LADY VIKINGS RUN AWAY WITH CLASS 3A TRACK TITLE

BELLE PETERS GETS 3 GOLDS, LAMBERT 1

By William

WICHITA – Coming into Friday and the Class 3A State Track/Field Meet, all the placings pointed at an opportunity for the Smoky Valley girls to have a shot at a state title, but nobody expected them to run away from the entire field and not only WIN THE STATE TITLE, but to do it in dominating fashion.

The Lady Vikings rolled up 85 team points, 42 points ahead of second-place Eureka, and over 50 points ahead of the teams that rounded out the top five.

Much of the success came from senior Belle Peters who closed out her Smoky Valley career by earning three individual gold medals by winning three of the four events she entered and placing third in the other.

Peters scored wins in the 100-meter hurdles, the 200 meters and the pole vault, an event where her sister Breanne finished third. Belle’s third-place finish came in the 100 meters.  

Gracie Lambert also scored an individual gold medal when she outran the competition in the 800 meters.

The Smoky Valley girls also won both the 4×400 meter relay with the quartet of Abby Rose, Keira Mullen, Kajsa Peterson and Lambert, as well as the 4×800 meter relay with McKinley Johnson, Mullen, Rose, and Lambert.

Abby Rose came close to another Lady Viking gold when she finished second in the 400 meters.

For the Viking boys, they finished with 12 points and tied for 22^nd with Council Grove. Ryan Heline and Kort Sjogren had the best individual finishes with both gaining fifth place in the 3,200 meters and javelin, respectively. Also finishing fifth and earning team points was the Vikings 4×800 meter relay team of Stephen Peterson, Justice Gardner, Tytus Reed, and Heline.

Southeast of Saline won the Class 3A boys title with 84 points while Girard, Perry/Lecompton, Silver Lake and Scott Community rounded out the top five.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKINGS CLASS 3A STATE TRACK/FIELD RESULTS =

SMOKY VALLEY LADY VIKINGS (Top 8 Finishes Score Points) =

TEAM = 1^ST PLACE, STATE CHAMPIONS with 85 POINTS.

100 Meters = 3^rd Belle Peters 12.48; 6^th Breanne Peters 12.84.

100 Meter Hurdles = 1^st BELLE PETERS 14.78.

200 Meters = 1^st BELLE PETERS 25.94.

400 Meters = 2^nd Abby Rose 59.66.

800 Meters = 1^st GRACIE LAMBERT 2:18.75; 10^th McKinley Johnson 2:34.84.

Long Jump = 9^th Breanne Peters 15’ 7”.

Pole Vault = 1^st BELLE PETERS 11’ 6”; 3^rd Breanne Peters 10’ 6”.

4×100 Meter Relay = 7^th Lady Vikings 51.39 (Noelle Peters, Breanne Peters, Gracie Lambert, Abby Rose).

4×400 Meter Relay = 1^st LADY VIKIINGS 4:03.72 (Abby Rose, Keira Mullen, Kajsa Peterson, Gracie Lambert).

4×800 Meter Relay = 1^st LADY VIKINGS 9:48.99 (McKinley Johnson, Keira Mullen, Abby Rose, Gracie Lambert).

FINAL STANDINGS CLASS 3A GIRLS – Top 10 = 1^st SMOKY VALLEY LADY VIKINGS 85; 2^nd Eureka 43; T-3^rd Anthony/Harper/Chaparral 33; T-3^rd Colby 33; T-5^th Anderson County 32; T-5^th Phillipsburg 32; 7^th Riley County 28; 8^th Southeast of Saline 26; T-9^th Girard 21; T-9^th Scott Community 21.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING BOYS RESULTS (Top 8 Finishes Score Points) =

TEAM = T-22^nd with Council Grove with 12 points.

3,200 Meters = 5^th Ryan Heline 10:02.23.

Javelin = 5^th Kort Sjogren 166’ 5”.

4×400 Meter Relay = 9^th Vikings 3:36.41 (Ki Blanchat, Stephen Peterson, Wyatt Johnson, Tytus Reed).

4×800 Meter Relay = 5^th Vikings 8:27.59 (Stephen Peterson, Justice Gardner, Tytus Reed, Ryan Heline).

FINAL STANDINGS CLASS 3A BOYS – TOP TEN = 1^st Southeast of Saline 84; 2^nd Girard 55; 3^rd Perry-Lecompton 50; 4^th Silver Lake 34; 5^th Scott Community 31; 6^th Holcomb 28; T-7^th Osage City 24; T-7^th Hays/Thomas More Prep/Marian 24; 9^th Seneca/Nemaha Central 23; 10^th Beloit 22.