Eagles girls capture 3rd at sectionals
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Northeast Nodaway senior Andrew Faustlin, left, takes a handoff from his clapping teammate, senior Austin Jones, during the boys’ 4×100-meter relay Saturday in Albany for the Class 1, Section 4 Meet. The Bluejay relay qualified for this weekend’s state meet.
ALBANY, Mo. — As the Class 1 track season enters its final week in preparation for the state meet in Jefferson City, the Jefferson/South Nodaway girls’ team continues churning out top finishes.
Behind a chunk of points from sophomores Meaghan and Mallory McConkey and a pair of relay teams, the Eagles captured third place for the second meet in a row. Last week, Jefferson took third in the Class 1, District 8 meet after taking the Platte Valley Conference crown two weekends ago at North Andrew.
Meaghan McConkey took first in the 400-meter dash and third in the 200-meter dash, qualifying her for state in both events. Mallory McConkey qualified in both the 800-meter and 1,600-meter runs with third and second-place finishes.
Jefferson qualified a pair of relays, the 4×400-meter and 4×800-meter teams. The 4×400-meter relay consists of the McConkey sisters, sophomore Marissa Widerholt and freshman Mikayla Mattson. Freshman Savannah Bennett takes Mattson’s spot in the 4×800.
Senior Kristen Nielson’s second-place mark in the discus snared eight team points and will move her on to Jefferson City. The Eagles qualified for state in every event they entered at sectionals.
After sitting in the top three for much of the afternoon, the North-West Nodaway boys ended up in seventh overall. Junior Josh McGinness won the long jump, while senior Trevor Meyer finished third, qualifying both in the event for state. Meyer also qualified in the triple jump with a third-place finish.
Junior Blake Farnan missed the cut in the shot put, but grabbed fourth place in the discus to sneak into the state meet.
With just a handful of participants, the Nodaway-Holt boys’ and girls’ teams took 10th and 24th overall.
Junior Jordan Long’s third-place throw in the shot put advanced her to state and earned the Trojans girls’ only six points of the day.
For the boys, senior Nali Tattersall continued his dominance in jump events, taking first in the high jump, second in the long jump and first in the triple jump. Sophomore Brody Day finished seventh in the 400-meter dash, missing qualification for state.
Northeast Nodaway earned 18 points for an 18th-place finish on the boys’ side, and qualified one individual and one relay for state.
Freshman Dylan Mildfeldt improved on his fourth-place finish in districts with a second overall mark in the 100-meter dash to qualify for state. He also participated in the 4×100-meter relay for the Bluejays, which took third to advance. Also on the relay team are seniors Andrew Faustlin and Austin Jones and junior Max Giesken.
Giesken narrowly missed the cut in the high jump, losing a jump-off with King City junior Noah Poling for the final spot at state.
Events for the Class 1 State Track and Field Championships begin at 9:30 a.m. Friday and continue at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Senior Nali Tattersall qualified in three events for the Class 1 State Meet for Nodaway-Holt: triple jump, high jump and long jump.
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Eagles sophomore Meaghan McConkey whistles around the track during the girls’ 400-meter dash during sectional track on Saturday. She helped Jefferson secure a third-place finish.
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Junior Blake Farnan came up just short in the shot put of qualifying for state, but did finish fourth in discus at Saturday’s sectional meet to advance to next week for North-West Nodaway.
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Bluejays freshman Dylan Mildfeldt finished second in the 100-meter dash to qualify for the Class 1 State track meet scheduled for Saturday in Jefferson City. He was also part of Northeast Nodaway’s 4×100-meter team that qualified.
