7th Grade Girls, 8th Grade Boys Meet Champions at Arcola JH Invite/ 8th Grade Girls Second, 7th Grade Boys Third
The runners are lined up for the seventh grade 800 meter run at the Arcola JH Invite last Saturday. ALAH’s Morgan Casteel, fourth from the left, and Embrey Reardon, first on the right, finished first and second in the race. Morgan ran a time of 3:04.34 and Embrey a 3:08.58. The seventh grade girls won their division at the meet with 97 points.
Just a week after sweeping the ALAH JH Invitational, the ALAH jr. high track and field teams competed in neighboring Arcola’s Annual JH Invite. While not sweeping the team titles the Knights brought home three trophies and a third place while competing in warm and very windy conditions.
For the girls the seventh grade topped their division with 97 points ahead of second place Neoga with 50. They had three individual champions, Morgan Casteel in the 800 meters, Embrey Reardon, the 1600 meters and Cassidy Rohacs in the 100 meter hurdles. Also earning blue ribbons were the 4 X 4 relay of Riley Strode, Norma Mendoza, Rylie Ward and Rohacs.
The Knights’ eighth grade girls brought home the second place trophy in their class with 64 points just two points behind first place Central A & M. Ruby Burton was a double winner taking firsts in the 400 and 1600 meters. Alex Clark picked up a first place in the shot put.
The eighth grade boys captured the championship trophy scoring 124 points to second place Okaw Valley’s 70. Double event winners were Payton Warrior in the 100 and 200 meters and Cruz Hale in the 800 and 1600 meters. The eighth grade also scored two relay wins, the 4 X 1 team of Brayden Leech, Easton Frederick, Daylon Doggett and Payton Warrior and the 4 X 4 team of Frederick, Justin Schrock, Cruz Hale and Warrior.
The seventh grade boys came close to earning their own trophy but finished third behind meet champion Arcola who scored 87 and Meridian who tallied 65.5 points to the Knights’ 60. Preston Gingerich was the lone first place winner in the seventh grade racing to a first place finish in the 1600 meters.
After a meet in Sullivan on April 25 the jr. high Knights track and field teams will be at Mt. Zion for their 12th Annual Invitational on Saturday, April 30. After the MZ meet will be the Jr. High Okaw Conference meet at Arcola on Monday, May 2 hosted by Arcola.
7th Grade ALAH Girls Team and Individual Results
Arcola JH Invitational
April 23, 2022
Team Results: 1. Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 97; 2. Neoga 50; 3. Arcola 48; 4. Okaw Valley 45; 5. Central A & M 43; 6. Meridian 33; 7. Tri-County & Judah Christian 29; 9. Villa Grove 25
Shot Put: Ashby Coblentz 20’ 3”, third; Emily Keagle 15’ 6.5”
Discus: Ashby Coblentz 51’ 9”, third; Emily Keagle 51’ 5”, fourth
High Jump: None
Long Jump: Rylie Ward 11’ 0”
100 M Hurdles: Cassidy Rohacs 19.09, first; Riley Strode 20.79, fifth
100M: Norma Mendoza 17.02; Chloe Smith 17.67
200M: Rylie Ward 34.63, second;
400M: Sophia Johnson 1:17.20, second; Reece Oye 1:18.76, fourth;
800M: Morgan Casteel 3:04.34, first; Embrey Reardon 3:08.58, second;
1600M: Embrey Reardon 6:38.42, first; Katie Appleby 8:03.37, sixth;
400M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 1:04.55, second (Norma Mendoza, Jillian Marner, Riley Strode, Rylie Ward)
800M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 2:29.71, fifth; (Briana Clayton, Isabella Menna, Keely Simpson, Lyla Sutton)
1600M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 5:12.18, first (Riley Strode, Norma Mendoza, Rylie Ward, Cassidy Rohacs)
8th Grade ALAH Girls Team and Individual Results
Arcola JH Invitational
April 23, 2022
Team Results: 1. Central A & M 66; 2. Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 64; 3. Arcola 60; 4. Villa Grove 50; 5. Okaw Valley 48; 6. Tri-County 47; 7. Meridian 23; 8. Neoga 21
Shot Put: Alex Clark 26’ 8”, first; Chloe Custer 16’ 9”
Discus: Alex Clark 69’ 4”, third; Chloe Custer 44’ 3”
High Jump: None
Long Jump: Embrey Reardon 11’ 8.5”
100 M Hurdles: Lily Vanda 24.51; Avery Alexander 26.27
100M: Addi Rohr 16.44; Reece Oye 16.92
200M: Skyler Graham 33.31; Addi Rohr 37.00
400M: Ruby Burton 1:10.69, first; Ava Hutchinson 1:26.05
800M: Ella Oye 3:24.20, third; Kate Wiley 4:01.04, sixth
1600M: Ruby Burton 6:29.71, first; Kimberly Krutsinger 7:36.63, third
400M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 1:09.71, sixth (Lily Vanda, Ava Hutchinson, Avery Alexander, Eme Greathouse)
800M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 2:06.40, second (Cassidy Rohacs, Addi Rohr, Skylar Graham, Ruby Burton)
1600M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 5:07.99, second (Ruby Burton, Skyler Graham, Morgan Casteel, Reece Oye)
7th Grade ALAH Boys Team and Individual Results
Arcola JH Invitational
April 23, 2022
Team results: 1. Arcola 87; 2. Meridian 65.5; 3. Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 60; 4. Neoga 58; 5. Central A & M 56; 6. Villa Grove 26; 7. Tri-County 20; 8. Judah Christian 16; 9. Okaw Valley 13.5
Discus: Preston Gingerich 70’ 9”, sixth; Cameron McGill 42’ 3”
Shot Put: Zeb Peck 24’ 0”
High Jump: Cooper Shoemaker 4’ 4”;
Long Jump: Coye Grant 13’ 9.5”; Anden Berry 11’ 7”
110 M Hurdles: Brennon Hutson 23.63
100M: Owen Herring 14.46, sixth; Faemus Davison 16.69
200M: Owen Herring 30.28, third; Faemus Davison 33.86
400M: Brennon Hutson 1:06.92, second; Solly Binion 1:26.22
800M: Coye Grant 2:48.69, third; Cooper Shoemaker 2:56.28, sixth;
1600M: Preston Gingerich 5:59.21, first; Coye Grant 5:59.83, second
400M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 1:04.28, fifth (Faemus Davison, Anden Berry, Dylan Ingersoll, Solly Binion)
800M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 2:02.80, second (Brennon Hutson, Cooper Shoemaker, Coye Grant, Owen Herring)
1600M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 4:43.09, second (Brennon Hutson, Cooper Shoemaker, Preston Gingerich, Owen Herring)
8th Grade ALAH Boys Team and Individual Results
Arcola JH Invitational
April 23, 2022
Team results: 1. Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 124; 2. Okaw Valley 70; 3. Arcola 54; 4. Central A & M 51; 5. Villa Grove 32; 6. Neoga 26; 7. Tri-County 12; 8. Meridian 10; 9. Judah Christian 3
Discus: Kamden Morfey 76’ 8”, third;
Shot Put: Kyler Stone 25’ 1.25”
High Jump: Trey Strode 4’ 8”, third; Cash Hale 4’ 4”, sixth
Long Jump: Easton Frederick 17’ 0”, first, Cruz Hale 15’ 3”, fourth
110 M Hurdles: Easton Frederick 19.58, third; Daylon Doggett 21.25, sixth
100M: Payton Warrior 13.14, first; Brayden Leech 14.32, sixth;
200M: Payton Warrior 27.13, first; Daylon Doggett 30.19, sixth
400M: Cash Hale 1:06.47, third; Ryker Beckmier 1:07.42, fifth
800M: Cruz Hale 2:37.89, first; Ryker Beckmier 2:44.48, second
1600M: Cruz Hale 5:40.32, first; Trey Strode 6:00.01, third
400M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 56.02, second (Justin Schrock, Cash Hale, Trey Strode, Dana Soard)
800M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 1:50.29, first (Brayden Leech, Easton Frederick, Daylon Doggett, Payton Warrior)
1600M Relay: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 4:23.52, first (Easton Frederick, Justin Schrock, Cruz Hale, Payton Warrior)
