Austin, Bell out of state meet

Vandalia senior Daniel Bell and junior Quenten Austin did not make it out of the preliminaries at the IHSA state meet on Thursday.

Both, however, did finish in a higher place than they were seeded in each event.

Bell, who was seeded last in the 800-meter run, finished in 26th place (of 42) in a time of 2:04.22. In the discus throw, Bell was seeded 37th and placed 34th, with a throw of 115 feet, 3 inches.

Austin placed 13th in the 300-meter hurdles (0:42.35) after qualifying with the 22nd best time (of 37). His throw of 121 feet, 1 inch in the discus placed him 29th. He had been seeded last.

Daniel Bell

Quenten Austin