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By RICK PETERSON

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NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2026 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

GIRLS

100 METERS

Tanesia Johnson, Shawnee Heights        12.61

Jurnee Cole, Highland Park                    12.72

Keimara Marshall, Topeka High             12.85

Ciara Hartz, Topeka High                       13.06

Adriana Raub, Washburn Rural              13.13

200 METERS

Tanesia Johnson, Shawnee Heights        26.11

Jurnee Cole, Highland Park                    26.81

Sofia Harper, Hayden                             27.00

Ciara Hartz, Topeka High                        27.27

Adriana Raub, Washburn Rural              27.27

Keimara Marshall, Topeka High

400 METERS

Keimara Marshall, Topeka High             61.03

Ali Gerber, Silver Lake                            61.65

Sofia Harper, Hayden                             62.38

Clara Dillon, Washburn Rural                  63.26

Brynn Scheid, Seaman                            63.36

Ryan Miller, Seaman

800 METERS

Ryin Miller, Seaman                         2:23.65 

Alyson Hinck, Washburn Rural         2:24.26

Kinley Robinson, Seaman                 2:31.07

Clara Dillon, Washburn Rural            2:33.45

Hazel Rondash, Shawnee Heights    2:36.40

Emily Graf, Washburn Rural

1,600 METERS

Emily Graf, Washburn Rural              5:14.21

Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural      5:24.46

Brynn Spencer, Seaman                    5:26.49

Alyson Hink, Washburn Rural           5:28.35

Kinley Robinson, Seaman                  5:39.04

3,200 METERS

Emily Graf, Washburn Rural                11:25.73

Brynn Spencer, Seaman                      11:36.26

Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural        11:36.97

Reese Beardslee, Washburn Rural      12:09.09 

100-METER HURDLES

Rylee Dick, Rossville                            17.15

Marchayla White, Topeka High           17.76

Ravaya Smith, Washburn Rural           18.88

Kennedy Gatewood, Seaman              19.13

Alana Mitchell, Hayden                       19.18

300-METER HURDLES

Rylee Dick, Rossville                           50.00

Avery Villines, Seaman                       55.36

Journey Manhart, Silver Lake             55.74

Grace Funk, Hayden                           56.44

Kennedy Gatewood, Seaman             57.47

4x100-METER RELAY

Topeka High                                        50.77

Silver Lake                                           51.19

Washburn Rural                                   52.33

Seaman                                                53.07

Topeka West                                        53.39

4x400-METER RELAY

Silver Lake                                          4:11.03

Topeka High                                       4:13.96

Washburn Rural                                  4:18.21

Shawnee Heights                                4:29.41

Seaman                                               4:31.03

4x800-METER RELAY

Washburn Rural                                  10:47.80 

Topeka High                                       11:13.01

Silver Lake                                           12:15.82

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By RICK PETERSON

TopSports.news

NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2026 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

BOYS

100 METERS

Malachi Murph, Topeka High                      11.20

Josh Brown, Seaman                                   11.21

Quortay Hailey, Topeka High                      11.30

Jonel Tibbs, Topeka High                            11.31

Nas Williams-Brown, Topeka West              11.39

200 METERS

Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 22.02

Jayden Lindsey, Topeka West                    22.50

Courtney Sanders, Topeka High                22.68

JaVeon Alston, Shawnee Heights              23.13

Jonel Tibbs, Topeka High                           23.15

400 METERS

Jason Slay, Shawnee Heights                     50.71

Jayden Lindsey, Topeka West                     52.40

Thomas Fisher, Silver Lake                         53.26

Joel Miller, Silver Lake                                53.38

Tyler Jakle, Washburn Rural                       53.53

Brody Anderson, Seaman

800 METERS

Brody Anderson, Seaman                       1:55.43

Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural               2:01.36

Everett Un, Washburn Rural                    2:03.26

Mason Haas, Shawnee Heights               2:03.30

Duke Graf, Washburn Rural                     2:06.72

1,600 METERS

Brody Anderson, Seaman                          4:11.94

Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural                 4:20.32

Cohen Thiessen, Washburn Rural              4:33.32

Connor Baldwin, Hayden                           4:39.00

Nick Newkirk, Hayden                                4:39.76

3,200 METERS

Brody Anderson, Seaman                          9:27.73

Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural               9:30.10

Jaxson Adams, Washburn Rural                 9:56.70

Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural                   9:57.60

Max Esquibel, Seaman                            10:20.82

110-METER HURDLES

Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural                  14.32

Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural   15.43

Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park                   15.54

Isiah Pennington, Seaman                            16.44

Braxton Rupp, Silver Lake                             16.60

Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural

300-METER HURDLES

Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural                    37.61

Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park                     42.09

Kellan Parcaro, Seaman                                  42.36

Michael Ruelas, Seaman                                 43.46

Isiah Pennington, Seaman                              43.79

4x100-METER RELAY

Topeka High                                                    42.98

Seaman                                                           43.27

Topeka High                                                    43.52

Washburn Rural                                               44.02

Topeka West                                                    44.21

4x400-METER RELAY

Washburn Rural                                            3:21.82

Shawnee Heights                                          3:24.59

Silver Lake                                                     3:33.24

Seaman                                                          3:35.19

Topeka High                                                   3:35.43

4x800-METER RELAY

Washburn Rural                                            8:38.13

Seaman                                                         8:50.45

Silver Lake                                                     9:18.40

Topeka High                                                  9:28.74

Topeka West                                                  9:29.28

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By RICK PETERSON

TopSports.news

When Ron Slaymaker stepped down as Topeka High girls basketball coach in March after leading the Trojans to the Centennial League championship and the Class 6A state quarterfinals, assistant coach Pat Denney had every intention of following Slaymaker's lead.

Pat Denney, Topeka High

But the more he thought about it, Denney eventually decided that he wasn't quite ready to step away from a Trojan program that has made dramatic progress over the past two seasons.

And on Thursday night the USD 501 school board approved Denney to take over as Topeka High's head coach, adding another chapter to his long coaching legacy at the school.

"When Slay resigned I was gone,'' Denney told TopSports.news. "But it seemed like the farther I got away from the season, and then when I started thinking about it, I was like, 'I'm going to miss summer workouts once we start heading into May and to June and I'm going to miss the opportunity to get in there and get some work in.'

"Eventually those same old feelings just started coming back and I started missing it.''

Denney also considered the possibility of working with current Trojan boys coach Robbie Sanders, who served as an assistant under Denney, but after conversations with Topeka High principal and district athletic director Dustin Dick, he made the decision to try to continue the progress the High girls made under the legendary Slaymaker.

The Trojans posted a nine-win improvement in a 14-8 2024-2025 season and followed that up with a 17-9 campaign this past winter, capped by the league and sub-state titles.

"We were very proud,'' Denney said. "We had a lot of success, we had a lot of good players on the floor and I know Slay took a lot of pride in the job that he did here and what he instilled over two years. And obviously being a part of that was awesome and we both have a lot of pride in how that went down.

''You always ask yourself, 'Could we have done more?' But I think overall we were pretty happy with the results.''

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