Iola, Humboldt dominate IMS Invitational

Sports

April 16, 2015 - 12:00 AM

Iola Middle School held its Invitational on Tuesday. The all-day event boasted 21 schools from across southeastern Kansas.
For the seventh grade girls, Humboldt won, Iola took second and Marmaton Valley placed 14th. For the eighth graders, Humboldt took sixth, Iola placed seventh and Marmaton Valley came in eighth.
Of note, Iola’s seventh grade girls 4×100-meter relay team — Elka Billings, Ella Taylor, Sydni Keagle and Elysia Kunkler — broke their record from earlier this year and a new time of 56.93 seconds. Humboldt’s 4x400m relay team — Alayna Johnson, Hope Kamanga, Madison Gean and Winter Snyder — set a new record with a time of 4 minutes, 48.96 seconds. They beat the meet’s previous record by 11 seconds.
For the seventh grade boys, Iola took third place, Humboldt tied for 12th and Moran didn’t have any participants. For the eighth-graders, Iola placed third, Humboldt took 10th and Marmaton Valley took 18th overall.
Individual results from each school follow:

Seventh grade girls

100m dash
Elysia Kunkler, Iola; second, 14.33
Hope Kamanga, Humboldt; third, 14.35
Bailey Griffith, Marmaton Valley; fourth, 14.73

200m dash
Hope Kamanga, Humboldt; first, 28.97
Elysia Kunkler, Iola; second, 29.28
Madison Gean, Humboldt, fourth, 30.29

400m dash
Winter Snyder, Humboldt; first, 1:06.13
Nissa Fountain, Iola; seventh, 1:13.41

800m run
Emma Johnson, Humboldt; third, 2:53.07
Carlie Payne, Iola; sixth, 3:02.97

1600m run
Emma Johnson, Humboldt; first, 6:15.03

100m hurdles
Elysia Kunkler, Iola; first, 17.60
Ella Taylor, Iola; fourth, 19.71
Sydni Keagle, Iola; seventh, 20.54

4x100m relay
Iola (Elka Billings, Ella Taylor, Sydni Keagle, Elysia Kunkler); first, 56.93
Humboldt (Hope Kamanga, Madison Gean, Winter Snyder, Alayna Johnson); second, 57.63

4x200m relay
Iola (Elka Billings, Nissa Fountain, Allie Fager, Ella Taylor); fourth, 2:10.20

4x400m relay
Humboldt (Alayna Johnson, Hope Kamanga, Madison Gean, Winter Snyder); first, 4:48.96
Iola (Haley Carlin, Allie Fager, Nissa Fountain, Carlie Payne); seventh, 5:32.93

Long jump
Isabella Duke, Marmaton Valley; fourth, 12’8”
Bailey Griffith, Marmaton Valley; fifth, 12’7 1/2”
Madison Gean, Humboldt; seventh, 12’7”
Winter Snyder, Humboldt; eighth, 12’6 1/2”

Shot put
Allie Fager, Iola; second, 29’1”

High jump
Nissa Fountain, Iola; tied for seventh, 3’8”

Eighth grade girls

100m dash
Savannah Puckett, Marmaton Valley; third, 14.23

200m dash
Savannah Puckett, Marmaton Valley; third, 29.58
Morgan Mauk, Humboldt; fifth, 30.09
Kassy Shelby, Iola; eighth, 30.69

400m dash
Kaylie Johnson, Humboldt; second, 1:08.82

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