Eighth-graders compete at Rogers meet

ROGERS -- A handful of eighth-grade track athletes competed Tuesday at the Whitey Smith Eighth-grade Relays held at Rogers High School.

Neither the boys nor girls individuals or teams scored in the top eight to earn any points.

Girls

Jordan Rush finished 15th in pole vault at 5 feet, 6 inches.

Abby Gross finished ninth in the triple jump at 27-0.5.

Bethany Mejia tied for 16th in the discus with a throw of 54-3, while Samantha Largent was 31st at 43-5.

Mejia placed 17th in the pole vault at 26-3.75, while Samantha Largent was 29th at 23-7.5.

The 4x800-meter relay team of Emma Bryant, Abby Haak, Mejia and Adrianna Rodriguez finished 12th at 12 minutes, 38.72 seconds.

Chelsea McWhorter placed 23rd in the 100-meter hurdles at 20.96, while Rush placed 30th at 23.05.

Gross placed 36th at 15.85 in the 100-meter dash.

Largent placed 30th in the 400-meter dash at 1:17.20, while Rodriguez was 35th at 1:18.99 and Haak 36th at 1:20.39.

McWhorter placed 22nd in the 300-meter hurdles at 1:00.91, while Rush placed 27th at 1:02.03.

Mejia placed 16th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:57.27, while Largent was 29th at 3:12.85 and Bryant 38th at 3:34.71.

Rush placed 31st in the 200-meter dash at 33.04, and Gross was 33rd at 33.20.

Boys

Simon Jones placed 33rd in the long jump at 14-3.

Ryan Lane placed 33rd in the triple jump at 28-7.

Trent Plumlee placed 32nd in the discus at 79-1, while Christopher Svebek placed 37th at 69-5 and Kaden Crittenden 41st at 63-7.

Hunter Dorsey placed 34th in the shot put at 29-10, while Tucker Allen placed 36th at 29-6.5 and Judd Kelly 40th at 27-0.25.

Matthew Reynolds placed 41st in the 110-meter hurdles at 23.85, while Andy Almanza was 42nd at 27.46.

Matthew King placed 38th in the 400-meter dash at 1:15.58, while Jacob Smith was 40th at 1:18.20.

Almanza was 37th in the 300-meter hurdles at 59.68, while Reynolds was 38th at 59.85.

Aaron Gomez placed 27th in the 800-meter run at 2:42.47.

Jones placed 28th in the 200-meter dash at 28.67, while Gavyn Cordova placed 35th at 30.22.

Sports on 04/02/2017