Lions And Lady Lions Win Local Meet Track Titles

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Both the Gravette Lions and Lady Lions brought the trophies home, or rather kept the trophies at home, last Tuesday at the Lion Invitational Track Meet held at Lion Stadium.

The boys, competing in a field of 17 teams, amassed 103 total points to top Farmington who placed second with 89. Jay, OK, was a distant third with 62 points.

In the girls competition, the Gravette ladies topped the field with 119 points. Miami, OK, was second with 101 points in the field of 14 teams. Berryville was third with 65 points.

Among other teams competing were Gentry, Decatur, Huntsville, Shiloh, Siloam and Greenland, to name a few. Gravette’s top finishers included the following: Boys’ Results

100 Yard Dash: Michael Croasdell, first, 11:26; Trey Tyner, seventh, 11:51.

200 Yard Dash: Croasdell, third, 23:86; Tyner, fourth, 23.00.

800 Run: Kit Kane, sixth, 2:22.80; Eddie Duarte, seventh, 2:23.94.

3200: Jason Ortmann, ninth; Tucker Grigsby, tenth.

110 Hurdles: Cody Bullock, first, 16.77.

300 Hurdles: Trent Lovell, ninth; Michael Young, tenth.

4 x 100 Relay: Gravette, first, Ortmann, Croasdell, Bullock and Tyner, 45.00.

4 x 400 Relay: Gravette, fourth, Kane, Lovell, Ortmann, Croasdell, 3:54 55

4 x 800 Relay: Gravette, third, Duarte, Kane, Thomas, Smithers, 10:06.30.

High Jump: Croasdell, fifth, 5’6”; Ortmann, eighth, 5’2”.

Pole Vault: Tyner, seventh, 9’6”; Brian Hendren, ninth, 8’0”.

Long Jump: Croasdell, first, 18’2”; Ortmann, fourth, 17’7”.

Triple Jump: Ortmann, first, 39’7.75”; Cody Bullock, third, 37’7.5”.

Shot Put: Dakota Lacy, seventh, 37’5.75”; Kelton McDougal, tenth.

Discus: Cody Johnson, seventh, 98’11”.

Girls’ Results

400 Yard Dash: Katlynn Britton, third, 1:07.5.

800 Run: Daisey Kusters, first, 2:37.44; Sarah Galyean, fourth, 2:54.21.

1600: Candace Pembleton, fourth, 6:28.06; Mikki Pembleton, tenth.

3200: Kyndra Meeker, third, 14:01.14; Candace Pembleton, fourth, 14.14.31.

100 Hurdles: Taylor Kean, first, 16.92.

300 Hurdles: Taylor Kean, second, 51.04.

400 Relay: Gravette, first, Britton, Kean, Kusters and Duncan, 4:30.05.

800 Relay: Gravette, first, Pembleton, Pembleton, Kusters and Galyean, 11:39.95.

High Jump: Shelby Newell, fourth, 5’2”.

Long Jump: Shelby Newell, first, 15’2”; Taylor Kean, seventh, 13’2”.

Triple Jump: Shelby Newell, first, 36’0”’ Taylor Kean, second, 32’5.75”.

Discus: Megan Galvan, second, 90’2”.

News, Pages 9 on 04/07/2010