Area teams participate in Lion Invitational

GRAVETTE — Some of the best 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A athletes from Northwest Arkansas gathered at Lion Stadium in Gravette Thursday night for the 2021 Lions Invitational Track Meet.

Fifteen boys teams from Farmington, West Fork, Lincoln, Prairie Grove, Elkins, Providence Academy, Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy, The New School, Huntsville, Pea Ridge, Shiloh Christian, Siloam Springs, Gentry, Decatur and host Gravette all joined 13 girls teams to usher in this year’s event.

Due to the covid-19 pandemic which shut down all high school sports on March 13, 2020, and the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, the event was canceled last year. Now it is back, thanks to the efforts of track coach Jana Hardgrave and the many coaches and student-athletes at Gravette middle and high schools.

Because of the number of athletes participating in each event, the following results cover only Gravette, Gentry and Decatur.

GIRLS

100 Meter Dash: 22 Timmie Betz-Gravette 15.87.

200 Meter Dash: 4 Charlie Qualls-Gravette 28.70, 7 Kaitlyn Lykins-Gravette 29.70, 8 Mikey LarsonGravette 30.03, 9 Jaelen Waangard-Gravette 30.26, 12 Abbigail Edgmon-Gravette 30.79.

400 Meter Dash: 1 Maci Hubbard-Gentry 1:03.40, 6 Jaiden Wilmoth-Gentry 1:09.20, 7 Edgmon-Gravette 1:09.38, 16 Betz-Gravette 1:14.76.

800 Meter Run: 1. Mikey Larson-Gravette 2:34.33, 17 Sherlyn Roa-Gentry 3:08.48.

1600 Meter Run: 16 RoaGentry 7:04.84.

3200 Meter Run: 9: Audrey Houghton-Gravette 15:25.99.

100 Meter Hurdles: 14 Sara Satchel-Gravette 23.01.

4x100 Meter Relay, 3 Gravette 54.56.

4x200 Meter Relay: 2 Gravette 1:54.15.

4x400 Meter Relay: 2 Gravette 4:30.41.

High Jump: 2 Bella Holloway-Gravette

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Pole Vault: 1 Holly Robinson-Gravette 11-03, 3 Hubbard-Gentry 9-09, 4 Wilmoth-Gentry 9-03.

Long Jump: 13 WaagardGravette 13-05.

Triple Jump: 2 WilmothGentry 30-07, 11 Waangard-Gravette 26-06.75, 14 Holloway-Gravette 23-07.

Shot Put: 2 Abigail Beranek-Gravette 30-07.25, 12 Abigail Schopper-Decatur 21-10.75.

Discus: 3 Beranek-Gravette 90-01, 5 SchopperDecatur 80-06.

BOYS

100 Meter Dash: 3 Ethan Kowalski-Gravette 11.79, 7 Colin Ellis-Gravette 12.30, 12 Antonio HernandezGentry 12.53, 17 Keegan Addison-Gravette 12.69, 18 Hunter Carter-Gravette 12.69, 24 Ethan EllisGravette 12.89, 35 Owen Wilkins-Decatur 14.43.

200 Meter Dash: 15 C. Ellis-Gravette 25.83, 17 Waylon HarringtonDecatur 26.19, 18 Korbin Cates-Gravette 26.25, 24 Addison-Gravette 26.77.

400 Meter Dash: 8 Huntlee Wilkerson-Gentry 56.39, 14 Ian WarrenGravette

1:00.10, 16 Trent Sheets-Gentry 1:00.34, 22 Wilkins-Decatur 1:06.84.

800 Meter Run: 2 Johnny Dunfee-Gravette 2:05, 3 Hayden Quintero-Gravette 2:10.75, 5 Andres Revolorio-Decatur 2:15.04, 13 Bart Walker-Gravette 2:21.91, 21 Warren-Gravette 2:30.11, 23 Seamus Brown-Gravette 2:31.03, 24 Jakob CoxGentry 2:32.24, 25 Rivers Lor-Gentry 2:32.94.

1600 Meter Run: 3 Wesley Wilson-Gravette 4:59.97, 10 Walker-Gravette 5:2429, 20 Brown-Gravette 5:42.16.

3200 Meter Run: 6 Wilson-Gravette 11:21.03.

110 Meter Hurdles: 9 C. Ellis-Gravette 19.38, 12 Paul Ehrhart-Gravette 21.16.

300 Meter Hurdles: 13 Ehrhart-Gravette 52.25.

4x100 Meter Relay: 5

Gravette 48.18, 10 Gentry 50.62.

4x200 Meter Relay: 2 Gravette 1:38.93.

4x400 Meter Relay: 4 Gravette 3:47.69, Gentry DNF.

4x800 Meter Relay: 6 Gentry 10:10.14.

High Jump: 3 Michael Duke-Gravette 5-08, 10 Sheets-Gentry 5-04, 12 Cates-Gravette 5-02.

Pole Vault: 4 Lee RobertsGentry 10-06.

Long Jump: 7 DukeGravette 19-05, 13 CatesGravette 17-07, 18 SheetsGentry 17-00.

Triple Jump: 3 DukeGravette 37-05, 11 CatesGravette 34-08.75, 14 E. Ellis-Gravette 33-07.25, 16 Mason Meeker-Gravette 33-06.50.

Shot Put: 4 Garrison Jackson-Gentry 38-08.25, 7 Lucas Guinn-Gentry 3604, 10 Harrington-Decatur 33-10.50, 12 Addison-Gravette 33-08.25, 16 Adam Summers-Gentry 32-02.50, 19 Sam Mayo-Gravette 3111.25.

Discus: 1 Jackson-Gentry 132-10, 5 Ryel-Gentry 11302, 6 Harrington-Decatur 108-05, 7 Addison-Gravette 99-06, 9 Quinn-Gentry 9802, 10 Mayo-Gravette 9407, 13 Christian ThrailkillGravette 87-04, 19 EhrhartGravette 78-07, 23 Patrick Boehm-Decatur 68-02.

Team Results Girls: 1 Pea Ridge 157 points, 3 Siloam Springs 76 points 4 Gravette 74 points, 9 Gentry 32, 12 Decatur 4 points.

Team Results Boys: 1 Pea Ridge 139 points, 2 Siloam Springs 131, 6 Gravette 64 points, 8 Gentry 30 points, 13 Decatur 7. points.

Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS Decatur’s Owen Wilkins gives a little extra effort at the end to help him cross the finish line for a first-place finish in his heat during the Lions Invitational Track Meet at Lion Stadium in Gravette Thursday night. Although Owens won his heat in the 400meter dash, two other heats were much faster, putting Wilkins in 22nd place with a time of 1:06.84.

Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS Timmie Betz makes a standing start in the girls’ 400-meter dash during the Lions Invitational track meet at Lion Stadium in Gravette Thursday night. Betz finished in 16th place with a time of 1:14.76.