Eighth-grade teams fair well at home meet

The Siloam Springs eighth-grade boys track team placed fourth overall Monday at the Eighth-Grade Panther Relays at Glenn W. Black Stadium.

Rogers Kirksey won the meet with 120 points, while Fayetteville Ramay was second with 98 followed by The New School with 75 and Siloam Springs with 69.5. Northridge Middle School was fifth with 61, while Fayetteville Woodland had 50, Shiloh Christian 45, Rogers Oakdale 34.5, Bentonville Fulbright 25, St. Joseph Catholic School 18.5, Gentry 18 and Pea Ridge 9.5.

Christian Ledeker took first place in the triple jump with a distance of 36 feet, scoring 10 points for Siloam Springs, while Javon Whalen was 13th at 30-1, David Gowin 14th at 30-0.5, Ty Lewis 19th at 29-4, Jake McDaniel 23rd at 27-4 and Devyn Higgs 26th at 26-4.

Ledeker also took first place in the 110-meter hurdles at 18.10 seconds, scoring 10 points, while Josh Stewart was 13th at 21.28.

Jace Sutulovich placed first in the shot put at 41-3 and scored 10 points, while Colton Washington was sixth and scored three points at 35-8, Truman Janes eighth and scored one point at 34-3.5, Christian McHaney 12th at 31-0, Steven Taylor 13th at 30-11, Alexis Miranda 14th at 30-3.5 and Jonah Ganter 17th at 29-5.

Janes finished third in the discus with a throw of 120-11 and scored six points, while Sutulovich placed fifth at 117-5 and scored four points. Miranda was ninth at 100-2, while Taylor was 11th at 99-7 and McHaney 12th at 98-6.

Ezra Zaidner placed fifth in the 100-meter dash at 12.62 and scored four points, while Washington was seventh at 12.72 and scored two points and Zachary Hull 24th at 13.74.

Stewart placed sixth in the high jump and scored three points with a mark of 5-0. Ledeker was 10th at 4-8.

Gowin tied for sixth in the pole vault to earn 2.5 points with a height of 7-6, while Tate Broquard was eighth at 7-0 and scored one point.

The Panthers 4x800-meter relay team of Javier Chavez, Jason Flores, Aidan Blevins and Colton Washington placed fourth at 10:17.58, scoring five points.

Siloam Springs' 4x100-meter relay team of Gowin, Ledeker, Zaidner and Lewis placed fifth and scored four points with a time of 52.11.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Chavez, Flores, Ledeker and Stewart took fifth at 4:17.88 and scored four points.

Washington placed 13th in the long jump at 14-8.5, while Gowin was 14th at 14-6.

Flores placed 18th in the 1,600-meter run at 6:01.71 with Liam Scott placing 21st at 6:08.86 and Malachi Becan 29th at 6:34.60.

Washington placed 13th in the 400-meter dash at 1:03.84, while Chavez was 19th at 1:05.44 and Keegan Fessler 31st at 1:14.69.

Zach Jones placed 14th in the 300-meter hurdles at 55.36, while Montana Herrel placed 22nd at 1:00.09 and Jake McDaniel 23rd at 1:01.58.

Scott was 11th in the 800-meter run at 2:41.66, while Blevins was 15th at 2:48.54 and Ben Haak 22nd at 2:58.25.

Washington placed 14th in the 200-meter dash at 27.65, while Zaidner was 16th at 27.71 and Hull 21st at 29.08.

Girls

Siloam Springs finished sixth in the girls meet.

Rogers Kirksey placed first at 133 points, followed by Fayetteville Ramay 114, Shiloh Christian 108.5, Fayetteville Woodland 70.5, Northridge Middle School 56 and Siloam Springs 50.5. Gentry placed seventh at 47, followed by Rogers Oakdale 17.5, Pea Ridge 8, Haas Hall 8, St. Joseph Catholic 8 and Bentonville Fulbright 2.

Siloam Springs earned 12 points in the discus with the fourth, fifth and sixth place finishers. Breanna Wood was fourth at 73-8 and scored five points, while Chloe Chandler was fifth at 73-7 and scored four and Cora Dewey sixth at 72-9 and scored three points. Makaylee Reichenecker placed 16th at 51-9.

Dewey took fourth place in the shot put at 30-6 and scored five points, with Wood in sixth place at 29-0.5 scoring three points and Reichenecker eighth at 28-0 and scoring one point and Chandler was 12th at 25-11.

The Lady Panthers' 4x800-meter relay team of Shayla Conley, Kami Hulbert, Bethany Markovich and Yoceline Gomez took fifth place and scored four points with a time of 11:59.68.

The 4x100-meter relay team of Lange, Markovich, Riley and Gomez placed sixth and scored three points with a time of 59.08.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Hulbert, Lange, Williamson and Gomez took sixth at 5:07.17 and scored three points.

Emma Norberg took third place and scored six points in the 100-meter hurdles at 19.01, while Hailee Free was sixth at 19.79 and scored three points, Sidney Pfeiffer ninth at 20.49.

Norberg placed fifth and scored four points in the 300-meter hurdles at 56.74, while Hulbert was ninth at 58.97, Pfeiffer 13th at 1:02.27

Markovich placed fourth in the 100-meter dash at 14.10 with Gomez taking 15th at 14.78, Norberg 16th at 14.79.

Hannah Riley placed in a tie for eighth place in the high jump at 4-0 and scored a half a point.

Bethany Markovich placed eighth in the triple jump at 27-4 and scored one point, while Sofia Lange was 10th at 26-9.5 and Kami Hulbert 11th at 25-11.

Rachel Davis placed 14th in the long jump at 11-9.25, while Sofia Lange was 15th at 11-9.

Kadynce Hilburn placed 13th in the 1,600-meter run at 6:51.79, followed by Laurel Granderson in 14th at 6:56.51 and Conley in 15th at 6:59.41.

Hannah Glass placed ninth in the 400-meter dash at 1:13.22 with Free in 21st at 1:18.84 and Allison Williamson 27th at 1:22.06.

Granderson finished 17th in the 800-meter run at 3:12.50, while Glass was 19th at 3:15.33.

Riley was ninth in the 200-meter dash at 30.20, with Gomez in 15th at 31.58 and Free 20th at 32.71.

Ninth-grade meet

The Ninth-grade Panther Relays, originally scheduled for Tuesday, were moved back one day to Wednesday because of inclement weather. The meet is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.

Up next

The junior high track teams are back in action Monday and Tuesday of next week. The seventh-grade teams are at Pea Ridge on Monday with the eighth grade teams at Rogers, also on Monday.

The ninth-grade teams compete at Rogers on Tuesday.

Sports on 03/28/2018