Despite rain and gloomy weather conditions, Gallatin track athletes were able to start the season on schedule with three meets in the span of four days.
Topping the list of place finishers for the Bulldogs was Tanner Johnson, who immediately found the winning formula in the pole vault at the March 28 North Platte Invitational. Johnson, who qualified for last year’s state meet in Jefferson City, also vaulted 12’6” last Friday with a winning performance at the Smithville Relays. His best height from a year ago is 13’.
Points and high place finishes were hard to come by for the Bulldog girls and boys as they squared off against larger schools at Smithville. Gallatin’s only other top ten individual finishes came from Ayden Wayne, 7th in the 3200-meter run; Maelea Coulson, 9th in the javelin throw; and the girls 4x800m relay, 9th.
Following are GHS finishes at Smithville:
Boys: 100m dash: 23. Corbin Toney, 13.14. 200m dash: 20. Landon Corwin, 27.17; 21. Cole McBee, 27.94. 400m dash: 24. Jordan France, 1:10.68. 1600m run; 11. Ayden Wayne, 5:14.53; 21. Brigham Steele, 5:55.18. 3200m run: 7. Wayne, 11:20.41; 18. Cody Arnold, 13:07.59. 300m hurdles: 18. Jerold Waters, 54.22.
4x100m relay: 11. 51.84. 4x200m relay: 9. 1:46.67. 4x400m relay: 9. 3:58.34. 4x800m relay: 8. 9:46.02.
Shot put: 11. Graydee Rains, 39-11.50. Discus: 12. Rains, 105-05. Javelin throw: 14. McBee, 97-11. Pole vault: 1. Johnson, 12-06. Long jump: 18. Caleb Boyd, 15-5.50; 21. Landon Corwin, 13-04. Triple jump: 14. Aidan Adkison, 33-09; 15. Jerold Waters, 33-06.
Girls: 100m dash: 25. Jessi Becerra, 15.68. 200m dash: 25. Becerra, 31.99. 400m dash: 18. Essie Williamson, 1:22.64. 800m run: 15. Cindy Hacking, 3:03.56. 1600m run: 22. Bethany Bailey, 7:23.38; 23. Katelin Lowe, 7:24.22. 300m hurdles: 19. Jacklyn Maize, 59.53.
4x200m relay; 11. 2:16.38. 4x800m relay: 9. 13:03.21.
Shot put: 18. Maelea Coulson, 26-08; 21. Aubrey Burns, 24-5.50. Discus: 18. Coulson, 73-04; 28. Burns, 47-02. Javelin throw: 9. Coulson, 72-07. Long jump: 14. Bailey, 12-5.50; 21. Becerra, 10-10.50
Trenton Early Bird Relays
Bulldog squads fared much better at the Trenton Early Bird Relays on Thursday.
GHS Results (5th Place Girls, 6th Place Boys): Boys Pole vault: 1. Johnson, 11’6”. Girls Long jump: 5. Bailey, 12-7.50; 7. Becerra, 11-4.50. Boys Long jump: 8. Boyd, 16-00; 13. Landon Corwin, 14-06. Girls Discus: 5. Coulson, 73-5.50; 7. Burns, 70-03. Boys Discus: 4. Rains, 108-1.50. Girls Shot put: 5. Coulson, 26-2.50; 8. Burns, 23-11.50. Boys Shot put: 7. Rains, 38-1.50
Girls 4x800m relay: 2. (Emily Condie, Cindy Hacking, Macie McNeely, Bailey), 12:42.45. Boys 4x800m relay: 4. (Boyd, Morgan Corwin, Gaven Gray, Wayne), 9:42. Girls 100m dash: 10. Addison Stanley, 15.49; 11. Becerra, 15.85. Boys 100m dash: 9. Johnson, 13.05; 15. Toney, 13.75.
Girls 4x200m relay: 4. (Becerra, Stanley Williamson, Maize), 2:12.51. Boys 4x200m relay: 5. (L. Corwin, Adkison, McBee, Toney), 1:47.65. Girls 1600m run: 5. Lowe, 7:21.37. Boys 1600m run: 4. Wayne, 5:14.46; 8. Steele, 5:24.24. Boys 4x100m relay: 4. (L. Corwin, Adkison, McBee, Toney), 51.41. Girls 400m dash: 8. Williamson, 1:23.49.
Girls 300m Hurdles: 5. Maize, 1:04.43. Boys 300m Hurdles: 9. Jerold Waters, 56.89. Girls 800m run: 6. Hacking, 3:02.56. Boys 800m run: 3. Boyd, 2:22.14; 5. M. Corwin, 2:24.98. Girls 200m dash: 11. Becerra, 33.21; 12. Stanley, 33.64. Boys 200m dash: 15. McBee, 29.02; 18. France, 32.00. Girls 3200m run: 2. Bailey, 15:32.37. Boys 3200m run: 12. Deston Miller, 13:25.43. Boys 4x400m relay: 4. (Gray, Boyd, M. Corwin, Johnson), 4:24.55.
North Platte Invitational
GHS Girls (17th)
100m dash: 19. Addison Stanley, 15.31; 22. Jessi Beccera, 15.88. 200m dash; 19. Becerra, 33.09; 20. Stanley, 33.16. 400m dash: 17. Essie Williamson, 1:23.31. 800m run: 13. Cindy Hacking, 3:03.60. 300m hurdles: 12. Jacklyn Maize, 1:00.50. 4x200m relay: 10. Stanley, Williamson, Maize, Becerra, 2:12.97. 4x800m relay: 8. Hacking, Williamson, Bethany Bailey, Katelinn Lowe, 12:37.56.
Long jump: 24. Becerra, 11-9; 25. Bailey, 11-3.50. Shot put: 11. Maelea Coulson, 26-5.50; 17. Aubrey Burns, 24-03. Discus: 25. Burns, 51-00. Javelin throw: 8. Coulson, 70-04.
GHS Boys (9th)
100m dash; 18. Tanner Johnson, 12.84; 20. Corbin Toney, 13.13. 200m dash: 15. Cole McBee, 27.56. 400m dash: 13. Gaven Gray, 1:00.09; 27. Jordan France, 1:11.56. 3200m run: 5. Ayden Wayne, 11:19.47. 300m hurdles: 15. Jerold Waters, 55.62. 4x100m relay: 6. Aidan Adkison, Landon Corwin, Toney, McBee, 50.97. 4x400m relay: 3. Gray, Morgan Corwin, Caleb Boyd, Johnson, 3:54.71. 4×800-meter relay; 6. Gray, Corwin, John Gibson, Boyd, 9:29.81.
Pole vault: 1. Johnson, 12-06. Long jump: 14. Boyd, 16-9.50; 23. Corwin, 14-9.50. Triple jump; 13. Adkison, 32-8.50; 14. Waters, 30-11. Shot put: 4. Graydee Rains, 37-05; 22. Noah Engel, 28-00.25. Discus: 4. Rains, 110-07; 15. Engel, 85-08. Javelin throw: 13. McBee, 100-01; 22. Rains, 84-04.
