ALAH Jr. High Knights qualify 14 boys and 8 girls for IESA State track and field meet
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By Sally McCarthy
The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond jr. high Knights’ track and field teams had their IESA Class 2A Sectional at Central A & M on Saturday, May 9. The sectional is the meet that advances athletes to the IESA State Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16. The boys will be sending fourteen boys to the state meet as they qualified by the IESA standards in four relays and one individual event. The girls will advance eight to the meet with their 4 X 100 meter relay moving on with a first place finish. They will also send one other relay and four individuals in three events that qualified by the IESA standards.
Members of the eighth grade 4 X 1 relay that placed first with a time of 55.33 are Kyndall Crist, Maranda Pratt, Mariah Pratt and Bentley Parsons. Halle Oye is the alternate for the relay.
The other eighth grade girls’ qualifiers are Parsons, the Pratt twins and Oye in the 4 X 400 meter relay that took third place in 4:34.75. Natalie Peralta is the alternate for that relay. Maraiah Pratt qualified in the eighth grade long jump with a 14’ 9.25” leap and Maranda advanced in the 200 meters with a fourth place finish and a PR time of 28.62.
In the seventh grade, Trinity Schrock and Addison Cazel will head to state in the shot put where they met the qualifying standards. Trinity took second place with a toss of 26’ 7.25” and Addison was fourth with her throw of 25’ 11”
Fourteen jr. high boys will be heading to state: seven seventh graders and seven eighth graders. For the seventh grade boys, Waylon Miller advanced in the 200 meters with a third place finish and a PR time of 26.17. The seventh grade 4 X 200 meter relay of Micah Burket, Bowyer McGrath, Jamison Helmuth, and Waylon Miller with their alternates Camden Casteel and Nate Blaudow took second place with a time of 1:50.89 to move on. Waylon, Camden, Cody Miller, and Micah also will be running the 4 X 400 meter relay at state with their third place time of 4:26.5. Their alternates are Jamison and Bowyer.
Those same two relays, the 4 X 2 and the 4 X 4, are the same events the eighth grade boys qualified in by the IESA standards. The 4 X 2 relay with Ajay White, Abel Lat, Eli Burket, Kael Ward will run at state after finishing in second place with a time of 1:45.81. Alternates for this relay are Brodie Carter and Noah Albright. In addition, that same foursome qualified by time in the 4 X 4 relay with another second place finish in 4:02.15. Brodie and Aiden Graham are their alternates.
Other 7th grade girls’
results from Sectional:
100M: Sophia Yoder 17.46
200M: Natalie Peralta 31.59; Iris Binion 33.65, PR
400M: Olivia Harlin 1:29.29; Mia Oye 1:29.56
800M: Sofia Williams 3:07.3; Cheryl Yoder 3:08.49
1600M: Sofia Williams 6:47.14
100M Hurdles: Lilah 21.05
4 X 4 Relay: 5, Chloe Lawson, Lilah Ellis, Sofia Williams, Cheryl Yoder 5:19.7
1600M SMR Relay: Iris Binion, Chloe Lawson, Mia Oye, Cheryl Yoder 5:45.8
Discus: 6, Addison Cazel 70’ 9”; Trinity Schrock 65’ 1”
Long Jump: Lilah Ellis 13’ 0.25”; Chloe Lawson 11’ 10.25”
Other 8th grade girls’ results from Sectional:
100M: 3, Kyndall Crist 13.89
200M: 5, Kyndall Crist 29.02, PR
800M: Brianda Calvillo 3:19.96
1600M: Brianda Calvillo 7:13.11
100M Hurdles: 4, Halle Oye 21.12
Shot Put: Jennifer Plank 23’ 10.75”; Ivy Binion 20’ 5.75”
Discus: Jennifer Schrock 58’ 7”; Ivy Binion 52’ 2”
Long Jump: Maranda Pratt 13’ 4”
Other 7th grade boys’ results from Sectional:
100M: Jamison Helmuth 13.59, PR
200M: Makai Marner 36.81
400M: 4, Micah Burket 1:01.35, PR
800M: Cole Miller 2:43.37
1600M: 5. Camden Casteel 5:44.91; 6, Cody Miller 5:46.18
110M Hurdles: Bowyer McGrath 19.97, PR; Nate Blaudow 21.36, PR
4 X 1 Relay: Makai Marner, Donovan Graham, Carter Fleming, Cody Miller 1:02.6
Shot Put: Carter Fleming 27’ 2.75”, PR; Reed Kingery 26’ 6.75”
Discus: Reed Kingery 85’ 2”; Carter Fleming 67’ 9”
Long Jump: Jamison Helmuth 14’ 10”, PR; Nate Blaudow 14’ 1.25”
Other 8th grade boys’ results from Sectional:
100M: Andrew Mann 13.97, PR; Noah Albright 14.26
200M: Noah Albright 29.36, PR
400M: 4, Abel Lat 59.83, PR
800M: 3, Aiden Graham 2:31.04
1600M: 3, Aiden Graham 5:24.94, PR
110M Hurdles: 6, Abel Lat 17.78, PR
4 X 1 Relay: Andrew Mann, Gabe Brown, Ryder Price, Noah Albright 57.67
Shot Put: Ryder Price 31’ 3.75”, PR; Gabe Brown 30’ 5”
Discus: Gabe Brown 93’ 1”, PR; Archer Simpson 81’ 7”, PR