VIKING BOYS FINISH THIRD

By William

MARION – Despite the competing in some unpleasant weather conditions, the Smoky Valley track/field teams performed like they were near kind of the hill at Marion on Friday as the Lady Vikings dominated the field of 14 teams while the Viking boys did enough to place third out of 12 teams.

“It was weather to merely try your best just to endure,” noted Smoky Valley head track/field coach Jay Myers. “Gale force winds then rain during the last three or four events. Due to the wind, the 300-meter hurdle races were cancelled with no complaints from the coaches or athletes. I will still refuse to complain as we got a chance to compete, and our girls won most of the events on the track as well as a couple in the field.”

For the Lady Vikings, they piled up 141 points to finish first, 27.5 points ahead of second place Chapman. Leon/Bluestem, Southeast of Saline and host Marion rounded out the field of 14 teams participating.

Belle Peters was the star of the meet as she brought home three individual gold by winning the 100-meter hurdles, the pole vault and the long jump, while her sister Breanne Peters earned two individual goals in the 100 and 200 meters plus running a leg on the first-place finishing 4×100 meter relay team. The Peters sister dominated the pole vault with Belle and Breanna finishing first and second while Noelle placed fourth.

Grace Lambert had one individual gold in the 800 meters while also gold being part of the champion 4×100, 4×400 and 4×800 relay teams. Besides Breanne Peters, joining Lambert on the winning 4×100 relay quartet were Noelle Peters and Abby Rose.

In the winning 4×400 relay, Lambert and Rose were teamed with Ellise and Kajsa Peterson while Kajsa and McKinley Johnson were the other two legs running the 4×800 relay quartet.

For the Viking boys, they were led by the quartet of Tytus Reed, Ryan Heline, Stephen Peterson, and Lukas Apel who teamed up to win both the 4×400 and 4×800 meter relays.

Heline and Reed placed second and fourth in the 1,600-meter run while Stephen Peterson finished runner-up in the pole vault.

Coach Myers concluded his post-meet reflections by saying, “We saw strong teams from Chapman, Southeast of Saline, and Leon/Bluestem plus some individuals from schools we do not see very much. It was a good meet and Marion does a solid job running one off. Happy to have the opportunity and proud of our kids for how they handled the adverse conditions. It was a good day to be a Viking!”

The Smoky Valley track/field team now has a week off before hosting a meet at home on Friday, April 16.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING TRACK/FIELD at Marion

TEAM STANDINGS FOR GIRLS: 1. LADY VIKINGS 141; 2. Chapman 113.5; 3. Leon/Bluestem 88.5; 4. Southeast of Saline 66; 5. Marion 28; 6. Goessel 27; 7. Lost Springs/Centre 13; T-8. El Dorado 12; T-8. Hutchinson Central Christian 12; 10. Cottonwood Falls/Chase County 11; 11. Wichita Independent 7; 12. Peabody/Burns 4; 13. Lebo 2; 14. Wichita Home School 1.

TEAM STANDINGS FOR BOYS: 1. Southeast of Saline 156; 2. Chapman 61; 3. VIKINGS 50; 4. Cottonwood Falls/Chase County 44; 5. El Dorado 40; T-6. Goessel 35; T-6. Peabody/Burns 35; 8. Marion 33; 9. Wichita Independent 28; 10. Hutchinson Central Christian 27; 11. Leon/Bluestem 10; 12. Wichita Home School 8.

SMOKY VALLEY LADY VIKING INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top 10 Finishes):

100 Meters = 1. BREANNA PETERS 13.17; 4. Noelle Peters 13.72; 5. Gabby Behanna 13.84.

200 Meters = 1. BREANNA PETERS 27.88; 3. Gabby Behanna 30.05.

400 Meters = 1. ABBY ROSE 1:05.93; 5. Madi Oakes 1:15.72.

800 Meters = 1. GRACE LAMBERT 2:28.08; 5. McKinley Johnson 2:51.95; 8. Rylee Ebert 3:02.44.

1,600 Meters = 9. Ellise Peterson 6:55.80.

3,200 Meters = 6. Olivia Bengtson 15:34.79.

100 Meter Hurdles = 1. BELLE PETERS 15.45; 3. Claire McElroy 17.36; 5. Lydia Peterson 18.30.

4×100 Meter Relay = 1. LADY VIKINGS 54.22 (Noelle Peters, Breanne Peters, Grace Lambert, Abby Rose).

4×400 Meter Relay = 1. LADY VIKINGS 4:37.07 (Grace Lambert, Ellise Peterson, Kajsa Peterson, Abby Rose).

4×800 Meter Relay = 1. LADY VIKINGS 10:53.81 (McKinley Johnson, Kajsa Peterson, Abby Rose, Grace Lambert).

Pole Vault = 1. BELLE PETERS 12’ 6”; 2. Breanne Peters 9’ 6”; 4. Noelle Peters 9’ 0”.

Long Jump = 1. BELLE PETERS 16’ 11”; 5. Gabby Behanna 14’ 6”.

Triple Jump = 5. Aubrey Boldra 30’ 7”; 8. Lydia Peterson 28’ 5”; 10. Kenzie Franklin 27’ 8.75”.

Discus = 6. Ileia Wampler 86’ 5”.

Javelin = 9. Kenzie Franklin 75’ 8”.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top 10 Finishes):

400 Meters = 8. Wyatt Johnson 1:02.17.

800 Meters = 3. Ryan Heline 2:16.73; 8. Garrett Huffman 2:23.96.

1,600 Meters = 2. Ryan Heline 5:02.05; 4. Tytus Reed 5:23.09; 7. Garrett Huffman 5:25.21.

110 Meter Hurdles = 8. Jamison Sattler 19.18.

4×100 Meter Relay = 6. Vikings 50.04 (Trystan Stambaugh, Kort Sjogren, Jamison Sattler, Tytus Reed).

4×400 Meter Relay = 1. VIKINGS 3:51.18 (Tytus Reed, Ryan Heline, Stephen Peterson, Lukas Apel).

4×800 Meter Relay = 1. VIKINGS 9:08.72 (Tytus Reed, Lukas Apel, Stephen Peterson, Ryan Heline).

High Jump = 6. Tate Brewer 5’ 0”.

Pole Vault = 2. Stephen Peterson 10’ 6”.

Shot Put = 5. Kort Sjogren 36’ 10.5”; 7. Skyler Hopkins 36’ 5.25”.

Discus = 7. Kort Sjogren 104’ 4”; 9. Skyler Hopkins 103’ 8”.

Javelin = 8. Kort Sjogren 124’ 7”.

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