By Staff
MARION – At Marion Friday, the Moundridge boys track/field team won the Heart of America League meet title while the Lady Wildcats finished eighth.
For the Wildcat boys, they finished the meet with 96 points, just three ahead of runner-up Berean Academy and eight ahead of county rival and third-place Inman. Ell-Saline and Marion rounded out the top five of the 10 team event.
Logan Churchill and Kaden Elmore won the 400 and 200 meters, respectively as the lone two individual winners for the Moundridge boys. Also gaining first place finishes were the quartet of Kaden Elmore, Logan Churchill, Landon Kaufman and MacKaleb Unruh who teamed up to win both the 4×100 and 4×400 meter relay events.
The Wildcat boys had 15 finishes that scored team points in 10 events with 10 of those being top-three finishes.
For the Lady Wildcats, they had second-place finishes from Cammi Unruh in the 100 meters and Haylee Jantz in the 1,600 meters to roll up 23 points and finish eighth of ten teams.
Both the Wildcat track/field teams will return to Marion next Thursday for their Class 2A state regional meet where Logan Churchill in the 400 meters and the 4×100 and 4×400 meter boys relay teams all hold the top spot for those participating in the event at regionals.
MOUNDRIDGE WILDCATS TRACK/FIELD at Heart of America League Meet in Marion
MOUNDRIDGE WILDCAT BOYS RESULTS >
Team Standings (18 Events Scored) > 1. WILDCATS – 96; 2. Berean Academy – 93; 3. Inman – 88; 4. Ell-Saline – 72; 5. Marion – 48; 6. Bennington – 47; 7. Hutchinson Trinity – 38; 8. Sedgwick – 37; 9. Remington – 20; 10. Sterling – 19.
MOUNDRIDGE WILDCAT BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-6 Finishes) >
100 Meters > 2. Kaden Elmore – 11.50; 3. MacKaleb Unruh – 11.91.
200 Meters > 1. Kaden Elmore – 23.23; 2. MacKaleb Unruh – 24.12.
400 Meters > 1. Logan Churchill – 50.74.
4×100 Meter Relay > 1. Wildcats (Kaden Elmore, Logan Churchill, Landon Kaufman, MacKaleb Unruh) – 43.52.
4×400 Meter Relay > 1. Wildcats (Logan Churchill, Landon Kaufman, MacKaleb Unruh, Kaden Elmore) – 3:26.47.
4×800 Meter Relay > 4. Wildcats (Finn Burge, Trey Others, Coulter Adolf, Evan Ginder) – 8:49.67.
High Jump > T-5. Banky Hayes, Logan Churchill – 5’8”.
Discus > 2. Caleb Ward – 131’0”; 4. Daniel Dixon – 122’9”.
Javelin > 2. Henry Hecox – 158’4”; 3. Barrett Moddelmog – 144’6”.
Shot Put > 5. Caleb Ward – 39’7”.
MOUNDRIDGE LADY WILDCATS RESUTLS >
Team Standings (18 Events Scored) > 1. Inman – 123; 2. Berean Academy – 108; 3. Remington – 88; 4. Sterling – 68; 5. Ell-Saline – 44; 6. Marion – 40; 7. Bennington – 37; 8. LADY WILDCATS – 23; 9. Sedgwick – 19; 10. Hutchinson Trinity – 8.
MOUNDRIDGE LADY WILDCATS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-6 Finishes) >
100 Meters > 2. Cammi Unruh – 13.38.
200 Meters > 4. Cammi Unruh – 27.64; 6. Avery Schrag – 28.94.
400 Meters > 5. Avery Schrag – 1:03.70.
1,600 Meters > 2. Haylee Jantz – 5”47.82.
(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)