Yates Center Middle hosts local track meet

Area middle schools Crest, Marmaton Valley, Yates Center and Southern Coffey County met in Yates Center on Tuesday. Crest's eighth grade girls and Humboldt's seventh grade boys each took second place as teams in their respective divisions.

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April 19, 2023 - 2:19 PM

Marmaton Valley’s Tucker Sutton runs in the 3200. PHOTO BY: HALIE LUKEN

YATES CENTER — The Yates Center Middle School track and field team hosted an invitational on Tuesday. 

Local middle schoolers from Crest, Marmaton Valley, Yates Center and Southern Coffey County participated in the meet. Overall, Crest’s eighth grade girls took second place and Humboldt’s seventh grade boys took second place.

In the seventh grade girls 3200-meter run, Crest’’s Kallei Robb came in first place with a time of 14:20.56 while Marmaton Valley’s Haylie Aiello finished in fifth place in 15:38.34. 

In the seventh grade boys 3200-meter run, Marmaton Valley’s Tucker Sutton took third place in 13:28.09 while Bryant Uhlrich was fourth in 13:37.66. Crest’s Dagon Denny came in sixth place in 13:58.96. Southern Coffey County’s Jacob Snyder finished in seventh in 14:14.12. 

In the eighth grade boys 3200-meter run, Yates Center’s Colton Burkholder took second place with a time of 12:15.69. Humboldt’s Kreed Jones was third place in 12:53.94. Marmaton Valley’s Brendon Newman came in fifth place in 15:27.58. 

In the seventh grade girls 75-meter hurdles, Marmaton Valley’s Addisyn Drake took second place in 14.94 seconds. SCC’s Cheyenne Dyke was 10th place in 17.15 seconds while Lily Raker was 11th place in 17.15 seconds. 

In the seventh grade boys 75-meter hurdles, Marmaton Valley’s Kaden McVey took first place in 13.57 seconds while Humboldt’s Remington Strickler took second place in 13.69 seconds. SCC’s Jax Hill was fourth in 14.98 seconds. Marmaton Valley’s Ethan Lawson took fifth place with a time of 15.29 seconds. 

In the eighth grade girls 75-meter hurdles, Crest’s Hanna Schmidt was first place in 12.72 seconds while Kamryn Jones came in seventh place in 16.10 seconds. 

In the eighth grade boys 75-meter hurdles, Marmaton Valley’s Dagan Barney claimed fifth place with a time of 14.84 seconds. SCC’s Lane Brooks was sixth in 15.11 seconds and Humboldt’s Cyler Mason took seventh in 15.59 seconds. 

In the seventh grade girls 100-meter dash, Marmaton Valley’s Evva Sander took fifth place with a time of 15.28 seconds. Humboldt’s Maggie McCullough took sixth place, 15.50 seconds, and Willow LaCrone was seventh at 15.59 seconds. Crest’s Taytum Slyter took eighth place with a time of 15.67 seconds. 

In the seventh grade boys 100-meter dash, Humboldt’s Strickler got second place in 13.48 seconds while Marmaton Valley’s McVey was fourth place in 13.86 seconds. Crest’s Daylan Nicholas took fifth place with a time of 13.87 seconds. Marmaton Valley’s Colin Ard took seventh place in 14.23 seconds while Ethan Lawson took eighth place in 14.23 seconds. 

In the eighth grade girls 100-meter dash, Crest’s Jaycee Schmidt was fifth place in 15.44 seconds while Yates Center’s Danielle Lomon got seventh place with a time of 15.71 seconds. Humboldt’s Carlie Weilert took 10th place in 16.02 seconds. 

In the eighth grade boys 100-meter dash, Marmaton Valley’s Cooper Scharff took first place in 12.70 seconds while Crest’s Xander Fuller took second in 13.15 seconds. Humboldt’s Bryce Culbertson was third in 13.29 seconds and Layne Wagner took fourth in 13.43 seconds. 

In the seventh grade girls 1600-meter run, Marmaton Valley’s Emma Louk won first place with a time of 6:33.83 and Crest’s Gracyn Ellington took fifth place with a time of 7:10.77. SCC’s Bristol Brooks was seventh in 7:28.82. 

In the seventh grade boys 1600-meter run, Marmaton Valley’s Thomas Allee came in fourth place in 6:15.55. Crest’s Grady Allen was sixth place in 6:18.43. Marmaton Valley’s Uhlrich took seventh, 6:23.07, while Ard took 10th place in 6:32.06. 

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