LADY REDSKINS GAIN 8 GOLD, REDSKIN BOYS GET 4

By William

BURRTON – The Little River track/field team took to the road on Tuesday and competed at a meet in Burrton that was hosted by Hutchinson Central Christian and came home with a total of 12 gold medal first-place finishes and a second-place finish by the Lady Redskins and a third-place finish by the Redskin Boys.

For the Lady Redskins, they were led by Lily Boughfman, Ashley Stephenson, and Aubrey Olander who all earned three golds. Boughfman scored a pair of individual firsts in the shot put and javelin while also running a leg on the first-place 4×400 meter relay team, while Stephenson and Olander also were on the winning relay team with Stephenson also winning the triple jump and 800 meters and Olander gaining gold in the 1,600 meters and 300 meter hurdles. Kami Grasser was the fourth member on the 4×400 meter relay quartet.

Kate Ellwood also scored a gold in the 100 hurdles.

The Little River girls finished second in the team standings with 123 points, just 15 points behind Burrton who had 138 and ahead of Central Christian and Centre who finished out the top four of the six-team event.

In the boys division, the Redskins were led by Braxton Lafferty who brought home three gold medals by winning the triple jump, discus and javelin while Treyton Olander won the high jump.

As a team, the Redskin boys took third with 103.5 points, finishing behind first-place Solomon (121.5) and Central Christian (111) and ahead of Canton/Galva.

Next up for the Little River track/field team will be at Lyons on Tuesday, April 20 even though the Redskins will be the host school.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKINS TRACK/FIELD at Burrton (hosted by Central Christian)

LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKINS RESULTS (Top 6 Finishers):

Team Standings: Team Standings: 1. Burrton 138; 2. LADY REDSKINS 123; 3. Central Christian 62; 4. Centre 60; 5. Canton/Galva 25; 6. Solomon 20.

100 Meters: 3. Alaina Eck 14.83; 5. Kami Grasser 15.48.

200 Meters: 4. Kami Grasser 32.00.

400 Meters: 4. Rave Ceasar 1:20.00.

800 Meters: 1. ASHLEY STEPHENSON 2:41.84; 4. Addison O’Neill 4:03.98.

1,600 Meters: 1. AUBREY OLANDER 6:29.02.

3,200 Meters: 2. Addison O’Neill 17:57.24.

100 Meter Hurdles: 1. KATE ELLWOOD 19.52.

300 Meter Hurdles: 1. AUBREY OLANDER 53.82; 3. Kate Ellwood 57.58.

4×400 Meter Relay: 1. LADY REDSKINS 4:40.44 (Kami Grasser, Aubrey Olander, Ashley Stephenson, Lily Boughfman).

Triple Jump: 1. ASHLEY STEPHENSON 32’ 3.75”; 3. Alaina Eck 30’ 8”; 5. Rave Ceasar 25’ 5.25”.

Shot Put: 1. LILY BOUGHFMAN 29’ 11”.

Discus: 6. Larson 65’ 8”.

Javelin: 1. LILY BOUGHFMAN 94’ 8”.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN BOYS RESULTS (Top 6 Finishers):

Team Standings: 1. Solomon 121.5; 2. Central Christian 111; 3. REDSKINS 103.5; 4. Canton/Galva 45; 5. Burrton 31; 6. Centre 20.

100 Meters: 2. Cade Young 12.34; 5. Toby Jesseph 12.58.

200 Meters: 2. Cade Young 25.16; 4. Toby Jesseph 25.67; 5. Braden Grasser 25.72.

400 Meters: 5. Brady Obley 1:03.75.

1,600 Meters: 4. Treyton Olander 5:12.88.

3,200 Meters: 2. Treyton Olander 12.15.00.

4×400 Meter Relay: 3. Redskins 4:24.73 (Braden Grasser, Rylan Konen, Toby Jesseph, Rogers).

High Jump: 1. TREYTON OLANDER 5’ 4.25”.

Long Jump: 2. Rylan Konen 18’ 2”.

Triple Jump: 1. BRAXTON LAFFERTY 41’ 11”; 3. Rylan Konen 37’ 4”.

Shot Put: 5. Carter Holloway 34’ 2.50”.

Discus: 1. BRAXTON LAFFERTY 118’ 5.5”; 5. Carter Holloway 94’ 9”.

Javelin: 1. BRAXTON LAFFERTY 157’ 0”.

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