ARMA — Marmaton Valley Junior High and Crest Middle School athletes were golden in several events Thursday at the Northeast Invitational.
Crest High’s seventh-grade girls won the team trophy, while the Lancer seventh-grade boys took second. In eighth-grade action, the Lady Lancers took fourth and the boys ninth.
Marmaton Valley also had several top finishes, both individually and as a team.
The eighth-grade MV boys took third and the seventh-graders were fourth. Marmaton Valley’s eighth-grade girls took sixth and the seventh-graders took eighth.
Twelve schools from across Kansas, and one from Missouri competed.
Individual results for the MV and Crest athletes follow.
Seventh grade boys
Team scores: 1. Central Heights, 81; 3. Crest, 62; 4. Marmaton Valley, 45
100 meters — 12. Ryler Stone, MV, 15.45; 14. Anthony Sander, MV, 15.85; 17. Douglas Dix, MV, 16.54; 24. Jaxon Palmer, Crest, 18.64; 27. Eli Brand, Crest, 21.96
200 meters — 1. Terry Beckmon, Crest, 28.11; 12. Isaac Francis, Crest, 34.92; 18. Kasen Brand, Crest, 37.71
400 meters — 1. Beckmon, 1:02.70; 8. Jeremiah Smelser, Crest, 1:16.71; 11. Brand, 1:20.90
800 meters — 1. Kroy Walter, Crest, 2:40.22; 4. Lukas Taylor, Crest, 3:00.08
1600 meters — 1. Walter, 5:50.56; 2. Jaren Curl, MV, 5:57.74
3200 meters — 2. Case Drake, MV, 13:51.36; 4. Taylor, 14:48.21
100m hurdles — 1. Curl, 18.11; 8. Drake, 21.58
4×100 relay — 5. Marmaton Valley, 59.21; 9. Crest, 1:04.90
