Junior High Mustangs Host Stampede

The 7th/8th-Grade Mustang Stampede was held on March 29 at McDonald County High School.

Carthage won three of the four team championships (seventh-grade girls, seventhgrade boys and eighth-grade boys), while Carl Junction won the eighth-grade girls.

McDonald County’s best finish was a fourth-place in the seventh-grade boys. The Mustangs took fifth in the seventh-grade girls, sixth in the eighth-grade girls and seventh in the eighth-grade boys.

In addition to Carthage, Carl Junction and McDonald County, teams participating were Mount Vernon, East Newton, Seneca and Cassville.

McDonald County’s lone winner in the meet was Melysia McCrory, who won the seventh-grade girls 800-meter run in a time of 2:40.4. She also took fifth in the high jump (4-0) and ran a leg on the 4x400 relay.

Rounding out the seventhgrade girls’ top eight results were: Lexi Cohu, eighth, 400, 1:14.3; Teryn Torrez, sixth, 1600, 7:06.6; Leia Bryan, seventh, 100 hurdles, 22.7; Piper Silvester, Hailey Montgomery, Haynay Way and Kylie Kimbrough, third, 4x100 relay, 1:08.3; Kyla Moore, Helen Martinez, Maddie Barkfelt and Bryan, fourth, 4x200 relay, 2:26.8; Haley Walczak, Mya Burton, Brittany Akins and McCrory, third, 4x400 relay, 5:51.0; Walczak, sixth, high jump, 4-0; Burton, sixth, long jump, 11-5; Way, third, triple jump, 26-1; Martinez, eighth, shot put, 20-9; and Montgomery, third, discus, 60-0.

Eighth-grade girls’ results are as follows: Sosha Howard, fifth, 200, 31.0; Lundyn Trudeau, Hailey Morris, Gissele Delatorre and Howard, fifth, 4x100, 1:03.5; Alexis Wahlberg, Jasmine McDonald, Madison Brown and Jasmine Duncan, fifth, 4x400, 5:49.4; Trudeau, sixth, pole vault, 5-0; Howard, fifth, triple jump, 27-4.5; Duncan, sixth, triple jump, 25-11.5; and, Leonela Cardenas, eighth, shot put, 23-9.5.

Results for the seventhgrade boys are: Jaxson Harrell, eighth, 200, 30.8; Lucas Friend, eighth, 400, 1:19.9; Kyle Hairl-Killion, fifth, 800, 2:45.2; Hunter Leach, sixth, 800, 2:45.3; Remington Ziemianin, sixth, 1600, 6:00.1; Erik Rubi, seventh, 1600, 6:04.4; Robert Beltran, fourth, 100 hurdles, 20.9; Eh Saw, Tristan Stone, Harrell and Beltran, fifth, 4x100, 59.4; Micha Looney, Joshua Boles, Beltran and Saw, sixth, 4x200, 2:15.7; Mark Wilson, Leach, Ziemianin and Rubi, fourth, 4x400, 5:18.2; Hairl-Killion, fifth, high jump, 4-2; Harrell, fourth, pole vault, 6-0; Saw, third, long jump, 14-10.75; Leach, fourth, triple jump, 27-6; Boles, sixth, triple jump, 22-10.5; and Angel Mendoza, fourth, shot put, 27-4.

Results for the eighthgrade boys are: Jared Mora, seventh, 400, 1:04.0 and fourth, triple jump, 31-9; Zion Gutierrez, fifth, 800, 2:34.2; Kaw Htoo, sixth, 800, 2:35.6; Devin Swanson, seventh, 1600, 5:58.8; Eli McClain, Billy Laughard, Garrett Gricks and Jakobe Montes, fifth, 4x100, 54.2; Andres Gonzalez, Tony Dowd, Andrew Watkins and Wyatt Willett, seventh, 4x200, 2:04.5; Weston Rogers, James Fox, Jarek Jordon and Wyatt Yousey, fifth, 4x400, 5:43.4; Watkins, second, pole vault, 7-6; McClain, fourth, pole vault, 7-6; Danny Grider, third, shot put, 38-10; and, Levi Neale, eighth, shot put, 32-3.5.

McDonald County was at the Carthage Relays on April 3 before traveling to East Newton on April 10.