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

STERLING – Thursday, the Little River track/field teams took to the road to participate at the Sterling Relays where the Lady Redskins took the team championship by a sliver of margins while the Redskin boys landed in third place.

In the girls meet, the Lady Redskins scored a team championship by just 2.25 points as they scored 88.75 points, just a hair ahead of runner-up Inman with 86.50. Sterling placed a distant third with 70.

Lily Boughfman was the lone individual Lady Redskin to score gold when she won the javelin while both the 4×100 meter relay team of Alaina Eck, Kami Grasser, Ashley Stephenson, and Elsie Boughfman and the 4×400 meter relay team of Eck, Aubrey Olander, Grasser, and Stephenson also scored first-place finishes.

The Little River girls had three second-place finishes and scored points with at least two in the top six in four individual events.

For the Little River boys, they placed third with 66 points behind second-place Ellinwood who had 73. Both were well behind team champion Inman who rolled up 174 points.

Treyton Olander had the best overall day for the Redskins with a pair of second-place finishes in the 800 and 1,600 meters while Andrew Smith took second in the high jump, Braxton Lafferty finished second in the javelin and Rylan Konen tied for second in the long jump.

The Redskin track/field athletes will be back in action on Tuesday, April 26 at the Douglass Invitational.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN TRACK/FIELD at Sterling Relays

LADY REDSKINS:

Team Standings: 1. LADY REDSKINS 88.75; 2. Inman 86.50; 3. Sterling 70; 4. Ellsworth 58; 5. Hutchinson Central Christian 57; 6. Nickerson 54; 7. Ellsworth 47; 8. Lyons 28; 9. Burrton 24; 10. Langdon/Fairfield 15; 11. Concordia 13; 12. Solomon 3.75.

100 Meters: 4. Kami Grasser 14.05.

200 Meters: 4. Kami Grasser 29.03; 5. Elsie Boughfman 39.20.

800 Meters: 2. Ashley Stephenson 2:27.31.

100 Meter Hurdles: 5. Kate Ellwood 18.65.

300 Meter Hurdles: 5. Aubrey Olander 54.00; 6. Elsie Boughfman 55.00.

4×100 Meter Relay: 1. LADY REDSKINS 53.35 (Alaina Eck, Kami Grasser, Ashley Stephenson, Elsie Boughfman).

4×400 Meter Relay: 1. LADY REDSKINS 4:23.00 (Alaina Eck, Aubrey Olander, Kami Grasser, Ashley Stephenson).

High Jump: T-4. Aubrey Olander 4’8”.

Long Jump: 2. Alaina Eck 15’6.5”; 4. Elsie Boughfman 15’4”.

Triple Jump: 2. Alaina Eck 33’1.5”; 4. Ashley Stephenson 32’5”.

Discus: 4. Lily Boughfman 90’1.5”.

Javelin: 1. LILY BOUGHFMAN 122’11”.

Shot Put: 3. Lily Boughfman 33’9”.

REDSKIN BOYS:

Team Standings: 1. Inman 174; 2. Ellinwood 73; 3. REDSKINS 66; 4. Hutchinson Central Christian 62; 5. Sterling 52; 6. Langdon/Fairfield 40; 7. Nickerson 33; 8. Ellsworth 26; 9. Lyons 10; 10. Burrton 8; 11. Concordia 7; 12. Solomon 6.

100 Meters: 4. Andrew Smith 12.35.

200 Meters: 5. Toby Jesseph 24.87.

800 Meters: 2. Treyton Olander 2:13.11.

1,600 Meters: 2. Treyton Olander 4:53.86.

4×100 Meter Relay: 3. Redskins 46.65 (Toby Jesseph, Rylan Konen, Braxton Lafferty, Andrew Smith).

High Jump: 2. Andrew Smith 5’10”; 5. Treyton Olander 5’8”.

Long Jump: T-2. Rylan Konen 19’9”.

Triple Jump: 3. Rylan Konen 41’1.5”; 4. Braxton Lafferty 41’1”.

Discus: 5. Braxton Lafferty 111’9”.

Javelin: 2. Braxton Lafferty 144’6”; 6. Rylan Konen 119’7”.

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