LADY VIKINGS WIN HESSTON INVITE, BOYS 3RD

BELLE PETERS, GRACIE LAMBERT SET MEET RECORDS

By William

HESSTON – On one of the best weather days of the spring season, the Smoky Valley track/field teams performed extremely well on Friday at the Hesston Invitational with the Lady Vikings winning the team title while setting two meet records and five personal records in winning nine events while the Viking boys placed third as a team, won three events and set seven personal records.

The Smoky Valley girls took the team title with 155 points, well ahead of host Hesston with 116 and third-place Cheney at 95. Hillsboro, Halstead, Douglass and Haven were the other teams competing.

For the Lady Vikings, Belle Peters had a huge day once again as she won four individual events including the pole vault (setting a new meet record), the long jump, the 100 high hurdles and the 200 meters. In both the hurdles and 200 meters, she also set new personal records.

Others winning for the Lady Vikings were Keira Mullen in the javelin, Abby Rose in the 400 meters, Gracie Lambert in the 800 meters and both the 4×800 and 4×400 meter relay teams. Rose and Lambert also set new personal records as well.

On the boys side, the Vikings finished third in the team standings with 86 points, behind first-place Cheney with 151 and second-place Halstead with 96.

Ryan Heline led the Vikings by winning both the 800 and 3,200 meters while setting a new personal record in the 3,200 meters. Also winning for Smoky Valley was the 4×800 relay team. A total of five other Vikings set personal records for the performances at the meet.

Next up for the Viking track/field team will be on Thursday when they travel to Halstead for the Central Kansas League meet.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING TRACK/FIELD at Hesston

LADY VIKINGS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS =

Team Standings = 1^st LADY VIKINGS 155; 2^nd Hesston 116; 3^rd Cheney 95; 4^th Hillsboro 53; 5^th Halstead 44; 6^th Douglass 43; 7^th Haven 32.

Pole Vault = 1^st BELLE PETERS 13’ 0” (New Meet Record); 2^nd Breanne Peters 10’ 0”; 3^rd Noelle Peters 9’ 6”.

Long Jump = 1^st BELLE PETERS 16’ 6.5”; 5^th Breanne Peters 15’ 1.25”; 8^th Gabby Behanna 14’ 3.75”.

Triple Jump = 7^th Kenzie Franklin 29’ 1.5”; 8^th Lydia Peterson 27’ 2”.

Discus = 7^th Ileia Wampler 85’ 7”; 10^th Kajsa Peterson 65’ 1.5”.

Javelin = 1^st KEIRA MULLEN 102’ 2”; 10^th Kajsa Peterson 65’ 1.5”.

Shot Put = 5^th Ileia Wampler 28’ 6”.

4×800 Meter Relay = 1^st LADY VIKINGS 10:15.76 (McKinley Johnson, Keira Mullen, Abby Rose, Gracie Lambert).

100 Meter High Hurdles = 1^st BELLE PETERS 15.39 (New Personal Record); 2^nd Clara McElroy 17.04 (New Personal Record).

100 Meters = 4^th Breanne Peters 13.10; 5^th Noelle Peters 13.49.

1,600 Meters = 6^th Ellise Peterson 6:10.02.

4X100 Meter Relay = 2^nd Lady Vikings 51.78 (Noelle Peters, Breanne Peters, Gracie Lambert, Abby Rose).

400 Meters = 1^st ABBY ROSE 59.56 (New Personal Record); 5^th Keira Mullen 1:04.13; 6^th Ellise Peterson 1:10.81.

300 Meter Low Hurdles = 2^nd Clara McElroy 51.25; 4^th Lydia Peterson 55.72.

800 Meters = 1^st GRACIE LAMBERT 2:16.11 (New Meet Record) (New Personal Record); 5^th McKinley Johnson 2:35.07; 6^th Keira Mullen 2:37.18.

200 Meters = 1^st BELLE PETERS 26.44 (New Personal Record); 3^rd Gabby Behanna 28.16 (New Personal Record).

4×400 Meter Relay = 1^st LADY VIKINGS 4:10.14 (New Personal Record) (Abby Rose, Keira Mullen, Kajsa Peterson, Gracie Lambert).

VIKING BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS =

Team Standings = 1^st Cheney 151; 2^nd Halstead 96; 3^rd Vikings 86; 4^th Hillsboro 71; 5^th Hesston 67; 6^th Douglass 25; 7^th Haven 12.

High Jump = 5^th Vincent Pickering 5’ 0”; 6^th Tate Brewer 5’ 0”.

Pole Vault = 2^nd Stephen Peterson 11’ 0”.

Long Jump = 8^th Ki Blanchat 18’ 4.5” (New Personal Record); 14^th Tate Brewer 16’ 10”.

Triple Jump = 3^rd Tate Brewer 36’ 8” (New Personal Record); 4^th Trystan Stambaugh 34’ 3”.

Discus = 7^th Skyler Hopkins 122’ 5” (New Personal Record); 9^th Justin Holt 115’ 11” (New Personal Record).

Javelin = 3^rd Kort Sjogren 139’ 1”; 10^th Justin Holt 93’ 6”.

Shot Put = 9^th Justin Holt 38’ 3”; 11^th Skyler Hopkins 36’ 10.5”.

3,200 Meters = 1^st RYAN HELINE 9:58.20 (New Personal Record); 7^th Samuel Peterson 11:36.20 (New Personal Record).

4×800 Meter Relay = 1^st VIKINGS 8:56.56 (Stephen Peterson, Justice Gardner, Garrett Huffman, Ryan Heline).

110 Meter High Hurdles = 8^th Jamison Sattler 17.90 (New Personal Record).

100 Meters = 5^th Justice Autry 11.73.

1,600 Meters = 6^th Garrett Huffman 5:04.26.

4×100 Meter Relay = 4^th Vikings 46.90 (New Personal Best) (Ki Blanchat, Zach Gross, Justice Autry, Trystan Stambaugh).

400 Meters = 3^rd Ki Blanchat 54.77; 6^th Vincent Pickering 57.87.

800 Meters = 1^st RYAN HELINE 2:10.77; 4^th Justice Gardner 2:18.10.

200 Meters = 4^th Zach Gross 24.61 (New Personal Record); 8^th Trystan Stambaugh 25.68 (New Personal Record).

4×400 Meter Relay = 3^rd Vikings 3:37.40 (Stephen Peterson, Ki Blanchat, Justice Gardner, Ryan Heline).