HHS boys claims Hesston Invitational
Hannah Marsh breaks meet, school long jump record at Hesston meet
Staff writer
On a blistering hot and windy day, the Hillsboro High School track team finally were able to compete May 6, after being rained out of their own meet on April 30.
Again this year, the boys won first place as a team, smoking the competition by scoring 152.5 team points. Garden Plain was second with 85 team points followed by Cheney third with 80, Halstead fourth with 61, and Marion fifth with 47.5.
The 4x100-meter relay team of Derek Mayfield, Tyler Peachey, Brodie Unrau, and Caleb Marsh tied the record with a time of 44.03.
"This ties them with two other groups," head coach Dennis Boldt said. "Despite the wind and heat, there were some excellent times by many athletes at this meet."
On the girls' side, freshman Hannah Marsh broke the meet and school record in the long jump with a leap of 17'11". According to Boldt, this breaks Angie Helmer's record of 17'5".
The girls' team placed second with 103 team points following first place Garden Plain with Cheney placing third with 75, Hesston fourth with 71.5 and Smoky Valley fifth with 57.
Boldt was pleased with his student-athletes' performances.
"It is important to get good marks for regional seeding in races such as the 100, 200, 400, 4x100, and the 4x400 relay," he said. "We achieved some of these marks today."
The team competed Monday at the Conrad Nightengale Invitational that was rescheduled from April 23 because of heavy rainfall.
Results were not available at press time.
The team will go on to compete in the MCAA League meet at 4 p.m. Friday at Halstead.
Hesston Invitational 5-6-04
Boys' team scores: 1. Hillsboro 152.5; 2. Garden Plain 85; 3. Cheney 80; 4. Halstead 61; 5. Marion 47.5; 6. Hesston 44; 7. Smoky Valley 38; 8. (tie) Haven and Moundridge 19; 9. Canton-Galva 6; 10. Nickerson 5; Herington.
Boys' individual results: High jump — Tim Funk, 6'. 4x800m relay — 3. Hillsboro (Josh Boese, Jayce Penner, Isaac Leihy, Nate Holmes), 9:29.13. Shot put — 4. Kyle Jilka, 47'01". 400m dash — 1. Daniel Yoder, 52.32. 800m run — 2. D. Yoder, 2:04.62; 4. Aaron Yoder, 2:08.84. Javelin — 5. Jilka, 157'11". Long jump — 1. Caleb Marsh, 21'06.25"; 4. Sammy Espada, 20'02.5"; 6. Derek Mayfield, 20'01". 110m hurdles — 2. T. Funk, 15.79. 1600m run — 1. A. Yoder, 4:54.31. 200m dash — 2. Tyler Peachey, 24.12. 3200m run — 3. Sean Leihy, 11.08.65. Discus — 6. Peachey, 150'06.5". 100m dash — 2. Mayfield, 11.03; 6. Brodie Unrau, 11.38. 4x100m relay — 1. Hillsboro (Mayfield, Peachey, Unrau, Marsh), 44.03. Triple jump — 1. Espada, 42'10"; 2. Mayfield, 42'01". Pole vault — 2. Marsh, 14'; 3. D. Yoder, 13'06"; 5. D. Funk, 12'06". 4x400m relay — 1. Hillsboro (Marsh, A. Yoder, Peachey, D. Yoder), 3:32.42.
Girls' team scores: 1. Garden Plain 157; 2. Hillsboro 103; 3. Cheney 75; 4. Hesston 71.5; 5. Smoky Valley 576; 6. Moundridge 34; 7. Haven 28; 8. Marion 15; 9. Halstead 9; 10. Herington 5; 11. Canton-Galva 2; Nickerson 0.
Girls' individual results: 1. High jump — 1. JuliAnne Chisholm, 5'02". Triple jump — 3. Jessica Heidel, 32'02.25"; 200m dash — Hannah Marsh, 26.87. Long jump — 1. Hannah Marsh, 17'11.,5" (*new meet, school record). 100m high hurdles — 2. Chisholm, 15.44; 3. Tina Frick, 16.00. 1600m run — 1. Chisholm, 5:49.52. 300m low hurdles — 1. Frick, 49.49. Pole vault — 3. Marsh, 9'06". Discus — 3. Stephanie King, 118'10.5". 100m dash — 6. Heidel, 13.15. 4x100m relay — 2. Hillsboro (Megan Peachey, Frick, Kelsie Penner, Heidel), 52.96. 4x400m relay — 1. Hillsboro (Heidel, Penner, Chisholm, Marsh), 4:12.91.
