With multiple regional meets scheduled in a little under two weeks, area coaches gave their junior varsity athletes one more evaluation in live competition at Monday’s Iola High School Junior Varsity Invitational.
Despite being one of the smaller schools competing, Marmaton Valley more than held its own. Junior Evva Sander took first in the 300-meter hurdles (54.56), fourth in the 100-meter dash (14.42) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (30.19).
Freshman Clara Ferguson took first in the shot put (32’ 8”) and the discus (76’ 4”).
The Wildcats nearly swept the boys’ throwing events after junior Dagan Barney won the shot put (38’ 6”) and the discus (122’) while junior Cooper Scharff took second in the javelin (131’ 11”).
Complete results:
Girls
100-meter dash: fourth Evva Sanders (MVHS) 14.42; 12th Jayden Fink (HHS) 16.77; 13th Idabelle Williams (HHS) 16.87
200-meter dash: fourth E. Sanders (MVHS) 30.19; 11th Mary Burris (Iola) 34.10; 12th Kara Culbertson (HHS) 34.71; 13th I. Williams (HHS) 37.31; 14th J. Fink (HHS) 38.22
400 meter run: third K. Culbertson (HHS) 1:14.69
800-meter run: third M. Burris (Iola) 3:11.13
1600 meter run: second Tayleigh Forman (MVHS) 7:02.97
300-meter hurdles: first E. Sanders (MVHS) 54.56
Long jump: fifth M. Burris (Iola) 10-9; eighth I. Williams (HHS) 10-4.25
Discus: first Clara Ferguson (MVHS) 76-4; fourth Gabi Vargas-Garcia (HHS) 68-4; tenth T. Forman (MVHS) 59-3
Javelin: second Taylen Blevins (MVHS) 78-9; sixth T. Forman (MVHS) 57-5; ninth Emmie Hole (HHS) 46-10
Shot put: first C. Ferguson (MVHS) 32-8; fourth E. Hole (HHS) 24-7; seventh T. Forman (MVHS) 23-11; eighth G. Vargas-Garcia (HHS) 23-10; 13th T. Blevins (MVHS) 22-7.5
