Seventh-grade girls nab first at invitational
The Tonganoxie Junior High seventh-grade girls track team placed first at the Basehor-Linwood Invitational on April 4.
Tonganoxie scored 73 for first, while Monticello placed second with 67. Perry came in third with 28, and Basehor-Linwood scored 26 for fourth.
Dominque Grizzle set a new school record in the discus with a throw of 87-feet even. TJHS swept the top three places in the event as Tiffany Jacobs placed second (75-11 1/8) and Katelyn Colgrove third (61-0 3/8).
Grizzle also placed first in the shot put with a 32-5 throw, while Jacobs placed second at 31-9. Danielle Miller finished fifth with a throw of 26-2 3/4. Other first-place finishers were the 4×400 relay team, the 4×200 team, Christina Rubio in the 200, Kelsey Wagner in the 1,600 meters and Dannie Oelschlaeger in the 75 meter hurdles.
In the eighth-grade division, the Warriors placed second with 57 points. Monticello, a middle school in the De Soto district, placed first with 74, while Basehor-Linwood was third with 46 and Perry fourth with 26.
Tonganoxie had six gold-medal winners in eighth grade. Abby Eisman won the 75-meter hurdles in 13.55 seconds, while Emily Garrison won the 1,600 meters in 6 minutes, 31.8 seconds. Andie Jeannin finished first in the 800 (2:43), Morgan Lacy in the shot put (33-11 1/4) and Angela Jacobs in the discus (75-0). The 4×400 relay team also earned a gold medal with a 4:53 time.
The team’s next meet will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in Tonganoxie.
Basehor-Linwood results
Seventh grade
Team scores
1. Tonganoxie, 73; 2. Monticello, 67; 3. Perry, 28, 4. Basehor-Linwood, 26.
Individual TJHS results
75 meter hurdles — 1. Dannie Oelschlaeger, 13.56.
100 meters — 3. Paige Boylan, 13.4.
1,600 meters — 1. Kelsey Wagner, 6.38; 5. Alex Bartels, 6:58
4×100 relay — 4. TJHS (Dannie Oelschlaeger, Ashley Stockman, Jackie Chenoweth, Paige Boylan), 1:01.7.
400 meters — 2. Ashley Kotowske 1:19; 3. Katelyn Bruce, 1:22.
4×200 relay — 1. TJHS (Kelsey Wagner, Molly O’Hagan, Alex Hauk, Cristinia Rubio), 2:12.
800 — 3. Alex Bartels, 3:15.
200 — 1. Cristinia Rubio, 31.1; 4. Jackie Chenoweth, 32.38.
4×400 relay — 1. TJHS (Dannie Oelschlaeger, Grae Wilbanks, Holly DeMaranville, Cristinia Rubio), 5:12. High jump — 1. Paige Boylan 4-5; 3. Amanda Laffler, 4-3.
Shot put — 1. Dominique Grizzle, 32-5; 2. Tiffany Jacobs 31-9; 5. Danielle Miller 26-2 3/4.
Discus — 1. Dominique Grizzle, 87-0 (new school record); 2. Tiffany Jacobs, 75-11 1/8; 3. Katelyn Colgrove 61-0 3/8.
Eighth grade
Team scores
1. Monticello, 74; 2. Tonganoxie, 57; 3. Basehor-Linwood, 46; 4. Perry, 26.
Individual TJHS results
75 hurdles — 1. Abby Eisman, 13.55.
1,600 meters — 1. Emily Garrison, 6:31.8.
4×100 relay — 2. TJHS (Abby Eisman, Kendra Walters, Lauren Williams, Andie Jeannin) 59.1.
4×200 relay — 2. TJHS (Maddie Yates, Makenzie Armstrong, Morgan Lacy, Lauren Williams), 2:10.
800 — 1. Andie Jeannin, 2:43.
4×400 relay — 1. TJHS (Abby Eisman, Maddie Yates, Emily Garrison, Andie Jeannin), 4:53.
Long jump — 4. Emily Garrison, 13-0.
Shot put — 1. Morgan Lacy, 33-11 1/4; 2. Angela Jacobs 31-5 1/2; 4. Taylor Colgrove 27-9 1/2.
Discus — 1. Angela Jacobs, 75-0; 2. Morgan Lacy, 69-5; 5. Taylor Colgrove, 58-9 1/2.