SCOTT: Seventh grade track team shines at state
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By Kent Coultas
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Gabe Howard and the 4×100 relay each won championships to lead West Central at the IESA Seventh Grade Boys’ State Track and Field meet at Eastside Center in East Peoria.
The Cougars finished tied with Altamont for third place as a team with 27 points. Colfax Ridgevew won the championship with 50 points, and Paris Crestwood finished second with 32.
Howard, the son of Greg and Julie Howard, won the discus with a distance of 132-9. The winning mark was not his personal best.
“He threw his personal best at sectionals,” coach Jason Likes said. “He threw 148.8 1/2 at sectionals. That is his personal best and a school record.”
He finished ninth in the shot put at 36-1.
The 4×100 relay won with a time of 49.79. Tony Clark, Anthony Hance, Blayne Sidwell and Liam Melanson each ran in the relay.
Hance finished seventh in the long jump at 16-7½.
The 4×400 relay finished fourth in 4:17.92. Layton Albers, Sidwell, Clark and Melanson ran in the relay.
Melanson finished tenth in the 200 in 25.88
Braylee Littig 8th Grade 7th Place 400 meter dash 1:05.6
Ryker Ford 8th Grade Boys 7th Place 100 meter dash 12.38
Ryker Ford 8th Grade Boys 8th Place 200 meter dash 25.15
Ryker Ford 8th Grade Boys 4th Place Long Jump 18’ 2.5”
8th Grade Boys 4×200 Relay 5th Place 1:43.53
Nick Hamilton, Luke Kunz, Carson Clevenger, Ryker Ford
Jaysa Likes 7th Grade 8th Place 100 meter Hurdles 18.61
Anthony Hance 7th Grade 7th Place Boys Long Jump 16’ 7.5”
7th Grade Boys 4×400 meter relay 4th Place 4:17.91
Layton Albers, Blayne Sidwell, Tony Clark, Liam Melanson
Overall the West Central seventh grade team finished third in the meet overall.
