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BETHANY DRUSE, Seaman
A junior, Druse won three gold medals in last Friday's Joe Schrag City Invitational track and field championships, helping Seaman win the girls team championship by a 146-134 margin over Washburn Rural. Druse won the 1,600 meters in 5:23.31, the 800 in 2:19.96 and anchored the Vikings' 4 x 400 relay to a win in 4:15.31.
KADENCE JEFFRIES, Topeka West
Jeffries, a senior, posted a pair of individual wins in last Friday's city swimming and diving championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, remaining undefeated in individual events on the season. A four-time state champion, Jeffries won the 200-yard freestyle by nearly seven seconds in 1:54.55 and won the 500 free by 14 seconds in 5:04.85.
TANNER NEWKIRK, Hayden
Newkirk, a senior, set three boys city meet records in last Friday's Joe Schrag City Invitational track and field championships at Hummer Sports Park, winning the 1,600 meters in 4:10.88, the 800 in 1:55.69 and the 3,200 in 9:18.89 to lead the Wildcats to a second-place team finish behind Washburn Rural.
MAKENNA PRITCHARD, Washburn Rural
A junior, Pritchard won two individual titles and swam on two second-place relays as Washburn Rural won its 19th straight city swimming and diving team title last Friday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium. Pritchard won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.98 seconds and the 100 free in 54.06 while also swimming on the runner-up 200 medley and 400 free relays as Rural won the title by a 601-440 margin over Seaman.
TAYLIN STALLBAUMER, Seaman
Stallbaumer, a sophomore, captured three gold medals in last Friday's Joe Schrag City Invitational track and field championships, helping lead Seaman to the girls team title by a 146-134 margin over Washburn Rural. Stallbaumer won the 100-meter hurdles in 16.25 seconds, the 300 hurdles in 49.21 seconds and ran a leg on the Vikings' 4 x 400 relay team, which won in 4:15.31.
ZACH SULZEN-WATSON, Washburn Rural
Sulzen-Watson, a senior, won a pair of individual titles in last Friday's Joe Schrag City Invitational track and field championships at Hummer Sports Park, helping lead Washburn Rural's boys team to its fifth straight city team title. Sulzen-Watson won the shot put with a throw of 51 feet, 7.50 inches and the discus with a best of 163 feet as Rural won by a 138.5-126 margin over Hayden.
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GIRLS
100 METERS
Nichols, Shawnee Heights 12.33 (12.2)
Reed, Highand Park 12.49
Brooks, Topeka West 12.85
Rezac, Rossville 12.96
Worley, Washburn Rural 13.01
200 METERS
Nichols, Shawnee Heights 25.78
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 26.11
Reed, Highland Park 26.37
Brooks, Topeka West 26.41
Rezac, Rossville 26.79
400 METERS
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 58.18
Reed, Highland Park 58.72
Hillebert, Hayden 61.78
Fredrickson, Washburn Rural 62.61
Becker, Seaman 63.37
800 METERS
Druse, Seaman 2:15.19
Carter, Washburn Rural 2:29.28
Bird, Washburn Rural 2:30.33
Ismert, Washburn Rural 2:30.47
Fink, Washburn Rural 2:31.86
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BOYS
100 METERS
Smith, Shawnee Heights 9.8 (10.27)
January, Shawnee Heights 10.5
Reed, Highland Park 10.5
Richardson, Highland Park 10.5
Peoples, Topeka High 10.6
200 METERS
Smith, Shawnee Heights 21.82
Richardson, Highland Park 21.6
Renfro, Silver Lake 22.40
January, Shawnee Heights 22.4
Schrickel, Hayden 22.72
400 METERS
Richardson, Highland Park 50.54
Schrickel, Hayden 51.05
Blankenship, Topeka High 52.03
Wilkerson, Topeka West 52.58
Scheid, Seaman 53.05
800 METERS
Newkirk, Hayden 1:55.69
B. Moore, Seaman 2:00.72
Wilson, Topeka West 2:03.17
Brokaw, Silver Lake 2:05.02
Benz, Shawnee Heights 2:05.13
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Tanner Newkirk's record-setting performance in last Friday's Joe Schrag City Invitational track and field meet cemented the Hayden senior star's place among the all-time city best.
But Newkirk's city meet records in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters also rekindled memories of just how good Topeka track has been over the years.
Newkirk became only the fifth city athlete to crack the city meet list since 2010 and the first since former Washburn Rural and current Washburn University pole-vaulter Zac Chandler set the boys pole vault record with a clearance of 15 feet, 6 inches in 2018.
Newkirk's 1,600 time of 4:10.88 eclipsed the record of 4:19.1 set by Topeka West's Bill Myers 47 years ago (1975) and his 9:18.89 clocking in the 3,200 bettered the record of 9:32.6, also set in 1975, by Topeka West's David Foltz.
Newkirk's 1:55.69 time in the 800 bettered the previous city-meet record of 1:57.3 by Topeka High's David Faulkner in 1991.
Newkirk joins a list of city-meet record-holders that includes the likes of all-time Kansas greats Marcel Carter, Troy Wilson and Iain Trimble (Shawnee Heights), Jared Huske (Highland Park), Sharrieff Hazim (Topeka West) and Dan O'Mara (Hayden).
On the girls side, the city meet list includes city greats Jocelyn Bentley (Highland Park), Rita Graves and Janell Wright (Topeka High), Macahla Wesley (Topeka West), Deana Alexander (Shawnee Heights) and Marge Eddy (Seaman).
Listed below is the updated list of record-holders in the city meet, previously known as the City Track Carnival.
TOPEKA CITY TRACK AND FIELD MEET RECORDS
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Topeka West rolled to a Class 5A regional championship Friday at De Soto, qualifying all six players for next week's state tournament at Kossover Tennis Center.
Juniors Ian and Miles Cusick swept city, Centennial League and regional doubles titles for the second straight season, topping Charger teammates Gavin Chavez, a senior, and junior Carter Cool in the inals, 6-1, 6-1.
West sophomore James Maag advanced to the singles final before dropping a 6-1, 6-1 decision to Leavenworth's Jack Harris in the title match.
Sophomore Caden McGee rounded out the Charger qualifiers with a fith-place singles finish.