IMS track team leaps to strong finishes in final meet

BURLINGTON — Iola Middle School’s track season came to a close at Burlington on Friday. The seventh grade girls ended the season with a first place team finish. The eighth-graders finished in fourth of nine teams. The seventh grade and eighth grade boys each finished the season in third place.
Individual results follow:

Seventh grade boys

Dan Foust; 100-meter dash, 12.73 seconds, second
    200m dash, 26.29 seconds, third
    Hurdles, 15.52 seconds, first
Elijah Fawson; 1600m run, 5 minutes, 28.76 seconds, second
    800m run, 2:29.35, third
Asher Sievers; 1600m run, 5:42.62, fifth
    800m run, 2:36.52, sixth
Christian Floyd; discus, 9 feet 9 inches, second
Ethan Hamm; high jump, 4’6”, fifth
4x400m relay (Sievers, Fawson, Foust, Noah Ashmore), 4:26.23, second

Seventh grade girls

Elysia Kunkler; 100m dash, 13.08 seconds, first
    200m dash, 28.96 seconds, second
    Hurdles, 17.15 seconds, first
Nissa Fountain; 400m run, 1:11.40, third
    High jump, 4’0”, fifth
Sydni Keagle; 400m run, 1.12.78, fifth
    Hurdles, 18.42 seconds, third
Carlie Payne; 800m run, 2:54.33, fifth
Gabby Richards; discus, 70’6 1/2”, first
Bre Northcutt; discus, 64’10”, third
Ella Taylor; hurdles, 19.9 seconds, sixth
Chrissy Helman; shot put, 29’6 1/2”, second
Allie Fager; shot put, 28’0”, fifth
4x100m relay (Taylor, Keagle, Kunkler, Elka Billings), 56.86 seconds, second
4x200m relay (Billings, Taylor, Keagle, Kunkler), 2:13.54, third
4x400m relay (Fager, Fountain, Payne, Haley Carlin), 5:32.09, sixth

Eighth grade boys

Tayton Driskel; 100m dash, 11.98 seconds, second
    200m dash, 24.6 seconds, first
    400m run, 54.63 seconds, first
    Long jump, 18’5”, first
Cole Regehr; 1600m run, 5:25.86, fifth
Blake Haar; 800m run, 2:35.60, fourth
Hunter Preston; discus, 12’5 1/2”, second
Trevor Stover; high jump, 4’10”, fourth
    Shot put, 32’7 1/2”, sixth
Matt Karr; shot put, 36’3”, fifth
4x400m relay (Dylan Newland, Kenji Khang, Haar, Regehr), 4:27.96, fifth
4x200m relay (Preston, Newland, Haar, Stover), 1:59.47, sixth

Eighth grade girls

Ashley Nicholas; 100m dash, 14.18 seconds, third
    Hurdles, 18.38 seconds, first
    Long jump, 16’ 1/2”, first
Kassy Shelby; 200m dash, 29.70 seconds, fifth
    High jump, 4’0”, tie for fourth
Madison Holloway; 800m run, 3:04.09, fifth
Piper Moore; 800m run, 3:10.94, sixth
Jennifer Tidd; high jump, 4’0”, sixth
Kendra Sprague; shot put, 29’3”, fifth
4x100m relay (Paige Burrough, Holloway, Shelby, Nicholas), 57.13, second
4x400m relay (Burrough, Holloway, Moore, Shelby), 5:05.68, third
4x200m relay (Burrough, Moore, Holloway, Shaylee Sutterby), 2:08.39, second