Greene County won the boys’ division of the Tiger-Knight Coed Relays at Carroll Athletic Field on April 18. The victory was the second in as many meets for coach Chad Morton’s Rams, who took the title at the Ram Relays in Jefferson on Monday. Greene County scored 95.5 points with 77 for Denison-Schleswig, 74 for both Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln and Atlantic, and 71.5 points for Carroll.
A day earlier, the Rams won their home meet, racking up 122 points to down second place Boone with 107.
Registering first place for the Rams in Carroll were Carter Morton in the high jump (6’ 3”), Colby Kafer in the long jump (21’ 1”), Tyler Miller in the shot put (47’5-3/4”), Kafer in the 100 meter dash (11.44), 4 x 200 meter relay in 1:35.56 with Tyler Teeples, Jaxon Warnke, Brent Riley, Kafer, Morton in the 110 meter high hurdles (:15.54), and 4 x 100 meter relay in :45.32 with Teeples, Morton, Riley, and Kafer.
Coach Morton said he was happy with the effort of the athletes. “Winning a second meet in a row is good for our confidence and unity of our kids,” praised Morton. “We had more PR’s (personal records) and season bests (SB). This is a fun group to coach!”
Results from Greene County:
• Shot put – Tyler Miller 47’ 5-3/4”, first
• Discus – Tyler Miller 133’ 2”, second; Bryce Hoyle 116’, fift
• Long jump – Colby Kafer 21’ 1”, first; Bryce Stalder 18’ 5.25”, fourth
• High jump – Carter Morton 6’ 3”, first; Nathan Black 5’ 8”, fourth
• Sprint medley relay – Tyler Teeples, Brent Riley, Jaxon Warnke, Hansen 1:45.74, third
• 4×800 – Luis Carlos Valazco, Brophy, Nathan Wailes, Colton Aubrey 9:28.28, third
• Shuttle hurdle relay – Jackson Morton, Hansen, Jaxon Warnke, Carter Morton, 1:08.20, third
• 100 meter – Colby Kafer 11.44, first; Tyler Teeples 11:63, second
• Distance medley – John Rosado, Bryce Stalder, Brophy, Nathan Wailes 4:19.02, fourth
• 400 meters – Nathan Black 59.02, fifth
• 4 x 200 relay – Tyler Teeples, Jaxon Warnke, Brent Riley, Colby Kafer 1:35.56, first
• 100 meter high hurdles – Carter Morton 15:54, first
• 400 hurdles – Jackson Morton 1:04.59, fourth
• 1600 meters – Luis Carlos Valazco 6:17.04, third
• 4×100 meter relay – Tyler Teeples, Carter Morton, Brent Riley, Colby Kafer 45.32, first
• 4×400 relay – Brent Riley, Hansen, Brophy, Jaxon Warnke 3:47.24, third
Ballard on April 16 – The Rams took a small group of athletes to Ballard on Tuesday and did very well. Although they didn’t run many events, every event brought home the first place medal.
Here are some standouts for the night:
Colby Kafer won the 100 meters in a time of 11.28. All times were hand timed so we have to add .24 seconds to them to make the FAT time… so his time is 11.52. It was his first time running the open 100 meters this year.
Tyler Miller threw the shot put 52’ 3”. This is also a personal record as well as a school record. The old GC shot put record was held by Alex Rasmussen 48’ 113/4”. That puts him tied for 18th in the state in open class.
Carter Morton ran the 110 meter high hurdles for the first time this year and got a personal and season record with a time of 15.28. With the .24 sec added on to it for FAT time, it is 15.52 which puts him in fourth place in 2A.
Kafer won the long jump with a leap of 20’ 6”. Morton topped the field in the high jump with a leap of 6’ 4” which was a new meet record.
Greene County also won the 4 x 100 meter relay in 44.94 seconds. ~courtesy of The Scranton Journal
