By Staff

            MINNEAPOLIS – On Tuesday the Smoky Valley track/field teams competed in the 12-team Minneapolis Invitational and brought home a fourth-place team finish for the Lady Vikings and a second-place trophy for the Viking boys.

            While the Lady Vikings landed fourth in the team standings behind Chapman, Clay Center, and Minneapolis, they did record four first-place finishes and 17 medal winners.

            Breanne Peters earned two first-place medals, winning the 200 meters and triple jump while sister Noelle Peters won the pole vault and Hope Willems ran first in the 3,200 meters. Willems also placed second in the 1,600 meters.

            For the Viking boys, they finished second in the point standings behind Chapman and ahead of Smith Center, Minneapolis and Clay Center in the team standings.

            Winning 16 medals without taking a first-place medal, the Vikings were led by six second-place finishes.       Justice Autry took second in the 100 meters, Wyatt Johnson and Tytus Reed ran second in the 200 and 1,600 meters, respectively while Trystan Stambaugh had the second-best throw in the javelin and the 4×800 meter quartet of Brayden Eyer, Sebastian Pavlovich, Kaden Bishop, and Samuel Peterson finished second in the 4×800 meter relay. The other runner-up was the 4×100 meter relay group of Gavin Stambaugh, Tytus Reed, Vincent Pickering and Justice Autry.

            The Smoky Valley track/field teams were scheduled to compete on Thursday at Hesston.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKINGS TRACK/FIELD at Minneapolis Invitational

LADY VIKINGS RESULTS >

Team Standings > 1. Chapman – 250; 2. Clay Center – 127; 3. Minneapolis – 114; 4. LADY VIKINGS – 111; T-5. Concordia, Abilene – 95; 7. St. Johns – 89; 8. Beloit – 79; 9. Smith Center – 55; 10. Salina Sacred Heart – 28; 11. Republic County – 25; 12. Southeast of Saline – 16.

LADY VIKINGS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-8 Finishes) >

100 Meters > 6. Ceeley Friesen – 13.80; 7. Clara McElroy – 13.95; 8. Trista Spitler – 14.06.

200 Meters > 1. Breanne Peters – 26.27.

400 Meters > 4. Keira Mullen – 1:06.54; 7. Nevaeh Spitler – 1:09.63.

1,600 Meters > 2. Hope Willems – 6:05.13.

3,200 Meters > 1. Hope Willems – 13:02.33; 3. Esther Clark – 13:52.33.

300 Meter Hurdles > 3. Hope Duncan – 52.91; 5.Taytum Reed – 57.06.

4×100 Meter Relay > 4. Lady Vikings (Noelle Peters, Madi Oakes, Ceeley Friesen, Clara McElroy) – 54.10.

4×400 Meter Relay > 3. Lady Vikings (Noelle Peters, Madi Oakes, Clara McElroy, Keira Mullen) – 4:25.58.

4×800 Meter Relay > 3. Lady Vikings (Esther Clark, Mila Sims, Gracia Peterson, Hope Willems) – 12:03.71.

High Jump > 4. Trista Spitler – 4’ 8”.

Long Jump > 5. Trista Spitler – 14’ 6”.

Triple Jump > 1. Breanne Peters – 35’ 3”; 5. Hope Duncan – 33’ 8.5”; 7. Trista Spitler – 31’ 2”.

Pole Vault > 1. Noelle Peters – 10’ 0”; 7. Ceeley Friesen – 7’ 6”.

Javelin > 5. Keira Mullen – 101’ 11”.

VIKING BOYS RESULTS >

Team Standings > 1. Chapman – 313; 2. VIKINGS – 120; 3. Smith Center – 119; 4. Minneapolis – 116; 5. Clay Center – 112; 6. Abilene – 105; 7. Concordia – 72; 8. Southeast of Saline – 66; 9. St. Johns – 63; 10. Beloit – 28; 11. Salina Sacred Heart – 9; T-12. Republic County, Ellsworth – 1.

VIKING BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-8 Finishes) >

100 Meters > 2. Justice Autry – 11.33; 6. Wyatt Johnson – 11.87.

200 Meters > 2. Wyatt Johnson – 23.52; 3. Zach Gross – 23.59; 5. Karson Pihl – 23.81.

800 Meters > 3. Brayden Eyer – 2:12.70; 5. Kaden Bishop – 2:19.66.

1,600 Meters > 2. Tytus Reed – 4:49.17.

3,200 Meters > 4. Samuel Peterson – 11:11.84; 8. Sebastian Pavlovich – 11:44.79.

110 Meter Hurdles > 4. Vincent Pickering – 17.60.

4×100 Meter Relay > 2. Vikings (Gavin Stambaugh, Tytus Reed, Vincent Pickering, Justice Autry) – 17.60.

4×400 Meter Relay > 3. Vikings (Gavin Stambaugh, Tytus Reed, Vincent Pickering, Justice Autry) – 3:35.62.

4×800 Meter Relay > 2. Vikings (Brayden Eyer, Sebastian Pavlovich, Kaden Bishop, Samuel Peterson) – 9:08.17.

Discus > 5. Gus Griffith – 123’ 7”; 5. Trystan Stambaugh – 121’ 9”.

Javelin > 2. Trystan Stambaugh – 148’ 7”.

Shot Put > 3. Justin Holt – 42’ 1.5”.

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