Putnam County R-I FFA Chapter in Action Adopt A Star Project PC Track Competes at Truman State Bulldog Classic

In December, Putnam County R-I FFA Officers and Assistant Officers purchased and presented four Putnam County Care Center residents with Christmas presents. Photo credit: Cassie Cowles, FFA Advisor

Going with this year’s festive feelings, the Putnam County FFA decided to do something a little new to the chapter. At Christmas time this year, the officer team decided that the chapter would adopt four senior stars from our local care center (two men and two women) and help make sure they feel all the joy and festiveness of this season. On December 15, the officers and their assistant officers all took a trip to Centerville to go and pick out presents for each of their amazing stars. After shopping they came back to the school to wrap each gift and bond as a team. Once they finished wrapping, they took a quick trip up the street so they could present the care center

2023 CDE’s

Career Development Events are a staple part of FFA as it allows members to join teams and participate in contests that could help lead them to their future career. This year, we had six CDE teams; Horses, Livestock, Dairy Cattle, Agronomy, Entomology, Dairy Foods.

On March 29th, the Livestock, Dairy Cattle, and Horse Teams all competed at the District level in hopes of advancing to State. Livestock was ranked 21st, Dairy

Cattle 13th, and Horses were 11th and Alternates to State.

On April 3, Dairy Foods, Entomology, and Agronomy also competed at Districts. Entomology was 23rd, Agronomy 21st, and Dairy Foods was 15th

A couple of special congratulations are needed: Bailey Foster was 10th overall individual of out 73 in Dairy Cows, Emma Whitlock was 15th overall individual out of 92 in Horses, and Hoyt Halley was 3rd with their stars’ Christmas Gifts. Doing the little things like this means a lot to the chapter. For the Putnam County FFA Chapter, giving truly is the reason for the season.

Respectfully submitted, Emma Whitlock Putnam Co. FFA Reporter

On Tuesday, April 18, the Midget track squads were in Kirksville to compete in the Truman State Bulldog HS Classic. Schools represented were Schuyler County, Kirksville, Macon, Putnam County, Atlanta, La Plata, Knox County, Novinger, Scotland County, Bevier, Brashear and Green City. Putnam County placed fourth in the Women’s Division (84 pts.) and second in the Men’s Division (117 pts). Schuyler County took first in the Women’s Division (138 pts.) and Kirksville topped the Men’s Division (199 pts.)

Putnam County athletes finishing in the top eight and/or scoring team points are as follows:

Women’s Division

100M Dash

Adeline Dickerson, first, 13.51; Traylen Brundage, fourth, 13.99

200M Dash

Adeline Dickerson, first, 27.61; Traylen Brundage, seventh, 29.30

400M Dash

Allise Perkins, fifth, 1:09.18

1600M Run

Bailey Diveley, third, 6:24.02

3200M Run

Diveley, Regann Calley, Elisabeth Chamorro Rubio, Jimena Arbelo), third, 12:44.52

High Jump

Allise Perkins, fourth, 4-07.75

Pole Vault

Jenna Knowles, fifth, 6-10.75

Triple Jump

Traylen Brundage, fifth, 30-10.25

Discus Caley Williams, eighth, 77-10

Javelin

Madison McMillen, fourth, 90-08

Men’s Division

100M Dash

Blaine Perkins, first, 11.55; Chase Tomlin, second, 11.69

200M Dash

Blaine Perkins, first, 23.43; Chase Tomlin, second, 23.53

800M Run

Jude Watt, fourth, 2:16.01

3200M Run

Favian Jones, fourth, 13:25.09

110M Hurdles

Lucas Hendee, fourth, 19.96

300M Hurdles

Lucas Hendee, fourth, 48.52

4x100M Relay

Avery Campbell-Johnson, Jude Watt), third, 1:42.53

4x800M Relay

Putnam County (Nick Roberts, Christopher Hayden, Favian Jones, Ethan Kaster), fourth, 10:34.01

Triple Jump

Diego Lopez, second, 33-08.50

Discus

Mason Robinson, eighth, 96-03

Javelin

Joshua Myers, third, 121-03; Jude Watt, seventh, 108-08; Kollin Huse, eighth, 106-05

With 19 events scored, the final results were as follows:

Womens’ Division – first, Schuyler Co. (138); second Kirksville (126); third, Macon (114); fourth, Putnam (84); fifth, Atlanta (51); sixth, La Plata (47); seventh, Knox County and Novinger (41); ninth, Scotland Co. (26); tenth, Bevier (11) and eleventh, Brashear and Green City (10) overall In Dairy Foods out of 192! Great job to all the kids who worked hard on their contest teams this year! Your work ethic is definitely seen through your achievements. We can’t wait to see who all goes out for the contest next year!

Respectfully submitted, Emma Whitlock Putnam Co. FFA Reporter

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Bailey Diveley, second, 14:17.94

4x100M Relay

Putnam County (Karley Seaton, Traylen Brundage, Jesslyn Knowles, Adeline Dickerson), second, 52.91

4x200M Relay

Putnam County (Karley Seaton, Jenna Knowles, Loralei Fisher, Adeline Dickerson), third, 1:54.47

4x800M Relay

Putnam County (Bailey

Putnam County (Nico Lopez, Chase Tomlin, Diego Lopez, Blaine Perkins), first, 45.10

4x200M Relay

Putnam County (Diego Lopez, Lucas Hendee,

Men’s Division – first, Kirksville (199); second, Putnam Co. (117); third, Green City (101); fourth, Macon (91); fifth (Bevier); sixth, Schuyler Co. (47); seventh, Brashear (40); eighth, Knox Co. (24); ninth, Scotland Co. (16); tenth, Novinger (7) and eleventh, La Plata (4).

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