GARNETT — Iola High’s Brett Willis logged his most successful track meet of the season Thursday, winning gold in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the long jump at the Anderson County Invitational.
Meanwhile, Mustang teammate Eli Adams showed off a flair for the dramatic in the 800-meter run.
Adams trailed Spring Hill’s Calen George for most of the race, but turned on the jets down the stretch, matching George stride for stride.
Adams’ sprint to end the race gave him the gold in 2 minutes, 10.98 seconds, beating George by .2 seconds.
Willis zipped past all contenders in winning the 100 in 11.67 seconds and the 200 in 23.5 seconds.
For perspective’s sake, Willis’s winning margin of .42 seconds in the 200 was twice the margin of Adams’s thriller.
Willis cleared 20 feet, 10 inches to win the long jump, while Kobe Lord was close behind in third at 19’9.5” and Gage Skahan was seventh at 18’11”.
Elsewhere, Iola’s Jesse Taylor notched fourth in the 3200 meters and seventh in the 1600.
ON THE girls’ side, Iola’s Sage Barney brought home fifth in the pole vault and 11th in the 1600 meters. Karingten Hall continued to shine in the sprints, placing sixth in a loaded 100 meters field and eighth in the 200.
Ally Ellis took 12th in the javelin.
Results follow.
Girls
100 meters
6. Karingten Hall, 13.60;
200 meters
8. Hall, 28.81; 16. Ashtyn Aikins-Ansley, 30.53; 21. Jessica Kroenke, 31.49; 22. Abi Hirt, 31.51
16. Alyssa Williams, 3:26.31
1600 meters
11. Sage Barney, 6:31.63
4×100-meter relay
5. Iola (Hirt, Meiwes, Kroenke, Shelby Daniels), 55.87
4×800-meter relay
3. Iola (Abi Meiwes, Keira Fawson, Rebekah Coltrane, Barney), 12:43.50
Pole vault
5. Barney, 7’6:
Shot put
30. Hailey Stogsdill, 21’1.5”
Discus
32. Stogsdill, 56’8”
Javelin
12. Ally Ellis, 87’1”; 28. Stogsdill, 51’9”
Boys
100 meters
1. Brett Willis, 11.67; NA. Kobe Lord, 12.46; NA. Gage Skahan, 12.75;
200 meters
1. Willis, 23.50; 12. Kobe Lord, 25.20; 37. Griffin Westervelt, 27.67;
