ELYRIA GIRLS TAKE 3rd AT LEAGUE MEET, BOYS 7th.

By Staff

            GOESSEL – On Thursday the Elyria Christian track/field teams competed at the Wheat State League meet in Goessel and came home with a third-place finish for the Lady Eagles and a seventh-place finish for the Eagle boys.

     (League Champion 4×800 Meter Relay Team)      

The Lady Eagles used six first place finishes to gather up 95 team points which was good for third behind Little River and Goessel.

            Laney Reiff won both the 1,600 and 3,200 meters for Elyria while Grace Prescott took first in the 400 meters, Kenna Cass earned a first-place medal in the discus and Ryland Hawkinson won the javelin. The sixth first-place win came from the quartet of Prescott, Laney Reiff, Macy Reiff and Hawkinson in the 4×800 meter relay.

            Blake Robertson won the discus and finished second in the shot put to lead the Elyria boys as they finished with just 26 points and in seventh place. Little River, Canton/Galva and Goessel rounded out the top three teams.

ELYRIA CHRISTIAN EAGLES TRACK/FIELD at Wheat State League Meet in Goessel

ELYRIA CHRISTIAN LADY EAGLES RESULTS:

Team Standings (18 events scored): 1. Little River – 183; 2. Goessel – 108; 3. ELYRIA CHRISTIAN LADY EAGLES – 95; 4. Wakefield – 46; 5. Herington – 29; 6. Solomon – 27; T-7. Rural Vista, Canton/Galva – 24; 9. Centre – 8.

ELYRIA CHRISTIAN LADY EAGLES INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-8 Finishes):

100 Meters > 4. Grace Prescott – 13.83.

200 Meters > 2. Grace Prescott – 27.87.

400 Meters > 1. Grace Prescott – 1:03.16.

800 Meters > 2. Laney Reiff – 2:31.48; 4. Macy Reiff – 2:43.05; 8. Hannah Bower – 3:02.09.

1,600 Meters > 1. Laney Reiff – 5:46.68; 7. Londyn Olsen – 7:00.88.

3,200 Meters > 1. Laney Reiff – 13:27.15; 6. Londyn Olsen – 15:24.40; 7. Joy Beck – 15:39.16.

4×800 Meter Relay > 1. EC Lady Eagles (Grace Prescott, Laney Reiff, Macy Reiff, Ryland Hawkinson) – 10:31.67.

High Jump > 7. Hannah Bower – 4’4”.

Discus > 1. Kenna Cass – 91’7”.

Javelin > 1. Ryland Hawkinson – 114’11”.

Shot Put > 2. Ryland Hawkinson – 32’8”; 5. Brooke Davidson – 29’9”.

ELYRIA CHRISTIAN EAGLE BOYS RESULTS:

Team Standings (18 events scored): 1. Little River – 141; 2. Canton/Galva – 86; 3. Goessel – 84; 4. Rural Vista – 76; 5. Herington – 53; 6. Solomon – 47; 7. ELYRIA CHRISTIAN EAGLES – 26; 8. Wakefield – 24; 9. Centre – 8.

ELYRIA CHRISTIAN EAGLE BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-8 Finishes):

400 Meters > 8. Luke Lockhart – 1:00.07.

800 Meters > 8. Matthew Robinson – 2:37.75.

1,600 Meters > 5. Daniel Olsen – 5:21.59.

3,200 Meters > 3. Daniel Olsen – 11:56.77.

Discus > 1. Blake Robertson – 133’8”.

Shot Put > 2. Blake Robertson – 45’5”.

(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)