Track teams place second and third at Area 1 Championships

Ethan McCarty hands off to Christian Cosner in the 4 x 800 meter relay. The Marshall County team placed second behind McCracken County in 8:33.03.

Marshall County’s boys placed second and the girls took third at Friday’s Area 1 Championships at McCracken County High School. Paducah Tilghman swept the meet with the Calloway County girls taking second and McCracken County rounded out the top three among the 16 boy’s teams.

The Marshall County girl’s team posted three first place finishes, coming in the 4 x 400 relay, Tori McCracken in the high jump and Sydney Temple in pole vault. Two second place finishes came from Tori Ford in the 400 meters and Presleigh Jennings in the high jump. Also among Friday’s meet highlights, Abigail Oakley set a new school record in the discus with a throw of 110-5.

The boy’s team recorded five first place finishes, two individual firsts by Cade Flatt in the 800 and 1600 meters, Ethan McCarty in the 3200 meters, Caleb Pahl in pole vault and the 4 x 400 relay team. The 4 x 800 relay team placed second and four third place finishes came from Will Davis in the 400 meters, Mason Cosner in the 800 meters, Christian Cosner in the 3200 meter race and Bryce Ladd in pole vault.

Top five Area 1 finishes for Marshall County:
GIRLS
2 – Tori Ford, 400 meters (1:01.09)
4 – Kaycee Kemp, 300 hurdles (51.93)
5 – Tori McCracken, 300 hurdles (52.93)
1 – 4 x 400 relay (4:18.40)
1 – Tori McCracken, high jump (4-10)
2 – Presleigh Jennings, high jump (4-10)
1 – Sydney Temple, pole vault (10-6)
5 – Laney Evans, pole vault (7-0)
5 – Chloe Newton, pole vault (7-0)
4 – Abigail Oakley, discus (110-5)
3 – Emily Colley, shot put (30-1)
BOYS
3 – Will Davis, 400 meters (52.67)
1 – Cade Flatt, 800 meters (2:04.28)
3 – Mason Cosner, 800 meters (2:08.39)
1 – Cade Flatt, 1600 meters (4:31.75)
1 – Ethan McCarty, 3200 meters (10:18.81)
3 – Christian Cosner, 3200 meters (10:33.50)
1 – 4 x 400 relay (3:42.34)
2 – 4 x 800 relay (8:33.03)
1 – Caleb Pahl, pole vault (13-6)
3 – Bryce Ladd, pole vault (11-6)
4 – Joey Colley, shot put (38-9.5)

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Kaycee Kemp running a leg of the 4 x 800 relay. Kemp placed fourth in the 300 meter hurdles at McCracken County Friday.
Marshall County’s Cade Flatt (left) took the win in the 1600 meters. Samuel Lanham (right) took eighth for the Marshals.
Tori Ford during her leg of the 4 x 800 relay. Ford placed second in the 400 meters in 1:01.09.
Sydney Temple equaled her personal best to take the Area 1 Championship win in the pole vault, clearing 10-6.
Caleb Pahl took first in pole vault with 13-6. Pahl recently broke his own school record of 14-3 with a vault of 14-4.
Tori McCracken took the win in the high jump, with 4-10, equaled by teammate Presleigh Jennings who also cleared 4-10 for second place.