The 2017 State Track Meet at Laidley Field in Charleston is now history, and the Webster boys' track team placed 15th out of 25 Class A teams competing, with several respectable race results.
In the 100 meter dash, freshman Reece Nutter and freshman Cole Deel placed fifth and sixth respectively out of eight competitors in the finals. Deel was fourth and Nutter was sixth in the 16 runner preliminaries to qualify for the finals.
Another freshman, Dawson Tharp, placed fifth out of eight competitors in the finals of the 200 meter dash (after having placed fifth out of 14 in the preliminaries to qualify for the finals).
Senior Korbin White had a good showing in the preliminaries of the 110 meter hurdles, placing eighth out of 16 to qualify for the finals, but faded in the finals finishing seventh out of the eight finalists.
In the 4 x 100 meter relay finals, the team of Reece Nutter (freshman), Dawson Tharp (freshman), Cole Deel (freshman), and Jarod Romano (senior) placed fifth out of the 16 teams competing.
In the 4 x 200 meter relay finals, the team of Nutter, Tharp, Deel, and senior Korbin White placed fifth out of the 16 teams competing.
In the 4 x 100 meter shuttle relay finals, the team of Korbin White, sophomore Seth Vandevender, junior Mathias Palmer, and junior Nathaniel Casto placed sixth out of the 16 teams competing.
The number of underclassmen who made decent showings for the Webster boys' team only bodes well for the school's future track competitions.
According to results posted, the Webster girls' team did not compete in enough events to be ranked as a team. Carson Short, Sierra King, Madison Loughridge, and Jordan White finished 14th out of 16 teams in the finals of the 4 x 800 meter relay. Short, King, Loughridge, and White did a little better in the 4 x 400 meter relay, finishing 12th out of 16 teams.
