By William / www.mcpherson-county-ks.com

MCPHERSON – The Moundridge track/field team sent many of their youngsters to McPherson on Monday for a meet and came home with five first-place finishes for the Wildcat boys and a pair of second-place finishes for the Lady Wildcats.

Kaden Elmore put on a show as the Wildcat freshman won both the 100 and 200 meters, while the Wildcat boys racked up three wins in the relays by winning the 4×100 meter, 4×400 meter, and the 4×800 meter relay events. A second Wildcat boys relay team finished third in the 4×400 meter relay.

In 11 other events the Moundridge boys had a Wildcat finish in the top five of the events. No team scores were kept.

For the Lady Wildcats, freshman Avery Schrag put on a show by placing second in both the 100 and 200 meters before finishing third in the 400 meters. The Lady Wildcats had just three other tracksters place in any event.

The Moundridge full track/field team gets their season underway on Tuesday, April 5 at Marion.

MOUNDRIDGE WILDCAT BOYS TRACK/FIELD RESULTS:

100 Meters = 1. Kaden Elmore (Fr) 11.17; 4. Mac Unruh (Jr) 11.41; 6. Garrett Doherty (Sr) 11.68.

200 Meters = 1. Kaden Elmore (Fr) 23.94; 8. Alec Huddle (Jr) 26.44; 16. Luke Potts (Jr) 31.90.

800 Meters = 5. Daniel Dixon (So) 2:30.40; 8. Nick Nightengale (Jr) 2:54.48.

1,600 Meters = 4. Caleb Samland (Sr) 5:18.19; 11. Reid Graber (Fr) 5:51.85; 12. Mateo Roth (Jr) 6:21.92; 13. Nick Nightengale (Jr) 6:48.90; 14. Brody Lutz (Fr) 7:37.41.

3,200 Meters = 4. Reid Graber (Fr) 12:25.57; 8. Mateo Roth (Jr) 13:55.49; 9. Brody Lutz (Fr) 15:47.19.

110 Meter Hurdles = 5. Jacob Schwartz (Fr) 19.82.

300 Meter Hurdles = 5. Jacob Schwartz (Fr) 49.39.

4×100 Meter Relay = 1. Moundridge A Squad 45.06.

4×400 Meter Relay = 1. Moundridge B Squad 3:44.60; 3. Moundridge A Squad 4:05.14.

4×800 Meter Relay = 1. Moundridge A Squad 9:52.26.

High Jump = 4. Logan Churchill (Jr) 5’4”.

Shot Put = 4. Caleb Ward (Jr) 34’8.5”; 6. JD Jenkins (Jr) 32’4.5”; 7. Zach Dixon (Fr) 30’5”; 11. Layton Wiens (Fr) 27’8”; 14. Nick Nightengale (Jr) 24’6.5”.

Discus = 4. Daniel Dixon (So) 96’8”; 6. Zach Dixon (Fr) 85’6”; 7. Layton Wiens (Fr) 82’8”; 8. Caleb Ward (Jr) 77’9”; 14. Nick Nightengale (Jr) 58’1”.

Javelin = 3. JD Jenkins (Jr) 119’2”; 5. Caleb Ward (Jr) 115’10”; 7. Henry Hecox (Fr) 110’3”; 12. Layton Wiens (Fr) 89’5”; 13. Zach Dixon (Fr) 77’7”; 16. Luke Potts (Jr) 63’2”.

MOUNDRIDGE LADY WILDCATS TRACK/FIELD RESULTS:

100 Meters = 2. Avery Schrag (Fr) 13.92; 14. Cheyenne Johnson (Fr) 19.09.

200 Meters = 2. Avery Schrag (Fr) 28.93; 12. Cheyenne Johnson (Fr) 33.76.

400 Meters = 3. Avery Schrag (Fr) 1:06.52; 7. Cheyenne Johnson (Fr) 1:19.93.

Shot Put = 8. Kylie Golden (So) 21’2.5”.

Discus = 7. Kylie Golden (So) 60’6”; 9. Kaelyn Wedel (So) 55’2”.

Javelin = 7. Kylie Golden (So) 68’4”; 9. Kaelyn Wedel (So) 60’6”.

(William is a free-lance writer covering McPherson County Activities – he can be reached at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)