ANDERSON, Mo. — The first track meet of the 2021 season went extremely well for the Carthage Tigers.
Led by seven event wins, Carthage’s boys took first place at McDonald County High School’s Stancell Stampede on Thursday.
The Tigers topped the team standings with 178 points. Cassville (106) and McDonald County (104) were second and third, respectively. There were 10 teams in attendance.
On the girls side, Cassville (163.5), McDonald County (151.5) and College Heights Christian (99) were the top three teams.
CARTHAGE BOYS HIGHLIGHTS
The Tigers won seven events, including all four relays, and also finished second in four other events.
Carthage’s 4×100-meter relay team of Cale Patrick, Tyler Burt, Aiden Rogers and Caleb Calvin took first in 44.16 seconds.
The Tigers won the 4×200 relay in 1 minutes, 38 seconds, with Dennis Witt, Burt, Landen Schrader and Stephen Kurz competing.
Carthage’s 4×400 relay, which featured Miguel Solano, Ty Lewis, Rogers and Burt, finished in 3:37.
The Tigers’ 4×800 relay finished in 8:52 and featured Malcolm Robertson, Lewis, Mariques Strickland and Solano.
Rogers won the 100-meter dash in 11.9 seconds, while Schrader took first in the 400 (55.73) and Calvin won the 300 hurdles (43.71).
Patrick took second in the 200 and fourth in the 100, while Solano, Lewis and Richard Contreras finished second, third and fourth, respectively, in the 800.
Robertson was the runner-up in the 3200, while Strickland finished third in both the 1600 and 3200.
George Laytham finished fourth in the 3200, while Robertson and Laytham were fourth and fifth in the 1600.
Kurz was third in the 300 hurdles and the triple jump and fifth in the high jump. Schrader was sixth in the long jump, with Rogers seventh.
In the throws, Hiram Schuur placed second in the shot put and Brian Zuniga Valencia was third in the discus.
CARTHAGE GIRLS HIGHLIGHTS
Carthage’s girls finished fourth in the team standings with 82 points.
Carthage finished second in the 4×100 relay, with Katie Crowe, Trisha Kanas, Ashlynn Patrick and Karly Sullivan competing.
The Tigers also took second in the 4×200 relay, while the 4×400 relay finished third.
Lilly Holmes was the runner-up in both the shot put and discus, while Joey Hettinger was the runner-up in the high jump.
Hadley McBride placed third in both the 1600 and 3200, while Hettinger finished fourth in both the 100 and 200. Jenna Wilson took fourth in the 3200.
COLLEGE HEIGHTS GIRLS HIGHLIGHTS
College Heights’ girls won four events.
The CHC team of Allie Fiscus, Jayli Johnson, Addie Lawrence and Lauren Ukena won the 4×100 relay in 52.26. The team of Johnson, Lawrence, Ukena and Katie Moss took first in the 4×400 in 4:34.
The Cougars finished third in the 4×800, with Moss, Avery Parker, Madi Carson and Sophia Moore running.
Lawrence (27.44) and Ukena (28.76) finished first and second, respectively, in the 200.
Lawrence (1:02) and Johnson (1:08) were the top two finishers in the 400.
Johnson finished third in the 100, while Fiscus placed third in both hurdle races. Moss was fifth in the 800. Maddy Colin took fourth in the high jump.
COLLEGE HEIGHTS BOYS HIGHLIGHTS
College Heights was seventh in the standings with 35 points.
The Cougars were second in the 4×100 relay (names unavailable).
Colsen Dickens was third in the 400, Ethan Ukena finished fifth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump, while Derrick McMillan was seventh in the 800 and Rolen Sanderson finished seventh in the 3200.
MCDONALD COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS
McDonald County’s Junior Eliam and Logan Harriman were first and second, respectively, in the discus.
Andrew Moritz took third in the high jump, Andrew Watkins was third in the pole vault and Alexander Lewis took third in the long jump.
Johnny Ciseneros was fourth in the pole vault, Samuel Barton was fourth in the 400, Saw Lae Eh was fourth in the long jump and Garrett Gricks took fourth in the shot put.
Mac County’s 4×200 relay team of Lewis, Joshua Pacheco, Eh and Esteban Martinez-Olvera took second. The 4×100 was fourth.
For the McDonald County girls, Sosha Howard won the long jump, while Howard and Reagan Myrick were second and third in the long jump.
The team of Kaycee Factor, Savannah Leib, Corina Holland and Anna Price finished second in the 4×400 relay.
The Mustangs were also second in the 4×800, with Factor, Price, Madison Burton and Melysia McCrory competing.
McDonald County’s girls were third in the 4×200 relay and fourth in the 4×100.
Melonie Gillming took second in the pole vault, with Price third. Factor placed third in the 200, while McCrory was third in the high jump.
OTHER EVENT WINNERS
On the boys side, event winners included Jasper’s Jared Tidball (long jump and triple jump), Southwest’s Travis Sickles (1600 and 3200), East Newton’s Kelton Sorrell (800) and Matthew Knight (110 hurdles), Cassville’s Eli Pickett (pole vault) and Braden Dickinson (shot put) and Wheaton’s Chad Meyer (200).
On the girls side, Cassville’s Kyren Postlewait won both the 100 and the shot put, while other event winners from Cassville were Marianne McCracken (300 hurdles), Sharayah Seymour (high jump), Annie Moore (pole vault) and Riley Morris (discus).
Other event winners: East Newton’s Ellie Hicks (800 and 1600) and Alonna Eytcheson (3200) and Diamond’s Ashlyn Daniel (100 hurdles) and Jacey Starks (long jump).
McDonald County Stancell Invitational
Boys team standings: Carthage 178, Cassville 106, McDonald County 104, East Newton 95, Southwest 46, Jasper 42, College Heights 35, Wheaton 30, Diamond 20, Purdy 18.
Girls team standings: Cassville 163.5, McDonald County 151.5, College Heights 99, Carthage 82, East Newton 56, Diamond 55, Jasper 22, Wheaton 13.
