Republic piled up several strong performances at the Jason Pyrah Invitational in Willard Wednesday, including one new school record. The girls 4x200m relay team of Gracie Woods, Jenna Belcher, Reese Finley, and Brooklyn Douglas finished in 1:45.74. That broke the previous school record of 1:46.64, set in 2016 by Autumn Garner, Haven Lander, Lauren O’Hara, and Avylina Powell-Qualo.
The Lady Tigers won the team championship with 163 points, far out-distancing Marshfield, with 123. The Tigers finished third, with 116 points, behind Willard (145 points) and Carthage (121 points).
Gracie Troester contributed to four event wins, joining her teammates on the 4x800m relay in addition to winning the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m runs. Jenna Belcher won the long jump and the triple jump. Zion Allen won the long jump and the high jump.
Alaina Norman (shot put) and Daniel Fair (pole vault) were also winners of individual events.
A full list of top-four finishes for Republic is below.
Republic Top-4 Finishes
Jenna Belcher – Girls Long Jump – 1st – 5.34m
Gracie Woods – Girls Long Jump – 4th – 4.98m
Jenna Belcher – Girls Triple Jump – 1st – 11.17m
Zion Allen – Boys Long Jump – 1st – 6.59m
Alaina Norman – Girls Shot Put – 1st – 11.83m
Zion Allen – Boys High Jump – 1st – 1.95m
Nevaeh Ghan – Girls High Jump – 4th – 1.45m
Alaina Norman – Girls Javelin – 3rd – 35.62m
Kaleb Norman – Boys Javelin – 2nd – 43.22m
Republic High School – Girls 4x800m Relay – 1st – 10:23.88
Republic High School – Boys 4x800m Relay – 2nd – 8:32.25
Rilynn Finley – Girls 100m Hurdles – 4th – 17.35
Sienna Blankenship – Girls Pole Vault – 2nd – 2.75m
Daniel Fair – Boys Pole Vault – 1st – 3.80m
Peyton Ash – Boys 100m Dash – 3rd – 11.56
Daniel Phillips – Boys 100m Dash – 4th – 11.69
Republic High School – Girls 4x200m Relay – 1st – 1:45.74 (New school record)
Republic High School – Boys 4x200m Relay – 2nd – 1:32.99
Gracie Troester – Girls 1600m Run – 1st – 5:08.18
Kristin Probst – Girls 1600m Run – 2nd – 5:31.19
Republic High School – Boys 4x100m Relay – 2nd – 44.09
Issac Pearce – Boys 400m Dash – 4th – 54.34
Rilynn Finley – Girls 300m Hurdles – 2nd – 49.25
Chloe McCann – Girls 300m Hurdles – 4th – 50.25
William Payne – Boys 300m Hurdles – 3rd – 42.37
Gracie Troester – Girls 800m Run – 1st – 2:21.83
Kristin Probst – Girls 800m Run – 2nd – 2:23.44
Jenna Belcher – Girls 200m Dash – 2nd – 26.23
Peyton Ash – Boys 200m Dash – 3rd – 23.31
Gracie Troester – Girls 3200m Run – 1st – 11:15.99
Brady Purcell – Boys 3200m Run – 2nd – 10:12.30
Republic High School – Girls 4x400m Relay – 1st – 4:14.36
Republic High School – Boys 4x400m Relay – 3rd – 3:34.84
