Nevada boys track place third, girls 11th at district meet

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Nevada Daily Mail

The Nevada High School boys track team placed second and the girls placed 11th in the Class 3, District 6 track meet in Branson Saturday.

Eric Atkinson won the high jump with a 6-4 in jump and Veronica Mosier won the triple jump with a distance of 34-10.

The boys 4x800-meter relay team of Jim Fay, Jon Emery, Mark Reed and Ben Wilson placed second with a time of 8:20.1 setting a new school record, finishing 3.6 seconds behind the winning team from Webb City.

The top four finishers in each event qualify to advance to the sectional track meet May 22 at Ozark.

Boys team scores:

1, Carthage, 98; 2, Nevada, 90; 3, Carl Junction, 65; 4, Webb City, 64; 5, Nixa, 61; 6, Cassville, 57; 7, Ozark, 56; 8, Monett, 43; 9, Seneca, 38; 10, Branson, 36; 11, East Newton, 29; 12, Reeds Spring, 23; 13, McDonald County, 21; 14, Republic, 14; 15, Aurora, 5.

Boys Sectional Qualifers

100-meter dash -- 1, Farmer, Carl Junction, 11.0; 2, Seaver, Nevada, 11.2; 3, Ward, Monett, 11.2; 4, Sanders, Carthage, 11.4.

200 -- 1, Patrick, Carthage, 22.6; 2, Seaver, Nevada, 22.7; 3, Farmer, Carl Junction, 23.3; 4, Ross, Carl Junction, 23.5.

400 -- 1, Patrick, Carthage, 50.0; 2, Hansen, Webb City, 50.3; 3, Branstetter, Nevada, 50.8; 4, Greek, Cassville, 51.0.

4x100 relay -- 1, Carthage, 43.9; 2, Carl Junction, 44.0; 3, Nevada, 44.3; 4, Ozark, 44.3.

4x200 -- 1, Carthage, 1:30.6; 2, Carl Junction, 1:31.4; 3, Ozark, 1:31.7; 4, Nevada, 1:32.3.

4x800 -- 1, Webb City, 8:16.5; 2, Nevada, 8:20.1; 3, East Newton, 8:21.9: 4, Nixa, 8:24.4.

Shot put -- 1, Bearden, Webb City, 51-7; 2, M.Gragg, Nevada, 47-6; 3, Stewart, Nixa, 47-5; 4, Papp, Seneca, 46-10.

High jump -- 1, Atkinson, Nevada, 6-4; 2, Butterworth, Monett, 6-4; 3, Bishop, Cassville, 6-2; 4, N.Gragg, Nevada, 6-2.

Long jump -- 1, Whistance, Nixa, 20-10; 2, Greek, Cassville, 20-8; 3, Gage, Nevada, 20-7; 4, Gibson, Carl Junction, 20-7.

Girls Team Scores:

1, Ozark 133; 2, Carthage 88; 3, Webb City 88; 4, Monett 56; 5, Republic 55; 6, Branson 48; 7, McDonald County 40; 8, Reeds Spring, 40; 9, East Newton, 35; 10, Nixa 27; 11, Nevada 23; 12, Cassville, 19; 13, Carl Junction, 18; 14, Seneca, 10; 15, Aurora, 7.

Girls Sectional Qualifiers

Triple jump -- 1, Mosier, Nevada, 34-10; 2, Yates, Ozark, 34-8; 3, Harrold, Carl Junction, 33-8; 4, Brandenburg, Ozark, 33-8.

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