NMS tracksters set new records

Nevada Lady Tiger seventh-grader McKayla Forsythe nears the finish line in the 400-meter dash, during Nevada Middle School’s second home meet of the season, Thursday at Larry Testman Track.

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Nevada Middle School track-and-field standouts Laura Kimmell and Claire Pritchett set new school records in the pole vault and shot put at Tuesday’s nine-school Joplin M.S. meet.

Kimmell, who had tied the previous school record set in 2002, with an eight-foot vault at Monday’s El Dorado Springs meet, watched as teammate Lilly Hart made it a three-way tie, with an eight-foot measurement of her own on Tuesday in Joplin.

Kimmell then rewrote the NMS history books with a vault of eight-feet, six-inches.

Pritchett, meanwhile, has continued to flourish, breaking her own school record in the shot put on Tuesday, with a measurement of 40-feet, one-inch. Pritchett’s previous record-mark was 39-feet, 11-inches.

NMS results

— Gold medalists —

• Laura Kimmell: eighth-grade girls pole vault, 8’6”; new school record. Previous record was 8’ — three-way tie: Kara Foster (2002), Laura Kimmell (4/23/18) and Lilly Hart (4/24/18).

Bronaugh Lady Wildcats seventh-grader Emily Layher, competes in the 800 meter run. See a future edition for meet results.

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• Claire Pritchett: eighth-grade girls shot put, 40’1”; new school record. Previous record was 39’11”, set by Pritchett.

• Jade Feller: eighth-grade girls triple jump, 29’1.25”.

• Emma Leisure: seventh-grade girls high jump, 4’8”.

• Drew Beachler: seventh-grade boys triple jump, official measurement unavailable.

• Seventh-grade girls 4-x-100 meter relay team: Kirstin Buck, Kailey Olson, Kaydence Roper, Maddy Majors — 57.38.

— Silver medalist —

NMS seventh-grader Bridget Naas (front, left), gets out in front of the pack in the 1600 meter run, during the five-school NMS-hosted meet — Thursday afternoon at Larry Testman Track.

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• Lilly Hart: eighth-grade girls pole vault, 8’; briefly placed Hart in three-way tie for school record; high jump, 4’8”.

• Laura Kimmell: eighth-grade girls triple jump, 28’7”.

• Kirstin Buck: seventh-grade girls 100 meter dash, 13.4.

• Kaydence Roper: seventh-grade girls 100 meter hurdles, 17.6.

• Caiden Blake: seventh-grade girls triple jump, official measurement unavailable.

• Skylur Mashe: seventh-grade boys discus, 78’4”; shot put, 30’5”. — Bronze medalists ­ —

• Lilly Hart: eighth-grade girls long jump, 14’2”.

• Jerica Collins: eighth grade girls shot put, 33’.

• Kirstin Buck: seventh-grade girls 200 meter dash, 29.09; long jump, 13’4.5”.

• Maddy Majors: seventh-grade girls pole vault, 6’.

Nevada Middle School seventh-grader Tayvin Moore looks to clear the bar in the pole vault, Thursday at Larry Testman Track.

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• Drew Beachler: seventh-grade boys long jump, official measurement unavailable.

• Tayvin Moore: seventh-grade boys, 1600 meter run, 5:35.

• Kaden Padgett: seventh-grade boys 800 meter run, 2:29.66.

Nevada Middle School seventh-grader Zade Lee, clears six-feet in the pole vault.

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• Eighth-grade girls 4-x-200 meter relay team: Brooklyn Kutina-Smith, Jade Feller, Hadley Bruce, and Shelby Burns — 2:00.84.

• Eighth-grade girls 4-x-100 meter relay team: Brooklyn Kutina-Smith, Laura Kimmell, Lilly Hart, and Bailey Ast — 58.03.

Editor’s Note: As of press time Thursday night, final team scores were unavailable.