GARNETT — The Iola Middle School Mustangs saved their best for last while wrapping up the season at last Thursday’s Pioneer League Junior High School Championship.
The seventh-grade Mustangs walked away as Pioneer League champions while their eighth-grade counterparts were just a half point from a league title. The Iola girls seventh- and eighth-graders finished in third place but not without a few astounding team and individual performances.
The boys eighth-grade 4×400 relay team broke a 23-year-old school record when Jayson Dorius, Chance Conley, Milo Franklin and Jaxen Mueller broke the 5-minute mark by nearly 30 seconds after completing their run in 4:33.12. On hand for the feat was Josh Mueller, Jaxen’s father, who ran on the team in 2003 that held the previous record.
The Mustangs’ eighth grade 4×100 team, including Mueller, Cade Curry, Dorius, and Franklin also took first place. Franklin also took first in the 100-meter dash. Ty Thomas took first in the shot put and second in shot put.
In seventh-grade action, Elijah Irby was a one-man wrecking crew with first-place finishes in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash and first in the long jump after nearly breaking the school record with a 19’ 1” leap.
In girls action, eighth-grader Moriah Mathis took first in the 3200-meter run and the first-place 4×400 relay team, including Ember Friend, London Hutton, Mariah Mathis and Chloe Foshag. The seventh-grade girls also posted a few first-place finishes. Seattle Nagy took first in the 3200 meters and the 4×200 team, composed of Abby Boeken, Jaylie Herrmann, Alivia Coltrane and Cayleigh Rutherford, took first place.
Complete results as follows:
Eighth Grade
Girls
100 Yard Dash: ninth, Leanna Flory, 15.08; 11th, Selby Blankenship, 15.58.
200 Yard Dash: fifth, London Hutton, 30.74.
3200 Meter Run: first, Mariah Mathis, 13:46.00.
100 Meter Hurdles: eighth, Kori Winslow, 26.95.
4×100 Meter Relay: third, 59.19.
4×200 Meter Relay: second, 2:05.75.
800 Meter Sprint Medley: second, 2:23.81.
