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

REMINGTON – Traveling to Remington to participate in a track/field meet hosted by Berean Academy, the Little River boys, and girls both had strong showings as the boys finished third and the girls placed second overall while winning a total seven gold medals and 12 silver.

For the Redskin boys, they finished in the team standings with 88 points, well behind first-place Berean Academy at 198 and second-place Moundridge with 136. Other schools at the meet included Remington, Hesston, and Langdon/Fairfield.

Braxton Lafferty and Andrew Smith both scored gold for the Redskins with Lafferty winning the triple jump just ahead of teammate Rylan Konen and Smith taking first in the high jump just a couple of inches ahead of fellow Redskin Treyton Olander.

While Berean Academy won the girls meet as well with 176 points, the Lady Redskins took second in the team standings by scoring 126 points, a good 15 points ahead of third place Remington.

Alaina Eck came home with four gold medals by getting two individually in winning the triple jump and long jump before running the first leg in the winning 4×400 meter relay and the second leg of the gold medal 4×100 meter relay.

Ashley Stephenson earned three golds by running legs on both the champion relay teams along with winning the 800 meters.

Next up for the Little River track/field teams will be on Thursday at the Sterling Relays.

 LITTLE RIVER TRACK/FIELD at Remington (hosted by Berean Academy)

REDSKIN BOYS (top 6 finishers):

Team Standings: 1. Berean Academy 198; 2. Moundridge 136; 3. LITTLE RIVER 88; 4. Remington 53; 5. Hesston 43; 6. Langdon/Fairfield 30.

Javelin: 2. Braxton Lafferty 141’1”; 5. Rylan Konen 121’6”.

Discus: 6. Braxton Lafferty 116’2”.

Triple Jump: 1. BRAXTON LAFFERTY 39’6.25”; 2. Rylan Konen 39’2.75”.

Long Jump: 2. Rylan Konen 19’5.75”; 6. Brady Obley 16’5.5”.

High Jump: 1. ANDREW SMITH 5’10”; 2. Treyton Olander 5’8”.

4×100 Meter Relay: 2. Redskins 47.33 (Toby Jesseph, Rylan Konen, Braxton Lafferty, Andrew Smith).

1,600 Meters: 2. Treyton Olander 5:07.19.

800 Meters: 5. Treyton Olander 2:17.52.

200 Meters: 4. Toby Jesseph 24.78.

100 Meters: 3. Andrew Smith 11.99; 4. Toby Jesseph 12.16.

LADY REDSKINS (top 6 finishes):

Team Standings: 1. Berean Academy 176; 2. LADY REDSKINS 126; 3. Remington 111; 4. Hesston 71; 5. Moundridge 24; 6. Langdon/Fairfield 18.

Javelin: 2. Lily Boughfman 103’4”.

Discus: 4. Lily Boughfman 90’2”.

Shot Put: 3. Lily Boughfman 31’6”.

Triple Jump: 1. ALAINA ECK 33’.25”; 2. Ashley Stephenson 31’8.5”.

Long Jump: 1. ALAINA ECK 16’2”; 2. Elsie Boughfman 15’7.5”; 6. Jessie Smith 14’.5”.

High Jump: 5. Kate Ellwood 4’4”.

4×400 Meter Relay: 1. LADY REDSKINS 4:27.30 (Alaina Eck, Kami Grasser, Aubrey Olander, Ashley Stephenson).

4×100 Meter Relay: 1. LADY REDSKINS 53.93 (Elsie Boughfman, Alaina Eck, Ashley Stephenson, Kami Grasser).

300 Meter Hurdles: 2. Aubrey Olander 52.62; 4. Elsie Boughfman 54.99.

100 Meter Hurdles: 3. Kate Ellwood 18.96; 6. Aubrey Olander 20.37.

800 Meters: 1. ASHLEY STEPHENSON 2:29.38.

200 Meters: 2. Kami Grasser 28.53; 4. Elsie Boughfman 29.41.

100 Meters: 2. Kami Grasser 13.98.

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