Walker wins
boys athlete
award

Staff Report

LOUISVILLE – The Marshals placed seventh out of 18 teams and the Lady Marshals eighth out of 17 at Male’s Bulldog Invitational held Saturday at the University of Louisville’s Cardinal Park Stadium.

The highlight of Marshall County’s day was the performance of Brandon Walker. Kentucky’s defending state high jump champion finished second in that event Saturday with a jump of 6 feet, 2 inches, six inches lower than Eric Kynard of Toledo (Ohio) Rogers. Walker then wowed the crowd by breaking the MCHS long jump record twice in a row en route to a victory in the event. Walker’s first jump of 22-10.75 set a new school record, and his second effort of 23-01 set it again and put him over a foot ahead of the nearest competition.

Walker’s performance was good enough to earn him the invitational’s Boys Outstanding Athlete award.
The Marshals came away from the event with a few more top-10 finishes, including the following:

Andrew Johnston, second in the pole vault (12-06);

Sam Devore, third in 300-meter hurdles (42.76 seconds) and 10th in 110-meter hurdles (:18.78);

Ross Lampert, fourth in the triple jump (38-07) and sixth in the high jump (5-10);

Kris Sauders, fifth in the discus (119-10).

Other Marshal results from the event include the following:

100-meter dash: Devan Holmes, 23rd (:13.88);

200-meter dash: Ryan MacGillis, 16th (:25.13);

400-meter dash: Will Kunnecke, 20th (:59.69);

800-meter run: Lampert, 11th (2:07.6); Luke Rudd, 21st (2:17.44);

1600-meter run: Greg Marriott, 23rd (5:11.76); Matt McKendree, 27th (5:18.06);

3200-meter run: Marriott, 20th (11:18.34); McKendree, 21st (11:24.15);

300-meter hurdles: Brandon Gibbs, 14th (:52.06);

4x100-meter relay: Devore, Lampert, Sauders and MacGillis, 11th (:48.24);

4x200-meter relay: Johnston, MacGillis, Lampert and Bryant Sheridan, 13th (1:43.48);

4x400-meter relay: Devore, Kunnecke, Sheridan and Lampert, 11th (3:49.55);

Long jump: MacGillis, 12th (18-11);

Shot put: Andrew Lowery, 15th (36-05); Austin Williams, 19th (35-04).

The Lady Marshals also recorded several top-10 finishes, led by Katie Darnell, who won the pole vault with an effort of 7-06). Other Lady Marshal top-10s include the following:

Tory Fehrenbacher, fourth in 400-meter dash (1:02.94);

Brittany Martin, fourth in long jump (15-01) and sixth in 100-meter hurdles (:18.03);

Lauren Miller, fourth in triple jump (30-09) and seventh in 300-meter hurdles (:52.02);

Terra Spiker, fourth in discus (95-00);

Hannah Ellis, seventh in high jump (4-06);

Lesley Hood, 10th in 100-meter hurdles (:20.87);

Martin, Miller, Ellis and Nicole Boren, fourth in 4x100-meter relay (:53.44);

Boren, Fehrenbacher, Ellis and Jenna Goins, sixth in 4x200-meter relay (1:55.45);

Ellis, Miller, Fehrenbacher and Anna Downey, sixth in 4x400-meter relay (4:26.69);

Downey, India Bryant, Melanie McKendree and Kinsey Bailey, sixth in 4x800-meter relay (10:57.91);

Michaela Hunt, 10th in triple jump (27-04).

Boren also finished 16th in the 200-meter dash (:30.82), and Downey (13th, 2:45.42) and Bailey (15th (2:49.23) each competed in the 800-meter run. McKendree was 16th in the 1600-meter run (6:05.52), and Bryant was 19th (6:16.61). In the 300-meter hurdles, Krista Spiceland finished 15th (:55.25).

The Marshals and Lady Marshals are scheduled to be off from competition until next Friday when they host the MCHS Twilight Relays at 5 p.m.