Tiger track from Paola

Friday, April 6, 2018

PAOLA — Ella Beth and Paxsten Eads each won events for Fort Scott High’s girls as the Tigers’ track teams competed in the Paola Invitational here Thursday.

Beth won the 800-meter run while Eads was the champion in the 3,200 meters for Tiger girls. The girls won six medals in finishing ninth as a team.

Tiger boys finished eighth but didn’t have any event winners. Their highest finished with a fourth-place result from Connor Fess in the 800-meter run.

Beth ran the 800 in 2:03.52 seconds, finishing just ahead of DeSoto’s Gabby Collins, who turned in a time of 2;30.75. Beth also won a second medal as she took sixth in the long jump with a mark of 15 feet, 7 1/2 inches.

Eads clocked in at 12:06.31 in the 3,200. Darian Hudgeons of Paola was second in 12:34.89.

Gracie Krokroskia was fourth in the 300 meters in 51.81 seconds. The girls’ 4x800-meter relay team finished fourth in 10:47.67 while the 4x400 team was sixth in 4:32.81.

Fess’ time in the boys’ 800 was 2:07.02. The boys’ 4x100-meter relay team placed fifth in 45.64. Dalton Colvin was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles in 43.15. The 4x400-meter relay team turned in a time of 3:43.88 for a sixth-place finish. Andrew Callahan went 116’ 9 3/4” in discus to finish sixth. Makyn Wade placed seventh in shot put at 42’ 2”.

Next on the schedule for the Tigers is the Pittsburg State University Relays on April 13.


Only events in which Fort Scott athletes medaled are listed. If a Fort Scott athlete won the event, the second-place finisher is listed, regardless of school, for comparison.

GIRLS

Team scores

1. Paola (PA) 195.5, 2. Spring Hill 104, 3 (tie). DeSoto and Lamar, Mo., 65, 5. Louisburg (LO) 61,

6. Iola (IO) 52, 7. Eudora 50, 8. Wellsville 47, 9. Fort Scott (FS) 36, 10. Chanute 16.5, 11. Prairie View 8.

Event results

800-meter run: 1. Beth, FS, 2:30.52; 2. Collins, PA, 2:30.75.

3,200-meter run: 1. Eads, FS, 12:06.31; 2. Hudgeons, PA, 12:34.89.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Gassman, LO, 47.57; 4. Krokroskia, FS, 51.81.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Wellsville 4:15.79; 6. Fort Scott, 4:32.81.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Wellsville, 10:20.40; 4. Fort Scott, 10:47.67.

Long jump: 1. Kunkler, IO, 16’ 11 1/2”; 6. Beth, FS, 15’ 7 1/2”.

BOYS

Team scores

1. Lamar, Mo. (LA), 124.5, 2. DeSoto (DS) 112.5, 3. Paola (PA) 106.5, 4. Spring Hill 102, 5. Louisburg 69.5,

6. Eudora 66.5, 7. Chanute (CH) 62.5, 8. Fort Scott (FS) 20, 9. Wellsville 15, 10. Prairie View 20, 11. Iola 9.

Event results

800-meter run: 1. Overstreet, LA, 2:02.21; 4. Fess, FS, 2:07.02.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Eilts, PA, 40.94; 6. Colvin, FS, 43.15.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Louisburg, 44.04; 5. Fort Scott, 45.64..

4x400-meter relay: 1. Lamar, 3:34.93; 6. Fort Scott, 3:43.88.

Discus: 1. Henderson, CH, 151’ 1”; 6. Callahan, FS, 116’ 9 3/4”.

Shot put: 1. Titus, DS, 51’ 1 1/2”; 7. Wade, FS, 42’ 2”.