Jersey Shore track and field sees success at Molly Dry Invite
Jersey Shore’s track and field team had a standout performance at the Molly Dry Invitational in both girls and boys competition.
Liz Hollick placed third overall in the 100 hurdles.
In the 400, Jersey Shore’s Aaralynn Kimble finished first while teammate Kathleen Loomis came in fifth as she recorded a PR.
In the 300 hurdles, Chloe Corson finished in third place with a PR while Carson Watkins finished fifth for the boys. Kimble came back from a tough 400/300 hurdles combination in back-to-back events to take fourth in the 200.
On the boys side, Connor Winters and Kash Herritt both made it to the finals in the 100. The boys 400 relay team took second and the girls placed third.
Kale Klinger took second in the 400, just edging out Dekin McDermott who took third with a PR.
In the 3,200, Sam Davis had his best time of the year to take home a third-place finish.
Jersey Shore saw success in the field events as well.
Jake Machmer finished third in the discus with a PR of 123 feet, 3 inches. Gannon Willoughby took fifth in the pole vault with a height of 11-6, matching his PR that he got at last year’s Molly Dry Invitational. Kale Klinger took sixth.
Other top-6 finishes went to Carson Watkins and Wyatt Stroup in the high jump.
Two girls matched their MRs in the high jump with Hollick taking first (4-10) and Loomis finishing in fifth (4-6).
Elliana Herr took second in the long jump with a distance of 14-6 3/4. Azelyn Dincher matched her pole vault PR of 7-6 to finish in third place. Alison BIlbay took first in the discus with her longest throw of the year at 104-10 and placed second in the girls shot put with a throw of 29-0 1/4. Bela Hensler and Sienna Bowlan also placed in the top-6 in the shot put.
In the javelin, Bella Hensler finished in first place and Mackendra Stoetzel took fifth with a PR by more than 4 1/2 feet.
To finish off the meet, Jersey Shore had two outstanding performances from both its boys and girls 1,600 relay teams. The boys dropped more than five seconds off their fastest time of the year to take second.
The girls team dropped nearly eight seconds to run a time fo 4:13.71, the fastest in the district so far, to finish in first place.


