By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural rode its dominance in the distance events and superior depth to a sweep of the team titles in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship at Hummer Sports Park.
Rural posted a total of 16 event wins on the night (eight girls, eight boys) and had top-three finishes in 25 events (13 girls,12 boys) en route to a 216-135.5 win over Silver Lake for the Junior Blue girls and a 200-131 victory over the Eagle boys in the team standings.
Washburn Rural track had eight individual wins and 12 top-three finishes en route to the boys city championship Friday at Hummer Sports Park. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural track and field had eight individual wins and 12 top-three finishes en route to the boys city championship Friday at Hummer Sports Park. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"This is definitely the beginning of postseason and we want to perform well here at the city meet,'' Rural coach Keith Wetzel said. "We like to keep the city trophies in our case and use that to propel us into league and regional and state.
"We put an emphasis on this meet. We want to be the best in the city and we make it a goal that we want to continue to have success at this meet.''
Highlights for the Rural boys included a sweep of all three relays, along with wins in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and second and third-place finishes in the 800.
Washburn Rural senior Brooks Kehoe won two gold medals and also posted a third-place finish in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Rural senior Brooks Kehoe won the 1,600 meters in 4 minutes, 26.64 seconds, teamed with Jackson Svaty, Everett Un and Christian Hartman-Babb to win the 4x400 relay (3:23.02) and posted a third-place finish in the 800 (2:00.51).
Hartman-Babb, a junior, won the 100-meter dash in 10.55 seconds before teaming with Paxton Johnson, Caleb Schwartz and Carter Frost to win the 4x100 (43.17) and ending the meet with the 4x400 victory.
Sophomore Henry Laubach won the city title in the 3,200 meters for team-champion Washburn Rural. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Sophomore Henry Laubach turned in a dominating win in the 3,200 (9:32.10) while the Junior Blues also got wins from Luke Deering in the pole vault (11 feet, 6 inches), Zachary Hancock in the discus (153-0) and the team of Everett Un, Wesley Meek, Julius Wood-Nichols and Eli Replogle in the 4x800 (8:36.89).
Senior Emily Graf won the 1,600 and 800-meter runs in Friday's city track and field meet as Washburn Rural's girls won the team title. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
On the girls side, Rural got a pair of individual wins from senior Emily Graf and junior Kailyn Petersen, with Graf winning the 1,600 (5:13.49) and the 800 (2:25.28) and Petersen winning the shot put (34-2) and discus (123-8) titles.
Rural's girls swept the throws and the distance races, with senior Morgan Ray winning the javelin title with a throw of 142-8 and senior Kenzie Maddox winning the 3,200 in 11:26.03.
The Junior Blues also picked up a win in the 4x800 relay (10:32.31) from the foursome of Quinn Nolte, Payton Rice, Morgan Munson and Clara Dillon while Natalie Ferguson finished first in the pole vault (8-0).
"It has been a solid day,'' Wetzel said. "We have some injuries so we've asked some people to step in, to fill in, to step up and we've been fortunate that they've done that for the most part and some young kids, both boys and girls have stepped in and given us a boost.''
Other top performances:
• Silver Lake, the smallest school in the field, turned in solid runnerup team finishes in both the girls and boys divisions.
The Eagle girls picked up three event wins and 11 top-three finishes while the Lake boys won a pair of events and placed top three in 13 of 18 events.
Silver Lake's Ali Gerber crosses the finish line for the win in the girls 4x400-meter relay in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Ali Gerber won the girls triple jump for the second straight season (34-10.25) and teamed with Kinley Weber, Jaiden Wise and Jaylie Whitehead for a win in the 4x400 relay (4:09.56), with Gerber running the anchor leg.
Addy Just notched the third win of the day for the Silver Lake girls in the long jump (16-9.25) while the boys got wins from Joel Miller in the 200 (22.65) and Bryson Burgos in the triple jump (40-7.50).
• Keimari Marshall and Marchayla White were both double individual champions for Topeka High's girls while Marshall also added a relay victory in her final city meet.
Marshall won the 100 (12.57) and 400 (59.07) and also ran on the Trojans' winning 4x100 relay (49.60) along with Kaeanna Copeland, Jayana Washington and Ciera Hartz.
White swept the girls hurdles titles, winning the 100-meter event in 17.74 seconds and the 300s in 51.34.
Seaman freshman Baylee Ayres cleared a personal-record 5-foot-5 to win the girls high jump in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
• Seaman freshman Baylee Ayres made an impressive city meet debut, winning the girls high jump with a personal-record jump of 5 feet, 5 inches, winning the event by five inches.
Seaman senior Brody Anderson won the city title in the boys 800 meters by six seconds in 1:53.65 Friday. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
• Brody Anderson continued his outstanding senior season for the Seaman boys, winning the 800 by more than six seconds in 1:53.65.
The Vikings also got victories from Kellan Parcaro in the 300 hurdles (43.14) and Jack Esser in the high jump (6-4).
• Other individual winners included Highland Park's Jurnee Cole in the girls 200 (26.32) and Rayshon Pollard in the boys long jump (20-5.25), Shawnee Heights' Jason Slay in the boys 400 (49.89), Heights' Amir Bass in the boys shot put (47-11), Hayden's Kelton Meier in the boys javelin (186-8) and Topeka High's De'sean Lunkins in the boys 110 hurdles (15.85).
JOE SCHRAG CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
GIRLS
Team scores
Washburn Rural 216, Silver Lake 135.5, Topeka High 118.5, Seaman 92.5, Shawnee Heights 35, Highland Park 29, Topeka West 25.5, Hayden 21.
Individual results
100 -- 1. Keimara Marshall, Topeka High, 12.57; 2. Jurnee Cole, Highland Park, 12.66; 3. Karys Deiter, Silver Lake, 12.78.
200 -- 1. Jurnee Cole, Highland Park, 26.32; 2. Kaeanna Copeland, Topeka High, 27.02; 3. Sofia Harper, Hayden, 27.13.
400 -- 1. Keimara Marshall, Topeka High, 59.07; 2. Ali Gerber, Silver Lake, 59.19; 3. Sofia Harper, Hayden, 59.44.
800 -- 1. Emily Graf, Washburn Rural, 2:25.28; 2. Kinley Robinson, Seaman, 2:29.77; 3. Quinn Nolte, Washburn Rural, 2:34.40.
1,600 -- 1. Emily Graf, Washburn Rural, 5:13.49; 2. Alyson Hinck, Washburn Rural, 5:14.04; 3. Brynn Spencer, Seaman, 5:15.78.
3,200 -- 1. Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural, 11:26.03; 2. Brynn Spencer, Seaman, 11:27.63; 3. Reese Beardslee, Washburn Rural, 11:34.94.
100 hurdles -- 1. Marchayla White, Topeka High, 17.74; 2. Megan Alderson, Washburn Rural, 18.14; 3. Kaylyn Smith, Topeka West, 18.23.
300 hurdles -- 1. Marchayla White, Topeka High, 51.34; 2. Megan Alderson, Washburn Rural, 51.60; 3. Journey Manhart, Silver Lake, 53.85.
4x100 relay -- 1. Topeka High (Kaeanna Copeland, Keimara Marshall, Jayana Washington, Ciera Hartz), 49.60; 2. Silver Lake (Addy Just, Ali Gerber, Kinley Weber, Jaylie Whitehead), 50.29; 3. Washburn Rural (Olivia Martinez, Gabby Hicks, Emily LeDuc, Adriana Raub), 51.46.
4x400 relay -- 1. Silver Lake (Addy Just, Jaiden Wise, Jaylie Whitehead, Ali Gerber), 4:09.56; 2. Washburn Rural (Adriana Raub, Alyson Hinck, Morgan Munson, Clara Dillon), 4:11.18; 3. Topeka High (Sophia Brown, Ciera Hartz, Jayana Washington, Keimara Marshall), 4:13.78.
4x800 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural (Quinn Nolte, Payton Rice, Morgan Munson, Clara Dillon), 10:32.31; 2. Topeka High (Paloma Campbell, Kennedy Jones, Itzel Woods, Sophia Brown), 10:39.23; 3. Seaman (Hannah Wempe, Avery Villines, Jaydin Frickey, Abigail Cooper), 11:17.22.
High jump -- 1. Baylee Ayres, Seaman, 5-5; 2. Alexis Burns, Shawnee Heights, 5-0; 3. Journey Manhart, Silver Lake, 5-0.
Pole vault -- 1. Natalie Ferguson, Washburn Rural, 8-0; 2. Iariyel McKnight, Topeka High, 7-0; 3. Ephesus Bouye, Seaman, 6-6.
Long jump -- 1. Addy Just, Silver Lake, 16-9.25; 2. Jayana Washington, Topeka High, 16-7.50; 3. Alana Mitchell, Hayden, 16-1.
Triple jump -- 1. Ali Gerber, Silver Lake, 34-10.25; 2. Giselle Foster, Washburn Rural, 33-10; 3. Kinley Weber, Silver Lake, 32-0.
Shot put -- 1. Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural, 34-2; 2. Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake, 33-11; 3. Zavionna Peters, Washburn Rural, 32-9.
Discus -- 1. Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural, 123-8; 2. Jillian Goetz, Shawnee Heights, 116-0; 3. Rayleigh Alonso, Silver Lake, 113-2.
.Javelin -- 1. Morgan Ray, Washburn Rural, 142-8; 2. Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake, 123-4; 3. Kate Smith, Washburn Rural, 119-1.
BOYS
Team scores
Washburn Rural 200, Silver Lake 131, Seaman 108.5, Shawnee Heights 73, Topeka High 65, Hayden 49, Highland Park 34.5, Topeka West 13.
Individual results
100 -- 1. Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural, 10.55; 2. Braxton Rupp, Silver Lake, 11.08; 3. Courtney Sanders, Topeka High, 11.10.
200 -- 1. Joel Miller, Silver Lake, 22.65; 2. JaVeon Alston, Shawnee Heights, 22.75; 3. Josh Brown, Seaman, 22.94.
400 -- 1. Jason Slay, Shawnee Heights, 49.89; 2. Thomas Fisher, Silver Lake, 51.28; 3. Termaine Savage, Highland Park, 51.37.
800 -- 1. Brody Anderson, Seaman, 1:53.65; 2. Cohen Thiessen, Washburn Rural, 1:59.79; 3. Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural, 2:00.51.
1,600 -- 1. Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural, 4:26.64; 2. Nick Newkirk, Hayden, 4:27.18; 3. Cohen Thiessen, Washburn Rural, 4:28.64.
3,200 -- 1. Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural, 9:32.10; 2. Jaxson Adams, Washburn Rural, 9:42.46; 3. Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural, 9:42.94.
110 hurdles -- 1. De'sean Lunkins, Topeka High, 15.85; 2. Isiah Pennington, Seaman, 15.88; 3. Braxton Rupp, Silver Lake, 16.41.
300 hurdles -- 1. Kellan Parcaro, Seaman, 43.14; 2. Isiah Pennington, Seaman, 43.26; 3. Colin Miller, Silver Lake, 44.28.
4x100 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural (Paxton Johnson, Christian Hartman-Babb, Caleb Schwartz, Carter Frost), 43.17; 2. Silver Lake (Thomas Fisher, Owen Rottinghaus, Joel Miller, Braxton Rupp), 43.28; 3. Highland Park (Ray White, Termaine Savage, Jayden Young, Jaiden Smith), 43.76.
4x400 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural (Brooks Kehoe, Jackson Svaty, Everett Un, Christian Hartman-Babb), 3:23.02; 2. Shawnee Heights (Xavier Fisher, Jason Slay, Dallas Owens, Mason Haas), 3:23.24; 3. Silver Lake (Jake Workman, Owen Rottinghaus, Thomas Fisher, Joel Miller), 3:28.28.
4x800 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural (Everett Un, Wesley Meek, Julius Wood-Nichols, Eli Replogle), 8:36.89; 2. Seaman (Trindon Jones, Conner Bloom, Gage Geiger, Emmanuel Armstead), 8:59.35; 3. Silver Lake (Mason VanVactor, Cason Kraus, Sam Bruntz, Zach Rodenbaugh), 9:10.57.
High jump -- 1. Jack Esser, Seaman, 6-4; 2. Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake, 5-10; 3. Creighton Frisby, Washburn Rural, 5-8.
Pole vault -- 1. Luke Deering, Washburn Rural, 11-6; 2. Keygan Breault, Silver Lake, 11-0; 3. Sam Bruntz, Silver Lake, 9-6.
Long jump -- 1. Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park, 20-5.25; 2. Owen Rottinghaus, Silver Lake, 20-2.50; 3. Ricardo Dowd, Silver Lake, 19-8.50.
Triple jump -- 1. Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake, 40-7.50; 2. Abe Heffley, Seaman, 40-5.25; 3. Lucas Marichal, Topeka High, 39-8.75.
Shot put -- 1. Amir Bass, Shawnee Heights, 47-11; 2. Sam Scott, Washburn Rural, 46-5; 3. Zachary Hancock, Washburn Rural, 45-0.
Discus -- 1. Zachary Hancock, Washburn Rural, 153-0; 2. Sam Garner, Shawnee Heights, 150-7; 3. Myles Fisher, Silver Lake, 145-1.
Javelin -- 1. Kelton Meier, Hayden, 186-8; 2. Jackson Haas, Hayden, 175-3; 3. Dylan Tajchman, Washburn Rural, 165-9.
