BELLE PETERS GETS 4 GOLDS, RYAN HELINE EARNS 2

By William

HALSTEAD – The Smoky Valley girls track/field team, led by Belle Peters four gold medals, dominated the Central Kansas League Meet on Thursday in Halstead, winning the team title by 47 points while the Smoky Valley boys finished fourth with 71 points as Ryan Heline earned two gold medals.

Taking six total individual gold medals and two team relay golds, the Lady Vikings racked up 125 total team points to second-place Hesston’s 78. Hoisington with 73, Halstead with 65 and Larned rounded out the top five of the ten teams competing.

Belle Peters continued her outstanding season by winning the 200 meters, 100-meter hurdles, the long jump and the pole vault to lead the Smoky Valley girls while Abby Rose won the 400 meters and Gracie Lambert took gold in the 800 meters. Both the 4×400 and 4×800 relay teams won as well with Rose, Keira Mullen, Kajsa Peterson and Lambert running the legs of the 4×400 meter relay and McKinley Johnson, Mullen, Rose and Lambert putting in the times for the winning 4×800 meter relay.

Smoky Valley not only won gold in eight events, 10 other individuals place in the top five of an event, including a second and fourth place finish in the pole vault behind Belle Peters by sisters Breanne and Noelle.

For the Smoky Valley boys, Ryan Heline brought home gold in both the 1,600 and 3,200 meters while the team placed in the top six 11 times in events as well to get them to 71 points and a fourth-place finish behind first-place Hesston with 100, second-place Halstead with 85 and third-place Hoisington with 75. Hillsboro with 70 rounded out the top five of the team standings.

The Smoky Valley track/field teams now prep for the State Regional Meet on Friday, May 21 in Beloit.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING TRACK/FIELD at Central Kansas League Meet in Halstead

SMOKY VALLEY LADY VIKING RESULTS =

Team Standings = 1. SMOKY VALLEY LADY VIKINGS 125; 2. Hesston 78; 3. Hoisington 73; 4. Halstead 65; 5. Larned 54; 6. Pratt 47; 7. Nickerson 40; 8. Hillsboro 39; 9. Haven 35.

100 Meters = 3. Breanne Peters 13.16.

200 Meters = 1. BELLE PETERS 26.35.

400 Meters = 1. ABBY ROSE 59.44.

800 Meters = 1. GRACIE LAMBERT 2:17.33; 4. McKinley Johnson 2:36.31; 5. Kajsa Peterson 2:37.84.

1,600 Meters = 5. Ellise Peterson 6:08.75.

100 Meter Hurdles = 1. BELLE PETERS 15.38; 3. Clara McElroy 17.17.

300 Meter Hurdles = 3. Clara McElroy 50.80.

4×400 Meter Relay = 1. LADY VIKINGS 4:06.65 (Abby Rose, Keira Mullen, Kajsa Peterson, Gracie Lambert).

4×800 Meter Relay = 1. LADY VIKINGS 9:50.86 (McKinley Johnson, Keira Mullen, Abby Rose, Gracie Lambert).

Pole Vault = 1. BELLE PETERS 13’ 0”; 2. Breanne Peters 10’ 0”; 4. Noelle Peters 9’ 6”.

Long Jump = 1. BELLE PETERS 16’ 2.75”; 3. Breanne Peters 15’ 4”.

Discus = 6. Ileia Wampler 86’ 3”.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING BOYS RESULTS =

Team Standings = 1. Hesston 100; 2. Halstead 85; 3. Hoisington 75; 4. SMOKY VALLEY VIKINGS 71; 5. Hillsboro 70; 6. Pratt 55; 7. Nickerson 45; 8. Lyons 40; 9. Larned 14; 10. Haven 2.

400 Meters = 3. Ki Blanchat 53.78.

800 Meters = 4. Justice Gardner 2:16.83; 5. Garrett Huffman 2:18.41; 6. Vincent Pickering 2:18.95.

1,600 Meters = 1. RYAN HELINE 4:42.57; 6. Garrett Huffman 4:58.04.

3,200 Meters = 1. RYAN HELINE 10:30.45.

300 Meter Hurdles = 2. Stephen Peterson 43.88.

4×100 Meter Relay = 6. Vikings 46.90 (Ki Blanchat, Zach Gross, Justice Autry, Trystan Stambaugh).

4×400 Meter Relay = 3. Vikings 3:36.66 (Stephen Peterson, Ki Blanchat, Wyatt Johnson, Ryan Heline).

4×800 Meter Relay = 2. Vikings 8:41.46 (Stephen Peterson, Justice Gardner, Garrett Huffman, Ryan Heline).

Pole Vault = 3. Stephen Peterson 11’ 6”.

Javelin = 2. Kort Sjogren 145’ 1”.