Gravette girls place 11th, boys 13th in relays

GRAVETTE — Nineteen girls’ teams and 18 boys’ teams competed in the Gravette High School Relays on Thursday at Gravette, including athletes from Gravette and Gentry, although a number of athletes were not able to attend due to conflicts with other sports activities, including softball, baseball and soccer.

Gravette placed 11th in the girls’ and 13th in the boys’ competition. Gentry finished 16th in girls’ events and ninth in boys’ events.

Local athletes winning points follow, showing the place finished; times, height or distance; and points.

GIRLS

High Jump: 8 Bird, Gravette, 4-06.00 — 0.50

Long Jump: 7 Dixon, Teagan, Gravette, 14-04.00 — 2 100 Meter Hurdles: 7 Rollo, Kerri, Gravette, 18.95 — 2 4x800 Meter Relay: 6 Gravette, 54.19 — 3 (1 Berger, Gracie; 2 Dixon, Teagan; 3 Spencer, Madi; 4-Scott, Gabbi) 400 Meter Dash: 5 Berger, Gracie, Gravette, 1:05.91 — 4 400 Meter Dash: 6 Bird, Sally, Gravette, 1:06.33 — 3

300 Meter Hurdles: 8 Vinson, Heidi, Gentry, 54.57 — 1 800 Meter Run: 2 Bird, Sally, Gravette, 2:39.68 — 8

Team Rankings 1) Grove High School — 112 2) Bentonville West — 94 3) Rogers Heritage — 82 4) Pea Ridge High — 64 5) Siloam Springs — 45 6) Shiloh Christian — 39 7) Van Buren High — 38

8) Jay High — 34 9) Providence Classical — 32 10) Greenland High — 29 11) Gravette High — 22.50 12) Farmington High — 18.50 13) West Fork High — 15 14) Prairie Grove High — 13 15) Ozark High School — 10 16) Lincoln High School — 5 16) Gentry High School — 5 18) Cedarville High School — 3 19) Mansfield High School — 2

BOYS

Triple Jump: 6 Childress, Chris, Gravette, 40-01.00 — 3 Shot Put: 3 Clark, Mason, Gentry, 48-02.25 — 6

Shot Put: 4 Patton, Aidan, Gravette, 46-07.00 — 5 Discus: 1 Clark, Mason, Gentry, 153-08 — 10 Discus: 4 Ruzek, Kerlose, Gentry, 133-02 — 5

Pole Vault: 8 Xiong, Ethen, Gentry, 11-00.00 — 1 4x800 Relay: 8 Gravette, 9:22.47 — 1 (1 Barrios, Roberto; 2 Hortsmann, Joshua; 3 Kardynalski, Tyler; 4 Kardynalski, Aaron) 110 Meter Hurdles: 8 Atwood, Brandon, Gentry, 16.73 — 1 300 Meter Hurdles: 8 Childress, Chris, Gravette, 45.14 —1

3,200 Meter Run: 7 Truman, Jacob, Gentry, 11:18.33 — 2

Team Rankings 1) Bentonville West — 145 2) Bentonville High — 132 3) Rogers Heritage — 70 4) Pea Ridge High — 57 5) Farmington High — 46 6) Har-Ber High — 45

7) Grove High — 27

8) Van Buren High — 26 9) Shiloh Christian — 25 9) Gentry High — 25

11) Jay High — 14.50

12) Siloam Springs — 12 13) Providence Classical — 10 13) Gravette High — 10 15) Elkins High — 9

16) The New School — 5 17) Greenland High — 3 18) Prairie Grove High — 1.50

Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Keri Rollo of Gravette clears her first hurdle in competition at the Gravette High School Relays track meet on March 15.

Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Brandon Atwood of Gentry clears some ground in the triple jump at the Gravette High School Relays track meet on March 15.

Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Roberto Barrios carries the baton for Gravette.