39 MEDAL WINNERS

By Staff

            LYONS – It was a showing of depth and power for the Little River track/field teams on Tuesday as the Lady Redskins won the team title and the Redskin boys finished second at the seven-team Lyons Invitational.

            The track/field teams were scheduled to compete at the Herington Invitational on Thursday.

            For the Lady Redskins, they rolled up 159 points to win the team title with Larned second and Pratt third. The Little River girls finished the meet with 22 medals of which 18 came from top-three finishes.

            Havana Olander led the Lady Redskins as she won both the high jump and triple jump while finishing second and third in the 300- and 100-meter hurdles as well.

            Other Lady Redskins bringing home first-place medals were Aubrey Olander in the 300-meter hurdles, Arika Feldman in the 400 meters, and Ashley Stephenson in the 800 meters as well as the quartet of Alaina Eck, Feldman, Kami Grasser and Stephenson winning the 4×400 meter relay.

            In the boys division, Little River scored 122 points, which was good for second behind Hoisington and well ahead of third-place Lyons.

            The Little River boys ended the meet with 17 medals earned with 13 being from a first, second or third place finish.

            Braxton Lafferty won the two first-place medals for the Redskins as he took the title in both the javelin and triple jump.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN TRACK/FIELD at Lyons Invitational

LADY REDSKIN RESULTS:

Team Standings > 1. LADY REDSKINS – 159; 2. Larned – 134; 3. Pratt – 71; 4. Lyons – 66; 5. Hoisington – 53; 6. Nickerson – 37; 7. Haven – 6.

LADY REDSKIN INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-6 Finishes):

100 Meters > 2. Kami Grasser – 13.37.

200 Meters > 2. Kami Grasser – 27.71; 6. Addie Strecker – 28.74.

400 Meters > 1. Arika Feldman – 1:02.85; 3. Addie Strecker – 1:04.49.

800 Meters > 1. Ashley Stephenson – 2:30.50.

1,600 Meters > 3. Harmony Love – 6:57.26.

3,200 Meters > 2. Harmony Love – 15:34.29.

100 Meter Hurdles > 2. Aubree Olander – 17.09; 3. Havana Olander – 17.80; 5. Katie Ellwood – 18.77.

300 Meter Hurdles > 1. Aubree Olander – 51.61; 2. Havana Olander – 51.85.

4×100 Meter Relay > 2. Little River (Alaina Eck, Kami Grasser, Ashley Stephenson, Elsie Boughfman) – 51.28.

4×400 Meter Relay > 1. Little River (Alaina Eck, Arika Feldman, Kami Grasser, Ashley Stephenson) – 4:17.24.

High Jump > 1. Havana Olander – 5’ 2”; 2. Arika Feldman – 5’ 0”.

Pole Vault > 4. Kate Ellwood – 7’ 0”.

Long Jump > 2. Addie Strecker – 15’ 11”.

Triple Jump > 1. Havana Olander – 34’ 8”; 3. Alaina Eck – 32’ 2”; 4. Ashley Stephenson – 31’ 8.5”.

REDSKIN BOYS RESULTS:

Team Standings > 1. Hoisington – 162; 2. REDSKINS – 122; 3. Lyons – 88; 4. Nickerson – 58; 5. Larned – 57; 6. Pratt – 50; 7. Haven – 2.

REDSKIN BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-6 Finishes):

100 Meters > 2. Andrew Smith – 11.60; 4. Braxton Lafferty – 11.70.

200 Meters > 2. Andrew Smith – 23.86.

400 Meters > 3. Andrew Smith – 53.95; 5. Kyler Bergkamp – 56’ 11”.

800 Meters > 3. Treyton Olander – 2:23.41.

1,600 Meters > 2. Treyton Olander – 4:55.12.

3,200 Meters > 2. Brady Obley – 11:45.82.

4×100 Meter Relay > 3. Little River (Toby Jesseph, Rylan Konen, Braxton Lafferty, Andrew Smith) – 45.33.

4×400 Meter Relay > 2. Little River (Kyler Bergkamp, Ty Jannette, Treyton Olander, Kal-El Robinson) – 3:54.25.

4×800 Meter Relay > 3. Little River (Kyler Bergkamp, Jaxon Konen, Ty Janette, Brady Obley) – 9:40.75.

Long Jump > 3. Rylan Konen – 19’ 7”.

Triple Jump > 1. Braxton Lafferty – 40’ 8”; 4. Rylan Konen – 37’ 3”.

Discus > 5. Cole Dieball – 116’ 5”.

Javelin > 1. Braxton Lafferty – 150’ 0”; 3. Christopher Norez – 140’ 11”.

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