By William / www.mcpherson-county-ks.com
FAIRFIELD – The only thing that kept the Little River track/field teams from dominating the road meet on Tuesday at Fairfield was Inman as the Little River boys finished a distant second to the Teutons while the Little River girls won the team title over Inman by just six team points, 160-154.
In the boys meet, the Redskins finished second as a team with 107 points which was still 117 points behind the Teutons winning total of 224.50.
The Redskin boys scored a couple of strong first-place performances out of Andrew Smith in the high jump and Treyton Olander in the 1,600 meters while also scoring a second-place finish in seven total events.
For the girls meet, the Lady Redskins used eight first-place finishes of which six were individual wins to gain the final six-point team victory over Inman.
Besides the wins in both the 4×100 and 4×400 meter relays, the Little River girls recorded first-place finishes in the long jump by Elsie Boughfman, the triple jump with Alaina Eck, the javelin with Lily Boughfman, the 800 meters with Ashley Stephenson, the 1,600 meters with Aubrey Olander and Kami Grasser in the 200 meters.
The Redskin track/field teams are scheduled to participate in a meet at Lyons on Friday.
LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN TRACK/FIELD RESULTS (top six finishes):
REDSKIN BOYS:
Team Scores: 1. Inman 224.50; 2. REDSKINS 107; 3. Lyons 87.5; 4. Fairfield 56; 5. Burrton 55; 6. Peabody/Burns 27.
High Jump: 1. ANDREW SMITH 5’10”; 2. Treyton Olander 5’7”.
Long Jump: 2. Rylan Konen 18’11.25”.
Triple Jump: 2. Braxton Lafferty 41’0”; 4. Rylan Konen 38’4”.
Discus: 4. Braxton Lafferty 101’6”.
Javelin: 2. Braxton Lafferty 137’9.5”.
100 Meters: 5. Toby Jesseph 12.06.
1,600 Meters: 1. TREYTON OLANDER 5:28.32.
4×100 Meter Relay: 3. Redskins 47.84 (Toby Jesseph, Rylan Konen, Braxton Lafferty, Andrew Smith).
400 Meters: 2. Andrew Smith 57.85.
800 Meters: 2. Brody Obley 2:32.44; 4. Hayden Eck 2:51.83.
200 Meters: 5. Toby Jesseph 26.49.
4×400 Meter Relay: 2. Redskins 3:59.74 (Rylan Konen, Toby Jesseph, Treyton Olander, Andrew Smith).
LADY REDSKINS:
Team Scores: 1. LADY REDSKINS 160; 2. Inman 154; 3. Fairfield 102; 4. Lyons 76; 5. Burrton 50; 6. Peabody/Burns 13.
High Jump: 2. Kate Ellwood 4’4”.
Long Jump: 1. ELSIE BOUGHFMAN 14’4.5”; 6. Jessie Smith 13’2”.
Triple Jump: 1. ALAINA ECK 31’10.75”; 2. Ashley Stephenson 31’9.05”.
Javelin: 1. LILY BOUGHFMAN 90’2”.
Shot Put: 2. Lily Boughfman 31’2.75”.
100 Meter Hurdles: 2. Kate3 Ellwood 18.69; 5. LuMey Hicks 21.70.
100 Meters: 2. Kami Grasser 13.72; 5. Alaina Eck 13.88.
1,600 Meters: 1. AUBREY OLANDER 7:09.07.
4×100 Meter Relay: 1. LADY REDSKINS 55.77 (Elsie Boughfman, Alaina Eck, Ashley Stephenson, Kate Ellwood).
400 Meters: 3. Raven Ceasar 1:21.04.
300 Hurdles: 2. Aubrey Olander 56.49; 3. Elsie Boughfman 59.13; 6. LuMey Hicks 1:06.36.
800 Meters: 1. ASHLEY STEPHENSON 2:34.57.
200 Meters: 1. KAMI GRASSER 28.95; 3. Elsie Baughfman 29.37.
4×400 Meter Relay: 1. LADY REDSKINS 4:37.64 (Alaina Eck, Kami Grasser, Aubrey Olander, Ashley Stephenson).
(William is a free-lance writer covering McPherson County Activities – he can be reached at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)