RACHEL – The Tucker County Girls’ and Boys’ Track teams traveled to North Marion High School on Friday April 20th for the Annual UMWA Husky Invitational. This Invitational featured 11 teams in the event and is one of the most competitive meets in the season. The Tucker County Boys’ team took the top prize with a team score of 88 points to give them 1th place. The Lady Mt. Lions also did well as they finished 3rd as a team with total score of 80 points, which was just 1 point below 2nd Liberty Harrison who finished with 81 points. Host school North Marion got 1st place in the Girls’ with a team score of 99.
Boys’ Results: 100m: 6th Hunter Collar(12.25), 7th Jacob Davis(12.26). 200m: 4th Will White(24.75), 7th Raine McCauley(25.46). 400m: 2nd Jack Melnick(53.48), 4th Will White(55.81). 800m: 6th Luke Poling(2:11.66), 14th Nathaniel Rader(2:24.71), 15th John Anderson(2:25.07). 1600m: 10th Holden Young(5:23.89), 11th John Anderson(5:24.25), 13th Chris Chambers(5:25.33). 3200m: 10th Chris Chambers(11:49.07), 17th Taylor Long(12:59.86), 22nd Jon Rhodes(13:55.15). 110m Hurdles: 4th Ben Callaway(17.34), 5th Corrick Ambrose(18.73), 7th Wyatt Betler(21.67). 300m Hurdles: 2nd Ben Callaway(43.49), 4th Joeseph Lewendowski(46.18), 6th Corrick Ambrose(47.23). 4x100m: 5th H.Collar, J.Callaway, C.Rapp, J.Davis(49.84). 4x200m: 3rd J.Melnick, J.Davis, C.Ambrose, B.Callaway(1:39.79). 4x400m: 2nd J.Davis, B.Reall, J.Lewendowski, J.Melnick(3:47.31). 4x800m: 3rd B.Reall, J.Melnick, J.Lewendowski, L.Poling(8:56.03). Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 2nd B.Callaway, R.McCauley, J.Lewendowski, C.Ambrose(1:04.76). High Jump: 5th Will White(5’06”), 10th Wyatt Betler(5’00”). Long Jump: 3rd Will White(18’08.75”), 6th Raine McCauley(17’08.75”). Shot Put: 1st Zane Myers(41’04”), 10th Cole Rapp(34’05.5”), 17th Tate Mullenax(31’03”). Discus Throw: 5th Zane Myers(114’07”), 7th Raine McCauley(101’10”), 8th Tate Mullenax(100’01”). Overall Team Rankings: 1st Tucker County(88), 2nd Lincoln(73), 3rd Clay-Battelle(61), 4th North Marion(60.50), 5th Liberty Harrison(56), 6th University(42), 7th Preston(38), 8th East Fairmont(35), 9th Elkins(33), 10th Petersburg(30), 11th Grafton(28.50).
Girls’ Results: 100m: 5th Emily Crosten(13.85). 200m: 3rd Emily Crosten(28.26). 400m: 4th Emily Crosten(1:05.71), 9th Addie Buckley(1:08.29), 22nd Katie Surguy(1:14.20). 800m: 6th Karlee Smith(2:45.48), 10th Natalie Evans(3:04.91), 15th Zoe Nestor(3:26.11). 1600m: 14th Riley Evans(6:46.84), 15th Rachel Friend(6:47.74), 21st MacKenzie Zirk(7:18.81). 3200m: 8th Resi Anderson(15:23.47). 100m Hurdles: 4th Sydney Moore(17.56). 300m Hurdles: 1st Sydney Moore(49.64), 6th Sydney Nestor(52.93), 13th Addie Buckley(55.99). 4x100m: 6th S.Bates, C.Strawderman, K.James, M.Murphy(57.86). 4x200m: 6th S.Nestor, M.Murphy, C.Strawderman, K.Smith(2:00.20). 4x400m: 4th S.Nestor, K.Smith, A.Buckley, E.Crosten(4:36.67). 4x800m: 7th N.Evans, R.Evans, R.Friend, M.Zirk(12:01.43). Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 5th S.Nestor, N.Evans, K.James, S.Moore(1:15.98). High Jump: 3rd Macy Nestor(4’08”), 7th Rachel Friend(4’04”), 9th Resi Anderson(4’02”). Pole Vault: 6th Zoe Nestor(6’06”). Long Jump: 1st Sydney Moore(15’11.25”), 7th Zoe Nestor(13’06.5”), 18th McKinley Murphy(11’07.0”). Shot Put: 1st Carleigh Bolyard(32’09”), 7th Aliyah Plum(29’06”), 14th Cecily Strawderman(24’06”). Discus Throw: 1st Kelcee James(93’04”), 2nd Carleigh Bolyard(85’09”), 10th Abbie Eakle(65’01”). Overall Team Rankings: 1st North Marion(99), 2nd Liberty Harrison(81), 3rd Tucker County(80), 4th University(72), 5th East Fairmont(55), 6th Preston(42.50), 7th Clay-Battelle(41), 8th Elkins(32), 9th Petersburg(31.50), 10th Lincoln(20), 11th Grafton(4).
The Track team will travel to Lewis County on Tuesday May 1st at 4pm. For more info visit TuckerCountySports.Com.
Picture Captions:
IMG_0583 – Tucker County’s Zane Myers competes in the Shot Put at North Marion last Friday April 20th. Myers placed 1st in the event. Photo by Becky Moore.
IMG_0462– Zoe Nestor for Tucker County completes a successful jump in the Pole Vault event last Friday April 20th at North Marion. Nestor placed 6th in the event. Photo by Becky Moore
