Haley Craig of North Harrison gets some distance on the shot-put at the sectional track meet in Albany. Haley qualified for the state meet in both the shot-put and the discus.
North Harrison’s Haley Craig will be going back to the state track meet this week to defend her title in two field events.
Craig qualified for state in the discus and shot-put at the Class 1, Sectional 4 track meet Saturday at Albany High School.
Craig won the discus with a throw of 120 feet, 3 inches, which was nearly 18 feet further than the second place competitor Kristen Nelson of Jefferson. The Lady Shamrock also got first in the shot with a throw of 37 feet, 7 inches. Second place went to Kaitlyn Davidson of Worth County who had a distance of 36 feet, 4 inches.
The North Harrison girls placed 11th overall at the sectionals.
Other state qualifiers from Harrison County were:
Hailey Burrows, Gilman City, third place in the high jump (5 feet); Payton Craig of North Harrison, fourth pace in the triple jump (31-09.25); Logan Carlson of East Harrison, third in the high jump (6 feet); Caid Selby of East Harrison, fourth in the 400-meter run (54.95 seconds), and the Ridgeway 4x200m relay team of Dallas Bodrov, Carlson, Justin Roberts and Selby, fourth (1:38.77).
Mound City won the girls’ sectional, while North Andrew was first in boys’ events.
The Class 1 state track meet will be Friday and Saturday at Lincoln University in Jefferson City.