GHS girls win Tiger Relays; Kerns sets new boys discus record

Senior Justin Kerns broke a 29-year-old Bulldog field event record and sophomore Keira Story won 5 of her 6 hurdle races to highlight a week full of track and field competition for Gallatin varsity track athletes. Gallatin’s girls walked away with the team title in last Tuesday’s Tiger (Worth County) Relays held at Graceland University in Lamoni, Ia. Bulldog teams also gave good showings Thursday at the Hamilton Relays, despite the absence of some team members attending the FFA state judging contests, and were among the top five schools at Saturday’s Quad State Relays in Maryville.

Kerns shattered the GHS discus record held for nearly 30 years by former multi-sport standout Keith Morrissey. Kerns’s toss of 159’10” was 16 feet better than the runnerup at Lamoni and relegated Morrissey’s 1973 throw of 150’11” to runnerup status in the Bulldog record book. Kerns also won the event at Hamilton (137’7″) and placed 2nd in Maryville (136’8″).

Keira Story capped a gold medal week of hurdles competition by turning in her best times of the season Saturday in Maryville. She won the 100-meter hurdles in 16.69 and took the 300-meter hurdles in 50.32, beating conference rival Julie McQuinn of Stanberry in both cases. Story was a double winner in Lamoni and won the 100- meter hurdle race at Hamilton when Maysville’s Brooke Pearl fell trying to clear one of her last hurdles. Story ran a close 2nd to Eulinger in the 300-meter hurdles, losing by only four-tenths of a second.

Sophomore and GHS record-holding pole vaulter Katie Ward won twice last week, clearing the bar at 7’10” at Lamoni and 8′ with the fewest misses at Quad State. Cori Nichols cleared 6’6″ for 4th place at Lamoni and also topped 8′ to take 4th at Maryville.

Junior Roxi Davitt’s best performances of the week came as she won the 3200-meter run at Lamoni (14:05.37) and Maryville (13:30.12), and took the 1600-meter race at Lamoni (6:12.23).

Senior Robert Heldenbrand won 3 shot put events over the past week — at Lamoni (45’4.5″), Hamilton (44’11”) and Maryvile (45’10”). He also won the high jump at Lamoni (6’1″), finished 2nd at Hamilton (5’10”) and 3rd at Maryville (5’6″).

Following are GHS track results not previously mentioned:

Tiger Relays-Lamoni

Girls

1. Gallatin 91, 2. Albany 86, 3. Stanberry 59, 4. (Tie) South Harrison and Tarkio 49.

Shot put: 3rd, Cassie Carder, 31′. High jump: 6th, Roxi Davitt, 4’6″. Triple jump: 3rd, Lindsey Love, 31-10. 100m dash: 6th, Amanda Boehm, 14.68. 1600m run: 6th, Lindsey Robertson, 6:35.26. 800m run: 4th, Lindsey Love, 2:51.27. 3200m run: 3rd, Jenny Stanhope, 14:47.51. 800m relay: 6th, 2:02.57. 1600m relay: 4th, 4:40.08. 3200m relay: 3rd, 11:47.93.

Boys

1. South Harrison 109, 2. Gallatin 72, 3. Stanberry 65, Jefferson 40, 5. (Tie) North Nodaway and Worth County 38.

Pole vault: 2nd, Tyler Nichols, 9’6″. 300m hurdles: 5th, Austin Story, 48.70. 400m relay: 4th, 49.26. 800m relay: 2nd, 1:40.27. 1600m relay: 1st, 3:43.27. 3200m relay: 2nd, 9:07.69.

Hamilton Relays

Girls

1. Plattsburg 90, 2. Hamilton 86.5, 3. South Harrison 79.5, 4. Gallatin 56.5, 5. Albany 50.

3200m run: 4th, Jenny Stanhope, 15:58.9; 5th, Kathy Walker, 18:35. 1600m run: 2nd, Robertson, 6:46.9; 4th, Stanhope, 7:02.1. High jump: 6th, Davitt, 4’4″. 200m dash: 5th (Tie) Boehm, 30.9. 400m relay: 5th, 58.1. 800m relay: 5th, 2:02.4. 1600m relay: 4th, 4:46.7. 3200m relay: 1st, (Robertson, Ward, Davitt, Brittney Hixson),11:16.8

Boys

400m dash: 3rd, Zach Osgood, 54.8. 800m run: 3rd, Colby Swanstone, 2:13.1. 200m dash: 6th, Adam Whitney, 26.0. 3200m run: 4th, Kyle Hefley, 11:43.5. 400m relay: 4th, 51.0. 800m relay: 3rd, 1:39.7. 1600m relay: 2nd, 3:44.2. 3200m relay: 3rd, 9:24.9.

Quad State Relays-NWMSU

Girls

1. Albany 102, 2. Tarkio 95, 3. (Tie) Worth County and Gallatin 94, 5. Stanberry 88.

1. 100m dash: 10th, Becky Macy, 15.66. 800m run: 3rd, Davitt, 2:42.45; 4th, Love, 2:56.50; 5th, Kelsie Parker, 3:04.05. 1600m run: 3rd, Robertson, 6:35.31; 7th, Kathy Walker, 7:33.56. 3200m run: 5th, Walker, 16:33.45. High jump: 4th (Tie) Story, 4’2″; 10th, Macy, 4′. Pole vault: 9th, Hixson, 6’6″; 12th, Parker, 6’4″. Long jump: 10th, Walker, 11’2.25″; 12th, Allison McLaughlin, 10’7.5″. Triple jump: 4th, Love, 29’11”; 8th, Robertson, 28’9″. Shot put: 6th, Carder, 27’7″; 7th, Heather Berry, 27’1″; 12th, Sheila Smith, 25′. Discus: 9th, Smith, 68’6″; 12th, Kayce Corwin, 62’7″. 400m relay: 5th, 1:01.89. 800m relay: 5th, 2:06.88. 3200m relay: 3rd, 11:02.77. 800m sprint medley: 2nd, 2:12.11.

Boys

1. South Holt 120, 2. Rock Port 100, 3. Midway 98, 4. South Harrison 80, 5. Gallatin 63.

400m dash: 2nd, Osgood, 53.71. 1600m run: 8th, Hefley, 5:27.56. 3200m run: 5th, Hefley, 11:27; 9th, Austin Story, 11:51. 300m hurdles: 5th, Story, 47.94. Pole vault: 6th, Nichols, 9’6″; 7th (Tie), Whitney, 8’6″. Shot put: 7th, John Runde, 39’6″. 400m relay: 6th, 49.48. 800m relay: 4th, 1:38.91. 3200m relay: 2nd, 8:45.59.