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GRC and GRC West capture state titles in 11 individual Track & Field events, Stanberry Girls finish 3rd in Class 1

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by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com

Athletes from the GRC and GRC West competed in the State Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday.  They brought home State Championships in 11 events, plus many more brought home medals.

Stanberry Girls also brought home team hardware, finishing 3rd Place in Class 1.  It is the sixth Top 4 finish in school history for Stanberry Girls Track & Field.  Their last Top 4 finish was in 2003 when they finished second.



Three of the State Champions broke State Records in Class 1

  • Maverick Gentry, Polo - Broke the state record in Discus with a throw of 52.89m (173' 6")
  • Kyle Emerson, Albany - Broke the state record in the 200m Dash with a time of 21.57 seconds.
  • Annabelle Gardener, Pattonsburg - Broke the state record in the High Jump with a jump of 1.71m (5' 7.25")
Four athletes repeated as State Champions:
  • Maverick Gentry, Polo, captured his 3rd straight Discus Championship
  • Eva Engel, Worth County, captured her 3rd straight Pole Vault Championship
  • Kyle Emerson, Albany, captured his 2nd straight 100m Dash and 200m Dash Championships
  • Annabelle Gardener, Pattonsburg, captured her 2nd straight High Jump Championship
Other notable accomplishments:
  • In addition, with Eva Engel winning the Pole Vault, the GRC/GRC West has won the last seven Class 1 Girls Pole Vault titles.
  • Gage Gilbert captured the first-ever Boys Javelin for the GRC.  With his title, there has been a GRC or GRC West champion in every Boys and Girls event.
  • Albany captured the 4x100m Relay title for both boys and girls.  In both events, they were trailing on the final leg.  The girls won by 0.10 seconds over Worth County, while the boys won by 0.002 seconds over Hardin-Central.  King City also won both races last year.
  • The GRC West captured the top three spots in the Girls Class 1 4x100m Relay.  In the past two years, six different GRC West schools have state medals in the Girls 4x100m Relay
  • 17 of the 18 GRC and GRC West schools brought home at least one state medal.
Complete List of Medalists (w/ Photo)

Albany
  • Kyle Emerson, 200m Dash - State Champion (21.57) - Class 1 Record
  • Kyle Emerson, 100m Dash - State Champion (10.54)

  • Maddix Epperly, Norah Shoush, Kennedi Epperly, Keylee Siddens, 4x100m Relay - State Champion (52.04)

  • Trevor Akins, Paul Poppa, Samuel Poppa, Kyle Emerson, 4x100m Relay - State Champion (44.112)
  • Keylee Siddens, 100m Dash - 2nd Place (12.83)
  • Maddix Epperly, Kennedi Epperly, Keylee Siddens, Daisy Sorensen, 4x400m Relay - 2nd Place (4:11.76)

Brookfield
  • Sam Sharp, 3200m Run - 3rd Place (11:12.66)

  • Sam Sharp, 1600m Run - 4th Place (5:19.08)

Gallatin
  • Lyndsey King, Pole Vault - 6th Place (2.60m)

  • Tagen Eversole, Pole Vault - 7th Place (2.45m)

  • Eljie Rulida, Tyson Smit, Gavin Wilmes, Pryce Johnson, 4x200m Relay - 8th Place (1:36.49)
  • Titan Jensen, Gavin Wilmes, Sullivan Bird, Pryce Johnson, 4x400m Relay - 8th Place (3:36.03)

King City
  • Cooper Mooney, 300m Hurdles - 5th Place (41.86)
  • Cooper Mooney, 110m Hurdles - 8th Place (16.25)

Marceline
  • LeeAnna Haslett, Katey Kussman, Emery Dodd, Ella Mosely, 4x400m Relay - 4th Place (4:10.81)
  • Ella Moseley, 400m Dash - 6th Place (59.24)
  • Emily Darling, Katey Kussman, Emery Dodd, Ella Moseley, 4x800m Relay - 7th Place (10:23.40)


Maysville
  • Parker Sollars, 400m Dash - 7th Place (51.79)

Milan
  • Marian Dabney, Shot Put - 7th Place (10.76m)


North Andrew
  • Mason Nester, Pole Vault - 4th Place (3.86m)

North Harrison
  • Wyatt Maize, Long Jump - 2nd Place (6.61m)

  • Wyatt Maize, Triple Jump - 8th Place (12.48m)


Pattonsburg
  • Annabelle Gardener, High Jump - State Champion (1.71m) - Class 1 Record

Polo
  • Maverick Gentry, Discus - State Champion (52.88m) - Class 1 Record
  • Gage Gilbert, Javelin - State Champion (50.32m)
Princeton
  • Hunter Lowrey, Discus - 4th Place (44.42m)

Putnam County
  • Allise Perkins, High Jump - 4th Place (1.55m)


St. Joseph Christian
  • Grace Barnes, Katherine Moeck, Claire Vorderstrasse, Joy Wallick, 4x200m Relay - 3rd Place (1:50.91)

  • Grace Barnes, Katherine Moeck, Claire Vorderstrasse, Joy Wallick, 4x100m Relay - 3rd Place (52.24)

  • Claire Vorderstrasse, Long Jump - 4th Place (5.10m)
  • Austin Hill, 3200m Run - 4th Place (9:54.44)
  • Leah Miller, 800m Run - 7th Place (2:26.74)
  • Austin Hill, 1600m Run - 8th Place (4:35.22)

Photo courtesy of Clifton Grooms

South Harrison
  • Crae Coffey, Discus - 6th Place (44.15m)
  • Amber Criley, 300m Hurdles - 6th Place (48.59)
  • Marshall Holtzclaw, Pole Vault - 8th Place (3.67m)


Stanberry
  • Brooke Robinson, Ellie Dias, Josi Moffat, Marli Hilton, 4x200m Relay - State Champion (1:48.89)
  • Ellie Dias, Josi Moffat, Brooke Robinson, Marli Hilton, 4x400m Relay - State Champion (4:06.38)
  • Ellie Dias, Pole Vault - 2nd Place (2.74m)

  • Decker Heyde, Thor Cameron, Andrew Parman, Liam Cook, 4x800m Run - 3rd Place (8:33.75)

  • Marli Hilton, 400m Dash - 7th Place (1:02.86)
  • Brooke Robinson, Allie Schieber, Josi Moffat, Marli Hilton, 4x100m Run - 7th Place (53.33)

Worth County
  • Eva Engel, Pole Vault - State Champion (3.45m)
  • Lucas Frisch, 110m Hurdles - State Champion (14.70)
  • Lucas Frisch, 300m Hurdles - 2nd Place (40.63)
  • Keira Hardy, Eva Engel, Rayleigh Smith, Emma Spencer, 4x100m Dash - 2nd Place (52.14)
  • Emma Spencer, 200m Dash - 4th Place (26.63)
  • Emma Spencer, 100m Dash - 7th Place (13.07)
  • Riley Ridge, High Jump - 7th Place (1.55m)

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