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Panther boys blow competition away

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Written by Andy Brown

Friday, 03 April 2009 08:00

WELLSVILLE — The cold, windy weather didn’t seem to bother the Paola boys’ track team too much during Tuesday’s Snowball Relays in Wellsville.

Brendan Soucie of Osawatomie keeps an eye on the bar during an attempt in the high jump at the Snowball Relays in Wellsville. Soucie placed third in the high jump and won the 800-meter run. (Photo by Andy Brown)

Brendan Soucie of Osawatomie keeps an eye on the bar during an attempt in the high jump at the Snowball Relays in Wellsville. Soucie placed third in the high jump and won the 800-meter run. (Photo by Andy Brown)

The Panthers blew away the competition.

Paola ran away with the team title with a whopping 138.5 pounds, which was 48 points ahead of second place Louisburg. Osawatomie finished third overall with 85 points.

“I thought it was a typical start to a season, weather and performance wise,” Paola coach Mike Smith said. “I saw lots of things to improve upon and also a lot of things we can build upon. Upperclassmen really led both teams with nice efforts. Overall, it was a solid team performance.”

Although the team fared well, it was Luke Wilson and Joe Stephens who struck gold for Paola. Wilson finished first in the discus with a throw of 148 feet, 8 inches and took home the top spot in the shot put by more than seven feet with a toss of 51-10.5.

Stephens did his damage on both the track and the field. Stephens won the triple jump with a leap of 42-1 and later took care of business in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time 15.5 seconds to grab his second gold of the day.

Paola senior Antonio Smith also helped the Panthers as he nipped Wellsville’s Austin Moore at the finish line in the 100-meter dash in 10.9 seconds.

Despite Wilson’s and Stephens’ efforts, Osawatomie’s Brendan Soucie might have stolen the show. Soucie took gold in the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 10.3 seconds and helped two relay teams to first place finishes.

Soucie, along with Derrick Kueser, Dustin Kueser and Trevor Cooley, won both the 4x400 and 4x800-meter relays. The 4x400 team won in 3:39.70 and the 4x800 squad breezed to another gold in 8:39.20.

Louisburg senior Michael Kircher brought home the lone gold medal for the Wildcats with a first-place finish in the pole vault. Kircher cleared 11 feet in the event to earn the top spot.

Central Heights’ Austin Davis also was among area athletes to take first. Davis recorded a throw of 159-9 to win the javelin.

Other area results are:
   Long jump: Vernon Sublett, Louisburg, second; Stephens, Paola, fourth; Skylar Hawkins, Paola, fifth; Wil Cunningham, Paola, sixth.
   Triple jump: Sublett, Louisburg, second; Alex Rogers, Paola, sixth.
   High jump: Soucie, Osawatomie, third; T.J. Mitchell, Louisburg, fourth; Michael Powers, Louisburg, sixth; Justin Dummars, Paola, sixth.
   Pole vault: Jacob Herbert, Louisburg, third; Ryin Brandt, Paola, fourth.
   Discus: Russell Hampton, Central Heights, fourth; Nathan Phillips, Louisburg, sixth.
   Javelin: Matt Collette, Louisburg, third; Garrett Griffin, Louisburg, fourth; Vince Croci, Central Heights, sixth.
   Shot put: Terence Venniro, Central Heights, second; Scott Sandburg, Paola, fourth; Hampton, Central Heights, fifth.
   4x1600 relay: Prairie View, second; Louisburg, third; Paola, fourth.
   4x800 relay: Paola, second; Louisburg, fourth; Prairie View, fifth.
   4x100 relay: Osawatomie, second; Louisburg, third; Paola, fourth.
   4x400 relay: Paola, second.
   100 dash: Jameson Greenwood, Osawatomie, third; Brandon Oakes, Osawatomie, fourth; Jason Sattler, Louisburg, fifth; Drew Harding, Louisburg, fifth; Hayden Mersman, Paola, fifth.
   200 dash: Smith, Paola, second; Greenwood, Osawatomie, third; Zach Hill, Louisburg, fourth; Drew Harding, Louisburg, sixth; Vasil Ristov, Louisburg, sixth.
   400 dash: Alex Hermes, Paola, second; Jeremy Olson, Louisburg, third; Dustin Kueser, Osawatomie, fourth; Vincent Hermes, Paola, sixth.
   800 run: Dustin Kueser, Osawatomie, second; Stephen McTeer, Louisburg, third; Trever Cooley, Osawatomie, fourth; Nathan Goodwin, Louisburg, sixth.
   1,600 run: Thad Husted, Paola, third; Trevor Lewis, Osawatomie, fourth.
   3,200 run: Sam Rourke, Paola, second; Husted, Paola, third; Conner Hopkins, Louisburg, fourth.
   110 hurdles: Griffin, Louisburg, fourth; Greenwood, Osawatomie, sixth.
   300 hurdles: Stephens, Paola, second; Oakes, Osawatomie, fourth; Adam Henn, Paola, fifth.

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