By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
On a night that included four meet-record performances, Washburn Rural used its depth to sweep the team titles in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship at Hummer Sports Park.
Washburn Rural swept the team titles in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship, winning 11 events and posting top-three finishes in 30 events. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Junior Blues posted a total of 11 event wins on the night (six girls, five boys), but more importantly had top-three finishes in 30 events (16 boys,14 girls) en route to a 227-133 win over Seaman for the Washburn Rural boys and a 219-141 victory over the Viking girls in the team standings.
"We do put an emphasis on this meet,'' Rural coach Keith Wetzel said. "We want to keep the golden shoes (championship trophies) in our trophy cases and we talk to the kids about the importance of this meet and doing well at this meet as it really is the beginning of the big four weeks of league, regional and state.
"Everyone contributes and we talk to the kids about how we need our depth and our depth is an advantage. Our kids have just been steadily improving each week and quietly putting together really good seasons.''
Washburn Rural senior Isaiah Terry (right) edged Hayden senior Jensen Schrickel for the win in the 400-meter dash in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Highlights for the Rural boys included a city-meet record from Matthew Houser, Liam Morrison, Draden Chooncharoen and Isaiah Terry in the 4x400-meter relay (3:19.01) and a meet record in the open 400 from Terry (48.37) as well as a pair of wins from Morrison in the 110 hurdles (14.64) and 300 hurdles (38.83) and a victory in the 4x800 relay (8:16.84).
Washburn Rural's Molly Worley was a double winner in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship, including a win in the long jump at 17-7.75. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural's Morgan Ray won the city title in the girls javelin Friday with a school-record throw of 135-2. [Submitted photo/TSN]
On the girls side, Rural got a pair of wins from wins from Molly Worley in the high jump (5-4) and the long jump (17-7.75), a school-record victory from Morgan Ray in the javelin (135-2), a win from Kailyn Petersen in the discus (126-5), a one-two-three finish in the 1,600 from Payton Fink (5:08.00), Rylee Ismert (5:19.84) and Brooklyn Nolte (5:21.55) and a win from Ismert in the 800 (2:21.99).
Other top performances:
Seaman junior Ryin Miller set city meet records in the 400 and 3,200 Friday night and also holds city marks in the 800 and 1,600. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]znzn
• Seaman junior Ryin Miller set city meet records in the girls 400 and 3,200 while also anchoring the Vikings' 4x400 relay to a victory.
Miller set the city record in the 400 in 56.81, which was also a school record, and obliberated the 39-year-old 3,200 meet record by 55 seconds with a winning time of 10:23.26.
Miller also teamed with Taylie Heston, Jaida Stallbaumer and Ally Steiner for a win in the 4x400 relay in 4:09.05 while Stallbaumer had a hand in three wins on the night, sweeping the titles in the 100 hurdles (15.88) and 300 hurdles (47.63).
The highlight of Miller's day was her performance in the open 400, an event she rarely runs and is not scheduled to run again this spring.
"That was kind of my goal of the night, to try to shoot for our school record in that,'' Miller said. "I think I just beat it so I was happy with that and also got the meet record, so that was kind of a bonus.
"The 400 was definitely my main focus tonight.''
Topeka High junior Keimara Marshall (middle) won the 100 and 200-meter dash in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
• Topeka High junior Keimari Marshall swept the titles in the girls 100 (12.43) and 200 (25.96), finished second in the 400 (59.96) and also ran on the Trojans' winning 4x100 relay (50.15).
Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman swept the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
• Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman overcame a strong field to sweep the boys 1,600 and 3,200, clocking a time of 4:18.07 in the 1,600 and a time of 9:40.93 in the 3,200.
Lehman came from behind to top Wasbhburn Rural standout Brooks Kehoe (4:19.77) in the 1,600 and took control on the final laps to pull away from Rural's Henry Laubach (9:46.51) in the 3,200.
"I felt good,'' Lehman said. "I really wanted to have a stronger mile (1,600) and then come out and just win the two mile (3,200), so I'm happy with how it went.''
Lehman said that it's enjoyable for him to be able to see all the top local distance runners together in the city meet.
"I love seeing these guys, seeing how they've progressed through this year and it's just a lot of fun racing them,'' Lehman said. "They're my friends, too, so it's fun seeing them.''
Lehman's West teammate, Mark Wilkie, finished second in the 800 (1:58.81) and third in the 1,600 (4:22.29).
• Silver Lake's girls turned in a solid third-place team finish with 101 points, including a on-two-three finish from Ali Gerber (33-6), Kailyn Hanni (33-4) and Kylie Podlena (32-6) in the triple jump.
The Eagles also got second-place finishes from Kayleigh Kruger in the shot put (32-10) and the discus (112-7) while Journey Manhart finished second in the high jump (5-2).
On the boys side, Myles Fisher was the discus champion (141-6).
JOE SCHRAG CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
GIRLS
Team scores
Washburn Rural 219, Seaman 141, Silver Lake 101, Topeka High 62, Hayden 51, Highland Park 36, Shawnee Heights 19, Topeka West 14.
Individual results
100 -- 1. Keimara Marshall, Topeka High, 12.43; 2. Jurnee Cole, Highland Park, 12.75; 3. Karys Deiter, Silver Lake, 12.76.
200 -- 1. Keimara Marshall, Topeka High, 25.96; 2. Molly Worley, Washburn Rural, 26.27; 3. Ally Steiner, Seaman, 26.56.
400 -- 1. Ryin Miller, Seaman, 56.81 (meet record, old record 57.26, Al'jah Brooks, Topeka West, 2023); 2. Keimara Marshall, Topeka High, 59.96; 3. Ali Gerber, Silver Lake, 61.05.
800 -- 1. Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural, 2:21.99; 2. Kinley Robinson, Seaman, 2:25.76; 3. Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural, 2:32.37.
1,600 -- 1. Payton Fink, Washburn Rural, 5:08.00; 2. Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural, 5:19.84; 3. Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural, 5:21.55.
3,200 -- 1. Ryin Miller, Seaman, 10:23.26 (meet record, old record 11:18.1, Marge Eddy, 1986); 2. Payton Fink, Washburn Rural, 11:07.74; 3. Emily Graf, Washburn Rural, 11:20.40.
100 hurdles -- 1. Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman, 15.88; 2. Bella Reid, Hayden, 16.38; 3. Kelcie Schneider, Washburn Rural, 17.63.
300 hurdles -- 1. Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman, 47.63; 2. Ke'Ahjahnae Rice, Highland Park, 47.96; 3. Kelcie Schneider, Washburn Rural, 51.39.
4x100 relay -- 1. Topeka High, 50.15; 2. Washburn Rural, 50.60; 3. Seaman, 51.07.
4x400 relay -- 1. Seaman, 4:09.05; 2. Washburn Rural, 4:13.32; 3. Silver Lake, 4:13.34.
4x800 relay -- 1. Seaman, 10:35.12; 2. Washburn Rural, 11:36.86.
High jump -- 1. Molly Worley, Washburn Rural, 5-4; 2. Journey Manhart, Silver Lake, 5-2; 3. Alexis Burns, Washburn Rural, 4-10.
Pole vault -- 1. Grace Jowers, Seaman, 9-0; 2. Tayler Hanshaw, Shawnee Heights, 8-0; 3. Natalie Moore, Shawnee Heights, 7-0.
Long jump -- 1. Molly Worley, Washburn Rural, 17-7.75; 2. Jayana Washington, Topeka High, 17-5; 3. Ciara Hartz, Highland Park, 16-1.
Triple jump -- 1. Ali Gerber, Silver Lake, 33-6; 2. Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake, 33-4; 3. Kylie Podlena, Silver Lake, 32-6.
Shot put -- 1. Alexis Rutherford, Hayden, 33-6; 2. Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake, 32-10; 3. Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural, 32-9.
Discus -- 1. Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural, 126-5; 2. Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake, 112-7; 3. Rayeigh Alonso, Silver Lake, 104-10.
.Javelin -- 1. Morgan Ray, Washburn Rural, 135-10; 2. Payton Alexander, Seaman, 104-2; 3. Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake, 100-0.
BOYS
Team scores
Washburn Rural 227, Seaman 133, Topeka West 73, Shawnee Heights 64.5, Silver Lake 61.5, Hayden 61, Topeka High 53, Highland Park 5.
Individual results
100 -- 1. Peyton Holmes, Seaman, 10.93; 2. Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural, 11.12; 3. Ben Roeder, Topeka High, 11.20.
200 -- 1. Bryce Cochran, Seaman, 21.93; 2. Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural, 22.07; 3. Jayden Lindsay, Topeka West, 22.43.
400 -- 1. Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural, 48.37 (meet record, old record 48.7, Marcel Carter, Shawnee Heights, 1989, and Winston Tidwell, Topeka West, 1993); 2. Jensen Schrickel, Hayden, 48.59; 3. Bryce Cochran, Seaman, 49.46.
800 -- 1. Brody Anderson, Seaman, 1:57.17; 2. Mark Wilkie, Topeka West, 1:58.81; 3. Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural, 2:00.10.
1,600 -- 1. Adrian Lehman, Topeka West, 4:18.07; 2. Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural, 4:19.77; 3. Mark Wilkie, Topeka West, 4:22.29.
3,200 -- 1. Adrian Lehman, Topeka West, 9:40.93; 2. Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural, 9:46.51; 3. Clayton Fink, Washbun Rural, 10:05.33.
110 hurdles -- 1. Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural, 14.64; 2. Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural, 15.85; 3. Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural, 16.53.
300 hurdles -- 1. Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural, 38.83; 2. Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural, 40.62; 3. Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights, 41.27.
4x100 relay -- 1. Silver Lake, 43.35; 2. Seaman, 43.48; 3. Washburn Rural, 43.49.
4x400 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural, 3:19.01 (meet record, old record 3:21.64, Washburn Rural, 2024); 2. Topeka West, 3:24.56; 3. Topeka High, 3:24.64.
4x800 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural, 8:16.84; 2. Shawnee Heights, 8:31.70; 3. Seaman, 8:43,94.
High jump -- 1. Jack Esser, Seaman, 6-5; 2. Tad McGee, Seaman, 6-0; 3. (tie) Brooks Ballard, Washburn Rural, and Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake, 6-0.
Pole vault -- 1. Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights, 12-6; 2. Luke Deering, Washburn Rural, 10-6; 3. Caleb Schwartz, Washburn Rural, 9-6. Wesley Chang, Blue Valley, 12-6.
Long jump -- 1. Jensen Schrickel, Hayden, 22-2.50; 2. Elijah Berg, Topeka West, 21-8; 3. Peyton Holmes, Seaman, 21-2.
Triple jump -- 1. Cody Quy, Seaman, 41-11; 2. Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman, 41-8; 3. Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake, 41-8.
Shot put -- 1. Brogen Brown, Seaman, 47-3; 2. Sam Scott, Washburn Rural, 43-9.50; 3. Dorian Rhoten, Topeka West, 43-7.
Discus -- 1. Myles Fisher, Silver Lake, 141-6; 2. Zachary Hancock, Washburn Rural, 135-11; 3. Sam Garner, Shawnee Heights, 132-6.
Javelin -- 1. Kelton Meier, Hayden, 155-2. Oliver Perez, Washburn Rural, 153-10; 3. Jackson Haas, Hayden, 153-7.
