Junior High Track Results From May 6

Four school records fell for Effingham Junior High School at the Jasper County Seventh-Grade Boys Track Meet Monday.

Alec Morrissey set a new pole vault record of 9 feet, 6 inches. The old record was set by Bill Denton in 1988 of 9-4.

The 1600 relay team of Brett Koester, Terrence Hill, Marcus Pocrnich and Kody Line set a new record of 4:12. The old record was 4:18.04 set in 2009 by Leevi Baker, Kolton Woods, Tyler Myers and Austin Angel.

The sixth-grade boys 800 relay set a record of 1:58.9 minutes. Members of the team were Lucas Hegler, Layn Reynolds, Kendall Ballman and Zach Lee. The old record was 2:10.64 by  Dylan Wolf, Kolton Woods, Trent Barnhart and Gary Damron in 2008.

The sixth-grade 1600 relay team of Hegler, Reynolds, Ballman and Lee set a new record time of 4:57 minutes. The old record was set in 1974 of 5:01 by Brad Neet, Chuck Arnnold, Mitch Arnold and Kevin Gouchenouer.

At Newton

Team Scores -- Effingham (E) 78, Jasper County (JC) 35

110 Hurdles -- 1. Hill (E), 16.31 sec.; 2. Hammack (JC), 18.72; 3. Sloan (JC), 18.97

100 -- 1. Hill (E), 12.46 sec.; 2. McCabe (E), 13.37; 3. Zumbahlen (JC), 13.52

1600 -- 1. Koester (E), 5:36 min.; 2. Marchewski (E), 6:03; 3. Chesnut (JC), 6:32

400 -- 1. Hammack (JC), 1:06.6 min.; 2. Cohorst (JC), 1:06.7; 3. Mulherron (E), 1:11.8

200 -- 1. Schuette (E), 29.2 sec.; 2. R. Kocher (JC), 29.3; 3. Vasquez (E), 30.5

800 -- 1. Herns (JC), 2:33 min.; 2. Marchewski (E), 2:48; 3. Hortenstein (E), 2:56

Pole Vault -- 1. Morrissey (E), 9 ft.; 6 in.; 2. Vasquez (E), 9-0

Shot -- 1. Schneiderjan (E), 31 ft. 5 1/2 in.; 2. Smith (E), 26-8 1/2; 3. Meinhart (JC), 24-8

Discus -- 1. Schuette (E), 93 ft. 5 in.; 2. Schneiderjan (E), 83-7; 3. Meinhart (JC), 68-5

Long Jump -- 1. Ballman (E), 15 ft.; 2. R. Kocher (JC), 14-7 1/2; 3. Pocrnich (E), 14-1

High Jump -- 1. Hill (E), 5 ft. 1 in.; 2. Cohorst (JC), 4-8; 3. Line (E), 4-6

400 Relay -- 1. Jasper County, 55.2 sec.; 2. Effingham (Morrissey, Vasquez, Devore, Hasty), 57.8

800 Relay -- 1. Effingham (McCabe, Pocrnich, Line, Schuette), 1:54.3 min.; Jasper County, 1:58.7; 3. Effingham sixth-grade (Reynolds, Lee, Hegler, Ballman), 1:58.9

1600 Relay -- 1. Effingham (Koester, Pocrnich, Line, Hill), 4:12; 2. Jasper County, 4:34; 3. Effingham sixth-grade (Lee, Reynolds, Hegler, Ballman), 4:57