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TRACK ROUNDUP Bears win gold medals at OKCPS meet

Keyed by six athletes winning individual gold medals, along with a pair of relay titles, both John Marshall track teams showed well that the OKC Public Schools Invitational last week at Douglass.

Eric Threatt led the way with three gold medals at the meet.

Threatt swept the hurdles, claiming the 110-meter hurdles in 15.31 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 43.08 seconds, and jumped 19 feet, 9 inches to win the long jump title.

Chloe Threatt and Jaime Richardson earned two event titles each. Threatt won the 100 meters in 12.34 seconds and followed it up with the 200-meter crown in 27.17 seconds.

Richardson captured the 100 hurdles in 15.8 seconds and outdueled teammate Amaurey Clark for the high jump title with a winning leap of 5 feet, compared to 4-2 for Clark.

James Allen broke the tape just over a tenth-second ahead of teammate Elijah Goldsmith to win the 100 meters in 10.95 seconds and Goldsmith took second in 11.06 seconds. Julis Bell finished just behind in third place.

Dorien Middleton claimed the 200 meters just over a quarter-second ahead of the field in 22.69 seconds with Allen finishing third.

Rounding out the group was Charles Carter who earned gold in the shot put with a winning throw of 39 feet, 4 inches.

Derek Shaw also collected a silver medal in the 400 meters, while teammate Elijah Fields took third place. Jameira Washington finished third in the shot put for the Lady Bears.

In addition, the John Marshall girls won the 4by-400 relay and placed second in both the 4-by100 and 4-by-200 relays. Meanwhile, the boys won the 4-by-100 relay, finished second in the 4by-200 and third in the 4-by-400 relay.

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IRISH RUN TO 2ND AT TULSA KELLEY

Both McGuinness squads boasted multiple gold medalists to claim second place at the Running for Christ Classic last week. The Casady girls also had trio of event champions to finish third at the meet hosted by TulsaBishop Kelley.

Five Irish athletes earned gold medals in the hurdles and field events. Abigail Kelly posted winning throws of 100 feet, 9 inches in the discus and 33-11 in the shot put.

Taby Roy claimed the 100-meter hurdles by a fraction of a second in 16.75 seconds. Isabella Scherm outjumped teammate Alyssa Schmit by just two inches for the long jump crown with a leap of 4-10.

Reid Henderson continued his dominance in the pole vault with a gold-medal winning jump of 11 feet and Brandt Haag took the shot put title with a throw of 46-4.

Five Casady athletes also claimed event titles, led by Shanta Ramdas who won twice.

Ramdas secured gold in the 800 meters by just under two seconds in 2:21.04 and cruised to a 6-second victory in the 1600 meters in 5:25.48.

Riley Dumigan won the 100 meters in 12.11 seconds, while Helen Olszewski outpaced the field by just over a second in 59.27 seconds to win the 400 meters.

Kyler Scoville rounded out the group with a winning run of 15.65 seconds over McGuinness’ Tyrell Bruner in the 110 hurdles and was third in the 300 hurdles.

ANTLER GIRLS 3RD AT NORMAN

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John Marshall’s Chloe Threatt won both the 100 and 200 meters at the Oklahoma City Public Schools Invitational last week.

A two-event gold medalist and three others in the top 5 helped the Deer Creek girls to third place and the boys were fourth at the Greg Byram Classic last week in Norman.

Rachel Neaves racked up two more gold medals in her signature events to lead the Antler girls. Neaves won the discus with a throw of 140 feet, 7.5 inches and the shot put with a toss of 39-11½.

Tyson Ritz was the only other Deer Creek athlete to win a gold medal, leaping 6-8 to claim the high jump title.

Tabitha Fox finished just under three seconds behind the pace to claim second in the 800 meters and took fourth in the 1600 meters.

Sadie Wedge collected a third-place finish in the 3200 meters and Madison Manning placed fourth in the 800 meters, while Nya Davis was fifth in both the 100 and 200 meters.

The Antlers’ Gilbert Velez and Jevion Jones claimed silver medals in the 1600 meters and long jump, respectively, and Jones also placed fourth in the 100 meters.

Jacob Sexton came just short of his bid for a gold medal to settle for second in the shot put and fourth in the discus.

Tristan Smith also placed in two different events, including third in the 300 hurdles and fourth in the 110 hurdles.

The Antlers finished 1-2 in the 4-by-800 relay, with the girls winning in 10:07.36 and boys finishing second in 8:24.45.

KNIGHT GIRLS 4TH AT CHISHOLM

Buoyed by two athletes winning multiple medals, the Crossings Christian girls placed fourth and the boys were fifth at the Chisholm Invitational.

Bronwyn Link was one of three Knights to claim gold medals, winning the 800 meters in 2:31.08 and placing second in the 1600 meters.

Luke McGarraugh secured a gold medal in the 1600 meters with 4-second win in 4:44.85. Hayden Wolfe rounded out the trio with winning throw of 45 feet, 6 inches in the shot put.

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