Franklin Park Bobcats Misses State Title By Half Point….Lady Bobcats 3rd…Class S Results

The Franklin Park Bobcats track team competed at the Class L State Track & Field Championship held at Carterville High School on a hot afternoon.  The Bobcats finished with 69 points, just one-half point behind the state champions Marion who finished with 69.5, Mascoutah was 3rdwith 53.  Mt Vernon and Centralia tied for 19^th with 8 points and Carlyle was 23^rd with 6.

Toby Gullion – FTS Photography

The Salem 7^th grade 4×200 relay team of Avery Gullion, Payton Gullion, Madden Thompson and Trey Clark were state champions in a school record time of 1:43.33.  Clark was the 7^th grade 100m champion in a time of 12.07.  Morgan Mickens broke his own school record in the discus in winning the state title with a toss of 155-1.  Noah Timm was runner up with 154-10.

Also for Salem, Ryegan Warren was 10^th in the 100m hurdles as well as clearing 5-9 to take 2^nd place in the high jump.  Salem 7^th grader Payton Gullion was 9^th in the varsity 400m in a time of 57.49.  Alex Spencer was 2^nd in the mile in 4:59.59, a personal best, with Robby Shober taking 5^th.  In the 800m run, Hunter Malan was 10^th just ahead of Alex Spencer who was 11^th.  The Salem 4x400m relay team of Gullion, Gullion, Malan and Shober were 10^th as a team.  Noah Timm was 3^rd in the shot put.  Holden Richardson was 4^th in the pole vault going 9-feet.

The Lady Bobcats were 3^rd as a team.  Mascoutah won the state title with 51.5 points followed by Marion with 49.5 and then Salem with 41.  Olney was 19^th with 11 and Centralia 30^th with 3 points.

The Salem 4×100 varsity relay team finished 6^th in a school record time of 53.66.  Hannah Smith won the discus with a throw of 88-6.

Addison Bullard was 3^rd in the 100m hurdles, the Salem 4×200 team was 12^th.  Marah Johnson threw the shot 32-4 to take 3^rd.  Kinsey Jarrett was 9^th in the long jump, Finley Puricelli was 2^nd in the high jump with Jordan Kessler 4^th.  In the pole vault, Aubrey Bandy was 6^th and Ruthie Hays 9^th.

The Class S meet was held at Herrin High School.  Raccoon won the 7^th grade boys title, Meridian was the 8^th grade boys champs.  Nashville won the female state title with Aviston 2^nd and Pinckneyville 3^rd.  Woodlawn was 14^th and Raccoon 20^th.

Raccoon’s Kylee Hall was 15^th in the mile run, Carly Veach of Selmaville was 13^th in the 100m hurdles, Iuka’s Kinnley Eagan was 15^th in the high jump, Raccoon’s Kaylee Bowdler was 6^th in the long jump, Maya Braddy of Raccoon was 3^rd in the shot with teammate Emily Parrett 6^th.

The Selmaville 4×100 relay team of Emily Guzman, Morgan Kurwicki, Veach and Kale Benjamin were 9^th.  The team of Kenna Benjamin, Kurwicki, Guzman and Benjamin were 9^th in the 4×200.  The team of Veach, Guzman, Kenna Benjamin and Maci Thorsen were 12^th in the 4×400.

On the boys side, Raccoon’s Tyler Carruthers was 11^th in the 200, Luke Mayer of Raccoon 10^th in the 400 and Carter Lowe of Selmaville was 11^th.  The Rockets Kyler Sapp was 15^th in the 800m.  Caden Lamb of Raccoon was 15^th in the mile and Carson Huggins was 10^th in the 100m hurdles.  Carruthers was also 7^th in the long jump with Rome’s Logan Heater 8^th.  Central City’s Brayden Wood won the state shot and discus.  In the 7^th grade 100m, Carruthers and Marquis Ettress of Raccoon were 3^rd and 5^th.  Huggins also was 13^th in the 8^th grade 100m.

Congratulations to the Raccoon 7^th grade 4×200 team of Carruthers, Luke Connaway, Micahel Organ and Ettress who won the state title in a state record time of 1:44.92.  Rome’s team of shton Wagner, Brayden Kroeschen, Ryker Perigo and Jayden Jones were 8^th.   In the 4×400 relay the Raccoon team of Mayer, Lamb, Jarett Rushing and Seth Coffman were 12^th.  Raccoon’s 4×200 varsity team of Mayer, Connaway, Coffman and Huggins were 12^th.