Saturday, April 30, 2016

Hayes Leads Track Team to Strong Showing at Gazette Relays

Senior Austin Hayes with Coach Steven Nutter at the Gazette
Relays on April 30.  Hayes earned the top amount of points (30)
among all Class AA competitors.
Led by senior Austin Hayes, the Webster County boys track team posted a strong third place showing (out of 11 teams) at the Charleston Gazette/Friends of Coal Relays held in Charleston on April 29 and 30.

On day one of the event, Hayes finished second in the 3200 meter run with a time of 9:59.28.  Jimmy Lacaria of Bridgeport Senior High School finished first with a time of 9:41.31.  

Other performances of note on day one included the 4 x 800 meter relay team of Ben Cochran, Korbin White, Seth Vandevender, and Mathias Palmer who finished 3rd among eight teams and the 4 x 110 meter shuttle hurdle team of Nathan Casto, Ike Hamrick, Seth Vandevender, and Korbin White who finished 2nd among eight teams.  Casto also finished 7th out of 14 competitors in the 110 meter hurdles.

At the end of day one, the Webster team was in a three way tie for second place among eight teams that had at least five events scored.

On day two of the event, Hayes was back at it smoking the tracks.  He finished first in the 800 meter and 1600 meter races, and he and teammates Mathias Palmer, Ben Cochran, and Korbin White finished second in the 4 x 400 meter relay with a time of 3:43.44.  Austin's time in the 800 was 2:04.14 and his time in the 1600 was 4:29.50, a personal career best.  Hayes finished the event with 30 total points, the highest of all Class AA competitors.

Other performances of note include Seth Vandevender's 8th place finish out of 18 competitors in the 300 meter high hurdles and Nathan Casto's 4th place finish out of eight competitors in the final round of the 110 meter hurdles.  In the 400 meter dash, Ben Cochran and Mathias Palmer finished 6th and 7th respectively out of 19 competitors.

The girls track team did not fare so well, finishing 9th overall out of 11 teams.  At least two bright spots for the girls team included a 3rd place finish (out of 11 teams) for the 4 x 800 meter relay team of Courtney Treadway, Courtney King, Sierra King, and Carson Short, and a 3rd place finish (out of seven teams) for the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Amy Perrine, Madison Loughridge, Carson Short, and Courtney Treadway.  In addition, Courtney King finished 5th out of 12 competitors in the 3200 meter run and Courtney Treadway finished 6th out of 26 competitors in the 800 meter run.

Full results at:  http://runwv.com/TF16/TF16INDEX.HTML



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