Sports : VSMS 7th grade girls win Vikette Invitational; 8th graders take 5th place

Maddie Earhardt won in hurdles and did well in other Little Vikette events.

Olivia Coder

VSMS 8th grader Kamryn Lillie won the 100M dash.

Alissa Hendryx runs her leg of the shuttle hurdle relay for the 2nd-place 7th grade squad.

Sarah Schminke finished first in the long jump.

7th-grader Maddie Earhardt won hurdles events for the Vikettes, an was 2nd in the high jump.

Lily Horst watches as little sister Grace successfully completes a jump.

Olivia Coder

The VSMS 7th grade girls celebrate their first-place finish in the Little Vikette Invitational.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School seventh grade girls were big winners in their home Vikette Invitational Track Meet, finishing with 132 points, 26 more than second-place Center Point Urbana.

Those placing for the 7th grade Vikettes included:

Olivia Coder, second place, 100M and fifth place, long jump; Sarah Schminke, first place 200M and long jump; and third place, 400M; Libbie Timmerman, second place, 200M and sixth place, 400M; Grace Horst, first place, 800M second place, 1500M, and third place, high jump; Maddie Earhardt, first place, 100M hurdles and 200M hurdles and second place, high jump; Alissa Hendryx, third place, 100M hurdles; and Claire Smith, 6th place, discus.

The leading scorers for the 7th graders included: Maddie Earhardt, 28, Sarah Schminke, 26, Grace Horst, 24; Olivia Coder, 10; Libbie Timmerman, 9; Alissa Hendryx, 6; and Claire Smith, 1.

Girls placing for the 8th grade Vikettes, who finished fifth in team scoring, included:

Kamryn Lillie, first place, 100 yard dash, third place, 200M, fifth place, 200M hurdles and second place, long jump; Taylor Berry, first place, 200M and fifth place, longj ump; Elisabeth Davis, third place, 800M and 1500M. The 4 x 200 relay team also won first place.

Kamryn Lillie led the 8th grade Vikettes with 26 total points; Taylor Berry and Elisabeth Davis each added 12.

See complete stats by clicking HERE and choosing either 7th or 8th grade results.

See more photos of the meet on the Vinton Today Facebook page HERE.