Lady Tigers place third overall at track meet

Linden-Kildare’s Lady Tigers’ track team traveled to Winona Feb. 25, to compete in its first track meet of the season.

Out of the seven teams competing the Lady Tigers placed third overall. In the 100m dash Ashtin Patterson ran a 13.80 and placed fourth and teammate Angelyna Meggs ran a 13.84 and placed fifth.

In the 200m dash Ashtin Patterson ran a 28.96 and placed second, Madi Bynum ran a 29.25 and placed fourth and Angelyna Meggs ran a 29.85 and placed sixth.

Madi Bynum placed fourth in the 400m dash with a time of 1:09.17 and sixth in the 800m run with a time of 3:03.50, and teammate Kendall Wells placed third in both the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles with times of 19.82 and 59.36 respectively.

In the field events Patterson placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 13 feet, 7 1/2 inches; Wells placed second in pole vault with a mark of 8 feet, 6 inches; LaSonya Nard placed first in shot put with a toss of 32 feet, 6 inches and fourth in discus with a throw of 75 feet, 9 inches and in the triple jump Bynum and Meggs finished 5-6 with marks of 28 feet, 1 1/4 inches and 27 feet, 5 inches respectively.