Several young athletes showed their mettle while winning medals at the Terry Lower Invitational Tuesday.
The meet, hosted for the past 50 years by Iola Middle School, is one of the largest of its type in the state. More than 500 athletes from 12 schools, including Iola and Marmaton Valley, were a part.
The Mustang seventh-grade girls cruised to the team title, while Marmaton Valley’s squad took fifth.
The Mustangs’ eighth-grade boys took second as a team, just behind meet champion Girard.
Local results follow.
Seventh grade girls
Team scores: 1. Iola, 112; 5. Marmaton Valley, 44
High jump — 3. Bayleigh Schiebmeir, Iola, 4’2: 4. Keanna Willard, Iola, 3’10”
Long jump — 4. Kinsley Vance, MV, 11’7”; 13. Kashyn Curry, Iola, 10’6.5”; 17. Jayna Ivy, Iola, 10’4.5”; 23. Liliana Jerome, Iola, 9’7”
Discus — 2. Sophia Doty, Iola, 67’; 4. Clara Ferguson, MV, 63’11”; 5. Breighlynn Rutherford, Iola, 63’5.5”; 11. Kallyn Rodriguez, Iola, 56’; 26. Tayleigh Forman, MV, 40’4.5”; 30. Morgen Kinzer, MV, 33’5.5”
Shot put — 1. Ferguson, 27’5.5”; 7. Doty, 25’1.5”; 14. Aaliyah Rhodes, Iola, 22’8.5”; 22. Forman, 20’5.5”; 24. Kyndal Bartlett, Iola, 19’5.5”; 33. Kinzer, 16’5”
3200 meters — 1. Emma Louk, MV, 14:04.78; 2. Kaylee Burris, Iola, 15:14.23; 4. Eliana Higginbotham, Iola, 15:55.06; 6. Mary Burris, Iola, 16:07.87
100m hurdles — 2. Scheibmeir, 19.79; 11. Blayke Folk, Iola, 21.70; 16. Ivy, 23.21
100 meters — 1. Haidyn Desmarteau, Iola, 14.04; 4. Kinzley Fountain, Iola, 14.89; 8. Hannah Thompson, Iola, 15.48; 13. Vance, 15.68; 21. Kenna Boone, MV, 16.68; 25. Amanda Kierych, MV, 17.14
1600 meters — 1. Louk, 6:35.0; 4. Blayke Folk, Iola, 7:08.97; 6. Mayce Stokes, Iola, 7:20.53; 10. Higginbotham, 7:42.56
