ELLENBORO – The Pizza House Invitational was held at Richie County High School last Thursday April 17th. This meet featured 12 teams in the Girls’ meet and 15 teams in the Boys’ meet. Tucker County finished the meet with an overall Girls’ team finish of 3rd place and the Boys’ team placed 4th overall among 14 other teams. The best finish for the Girls’ was Aiyana Kachmarek with a 2nd place finish in the Shot put and a 3rd place finish in the Discus Throw. Olivia Miller also had a 2nd place finish in the High Jump and a 4th place finish in both the 300m Hurdles and the Shuttle Hurdle Relay team. Kelsey Kyle picked up a 2nd place finish in the 400m and was a member of the 4th place Shuttle Hurdle Relay team along with Miller, Elizabeth Nichols and Kylie Moore. The Boys’ best finishes came from Ian Nichols who took 1st place in the 800m, 2nd place on the 4x400m Relay team and 2nd place on the 4x800m Relay team. The Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Walker Blosser, Daniel Kisamore, Marcus Mason, Mitchell Mason captured 1st place in that event. The 4x400m(J.Howell, K.Dunn, C.Freeman, I.Nichols) and 4x800m(D.Anderson, I.Nichols, C.Freeman, W.Knotts) Relay teams captured 2nd place in their events. See both teams’ results below:
Girls Results:100m – 5th Jessica Kincaid, 6th Kelsey Kyle. 200m – 5th Elizabeth Nichols. 400m – 2nd Kelsey Kyle, 9th Bonner, Chelsea. 800m – 5th Olivia Miller, 17th Taylor Ambrose, 21st Kaylee Nedrow. 1600m – 9th Madison Mullenax, 13th Madison Reall, 15th Jenna White. 3200m – 6th Madison Mullenax, 9th Lenae Cole, 11th Leah Underwood. 300m Hurdles – 4th Olivia Miller, 7th Kelsey Kyle, 11th Kylie Moore. 4x100m – 10th C.Bonner, M.Long, M.Siler, J.Walker. 4x200m – 5th C.Bonner, J.Kincaid, M.Long, M.Siler. 4x400m – 5th C.Bonner, J.Kincaid, M.Long, J.Walker. 4x800m – 4th M.Mullenax, K.Nedrow, M.Reall, L.Underwood. Shuttle Hurdle – 4th O.Miller, K.Kyle, K.Moore, E.Nichols. High Jump – 2nd Olivia Miller, 8th Madison Mullenax, 10th Miranda Siler. Long Jump – 3rd Elizabeth Nichols, 21st Leah Underwood, 23rd Katelynn Bates. Shot Put – 2nd Aiyana Kachmarek, 12th Lydia Mullenax, 27th Zoe Sypolt. Discus Throw – 3rd Aiyana Kachmarek, 15th Lydia Mullenax, 25th Joannah Dyer. Girls’ Overall: 1st Parkersburg (156), 2nd Williamstown(99), 3rd Tucker County(61), 4th Doddridge County(56), 5th Oak Glen(52), 6th Nicholas County(43), 7th North Marion(39), 8th St. Marys(17.5), 9th Richie County(15.5), 10th Grafton(12), 11th Lincoln(6), 12th East Fairmont(1).
Boys Results: 100m – 4th Mitchell Mason. 400m – 4th Chris Freeman, 14th Kellen Dunn. 800m – 1st Ian Nichols, 19th Kyler Metz, 24th Andrew Hauser. 1600m – 12th Andrew Hauser, 16th Logan Pitzer, 26th Kyler Metz. 3200m – 11th Wesley Knotts, 18th Devon Anderson, 19th Josh Kincaid. 110m Hurdles – 6th Mitchell Mason. 300m Hurdles – 11th Chase Alkire, 13th Walker Blosser, 22nd Daniel Kisamore. 4x100m – 8th M.Callaway, C.Alkire, J.Howell, M.Whisner. 4x200m – 6th M.Callaway, K.Dunn, C.Freeman, J.Howell. 4x400m – 2nd J.Howell, K.Dunn, C.Freeman, I.Nichols. 4x800m – 2nd D.Anderson, I.Nichols, C.Freeman, W.Knotts. Shuttle Hurdle – 1st W.Blosser, D.Kisamore, Mar.Mason, Mit.Mason. High Jump – 6th Tyler Birchland, 9th Mason, Mitchell, 10th I.Nichols. Long Jump – 6th Zach Armstrong, 12th Tyler Birchland, 16th Owen Evans. Shot Put – 18th Marshall Whisner, 22nd Wiley Raines, 25th Tyler Birchland. Discus Throw – 9th Daniel Kisamore, 10th Brody Strawderman, 13th Ben Flanagan. Boys’ Overall: 1st Doddridge County(113), 2nd Richie County(106), 2nd Oak Glen(69), 4th Tucker County(48), 5th Wirt County(44), 6th Grafton(36), 7th Gilmer County(28), 8th St. Marys(22), 9th East Fairmont(18), 10th Williamstown(17.50), 11th Lincoln(17), 12th South Harrison(16.50), 13th Braxton County(12), 14th Nicholas County(10), 15th North Marion(1).
The Track team was scheduled to travel to Preston on Tuesday April 22nd and then they week will travel to Buckhannon-Upshur next Tuesday April 29th for a makeup meet. Both meets will start at 4pm. For more info visit TuckerCountySports.Com.