Kingman’s 8G Girls Win League Track Meet

CONWAY SPRINGS – The Kingman Middle School 8th-grade girl’s track team won the nine-team Central Plains League meet at Conway Springs recently.

The Lady Eagles scored 104 points, edging second-place Cheney by one point. They had first-place finishes from Josie Albin in the 100-meter dash, 800-meter run, and pole vault, Makayla Oeding in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs, and Karli Packard in the 75-meter and 200-meter hurdles.

The 7th-grade team placed sixth with 36.5 points. Carlie Kelley took first in the long jump and triple jump.

Times and marks for Kingman athletes were:

8th Grade

100M Dash: Josie Albin, 1st, 14.36

400M Dash: Josie Albin, 3rd, 1:05.83; Tori Williams, 1:29.95

800M Run: Josie Albin, 1st, 2:38; Cady Zoeller, 4th, 2:57

1600M Run: Makayla Oeding, 1st, 6:07

3200M Run: Makayla Oeding, 1st, 13:44

75M Hurdles: Karli Packard, 1st, 12.75

200M Hurdles: Karli Packard, 1st, 32.35

Long Jump: Abby Wells, 11-4

Triple Jump: Karli Packard, 5th, 28-1.75; Abby Wells, 24-2

Shot Put: Bailey Taylor, 27-1.5; Abby Wells, 22-5

Pole Vault: Josie Albin, 1st, 8-6; Madelyn Huhman, 2nd, 8-6

4x100M Relay: Madelyn Huhman, Cady Zoeller, Bailey Taylor, Karli Packard, 4th, 58.14

4x200M Relay: Madelyn Huhman, Cady Zoeller, Bailey Taylor, Makayla Oeding, 5th, 2:06.31

4x400M Relay: Madelyn Huhman, Makayla Oeding, Abby Wells, Cady Zoeller, 4th, 5:03

7th Grade

100M Dash: Julie Krehbiel, 18.33; Emily Thornton, 16.24; Alison Moritz, 17.02

200M Dash: Teralyn Arensdord, 35.09

400M Dash: Ashley Snyder, 6th, 1:14.42

800M Run: Julie Krehbiel, 3:18

1600M Run: Audrey Birkenbaugh, 4th, 6:35

75M Hurdles: Ashley Snyder, 15.52

Long Jump: Carlie Kelley, 1st, 15-1.5; Audrey Birkenbaugh, 4th, 13-6.75; Emily Thornton, 11-8

Triple Jump: Carlie Kelley, 1st, 31-7.5; Emily Thornton, 23-3; Alison Mortiz, 23-9.5

Shot Put: Taylor Jernigan, 5th, 26-0; Teralyn Arensdorf, 23-10.5

Discus: Teralyn Arensdorf, 60-9.5; Taylor Jernigan, 55-7.5

4x100M Relay: Ashley Snyder, Audrey Birkenbaugh, Teralyn Arensdorf, Alison Moritz, 5th, 1:02.92

4x200M Relay: Ashley Snyder, Audrey Birkenbaugh, Emily Thornton, Teralyn Arensdorf, 4tg, 2:15.15

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