By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
It was a memorable weekend at the 2021 State Track and Field Championships, let’s take one last look at it by examining all of our area medalists.
Thursday:
- Grace Kelley (Mount Pleasant) – 3A Discus (124-06) — 7th
- Addison Parrott (Danville) – 1A 3000m (10:33.21) — 2nd
- Carter Allen (New London) – 1A Shot (50-8.75) — 4th
- Kenna Furnald (Danville) – 1A Girls’ Long Jump (15-6.25) — 5th
Friday:
- Jadan Brumbaugh (Mount Pleasant) – 3A Shot Put (44-9) — 1st
- Cole Lipper, Kadin Salek, Andrew McPherson, Anthony Isley (Mediapolis) – 2A 4×200 (1:31.52) — 4th
- Cooper Pullis (Mount Pleasant)- 3A Shot (52-9.75) — 5th
- Jacey Moore, Christella Boyer, Cassidy Yaley, Addison Parrott (Danville) – 1A DMR (4:21.10) — 7th
- Kade Benjamin (New London) – 1A Boys’ High Jump (6-1) — 8th
- Carter Allen (New London) – 1A Boys’ Discus (160-06) — 2nd
Saturday:
- Kenna Lamm, Karsyn Lamm, Jenna Gilmore, Josie Gilmore (Mount Pleasant) – 3A Girls’ Shuttle Hurdle Relay (1:08.75) — 8th
- Karsyn Lamm (Mount Pleasant) – 3A 100m Hurdles (16.02) — 7th
- Bryce Wilson (Mount Pleasant) – 3A 110m Hurdles (15.39) — 7th
- Kadin Salek, Josh Darbyshire, Andrew McPherson, Anthony Isley (Mediapolis) – 2A 4×100 (44.15) — 7th
- Kadin Salek, Levi Arnold, Andrew McPherson, Anthony Isley (Mediapolis) – 2A 4×400 (3:28.03) — 3rd
- Addison Parrott (Danville) – 1A 1500m (4:59.51) — 2nd
- Mason Chipman, Gabriel Gourley, Oliver Sowell, Ty Carr (Danville) – 1A 4×400 (3:28.68) — 1st
All told, 17 area events earned medals.