PYLE, POWELL WIN 2 INDIVDUAL GOLDS

By William

LINDSBORG = The McPherson track/field squad went up the road a few miles on Monday to participate in the nine-team Smoky Valley Viking Invitational and both the Bullpup boys and Lady Bullpups took second in the team standings.

For the Lady Bullpups, they finished runner-up to host Smoky Valley with 129 points, just 14 points behind the Lady Vikings. Chapman, Buhler and Bluestem rounded out the top five for the girls division.

McPherson girls were led by Grace Pyle who came home with two individual golds for the javelin and shot put while Jayla McCloud won the 200 Meters to give the Lady Bullpups three golds on the day.

On the boys side, it was Southeast of Saline that ran away with the team title at 129 points while the Bullpups finished second with 95 just four points ahead of third-place Buhler. Chapman and Smoky Valley rounded out the top five.

Aaron Powell let the Bullpup boys with a pair of individual golds in the long jump and triple jump while Jaice Minier won the shot put and the Bullpup boys also won the 4×100 meter relay. Seth Madron in the high jump, Tucker Pelnar in the 400 meters and Cody Achilles in the 3,200 meters all came close with second-place finishes.

According to Bullpup head coach Jace Pavlovich, “We had a rare Monday varsity meet in Lindsborg, but we did have several personal record’s broken tonight. It was impressive to see as our kids are improving weekly. We will give them the day off on Tuesday and get ready for our home meet on Thursday.”

The Bullpup track/field team will now prep for Thursday when they host the 9-team Bullpup Invitational.

MCPHERSON BULLPUPS TRACK/FIELD at SMOKY VALLEY TRACK/FIELD INVITATIONAL

LADY BULLPUP RESULTS (top 6 finishes):

Team Standings: 1. Smoky Valley 143; 2. LADY BULLPUPS 129; 3. Chapman 93; 4. Buhler 60; 5. Bluestem 50; 6. Southeast of Saline 30; 7. Salina Sacred Heart 26; 8. Concordia 18; 9. Hutchinson Trinity 9.

Pole Vault = 5. Amber Smith 7’ 3”.

Javelin = 1. GRACE PYLE 115’ 11”.

High Jump = 3. Emily Whorton 5’ 0”; 4. Aislyn Soukup 4’ 10”.

Triple Jump = 3. Anna Vogts 33’ 8”; 6. Grace Pyle 31’ 9”.

Shot Put = 1. GRACE PYLE 36’ 5”; 2. Katie Berg 34’ 11”; 6. Tailynn Buttengbach 31’ 1.5”.

Discus = 6. Katie Berg 87’ 5”.

100 Meter Hurdles = 3. Aislyn Soukup 16.86; 5. Harper Smith 17.26.

100 Meters = 2. Jayla McCloud 12.78.

1,600 Meters = 4. Marissa Pearcy 6:03.36.

4X100 Meter Relay = 2. Lady Bullpups 53.71 (Pyle, McCloud, Wilson, Lang).

400 Meters = 2. Emily Whorton 1:02.92.

300 Meter Hurdles = 3. Harper Smith 51.07; 5. Aislyn Soukup 52.42.

800 Meters = 4. Kassidy Beam 2:27.53.

200 Meters = 1. JAYLA MCCLOUD 27.11; 2. Emily Whorton 28.20.

3,200 Meters = 3. Marissa Pearcy 13:40.03.

4×400 Meter Relay = 2. Lady Bullpups 4:21.28 (McCloud, Beam, Lang, Whorton).

BULLPUP BOYS RESULTS (top 6 finishes):

Team Standings: 1. Southeast of Saline 129; 2. BULLPUPS 95; 3. Buhler 91; 4. Chapman 67; T-5. Smoky Valley 56; T-5. Hutchinson Trinity 56; 7. Concordia 39; 8. Bluestem 15; 9. Hillsboro 10.

High Jump = 2. Seth Madron 6’ 2”.

Long Jump = 1. AARON POWELL 21’ 2”; 3. Tucker Pelnar 19’ 8”.

Triple Jump = 1. AARON POWELL 41’ 6.5”.

Shot Put = 1. JAICE MINIER 43’ 1”; 3. Hayden Wallace 42’ 5”.

110 Meter Hurdles = 4. Brycen Labertew 17.27; 6. Cory Muehler 17.99.

100 Meters = 5. Sky Schriner 11.11.

1,600 Meters = 5. Cody Achilles 4:57.67.

4×100 Meter Relay = 1. BULLPUPS 44.07 (Pelnar, Kaufman, Powell, Schriner).

400 Meters = 2. Tucker Pelnar 53.09; 5. Jayce Schriner 54.47.

300 Meter Hurdles = 5. Brycen Labertew 46.22.

3,200 Meters = 2. Cody Achilles 10:51.55.

4×400 Meter Relay = 3. Bullpups 3:39.87 (Pelnar, Becker, Hardgrave, Schriner).