Fort Scott's top athletes continue to win

Fort Scott sophomore Jillian Lattimer won the girls' javelin by over 12 feet at the Fort Scott Relays Friday afternoon. Her winning throw was 113 feet, 6 inches. (Kennt Felt/Special to the Herald-Tribune)

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School's track and field teams won a combined total of 23 medals in the annual Fort Scott Relays at Frary Field Friday night.

Paola won both team titles. The boys beat out Joplin by just two points, 99-97. Fort Scott took third place with 77 points while Labette County finished fourth with 60 points.

Paola's girls scored 181 points, winning eight events, taking two medals in five events and three medals in three others. They won all three relays and only event in which the Panther girls didn't medal was the pole vault -- they didn't enter anyone. Pittsburg finished second in girls' standings with 112 points followed by Joplin with 76 and Fort Scott in fourth with 46.

Fort Scott sophomore Katren Rienbolt begins to put some distance between herself and the rest of the pack on the second lap of the 1,600-meter run Friday evening. Rienbolt won the race by more than 6 1/2 seconds over Parsons' Kaylee Krull (third in line behind Rienbolt). (Scott Nuzum/Herald-Tribune)

The victors for Fort Scott were the ones that have been winning consistently this season. Dezmund Willard won two events and three medals in all, Katren Rienbolt won two events, and Cody McGehee and Jillian Lattimer each won one event.

Willard claimed the boys' 200-meter dash in 22.69 seconds, finishing ahead of teammate Brady Fink, who came in at 22.90. They posted another 1-2 finish in the 400 as Willard won in 51.13 and Fink followed at 51.43. Willard also came in second in the 100 meters in 10.66. Coffeyville's James Newton took that event in 10.35.

McGehee won javelin by almost eight feet. His best throw was 158 feet, 6 inches followed by Paola's Adim Rogers with a best of 150' 10". David Goff was fourth in the event for the Tigers at 136' 2" while Chris Allen came in sixth at 131' 3".

Fort Scott senior Nick Nuzum flies through the air during one of his attempts in long jump Friday afternoon. Nuzum finished in fourth place with a mark of 19 feet, 8 3/4 inches. (Scott Nuzum/Herald-Tribune)

Rienbolt continued her winning ways in the distance events. She went well out in front early in the 1,600 meters and finished in 5:30.09 with Parsons' Kaylee Krull coming in second in 5:36.43. Paige Denton finished fifth for Fort Scott in 5:46.76.

Rienbolt had a much tougher challenge from Krull in the 3,200 meters but won in 12:10.46 with Krull coming in at 12:12.95. Krull's time was more than 20 seconds better than third-place Katie Jo Kirk of Paola.

Lattimer won javelin easily with a throw of 113' 6". Jessica Holloran of Anderson County was the runner-up with a mark of 101' 4" and was the only other competitor over 100 feet.

Other boys' results:

* -- Fink cleared six feet even in high jump. He was place fourth on tie-breakers after a 3-way tie.

* -- McGehee was fourth in shot put with a mark of 44' 1 1/2".

* -- Race Kastl finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.21.

* -- Nick Nuzum took fourth in long jump at 19' 8 3/4".

* -- Fort Scott's 4x100-meter relay team was fourth in 45.49.

* -- Goff took sixth in the 300-meter hurdles in 44.56.

* -- The Tigers ran the boys' field relay, a non-scoring event for team totals, in 52.47 to take second.

Other girls' results:

* -- Mallory Shelton took second in high jump at 5 feet even and finished fourth in the 400 meters in 1:07.11.

* -- Brianne Lawrence finished fifth in discus with a throw of 100' 11".

* -- Denton was sixth in the 800 meters in 2:34.73.

* -- Lattimer was sixth in shot put with a heave of 33' 7 1/2".

Fort Scott will host its junior varsity track meet Tuesday with events scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. The Tiger varsity will travel to Girard Friday for the annual Optimist Club Invitational, one of the largest meets in Southeast Kansas each season.

Only events in which Fort Scott athletes medaled are shown. The winner of each event is listed, regardless of school. If a Fort Scott athlete won the event, the runner-up is shown, regardless of school, for comparison.

GIRLS

Team scores

1. Paola (PAO) 181, 2. Pittsburg (PT) 112, 3. Joplin (J) 76, 4. Fort Scott (FS) 46, 5. Labette County (LC) 39, 6. Coffeyville (CF) 31, 7. Anderson County (AC) 24, 8. Parsons (PAR) 21, 9. Nevada (N) 19, 10. Carthage (CA) 6.

Event results:

400-meter dash: 1. Michaela O'Brien, LC, 1:02.20; 4. Mallory Shelton, FS, 1:07.11.

800-meter run: 1. Amanda Hedges, PAO, 2:28.25; 6. Paige Denton, FS, 2:34.73.

1,600-meter run: 1. Katren Rienbolt, FS, 5:30.09; 2. Kaylee Krull, PAR, 5:36.43; 5. Denton, FS, 5:46.76.

3,200-meter run: 1. Rienbolt, FS, 12:10.46; 2. Krull, PAR, 12:12.95.

High jump: 1. Paige Getz, PAO, 5' 2"; 2. Shelton, FS, 5' 0".

Discus: 1. Meagan Gilliland, PAO, 115' 4"; 5. Brianne Lawrence, FS, 100' 11".

Javelin: 1. Jillian Lattimer, FS, 113' 6"; 2. Jessica Holloran, AC, 101' 4".

Shot put: 1. Gilliland, PAO, 38' 3"; 6. Lattimer, 33' 7 1/2".

BOYS

Team scores

1. Paola 99, 2. Joplin 97, 3. Fort Scott 77, 4. Labette County 60, 5. Anderson County 56, 6. Coffeyville 53, 7. Parsons 46, 8. Pittsburg 39, 9. Carthage 16, 10. Nevada 14.

Event results:

100-meter dash: 1. James Newton, CF, 10.35; 2. Dezmund Willard, FS, 10.66.

200-meter dash: 1. Willard, FS, 22.69; 2. Brady Fink, FS, 22.90.

400-meter dash: 1. Willard, FS, 51.13; 2. Fink, FS, 51.43.

110-meter hurdles: 1. Colton Simmons, J, 15.37; 4. Race Kastl, FS, 16.21.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Newton, CF, 40.44; 6. David Goff, FS, 44.56.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Coffeyville, 44.10; 4. Fort Scott, 45.49.

High jump: 1. Wes Krull, PAR, 6' 4"; 4. Fink, FS, 6' 0".

Long jump: 1. Marcus Striplin, PT, 21' 8"; 4. Nick Nuzum, FS, 19' 8 3/4".

Javelin: 1. Cody McGehee, FS, 158' 6"; 4. Goff, FS, 136' 2"; 6. Chris Allen, FS, 131' 3".

Shot put: 1. Chris Huyett, PT, 47' 3"; 4. McGehee, FS, 44' 1 1/2".