86 MAKE STATE TOP-15

By Staff

            According to the website catchitkansas.com, the six McPherson County area small schools have 86 listings within the top 15 of Classes 3A, 2A, and 1A for Kansas Track/Field after the fifth week of the season, including 10 listed as the top of their event.

            Highlighting the area tracksters are Inman’s dynamic duo of Madilyn Heflin who leads the Class 2A girls in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles while Tanner Heckel is tops of Class 2A boys in both the long jump and triple jump. The third area double event leader in Breanne Peters of Smoky Valley who tops all Class 3A girls in both the pole vault and 100 meters.

            Inman’s Eli Brunk is tops in the 300-meter hurdles for Class 2A boys while Moundridge tops Class 2A boys in both the 4×100 and 4×400 meter relays. Braxton Lafferty of Little River leads the Class 1A boys in the javelin.

            The Teuton’s Heckel is also ranked in the top 15 of both the javelin and 100 meters while Breanne Peters of Smoky Valley is ranked in the top-15 of three other events in Class 3A, the 200 meters, long jump and triple jump.

            Here are the area track/field athletes ranked in the top-15 of events through five weeks of 2023 competition:

Class 3A Girls:

SMOKY VALLEY LADY VIKINGS (10 top-15) >

100 Meters > 1. Breanne Peters – 12.27.

200 Meters > 8. Breanne Peters – 26.81.

3,200 Meters > 13. Hope Willems – 12:35.81.

110 Meter Hurdles > 13. Clara McElroy – 16.85.

4×400 Meter Relay > 14. Lady Vikings – 4:24.67.

4×800 Meter Relay > 15. Lady Vikings – 11:01.31.

Long Jump > 3. Breanne Peters – 18’ 0”.

Triple Jump > 2. Breanne Peters – 35’ 7”.

Pole Vault > 1. Breanne Peters – 11’ 8”; 5. Noelle Peters – 10’ 0”.

Class 3A Boys:

SMOKY VALLEY VIKINGS (5 top-15) >

400 Meters > 3. Wyatt Johnson – 51.23; 13. Ki Blanchat – 52.54.

4×100 Meter Relay > 10. Vikings – 44.74.

4×400 Meter Relay > 6. Vikings – 3:31 .98.

4×800 Meter Relay > 4. Vikings – 8:29.78.

Class 2A Girls:

INMAN LADY TEUTONS (5 top-15) >

110 Meter Hurdles > 1. Madilyn Heflin – 15.70.

300 Meter Hurdles > 1. Madilyn Heflin – 53.26.

4×100 Meter Relay > 10. Lady Teutons – 53.26.

4×400 Meter Relay > 7. Lady Teutons – 4:24.73.

Discus > 8. Chloe Schmidt – 111’ 9”.

MOUNDRIDGE LADY WILDCATS (6 top-15) >

100 Meters > 3. Cammi Unruh – 12.78.

200 Meters > 7. Cammi Unruh – 27.15.

400 Meters > 14. Avery Schrag – 63.97.

1,600 Meters > 5. Haylee Jantz – 5:34.01.

3,200 Meters > 12. Haylee Jantz – 12:53.05.

Triple Jump > 5. Cammi Unruh – 34’ 7.25”.

Class 2A Boys:

INMAN TEUTONS (12 top-15) >

100 Meters > 3. Harrison Brunk – 10.80; 8. Tanner Heckel – 11.08.

200 Meters > 2. Harrison Brunk – 22.19.

110 Meter Hurdles > 2. Eli Brunk – 15.48; 11. Kellen Schrag – 16.80.

300 Meter Hurdles > 1. Eli Brunk – 40.93; 15. Kellen Schrag – 43.90.

4×100 Meter Relay > 2. Teutons – 44.04.

4×400 Meter Relay > 5. Teutons – 3:36.61.

Long Jump > 1. Tanner Heckel – 22’ 8.75”.

Triple Jump > 1. Tanner Heckel – 45’ 3”.

Javelin > 4. Tanner Heckel – 165’ 6”.

MOUNDRIDGE WILDCATS (10 top-15) >

100 Meters > 2. Kaden Elmore – 10.76; 4. MacKaleb Unruh – 10.89.

200 Meters > 7. Kaden Elmore – 22.82.

400 Meters > 8. Kaden Elmore – 52.37.

4×100 Meter Relay> 1. Wildcats – 43.57.

4×400 Meter Relay > 1. Wildcats – 3:31.20.

4×800 Meter Relay > 4. Wildcats – 8:51.41.

High Jump > 8. Logan Churchill – 6’ 0”; 13. Banky Hayes – 5’ 10”.

Javelin > Henry Hecox – 157’ 4”.

Class 1A Girls:

ELYRIA CHRISTIAN LADY EAGLES (4 top-15) >

200 Meters > 14. Grace Prescott – 27.86.

400 Meters > 13. Grace Prescott – 65.26.

1,600 Meters > 12. Laney Reiff – 6:00.87.

3,200 Meters > 8. Laney Reiff – 13:12.19.

LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKINS (13 top-15) >

100 Meters > 11. Kami Grasser – 13.23.

200 Meters > 6. Kami Grasser – 27.52.

400 Meters > 15. Addie Strecker – 65.51.

800 Meters > 3. Ashley Stephenson – 2:32.60.

110 Meter Hurdles > 8. Aubrey Olander – 17.14; 12. Havana Olander – 17.37.

300 Meter Hurdles > 14. Aubrey Olander – 51.36.

4×100 Meter Relay > 2. Lady Redskins – 52.05.

4×400 Meter Relay > 5. Lady Redskins – 4:22.03.

High Jump > 2. Havana Olander – 5’ 3”.

Triple Jump > 6. Havana Olander – 35’ 3.5”; 10. Alaina Eck – 34’ 1”; 15. Ashley Stephenson – 33’ 6”.

Class 1A Boys:

CANTON/GALVA EAGLES (10 top-15) >

100 Meters > 14. Jett Vincent – 11.62.

200 Meters > 11. Lane McMannis – 23.90; 15. Jett Vincent – 23.93.

400 Meters > 7. Lane McMannis – 53.40; 8. Jett Vincent – 53.79.

110 Meter Hurdles > 15. Lane McMannis – 17.66.

300 Meter Hurdles > 4. Lane McMannis – 41.86.

4×100 Meter Relay > 7. Eagles – 45.75.

High Jump > 3. Jett Vincent – 6’ 4”; 13. Isaiah Patton – 6’ 0”.

ELYRIA CHRISTIAN EAGLES (1 top-15) >

Shot Put > Blake Robertson – 45’ 7”.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKINS (10 top-15) >

100 Meters > 8. Andrew Smith – 11.51; 12. Braxton Lafferty – 11.60.

1,600 Meters > 12. Treyton Olander – 4:59.81.

4×100 Meter Relay > 5. Redskins – 45.54.

High Jump > 4. Andrew Smith – 6’ 4”.

Long Jump > 12. Rylan Konen – 20’ 0”.

Triple Jump > 5. Braxton Lafferty – 41’ 8”; 15. Rylan Konen – 40’ 3”.

Discus > 15. Cole Dieball – 132’ 1”.

Javelin > 1. Braxton Lafferty – 173’ 7”.

(The Staff covering events for the MAC AREA SPORTS NEW can be reached by email at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)