Dora Falcons track and field team ends sectionals with 10 state qualifiers
4x400 meter boys relay team The Dora Falcons 4x400 meter relay team took second place in the boys division. Pictured, from left, are: Cade Nold, Lathan Smith, Josiah Ward and Joshua Nold.
4x800 meter boys relay team The Dora Falcons 4x800 meter relay team took fourth place in the boys division. Pictured, from left, are: Skyler Roberts, Daniel Tomlinson, Lathan Smith and Josiah Ward.
Cade Nold First place, 400 m First place, 800 m
Isabelle Martin Third place, 3200 m
Daniel Tomlinson Second place, 3200 m
4x400 meter girls relay team The Dora Lady Falcons 4x400 meter relay team took fourth place in the girls division. Pictured, from left, are: Tamera Danahy, Haley Perkins, Chloe Barton and Kinley Luna.
4x800 meter girls relay team The Dora Lady Falcons 4x800 meter relay team took first place in the girls division. Pictured, from left, are: Kinley Luna, Chloe Barton, Kayden Jones and Isabelle Martin.
Joshua Nold Third place, 1600 m
Kayden Jones Third place, 800 m
The Dora Falcons track and field team competed in the 2024 Class 1 Sectional 1 competition last Saturday in Mokane and came away with 10 state-qualifying performances. Those competitors will continue on to the Class 1 state competition May 17-18 in Jefferson City.
Dora junior Cade Nold took the top spot in two events. He ran the 400 meter dash in 50.58 seconds, more than two seconds faster than the next competitor, Namarius Warren from Scott County Central High School, who had a 52.43 second performance. Cade also ran the 800 meter race in 2:06.25, five seconds faster than second place’s Tremell Liddel of Hayti High School.
Also coming home with first-place bragging rights was the Dora Lady Falcons 4x800 meter relay team, who raced the sport in 11:06.53, nearly 9 seconds faster than New Haven High School’s second-place relay team.
Other competitors scores are listed below:
Second places
• Daniel Tomlinson, 3200 meter run boys, second place, 11:19.36;
• 4x400 meter boys relay team, second place, 3:44.78;
Third places
• Kayden Jones, 800 meter girls, third place, 2:42.71;
• Isabelle Martin, 3200 meter run girls, third place, 13:10.27;
• Joshua Nold, 1600 meter run boys, third place, 4:56.10;
Fourth places
• 4x400 meter girls relay team, fourth place, 4:34.28;
• 4x800 meter boys relay team, fourth place, 9:30.71;
Fifth places
• Isabelle Martin, 1600 meter girls, fifth place, 6:19.55;
• Haley Perkins, javelin girls, fifth place, 29.9 meters.
• Joshua Nold, 800 meter run boys, fifth place, 2:17.49;
Sixth place
• 4x200 meter girls relay team, sixth place, 2:00.41;
Seventh place
• 4x200 boys relay team, seventh place, 1:44.71.