The Princeton High School track and field teams kicked off their 2022 campaigns on Saturday, traveling to the Indoor High School Kick Off in Maryville.
Princeton’s boys finished sixth in the team standings collecting 44 points on the day. The Tiger girls ran ninth with 31 points.
Luke Kelly and Talan Holt paced the Princeton boys. Kelly had the team’s highest individual finish of the day, placing second in the triple jump with a mark of 11.77 meters. Holt, meanwhile, grabbed a pair of fourth-place finishes, doing so in the high jump with a mark of 1.77 meters and the long jump with a mark of 5.85 meters.
Both Kelly and Holt were on the 4×200- and 4×400-meter relay teams as well, which placed second and fifth respectively. The duo was joined by Jaden Finney and Andrew Rhoades in the 4×2 where the team was second with a time of 1:38.68. The same four athletes were fifth in the 4×4 with a time of 3:47.36.
Princeton had three other placewinners in jumping events. Kaleb Thomas was fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 10.82 meters, Finney was fifth in the high jump with a leap of 1.77 meters and Cooper Boxley finished seventh in the triple jump with a jump of 10.3 meters.
The distance medley relay team’s eighth-place finish rounded out the Princeton boys’ team total. Logan Smith, Andrew Rhoades, Ethan Rhoades and Thomas combined to finish with a time of 13:06.79.
Lauren Krohn was second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.99 and fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.3 to lead the Princeton girls.
Grace Kelly placed third in the triple jump with a mark of 9.14 meters, Mackenzie Dunkin was fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 8.51 meters and Gracie Thogmartin was sixth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 11.31.
The 4×200-meter relay team of Thogmartin, Kinslee Stokely, Addy Henke and Kelly was fourth with a time of 1:56.78.
Princeton is in Chillicothe today (Friday) at 4.