Records fall for junior high track teams
Two eighth-graders set school records in the pole vault last Thursday, as all four junior high track teams were victorious at Cowden-Herrick.
Emma Meyer set a new school standard for the girls by clearing 9 feet, and eighth-grader Curtis Gordon improved on his own record by clearing 11 feet, 6 inches.
Each broke their own record.
The record-breaking continued on Monday at Litchfield.
Meyer tied the 200-meter dash record with a time of 28 seconds.
Seventh-grader Katie Tarkington set the 200-meter dash record (28.4 seconds) and tied the 100-meter dash record (13.2 seconds).
Tarkington improved on the 100-meter dash record at home on Tuesday, winning the race in 13.1 seconds.
Now, the Jr. Vandals will be looking to make their mark on the Jr. Mid-State Conference.
Next Tuesday morning, the JMSC Championships will be held at Pana, starting at 9 a.m.
Last season, Vandalia was very successful at the conference meet, setting four conference records and taking numerous individual championships.
Returning conference champions from last season are:
•Gordon, pole vault
•Meyer, pole vault, 100-meter dash
•Logan Sullens, 200-meter dash
•Jensen Hollinshead, shot put
•Mikayla Ruot, discus
The sectional meet will also be held at Pana, on Saturday, May 11.
Tuesday, April 30
vs. Patoka/South Central
Seventh-grade girls
First-place finishers
•Tarkington, 100-meter dash
•Tarkington, 200-meter dash
•Elam, 800-meter run
•Johnson, 400-meter dash
•Marquardt, 1,600-meter run
•Garrison, high jump
•Warner, long jump
•4X100-meter relay (Fiscus, Cannon, Warner and Richardson)
•4X200-meter relay (Mills, Garrison, Elam and Tarkington)
•4X400-meter relay (Johnson, Garrison, Warner and Marquardt)
Second-place finishers
•Atkinson, 400-meter dash
•C. Wilkerson, 800-meter run
•Warner, 100-meter hurdles
•Cannon, long jump
•Marquardt, discus
•K. Wilkerson, shot put
Third-place finishers
•Garrison, 200-meter dash
•Richardson, 100-meter hurdles
•Eyman, discus
•Mills, high jump
•Swain, shot put
Fourth-place finishers
•Bowen, 400-meter dash
•Mills, 100-meter dash
•Mills, 200-meter dash
•Jackson, high jump
•Myers, discus
•C. Wilkerson, long jump
Team scores
•Vandalia, 79
•South Central, 24
•Patoka, 15
Eighth-grade girls
First-place finishers
•Hollinshead, 400-meter dash
•Meyer, 100-meter dash
•Meyer, 200-meter dash
•Meyer, pole vault
•Miller, 100-meter hurdles
•4X100-meter relay (Miller, Klanke, Cade and Meyer)
Second-place finishers
•Howard, 400-meter dash
•Miller, 100-meter dash
•Miller, 200-meter dash
•Wilkerson, 800-meter run
•Hollinshead, shot put
•Ruot, discus
•4X200-meter relay (Howard, Hollinshead, Ruot and Wilkerson)
•4X400-meter relay (Hollinshead, Howard, Cade and Klanke)
Third-place finishers
•Cade, 100-meter dash
•Ruot, 800-meter run
•Wilkerson, 100-meter hurdles
•Howard, discus
Fourth-place finisher
•Wilkerson, long jump
Team scores
•Vandalia, 61
•South Central, 28
•Patoka, 24
Seventh-grade boys
First-place finishers
•Garrett, 200-meter dash
•Smalls, 400-meter dash
•Tedrick, high jump
•Wollerman, 110-meter hurdles
•4X100-meter relay (Barth, Tedrick, Wollerman and Garrett)
•4X200-meter relay (Smalls, Steele, Ferguson and Tinker)
•4X400-meter relay (Ferguson, Barth, Smalls and Tinker)
Second-place finishers
•Barth, 110-meter hurdles
•Ferguson, 400-meter dash
•Ferguson, high jump
•Smalls, long jump
•Tedrick, 100-meter dash
•Tedrick, 200-meter dash
•Tinker, shot put
•Tinker, discus
•Wollerman, 800-meter run
•Wollerman, 1,600-meter run
Third-place finishers
•Carlock, 400-meter dash
•Garrett, 100-meter dash
•Shulman, discus
•Truitt, 110-meter hurdles
•Truitt, shot put
•Worker, 1,600-meter run
Fourth-place finishers
•Cox, 400-meter dash
•Shulman, shot put
•Truitt, 800-meter run
Team scores
•Vandalia, 82
•South Central, 39
•Patoka, 10
Eighth-grade boys
First-place finishers
•Cox, 800-meter run
•Gordon, 110-meter hurdles
•Gordon, pole vault
•Jones, long jump
•Sullens, 100-meter dash
•Sullens, 200-meter dash
•Towler, 400-meter dash
•4X100-meter relay (Jones, Schroeder, Well and Kaiser)
•4X200-meter relay (Gordon, Towler, Ruckman and Sullens)
•4X400-meter relay (Jones, Schroeder, Ruckman and Towler)
Second-place finishers
•Schroeder, discus
•Sullens, shot put
•Towler, 100-meter dash
•Well, 110-meter hurdles
Third-place finishers
•Jones, shot put
•Phillips, 400-meter dash
•Ruckman, 110-meter hurdles
•Schroeder, high jump
•Well, 800-meter run
Fourth-place finishers
•Kaiser, high jump
•Phillips, 400-meter dash
Team scores
•Vandalia, 75
•South Central, 26
•Patoka, 24
Monday, April 29
at Litchfield
Seventh-grade girls
First-place finishers
•Tarkington, 100-meter dash
•Tarkington, 200-meter dash
•Marquardt, 1,600-meter run
•Garrison, high jump
•4X200-meter relay (Mills, Garrison, Elam and Tarkington)
Second-place finishers
•Elam, 800-meter run
•4X400-meter relay (Johnson, Garrison, Warner and Marquardt)
Third-place finishers
•Atkinson, 400-meter dash
•Garrison, 200-meter dash
•Marquardt, discus
•Richardson, high jump
•Swain, shot put
•Warner, long jump
•4X100-meter drelay (Johnson, Warner, Cannon and Richardson)
Fourth-place finishers
•Bowen, 400-meter dash
•Eyman, discus
•Richardson, 100-meter hurdles
*Vandalia placed second of three teams
Eighth-grade girls
First-place finishers
•Meyer, 100-meter dash
•Meyer, 200-meter dash
•Meyer, pole vault
•Hollinshead, shot put
•4X100-meter relay (Miller, Klanke, Cade and Meyer)
Second-place finishers
•Miller, 100-meter dash
•Miller, 200-meter dash
•Miller, 100-meter hurdles
•Ruot, discus
•4X200-meter relay (Hollinshead, Howard, Ruot and Wilkerson)
Third-place finishers
•Wilkerson, 100-meter hurdles
•4X400-meter relay (Howard, Hollinshead, Ruot and Cade)
Fourth-place finisher
•Howard, discus
*Vandalia placed second of three teams
Seventh-grade boys
First-place finisher
•Tedrick, high jump
Second-place finishers
•Tinker, shot put
•Wollerman, 1,600-meter run
•4X100-meter relay (Barth, Tedrick, Wollerman and Garrett)
•4X200-meter relay (Smalls, Steele, Ferguson and Tinker)
•4X400-meter relay (Ferguson, Barth, Smalls and Tinker)
Third-place finishers
•Smalls, 400-meter dash
•Smalls, long jump
•Tedrick, 200-meter dash
•Truitt, shot put
•Wollerman, 800-meter run
Fourth-place finishers
•Barth, pole vault
•Ferguson, 400-meter dash
•Garrett, 200-meter dash
•Shulman, discus
•Wollerman, 110-meter hurdles
Team scores
•Carlinville, 78
•Vandalia, 35
•Litchfield, 32
Eighth-grade boys
First-place finisher
•Gordon, pole vault
•Gordon, 110-meter hurdles
Second-place finishers
•Cox, 800-meter run
•Jones, long jump
•Schroder, discus
•Sullens, 100-meter dash
•Sullens, 200-meter dash
•4X100-meter relay (Jones, Schroeder, Well and Kaiser)
•4X200-meter relay (Gordon, Towler, Ruckman and Sullens)
Third-place finishers
•Ruckman, 200-meter dash
•Schroeder, high jump
•Well, 110-meter hurdles
Fourth-place finishers
•Ruckman, 110-meter hurdles
•Sullens, shot put
•Towler, 400-meter dash
•Well, 800-meter run
Team scores
•Carlinville, 55
•Vandalia, 42
•Litchfield, 40
Thursday, April 25
at Cowden-Herrick
Seventh-grade girls
First-place finishers
•Garrison, high jump
•Marquardt, 1,600-meter run
•Tarkington, 100-meter dash
•Tarkington, 200-meter dash
•4X200-meter relay (Richardson, Garrison, Elam and Tarkington)
Second-place finishers
•Elam, 800-meter run
•4X400-meter relay (Johnson, Garrison, Warner and Marquardt)
Third-place finishers
•Mills, 100-meter dash
•Richardson, high jump
•Warner, 100-meter hurdles
•Warner, long jump
•4X100-meter relay (Johnson, Warner, Fiscus and Mills)
Fourth-place finishers
•Bowen, 400-meter dash
•Jackson, 100-meter hurdles
•Mills, 200-meter dash
Fifth-place finishers
•Jackson, 400-meter dash
•Richardson, 100-meter hurdles
•Richardson, 800-meter run
Team scores
•Vandalia, 62
•Stew-Stras, 44
•Sigel, 38
•CHBC, 22
Eighth-grade girls
First-place finishers
•Hollinshead, 400-meter dash
•Meyer, pole vault
•Meyer, 100-meter dash
•Miller, 100-meter hurdles
•Miller, 200-meter dash
•Wilkerson, 1,600-meter run
•4X100-meter relay (Miller, Klanke, Cade and Meyer)
•4X400-meter relay (Hollinshead, Howard, Cade and Klanke)
Second-place finishers
•Howard, 400-meter dash
•Meyer, 200-meter dash
•Miller, 100-meter dash
•Ruot, 800-meter run
•4X200-meter relay (Howard, Hollinshead, Cade and Klanke)
Third-place finishers
•Klanke, 100-meter dash
•Willkerson, 100-meter hurdles
Fourth-place finisher
•Wilkerson, long jump
Team scores
•Vandalia, 76
•CHBC, 27
•Stew-Stras, 19
•Sigel, 17
Seventh-grade boys
First-place finishers
•Smalls, 400-meter dash
•Tedrick, 100-meter dash
•Tedrick, 200-meter dash
•Wollerman, 110-meter hurdles
•Wollerman, 800-meter run
•Wollerman, 1,600-meter run
•4X100-meter relay (Barth, Tedrick, Wollerman and Garrett)
•4X200-meter relay (Smalls, Steele, Ferguson and Tinker)
•4X400-meter relay (Ferguson, Barth, Smalls and Tinker)
Second-place finishers
•Ferguson, 400-meter run
•Garrett, 100-meter dash
•Garrett, 200-meter dash
•Smalls, long jump
•Tedrick, high jump
Third-place finishers
•Barth, 110-meter hurdles
•Garrett, long jump
Fourth-place finishers
•Ferguson, high jump
•Steele, long jump
Fifth-place finishers
•Phillips, 400-meter dash
•Truitt, 110-meter hurdles
•Worker, 1,600-meter run
Team scores
•Vandalia, 87
•Cowden-Herrick, 37
•Stew-Stras, 32
•Sigel, 23
Eighth-grade boys
First-place finishers
•Gordon, pole vault
•Gordon, 110-meter hurdles
•4X100-meter relay (Jones, Schroedr, Well and Kasier)
Second-place finishers
•Sullens, 100-meter dash
•Sullens, 200-meter dash
•4X200-meter relay (Gordon, Towler, Ruckman and Sullens)
•4X400-meter relay (Jones, Ruckman, Schroeder and Towler)
Third-place finishers
•Towler, 400-meter dash
•Well, 110-meter hurdles
Fourth-place finishers
•Cox, 800-meter run
•Jones, long jump
•Ruckman, 200-meter dash
•Schroeder, high jump
Fifth-place finishers
•Kaiser, high jump
•Ruckman, 110-meter hurdles
•Well, 800-meter run
Team scores
•Vandalia, 51
•Stew-Stras, 50
•Sigel, 49
•Cowden-Herrick, 18
