Harmon, Hursey win at Last Chance indoor meet
By Weekly Post Staff Reports
MONMOUTH – Senior Thomas Harmon won the 800-meter race Saturday for Elmwood-Brimfield at the 14th Silver Streaks Last Chance indoor meet held at Monmouth College. He was one of two local winners on the day, as Miranda Hursey of Farmington won the pole vault with a vault of 8 feet, 11 inches.
Harmon finished the 800 in 2:02.79 to beat runnerup Logan Veloz of East Moline (2:03.37) and a field of 45 other runners. Harmon was also second in the 1,600 in 4:46.03, placing behind Limestone’s Wilson Georges (4:18.7).
Hursey was also 8th in the 60 meters in 8.34.
Other top-10 finishers included Johnny York of Elmwood, who was fourth with a long jump of 19 feet, 8.25 inches and Chandler Whisenand of Farmington, who was fifth in the high jump after clearing 5-10.
Brayden Morse was seventh in pole vault, clearing 9-5.75.
Dane Hitchcock of Farmington was 8th in the 60 hurdles in 9.91 and Farmington’s 4×400 relay of Hunter Darsham, Hitchcock, Jake Martin and Logan Morse placed sixth in a time of 3:51.83.
In girls action, Mariah Hayden of Farmington was 8th in pole vault after clearing 6-11.5 and Anna Webel of Farmington was 9th in shot put with a throw of 31-9
• All-star game – Local players had a strong showing Saturday at the 15th Canton Kiwanis Senior All-Star basketball game played at Spoon River College.
Competing one last time for Coach Maribeth Dura, who headed up the North team, Ella Lune of Brimfield scored 18 points to lead the North to a 76-36 win over the South, Lune was MVP of the girls game.
Also on the team were Elynn Peterson (7 points) and Sophie Bedell (2) of Brimfield, Reece Putrich (8), Emma Evans (2) and Delaney Foster (5) of Farmington and Caitlyn Thole (6) of Princeville.
In the boys game, Marty Lozier of Farmington coached the North team, to a 90-71 victory. The team included Farmers players Riley Embry (11 points) and Ethan Evans (9), Victor Lenzi (6) and Andrew Marincic (17) of Elmwood, Levi Moon (2) of Brimfield and Carson Malek (2) and Dylan Tucker (14) of ROWVA-Williamsfield.
R-W Coach Bob Anderson received a special basketball from event founder Kevin Stephenson to honor Anderson’s 700th career victory and his 43 years as a head coach.
And Peterson and Bryce Rose of Illini Central won a game of 2-ball hot shot over Thole and Marincic, 73-66.
• All State – Marincic was named to the Class 1A All-State third team as selected by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.
Farmington senior Corbin Rutledge was a Class 2A special mention selection by the IBCA.
• All-Prairieland Girls – Local girls dominated the all-conference picks for the Prairieland North Division.
Unanimous picks were Lune and Peterson of Brimfield and Mae Herman of Elmwood. Also named to the first-team was Liv Meyers of Elmwood.
Second-team picks included Bedell of Brimfield, Melody Glenn of Elmwood and Farmington players Putrich and Foster.
Named honorable mention were Jaclyn Fabry and Elly Doe of Brimfield and Riley Jansen and Emma Evans of Farmington.
