By Staff

            HILLSBORO – On Tuesday at the 17-team James Thomas Invitational track/field meet in Hillsboro, the Smoky Valley girls dominated in getting a team win as well as three individual wins while the Viking boys placed fifth while earning five event championships.

            For the Lady Vikings, they rolled up 98 points, a good 31 points ahead of runner-up Inman while Berean Academy and Hesston tied for third and both Larned and Remington tied for fifth.

            Breanne Peters was a force to be reckoned with as she won three events, the 200 meters, long jump and triple jump while finishing second in the pole vault. Overall, the Smoky Valley girls finished in the top three 10 times for the day.

            It was a team effort for the Viking boys as they scored 79 points to finish third, just two points behind Inman and 13 points behind meet champion Berean Academy. Council Grove and Moundridge rounded out the top five in the team standings.

            Three Vikings earned individual wins with Wyatt Johnson winning the 400 meters, Trystan Stambaugh taking first in the discus and Justin Holt out throwing the competition in the shot put. Both the 4×400 and 4×800 meter relay teams also won first-place medals as well.

            On Tuesday, the Smoky Valley track/field teams will be on the road at a meet in Minneapolis.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING TRACK/FIELD at James Thomas Invitational in Hillsboro

SMOKY VALLEY LADY VIKING RESULTS:

Team Standings: 1. LADY VIKINGS – 98;  2. Inman – 67; T-3. Berean Academy, Hesston – 58; T-5. Larned, Remington – 52; 7. Elyria Christian – 35; 8. Hillsboro – 31; 9. Moundridge – 29;  10. Sedgwick – 20; 11. Council Grove – 19; 12. Lyons – 13; 13. Nickerson – 10; 14. Russell – 7; 15. Canton/Galva – 4; 16. Bluestem – 3; 17. Independent School – 2.

LADY VIKING INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-8 finishes) >

100 Meters > 4. Noelle Peters – 13.34; 7. Ceeley Friesen – 13.70.

200 Meters > 1. Breanne Peters – 26.25.

800 Meters > 3. Keira Mullen – 2:37.36.

1,600 Meters > 3. Hope Willems – 6:02.31; 6. Esther Clark – 6:09.78.

3,200 Meters > 3. Hope Willems – 13:13.75.

100 Meter Hurdles > 6. Hope Duncan – 30.00.

300 Meter Hurdles > 2. Clara McElroy – 51.22; 5. Hope Duncan – 54.39.

4×100 Meter Relay > 5. Lady Vikings – 55.10.

4×400 Meter Relay > 4. Lady Vikings – 4:27.90.

High Jump > 5. Trista Spitler – 4’ 6”.

Long Jump > 1. Breanne Peters – 16’ 7.5”; 5. Trista Spitler – 15’ 6”.

Triple Jump > 1. Breanne Peters – 34’ 10”; 2. Hope Duncan – 34’ 5.5”; 6. Trista Spitler – 32’ 5”.

Pole Vault > 2. Breanne Peters – 10’ 6”; 6. Ceeley Friesen – 7’ 6”.

Javelin > 2. Keira Mullen – 105’ 2”.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING BOYS RESULTS:

Team Standings > 1. Berean Academy – 92; 2. Inman – 81; 3. VIKINGS – 79; 4. Council Grove – 72; 5. Moundridge – 51; 6. Hesston – 44; 7. Canton/Galva – 40; T-8. Hillsboro, Russell – 24; 10. Remington – 14; 11. Lyons – 11; 12. Independent School – 10; 13. Sedgwick – 9; 14. Haven – 4; 15. Larned – 2; 16. Bluestem – 1.       

VIKING BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-8 Finishes):

100 Meters > 7. Zach Gross – 11.46; 8. Justice Autry – 11.48.

400 Meters > 1. Wyatt Johnson – 51.69; 4. Karson Pihl – 53.31.

800 Meters > 3. Tytus Reed – 2:14.58; 7. Samuel Peterson – 2:16.99.

1,600 Meters > 8. Brayden Eyer – 5:22.93.

3,200 Meters > 6. Sebastian Pavlovich – 11:50.55.

300 Meter Hurdles > 7. Vincent Pickering – 45.07.

4×100 Meter Relay > 3. Vikings – 45.13.

4×400 Meter Relay > 1. Vikings – 3:31.92.

4×800 Meter Relay > 1. Vikings – 8:42.33.

Discus > 1. Trystan Stambaugh – 138’ 1”; 4. Gus Griffith – 125’ 3”.

Javelin > 3. Trystan Stambaugh – 153’ 0”.

Shot Put > 1. Justin Holt – 43’ 9”; 5. Trystan Stambaugh – 41’ 9”.

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