By Staff
HESSTON – At a six-team track/field meet on Tuesday in Hesston the Little River girls finished second overall with nine event winners while the Little River boys landed in third place after earning five event winners.
For the Little River girls, they rang up 159 points, well behind meet champion Berean Academy with 230. Hesston, Douglass, and Remington rounded out the competition where only five teams participated.
The Little River girls rang up nine first-place finishes and a total of 24 placings in the top-six of an event.
Winning individual events included three-time winner Havana Olander with wins in the triple jump, high jump, and 300-meter hurdles as well ad double winners in the four sprints with Kami Grasser taking first in both the 100 and 200 meters while Ashley Stephenson won the 400 and 800 meters.
Also scoring wins for the Lady Redskins was the 4×100 meter relay team of Elsie Boughfman, Alaina Eck, Grasser and Stephenson plus the 4×400 meter relay quartet of Eck, Grasser, Addie Strecker and Stephenson.
It was a three-team race for the team title on the boys side as Berean Academy came out on top with 184 points, Hesston ran second at 172 and Little River finished third with 143. Douglass, Remington, and Centre filled out the final three spots.
Little River recorded 25 top-six finishes with five being event winners.
Individual winners were Tanner Heckel in the triple jump, Rylan Konen in the long jump, Andrew Smith in the 200 meters and Treyton Olander in the 800 meters. Also earning an event win was the 4×100 meter relay group of Toby Jesseph, Konen, Lafferty and Smith.
The Little River track/field teams will now have a week off before going to the Lyons Invitational on Tuesday, May 2.
LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN TRACK/FIELD at Hesston
LITTLE RIVER LADY RESKINS RESULTS:
Team Standings > 1. Berean Academy – 230; 2. LITTLE RIVER – 159; 3. Hesston – 84; 4. Douglass – 48; 5. Remington – 5.
LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKINS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-6 Finishes):
100 Meters > 1. Kami Grasser – 13.63.
200 Meters > 1. Kami Grasser – 28.26; 2. Addie Strecker – 29.03.
400 Meters > 1. Ashley Stephenson – 1:04.52; 2. Arika Feldman – 1:05.70; 6. Addie Strecker – 1:10.01.
800 Meters > 1. Ashley Stephenson – 2:41.69.
100 Meter Hurdles > 2. Havana Olander – 17.44; 4. Kate Ellwood – 18.71; 6. LuMey Hicks – 20.06.
300 Meter Hurdles > 1. Havana Olander – 53.05.
4×400 Meter Relay > 1. Little River (Alaina Eck, Kami Grasser, Addie Strecker, Ashley Stephenson) – 4:21.95.
High Jump > 1. Havana Olander – 4’ 10”; 2. Arika Feldman – 4’ 8”.
Long Jump > 4. Addie Strecker – 14’ 3.5”; 5. Alaina Eck – 14’ 1.75”.
Triple Jump > 1. Havana Olander – 35’ 10”; 2. Alaina Eck – 33’ 9.5”.
Pole Vault > 4. Kate Ellwood – 7’ 0”.
Discus > 6. Illie DeBaere – 71’ 7”.
Javelin > 4. Evie Look – 82’ 5”.
Shot Put > 3. Kinsley Wohletz – 20’ 10.5”; 5. Lucy Wright – 28’ 7”.
LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN BOYS RESULTS:
Team Standings > 1. Berean Academy – 184; 2. Hesston – 172; 3. LITTLE RIVER – 143; 4. Douglass – 34; T-5. Remington, Centre – 1.
LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-6 Finishes):
100 Meters > 2. Andrew Smith – 11.56; 4. Braxton Lafferty – 11.78; 6. Tristan Bristow – 11.93.
200 Meters > 1. Andrew Smith – 24.00; 5. Tristan Bristow – 25.81.
400 Meters > 2. Kyler Bergkamp – 56.62.
800 Meters > 1. Treyton Olander – 1:12.05; 4. Brady Obley – 2:21.06; 5. Ty Janette – 2:27.45.
1,600 Meters > 2. Treyton Olander – 5:05.87.
3,200 Meters > 6. Brady Obley – 12:31.95.
4×100 Meter Relay > 1. Little River (Toby Jesseph, Rylan Konen, Braxton Lafferty, Andrew Smith) – 45.68.
4×400 Meter Relay > 3. Little River (Ty Janette, Kyler Bergkamp, Treyton Olander, Kal-El Robinson) – 4:04.54.
4×800 Meter Relay > 2. Little River (Kyler Bergkamp, Ty Janette, Jaxon Konen, Hunter Sneath) – 10:38.70.
High Jump > 2. Andrew Smith – 6’ 0”; 3. Treyton Olander – 5’ 10”; 5. Tristan Bristow – 5’ 6”.
Long Jump > 1. Rylan Konen – 18’ 11”.
Triple Jump > 1. Braxton Lafferty – 39’ 5”; 3. Rylan Konen – 37’ 6.5”.
Discus > 4. Cole Dieball – 121’ 1”.
Javelin > 3. Braxton Lafferty – 138’ 5”; 5. Christopher Norez – 130’ 8”.
Shot Put > 3. Toby Jesseph – 37’ 0”; 6. Cole Dieball – 33’ 3.5”.
(The Staff covering events for the MAC AREA SPORTS NEW can be reached by email at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)