.30; 3. Vink, I, 20.39; 6. Blake Mittlemeier, I, 22.04; 8. Pugh, MV, 22.22.
4×100-meter relay: 3. Iola (Cale Barnhart, Bryce Andres, Mittlemeier, Will Bath), 1:01.56; 6. MV (Korbin Smith, Brock Hall, Tristan Fraker, Lane Houk) 1:06.62.
4×200-meter relay: 1. Iola (Vink, Andres, Barnhart, Nick Peterson), 2:03.38.
Shot put: 2. Evan Sigg, I, 31’5”; 4. Matt Komma, I, 31’1”; 5. Nick Holloway, I, 30’10”.
Discus: 2. Sigg, I, 81’10”; 7. Matt Miller, I, 69’3”; 8. Fraker, MV, 67’5”.
Medley relay: 1. Iola (Ryherd, Vink, Barnhart, Vaughn), 2:12.02; 3. MV (Hall, Pugh, Josh Wise, Wilson), 2:21.24.
Eighth grade
1. Coffeyville-Roosevelt, 93; 3. Iola 73; 12. Marmaton Valley, 3.
200-meter dash: 5. Darius Greenawalt, I, 27.58.
800-meter run: 2. Chase Regehr, I, 2:23.61; 8. Kendall Jay, I, 2:45.28.
1600-meter run: 1. Braden Plumlee, I, 5:11.98; 8. Jay, I, 5:49.00.
3200-meter run: 1. Plumlee, 11:33.77.
100-meter hurdles: 5. Garrett Wade, i, 17.95.
4×100-meter relay: 6. Iola (Ethan Scheibmeir, Ben Cooper, Gage Cleaver, Mason Ingle), 57.34; 7. MV (Anthony Jefferis, Jacob Kale, Brandon Allen, Noah Foster), 1:06.04.
4×200-meter relay: 5. Iola (Regehr, Cleaver, Cooper, Wade), 1:57.00.
Long jump: 3. Plumlee, I,15’4”; 5. Greenawalt, I, 15’1 3/4”.
Discus: 2. Derek Nixon, I, 101’10”; 4. Joey Zimmerman, I, 97’7”.
Medley relay: 4. Iola (Regehr, Cleaver, Wade, Greenawalt), 2:04.92; 8. MV (Jefferis, Allen, Foster, Kale), 2:23.69.
Storms don’t stop action at IMS Invitational
