Track season begins with West Region Indoor Invitational at MSU

Marshall County's Bailey Sandlin running in the 800 meters in the West Region Indoor Invitational at Murray State.
Marshall County’s Bailey Sandlin running in the 800 meters in the West Region Indoor Invitational at Murray State.

MURRAY – Marshall County’s track season officially began last Saturday at the West Region Indoor Invitational at Murray State’s CFSB Center. This is the first of two indoor meets the team will compete in, the second one is March 3-4 at SIU in Carbondale. They will open the outdoor season on March 14th with the Marshall County All-Comers Meet.

The boy’s team is the defending Region 1 Class 3A Champions with seven placing in the top 15 at the 2016 KHSAA State Track and Field Championships while the girl’s team placed three in the top 15 at state.

Top results from the boys Saturday came from Jackson Brown who took 1st in the 55 meter hurdles, Tanner Clough 4th and Will McGee 7th in the 55 meter dash, Joseph Reed placed 4th in the 400 meters, Garrett Fulgham 4th in the 800 meters and Austin Clark 4th in shot put.

Top girls results came from Jordyn Ray who placed 5th in the 1600 meters and 6th in the 800 meters and in the shot put, Kirsten Walker placed 3rd and Emily Colley 6th.

Marshall County results below from the West Region Indoor Invitational

Event Place Athlete Result
Girls Results
55 meters (prelim) 16th Abby Hurst 8.36
  22nd Cali Thompson 8.99
400 meters 9th Emma Smith 1:13.92
800 meters 6th Jordyn Ray 2:50.28
  10th Bailey Sandlin 2:58.23
  12th Bre McPherson 3:02.72
1600 meters 5th Jordyn Ray 6:17.80
13th Spring Dolbee 7:16.10
3000 meters 3rd Alexia Minter 13:22.60
55 meter hurdles 10th Ashley Lindsey 11:48
4 x 200 relay 4th Marshall County 2:11.21
High jump 7th Kaylie Riley 3-10
Shot put 3rd Kirsten Walker 29-05.50
6th Emily Colley 26-06.50
7th Abigail Oakley 24-08.00
12th Chandler Fulton 22-06.50
13th Rachel Rushing 21-01.50
Boys Results
55 meters (prelim) 2nd Tanner Clough 6.61
  5th Will McGee 6.90
  10th Caleb Ferguson 7:02
  20th Wade Derington 7.33
55 meters (final) 4th Tanner Clough 6.72
  7th Will McGee 7.05
400 meters 4th Joseph Reed 57.39
9th Jackson Reed 58.53
24th Daniel Lepore 1:06.22
800 meters 4th Garrett Fulgham 2:15.33
  7th Ethan Dowell 2:24.74
1600 meters 11th Josh Morria 5:48.50
  17th Max Chambers 6:33.10
3000 meters 6th Mason Cosner 10:33.50
  7th Christian Cosner 10:48.20
  10th Cole Wyatt 11:18.10
55 meter hurdles 1st Jackson Brown 7.88
4 x 400 relay 3rd Marshall County 4:00.27
Shot put 4th Austin Clark 37-07.00
10th Zach Fiser 34-01.00
17th Aaron Sutter 26-09.50