Trenton High School graduate Kyle Bortell set a new school record on his way to winning the state title in the 110-meter high hurdles at this weekend?s 2003 Class 2 Missouri State High School Track Championships in Jefferson City.
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Trenton High School graduate Kyle Bortell set a new school record on his way to winning the state title in the 110-meter high hurdles at this weekend?s 2003 Class 2 Missouri State High School Track Championships in Jefferson City.
Bortell became Trenton?s top 110-meter hurdler in Friday?s preliminaries, where he ran a 15.31, which turned out to be the fastest time heading into Saturday?s finals. The THS graduate clocked a 15.34 in the finals, to edge Brett Cheney of South Callaway, who finished second with a 15.35.
“It’s a pretty awesome feat to be the very best in your state; not many kids get to do that,” THS Coach Rich Johnson said. “He’s worked real hard all year and then to go down there and break the school record is quite an accomplishment.”
The THS boys track team also got a medal in the triple jump as sophomore Wade Peters leaped 41.05.5 to take sixth-place honors. The event was won by Karrington Rogers of Malden, who jumped 47-06.5.
“To go down there as a sophomore and take sixth place says a lot about Wade’s abilities,” Johnson said. “His future is very bright.”
Johnson noted that both Bortell and Peters worked hard all year at getting to the state championships, taking advantage of some special help during the season.
“Both of those kids worked really hard all year,” Johnson said. “Kyle Beverlin came in and worked with Kyle (Bortell) and Tad Trombley helped Wade. Anytime you can get special help from people who know what they are doing is a big advantage.”
On the girls? side, Trenton?s 4 x 800-meter relay team finished in third place in Friday?s finals with a time of 9:59.41. The team of Lindsey Lattimore, Ashten Witten, Kaycee Lee Blattner and Amber Vandevender broke the 10-minute mark for the first time this season on their way to a medal. College Heights Christian won the event with a time of 9:56.29.
Vandevender also came home with a second medal as she finished eighth in the triple jump. She recorded a leap of 33-01. The state champion was Cassie Robey of Monroe City, who jumped 35-03.
The Trenton boys finished the meet with 13 points, good enough for a 15th place finish. Berkeley won the team title with 83 points.
The THS girls collected seven points to take 35th place. Monroe City was the team winner with 68 points.
Class 1
Grundy R-5?s Andy Peterson came home with three medals from the Class 1 Missouri High School Track Championships while teammate Brad Rains also collected a medal.
Peterson placed second in the 400-meter run with a time of 51.66 in Saturday?s finals. The Grundy R-5 graduate ran a 52.37 in Friday?s preliminaries to come into the finals with the third fastest time. Caleb Masterson of Greenwood was the state champion with a time of 50.76.
Peterson took fourth place in the triple jump with a leap of 41-08.8.5. Randy Miller of Nodaway-Holt captured the state title with a jump of 45-03.75.
Peterson finished fifth in the long jump with a leap of 20-01.75. Alex Echols of Plato won the event with a jump of 21-0.75.
Brad Rains was an eighth-place finishers in the high jump, clearing 5-10. The state champion was Brent Clifton of Tarkio, who jumped 6-4.
John Peck competed in the 1600-meter run, finishing with a time of 5:11.81. However, he did not place.
The Grundy R-5 boys finished 14th as a team with 17.75 points.
Princeton’s Chris Johnson and Brett Cavanah each came home with two medals. Johnson was second in the discus with a throw of 140-01 and fifth in the shot put with a toss of 46-02.05. Sam Gibson won the discus with a throw of 143-6 while Matthew Elliott of King City won the shot put with a throw of 49-5. Cavanah was fifth in the discus with a toss of 134-0 and placed seventh in the shot put with a toss of 44-01.75.
Nate Craft placed third in the long jump with a leap of 20-04.25. Craft also competed in the 400-meter run, finishing 11th with a time of 54.34, and was 13th in the 200-meter run with a time of 24.22. He did not place in those events.
The boys 4 x 400-meter relay team finished eighth to earn a medal with a time of 3:46.82. The 4 x 800-meter relay team was 11th with a time of 8:55.23, but did not place.
Becca Franklin picked up the only points for the PHS girls, finishing sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.82. Shelly Seider of Rich Hill won the event with a time of 26.40.
Franklin did not qualify for the finals of the 100-meter dash, where she ran a 13.46. Rhiannon Clark of Mercer had a 13.72 in the same event, but did not qualify, nor did she qualify in the 200-meter dash, where she ran a 28.38. Franklin also competed in the long jump, finishing 12th with a 14-06, but did not place.
In the 400-meter run, Michelle Moore of Princeton was 10th with a time of 1:04.79 while teammate Jill Hamilton was 11th with a time of 1:04.94. Dory Hammond of Mercer was ninth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:32.58.
The PHS 4 x 200-meter relay team was 12th with a time of 1:54 while the 4 x 400-meter relay team placed 12th with a time of 4:36.92.
The Mercer girls 4 x 400-meter relay team placed second place with a time of 10:17.0. Lockwood won the event with a time of 10:13.9.
Wes Petersen of Newtown-Harris competed in three events, but did not place. He was 11th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:07.42; 14th in the 1900-meter run with a time of 4:54.34; and 11th in the 3200-meter run with a time of 11:01.14. Jeff Girdner was 13th in the 3200-meter run with a time of 11:18.66. Matt Houser of Gilman City ran a 47.17 in the 300-meter hurdles, but did not place.
The PHS boys finished seventh as a team with a score of 25 points. The PHS girls were 44th with three points. The Mercer girls came away in 30th place with eight points.