Seventh graders win at Andale
Marion Middle School seventh grade boys' track and field team won their division Thursday at the Andale meet.
They finished with 106 points. The seventh grade girls were second with 69.5 points. The eighth grade teams both finished third.
Overall, the Wildcats finished second.
Three school records were set. Eighth grader Jeremy Vondenkamp ran the 200-meter intermediate hurdles in 30.84 seconds. Eighth grader Emalee Versch set a record for the shot with a throw of 28 feet 11 3/4 inches. And seventh grader Stephanie Collier threw the shot 22 feet six inches.
Seventh grade boys
Hurdles — 3. Thad Nichols. 6. Chase Williams.
200m hurdles — 2. Nichols. 4. Williams.
200m — 4. T.O. Speaks. 5. Josh Shanklin.
400m — 2. Ben Leppke. 5. Joel Zeiner. 6. Matt Kirkpatrick.
800m — 3. Luke Bowers. 6. Dan Goentzel.
1,600m — 2. Jason Hett.
Discus — 3. Kyle Hett. 4. Casey Baker.
Long jump — 2. Leppke. 4. J. Hett. 6. Bowers.
High jump — 3. Travis Hett. 5. J. Hett.
Pole vault — 6. Antonio Pusateri.
4x100m — 3. Speaks, K. Hett, T. Hett.
4x200 — 5. John Barr, Kirkpatrick, Goentzel, Shanklin.
4x400m — 1. Nichols, K. Hett, T. Hett, Leppke. 5. Riley Ross, Zeiner, Barr, Kirk Hansen.
Seventh grade girls
Shot — 6. Stephanie Collier.
Discus — 6. Collier.
Hurdles — 2. Erin Richmond. 5. Jessica Becker.
Intermediate hurdles — 2. Richmond.
100m — 6. Erin Carr.
200m — 6. Becker.
400m — 5. Katie Hett.
Long jump — 3. Tedra Eis.
High jump — 5. Eis.
Pole vault — 1. Richmond. 2. K. Hett. 4. K. Hett. 5. Jandee Sharp.
4x100 — 3. Kari Tajchman, Eis, K. Hett, Danielle Cope.
4x200 — 2. Tajchman, Emily Svoboda, Sharp, Erica Geis.
4x400m — 1. Becker, Cope, Sharp, Carr. 2. Geis, Holt, Jayde Hess, Morgan Cady.
Eighth grade girls
Shot — 1. Emalee Versch.
75m hurdles — 3. Allison Maddox.
200m hurdles — 3. Maddox.
200 — 5. Randi McCarty. 6. Rachel Davidson.
400 — 6. Maddox.
800 — 3. Toni Gordon.
Discus — 2. Gordon. 3. Kara Holt. 4. Adrienne Chamberland.
4x100m — 5. McCarty, Alysha O'Dell, Davidson, Jenna Parli.
4x200 — 4. McCarty, Chamberland, O'Dell,
Eighth grade boys
200m hurdles — 1. Jeremy Vondenkamp.
Hurdles — 6. Brandon Watson.
200m — 6. Mike Brookens.
400m — 3. David DeForest.
Long jump — 2. Casey Nelson. 4. Jeff Richmond. 6. Josh Kelsey.
Pole vault — 1. Nelson. 2. DeForest. 6. Brookens.
Discus — 1. Adam Depler.
Shot — 2. Depler.
4x100m — 6. Clinton Jeffrey, Watson, Preston Williams, Joe Goering.
4x200m — 3. Kelsey, Jeff Richmond, DeForest, Brookens.
