Athletes compete at eighth-grade conference meet

The Siloam Springs track program hosted the Northwest Arkansas Conference Eighth-Grade Meet on Monday at Glenn W. Black Stadium.

Siloam Springs ran its seventh-graders and some eighth-graders in Monday's meet. The top eighth-graders and ninth-graders participated in the NWA Conference Ninth-Grade Meet on Tuesday at Glenn W. Black Stadium. Results were not available at presstime.

Girls

Fayetteville Woodland won the meet with 148.5 points, while Rogers Kirskey was second at 136.16, followed by Bentonville Fulbright 114, Bentonville Washington 88, Fayetteville Ramay 56.16, Rogers Elmwood 19.66, Rogers Lingle 18.16, Springdale Central 14, Rogers Oakdale 10.16, Bentonville Lincoln 8.16, Springdale Southwest 6, Springdale George 3 and Siloam Springs 2.

In the high jump, Bethany Markovich and Hannah Riley tied for 17th place with a jump of four feet.

Abby Gross placed 18th in the long jump at 13-5.

Gross also placed eighth in the triple jump at 28-4 and scored one point, while Markovich was ninth at 28-0 and Sofia Lange 11th at 27-7.

Serenity Locke placed 20th in the shot put at 25-3.5, while Macy Harper placed 26th at 24-8.

Chloe Chandler placed ninth in the discus at 67-8, while Locke was 13th at 60-8 and Harper 28th at 51-8.

The Lady Panthers' 4x800-meter relay team of Emma Bryant, Abby Haak, Rebecca Largent and Adrianna Rodriguez placed 10th at 12 minutes, 24.02 seconds.

Emma Norberg placed 18th in the 100-meter hurdles at 19.70, while Sidney Pfeiffer was 20th at 20.30 and Gross 29th at 21.08.

Markovich placed 14th in the 100-meter dash at 14.37, with Riley in 23rd at 14.89.

Shayla Conley placed 20th in the 1,600-meter run at 6:44.34, while Laurel Granderson was 27th at 7:15.36.

The Lady Panthers' 4x100-meter relay team of Chandler, Gross, Markovich and Riley placed eighth and scored one point at 58.36.

Largent placed 26th in the 400-meter dash at 1:13.21, while Rodriguez was 30th at 1:13.78 and Hailee Free 39th at 1:17.74.

Norberg placed 14th in the 300-meter hurdles at 59.47, while Kami Hulbert was 17th at 59.88 and Gross 29th at 1:06.05.

Haak placed 34th in the 800-meter run at 3:04.29.

Riley finished 19th in the 200-meter dash at 30.83, with Chandler coming in 33rd at 32.55 and Gross 48th at 35.10.

Boys

Bentonville Fulbright won the boys meet with 141.5 points, followed by Fayetteville Woodland 80.5, Rogers Kirksey 70, Fayetteville Ramay 60, Bentonville Washington 52.5, Springdale Central 51.5, Springdale Lakeside 41, Bentonville Lincoln 30, Rogers Oakdale 29, Springdale Southwest 26, Rogers Lingle 21, Rogers Elmwood 21.

Christian Ledeker and Broc Hilburn tied for 15th in the high jump at 4-8.

Hilburn placed 24th in the long jump at 15-6.5.

Ledeker placed 21st in the triple jump at 33-4, while David Gowin was 36th at 30-8 and Ryan Lane 43rd at 28-7.

Jace Sutulovich finished 18th in the shot put at 34-7.5, with Justus Locke placing 26th at 32-0 and Tucker Allen 33rd at 29-7.

Sutulovich placed ninth in the discus at 112-8, while Truman Janes placed 13th at 101-10 and Locke 26th at 90-3.

Ledeker placed 24th in the 110-meter hurdles at 20.83, while Josh Stewart was 31st at 21.86, Montana Herrel 32nd at 22.08 and Matthew Reynolds 37th at 22.49.

Esai Flores finished 32nd in the 100-meter dash at 13.42, while Simon Jones was 36th at 13.76 and Hilburn 41st at 14.04.

Beau Brantley placed 44th in the 1,600-meter run at 6:35.24, while Malachi Becan placed 47th at 6:54.02.

The Panthers' 4x100-meter relay team of Flores, Hilburn, Jones and Ledeker placed 14th at 53.10.

Ledeker placed 31st in the 300-meter hurdles at 53.48, while Javier Chavez placed 32nd at 53.54, Zach Jones 40th at 59.19 and Tate Broquard 41st at 59.87.

Aron Gomez placed 29th in the 800-meter run at 2:35.86, while Brantley was 43rd at 2:53.55, Jacob Smith 44th at 2:59.00 and Ryan Lane 45th at 2:59.07.

Flores took 25th in the 200-meter dash at 27.19, while Simon Jones was 35th at 28.94 and Hilburn 40th at 29.78.

Up next

The top finishers from Tuesday's ninth-grade meet advance to the Northwest Arkansas/River Valley Regional Meet scheduled for Monday at Springdale Har-Ber.

Sports on 04/19/2017