Pearson sets new EHS discus record in meet at Manhattan
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Raelyn Pearson’s preseason goal of breaking Emporia High’s school record in both the shot put and discus was realized Friday night.
Pearson, who broke the school shot put record in the first track meet of the year, set the EHS discus record during the Spartans’ meet on Friday at Manhattan High School. Pearson’s discus throw of 134 feet, 10 inches was tops at the meet, and she also won the shot put competition with a throw of 36-6.
Emporia’s boys finished fifth out of 12 teams at Friday’s event, and the girls finished sixth. Mark Kolmer joined Pearson as a first-place finisher by winning the javelin competition with a throw of 178-0.
Among other high finishes for the Spartan boys:
- Ethan Pearson finished second in the pole vault by vaulting 12-6, and Ryan Dorsey was fifth at 11-6;
- Brandon Gentz finished third in the triple jump at 41-11 and fourth in the long jump with a 20-5.5;
- Cory Obermeyer finished fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 15.68 seconds and fifth in the 110 hurdles;
- Brian Dorsey was just behind Gentz in the triple jump, finishing fourth at 41-10.5.
Other notable finishes for the EHS girls:
- Courtney Waldner finished second in the high jump with a jump of 5-0;
- Jenna Stanbrough finished third in both the 800-meter run, in which she posted a time of 2:27.47, and the and 1,600 meter run, which she finished in 5:34.90;
- Ciera Hastings finished third in the pole vault at 7-6;
- Lindy Arndt was fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:03.80.
Emporia High will next compete at Washburn Rural next Friday, May 1, in a meet hosted by Seaman.
Friday at Manhattan
Emporia individual results
Girls
100-meter dash
Sims, 12.80.
400-meter dash
5. Arndt, 1:03.80; Sims, 1:05.50.
800-meter run
3. Stanbrough, 2:27.47; Davies, 2:34.34.
1,600-meter run
3. Stanbrough, 5:34.90; Starr, 6:12.36; Davies, 6:14.02.
100-meter hurdles
6. Waldner, 16.25; Rogers, 17.59.
300-meter hurdles
Waldner, 52.40; Rogers, 54.20; Hastings, 58.40.
4x100 relay
Emporia A (Rogers, Kolmer, Arndt, Sims), 53.33.
4x400 relay
Emporia A (Sims, Elbe, Johnson, Starr), 4:39.80.
Long jump
6. Arndt, 15-9; Komer, 15-0.
High jump
2. Waldner, 5-0; 6. Johnson, 4-10; Starr, 4-4.
Pole vault
3. Hastings, 7-6; 7. Landwehr, 6-6.
Shot put
1. Pearson, 36-6; Leiss, 25-3.
Discus
1. Pearson, 134-10; LaFave 82-10; Leiss, 59-9.
Javelin
Arndt, 85-6; LaFave, 79-3; Azzun, 77-5.
Boys
100-meter dash
Maguire, 10.98; Mitchell, 11.65; Ranalli, 12.08.
200-meter dash
Maguire, 22.70; Tabares, 24.54; Ranalli, 25.45.
400-meter dash
7. Euler, 53.50; Ranalli, 1:02.
800-meter run
Tilton, 2:07.20; Witten, 2:16.40.
1,600-meter run
Tilton, 4:55.53; Parks, 5:24.83.
3,200-meter run
Heim, 10:52.72.
110-meter hurdles
5. Obermeyer, 15.68; Tabares, 18.17.
300-meter hurdles
4. Obermeyer, 43.90; Tabares, 46.00.
4x100 relay
Emporia A (B. Dorsey, Maguire, Kolmer, Euler), 45.89.
4x800 relay
Emporia A (Witten, Robinson, Parks, Heim), 9:30.
4x40 relay
Emporia A (Witten, Robinson, Parks, Heim), 3:39.
Long jump
4. Gentz, 20-5; Dorsey, 19-4; Mitchell, 18-7.
Triple jump
3. Gentz, 41-11; 4. B. Dorsey, 41-10.5; Canales, 37-11.
High jump
Gentz, 5-10; Clark, 5-10; Canales 5-2.
Pole vault
2. Pearson, 12-6; 5. R. Dorsey, 11-6; 7. Lee, 11-0.
Shot put
Aceves, 42-10; Williams, 39-0; Stair, 38-7.
Discus
Serna, 130-3; Stair, 111-3; Aceves, 109-0.
Javelin
1. Kolmer, 178-0; Nolan, 140-0.