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

DOUGLASS – On Tuesday, the Canton/Galva track teams traveled to Douglass and brought home a second-place finish by the Eagle boys while the Lady Eagles finished fourth.

For the Lady Eagles, Mimi Craig scored a gold in the shot put while Emily Lance and Brinley Becker both ran person best times while finishing third in the 300 meter hurdles and 200 meters, respectively.

The Eagle boys closed out the meet in second place with 119 points, just two points behind meet champion Little River.

Lane McMannis had a huge day for the Eagle boys as he recorded two golds by winning both the 100- and 300-meter hurdles while taking second in the javelin with a personal season best throw.

Also winning gold for the Eagles was Tyson Struber in the 100 meters, Christian Darrah in the 1,600 meters and Wyatt Collins in the discus. Collins recorded season best throws in both the discus and shot put while Tanner Koehn also scored a season best throw when he placed second in the discus.

In winning the 4×400 meter relay, the Eagle quartet of McMannis, Struber, Darrah, and Koehn recorded a new season best time.

Next up for the Eagle track/field teams will be on Friday, April 29 at Hillsboro.

CANTON/GALVA TRACK/FIELD at Douglass Invitational

LADY EAGLES (top 8 finishes):

Team Standings: 1. Little River 202; 2. Sedgwick 159; 3. Douglass 69; 4. LADY EAGLES 39.

Shot Put: 1. MIMI CRAIG 32’11”.

Discus: 4. Mimi Craig 75’00”.

Long Jump: 6. Brinley Becker 13’4.5” 8. Emily Lance 12’4”.

100 Meters: 4. Brinley Becker 13.55.

200 Meters: 3. Brinley Becker 28.95.

100 Meter Hurdles: 6. Emily Lance 20.22.

300 Meter Hurdles: 3. Emily Lance 57.69.

EAGLE BOYS (top 8 finishes):

Team Standings: 1. Little River 121; 2. EAGLES 119; 3. Hutchinson Central Christian 95; 4. Sedgwick 89; 5. Douglass 83; 6. Marion 35.

Shot Put: 3. Wyatt Collins 39’1”; 5. Tanner Koehn 35’6”.

Discus: 1. WYATT COLLINS 115’3”; 2. Tanner Koehn 108’4”.

Javelin: 2. Lane McMannis 138’10”; 4. Tyson Struber 103’11”.

Long Jump: 6. Jaden Ediger 17’3.25”; 7. Ethan Alkire 16’11.50”.

110 Meter Hurdles: 1. LANE MCMANNIS 18.48.

300 Meter Hurdles: 1. LANE MCMANNIS 43.71.

100 Meters: 1. TYSON STRUBER 11.28; 3. Isaiah Patton 11.52; 8. Nathanal Erskin 12.40.

200 Meters: 7. Jaden Ediger 25.48.

800 Meters: 3. Morgan Becker 2:23.61.

1,600 Meters: 1. CHRISTIAN DARRAH 4:51.00.

4×100 Meter Relay: 2. Eagles 48.25 (Ediger, Collins, Alkire, Patton).

4×400 Meter Relay: 1. EAGLES 3:44.35 (Struber, Koehn, Darrah, McMannis).

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