Elliott wins 100; Franklin 1st in shot, discus
BY KYLE TROUTMAN ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
The Cassville boys and girls track and field teams brought home a total of 30 individual medals, including three firsts, at the Monett Invitational on April 8.
Lady Wildcats Evelyn Elliott and Aaliyah Franklin brought home the only golds on the day, with Elliott taking the 100-meter dash in 13.71 seconds, and Franklin handedly taking the discus and shot put top finishes with distances of 31.6 and 10.91 meters, respectively.
As a team, Cassville finished 6th out of nine teams, taking home 11 medals total.
Erin Flehmer, Lady Wildcats track and field coach, said midway through the regular season slate of meets, she’s satisfied with how her team is performing.
“So far, we are doing well,” she said. “Each meet, we are improving, and that’s always the goal. The girls are very competitive and want to win.” The boys team also finished 6th, with 11 teams competing, and earned 19 total medals.
The Wildcats’ 4×800 relay team of Jameson Barnes, Jacob Hudson, Preston Driskill and Trever Garnett took the top finish of the day, earning 2nd in the relay with a time of 9:07.68.
Clay Weldy, Wildcats track coach, said the Wildcats have been improving through the season, with many setting personal records.
“We did better [last] week at our two meets (Monett and Mt Vernon) than we did our first meet of the season at McDonald County,” he said. “We are seeing a lot of our boys getting new PRs each meet, which is exciting to see. That’s our goal as a team each meet is to improve and perform better than we did at our last meet.
Cassville’s squads completed the fourth of eight regular-season meets Thursday at Mt. Vernon. The teams traveled to Clever on Tuesday and compete next at East Newton on Thursday, and the Wildcat Relays are scheduled for next Tuesday.
Flehmer said the home meet is always a special one for the Lady Wildcats.
“We are always excited to compete at home in front of our friends,” she said. “It’s always nice to be home since we are the most comfortable on our track. We have a good chance of being in the top two of team standings.”
Weldy echoed the sentiment and hopes his boys will use this week as preparation.
“It’s always fun to compete at your home regardless of the sport,” he said. “So our guys will be ready to compete and do their best when we have our home meet on the
22nd. We have 2 meets this week (Clever & East Newton), so hopefully we keep improving and we are ready to have a great day on the 22nd.
Varsity boys individual results at Monett:
2nd place
4×800 Relay: Jameson Barnes, Jacob Hudson, Preston Driskill, Trever Garnett, 9:07.68
3rd place
100m: Kyle Bailey, 11.68 300m: Hurdles Tyler Rattigan, 46.24
800m: Jameson Barnes, 2:14.19
3200m: Jameson Barnes, 11:21.23
Discus: Nic Fierro, 35.6m
Pole Vault: Corbin Rhoads, 3.63m
4th place
3200m: Preston Driskill, 11:26.99
5th place
400m: Kamden Beebe, 54.97
200m: Kyle Bailey, 23.94
6th place
1600m: Trever Garnett, 5:15.44
Shot Put: Ricky Norris, 10.99m
Javelin: Ricky Norris, 38.19m
4×400 Relay: Trever Garnett, Jarrett Paul, Preston Driskill, Peyton Anderson, 4:08.74
7th place
High Jump: Zayne Uzlik, 1.52m
8th place
400m: Noah Driskill, 1:01.17
800m: Peyton Anderson, 2:22.66
Long Jump: Kyle Bailey, 5.69m
Pole Vault: Logan Parsons, 2.88m
Varsity girls individual results at Monett:
1st place
100m: Evelyn Elliott, 13.71
Discus: Aaliyah Franklin, 31.6m
Shot Put: Aaliyah Franklin, 10.91m
3rd place
4×200 relay: Brynn Whittenburg, Makaiden Bolles, Evelyn Elliott, Brylee Gross, 1:55
Shot Put: Shelby Knoefler, 9.37m
4th place
4×100 relay: Brynn Whittenburg, Makaiden Bolles, Claire Reuter, Evelyn Elliott, 54.47
Discus: Aleigha Bryan,
27.1m Javelin: Lauren Sparkman, 28.22m
5th place
4×400 relay: Abbi Yarnall, Claire Reuter, Angela Byerly, Evelyn Elliott, 4:51
6th place
800m: Kayli Anderson, 2:54
8th place
1600m: Kayli Anderson, 6:47
Junior varsity girls individual results:
1st place
100m: Keely Bailey, 14.76
200m: Keely Bailey, 31.06
Javelin: Elizabeth Fohn, 21.01m
3rd place
100m: Kailyn Speer, 15.77 200m: Kailyn Speer, 33.27 4th place
Javelin: Kendall Creech, 16.84m
6th place
Javelin: Chloe Ledgerwood, 15.28m
8th place
100m: Hallie Hughes, 16.65
Varsity boys individual results at Mt. Vernon
2nd place
Pole Vault: Corbin Rhoads, 3.75m
4×100 Relay: Mace Bredeson, Kyle Bailey, Kamden Beebe, Tyler Rattigan, 45.84
4th place
100m: Kyle Bailey, 11.42
5th place
1600m: Trever Garnett, 5:08.15
3200m: Preston Driskill, 11:07.94
6th place
3200m: Jameson Barnes, 11:12.45
Discus: Nic Fierro, 39.41m
7th place
800m: Jameson Barnes, 2:15.05
Pole Vault: Logan Parsons, 3.30m
8th place
300m Hurdles: Tyler Rattigan, 46.12
4×200 Relay: Mace Bredeson, Kyle Bailey, Kamden Beebe, Tyler Rattigan, 1:37.88
Varsity girls individual results at Mt. Vernon:
1st place
Shot Put: Aaliyah
Franklin, 11.67m Discus: Aaliyah Franklin, 33.77m
5th place
100m: Evelyn Elliott, 13.17
4×100 relay: Brynn Whittenburg, Makaiden Bolles, Evelyn Elliott, Brylee Gross, 54.07
6th place
Shot Put: Shelby Knoefler, 9.98m
7th place
Javelin: Lauren Sparkman, 26.00m
8th place
4×200 relay: Brynn Whittenburg, Makaiden Bolles, Claire Reuter, Evelyn Elliott, 1:55
4×400 relay: Abbi Yarnall, Claire Reuter, Angela Byerly, Evelyn Elliott, 4:52
1600m: Kayli Anderson, 6:30
