North Clarion Junior High Has A Number Of Medalists In The 8th Annual Oil City Junior High Track And Field Invitational, Grace Carroll Leads The Way With Two Golds And A Bronze

All photos courtesy of Christie Datko – Above: Grace Carroll with her winning leap in the high jump!

The North Clarion Wolves had a number of athletes earn medals in the 8th Annual Oil City Junior High Track and Field Invitational.

Beginning with the North Clarion girls:

Grace Carroll had a super day. She finished first in the Girls triple jump, with a meet record distance of 31′-11,” had another first, going 4′-10″ in the high jump and a third place in the long jump with a leap of 14′-02.5.”

Emma Fitzsimmons finished third in the 100 hurdles with a time of 18.32 and fourth in the long jump, going 13′-11.”

Also capturing a third place finish was Ashlyn Clark, who threw the javelin 68′-10.”

Vera Hefferle cleared 4′-2″ in the high jump to earn the sixth place medal.

The 4×100 relay team, consisting of Fitzsimmons, Carroll, Gabby Howarth and Adeline Best, finished in fifth place, while the 4×800, which included Abby Hastings, Maggie Snodgrass, Calli Snodgrass and Eliza Datko, finished sixth.

Two Wolves boys medaled.

Michael Swanson captured second place in the high jump, clearing 5′-2.”

Christopher Kim finished fourth in the triple jump, with a distance of 33′-0.”

Coach Dan Patton had this to say, “Finally, some nice weather! Yesterday we got to see a lot of personal bests. As a coach, that is what you want, you want to see each athlete getting better in their respective events. I have been telling them, prior to this meet, that once we got some better weather, we would see some personal bests. It was an exciting day for these athletes!

“Grace Carroll not only got a personal best in the triple jump; she set the meet record and took first place with a jump of 31’11.5”! She also won the high jump with a personal best of 4’10”. What a great afternoon she had. The sky is the limit for her!”

(Great job, Wolves!!!! Thanks to Coach Patton for his comments and to Christie Datko for her photos!!)