HHS boys, girls claim MCAA league title
Staff writer
What a difference a day makes! Wednesday and Thursday, Halstead and the surrounding area experienced torrential rains and flooding, but on Friday, skies were blue and temperatures almost perfect for the MCAA League track meet.
The Hillsboro boys again dominated at the 10-school league meet scoring 184 points followed by second place Sterling with 79, and third place Smoky Valley with 74.
This is the fourth consecutive time the boys have been league champions.
The Hillsboro girls placed first scoring 98 points and beating out rival Hesston who scored 91 followed by third place Lyons with 81.
This is the second time since 2002 the girls have been league champions.
The boys placed first in the high jump, discus, the 4x100-meter relay, the 1600m run, the 3200-meter run, and the 4x400-meter relay. They scored one-two in the 100-meter dash, the triple jump, and the 800-meter run.
"The key thing for us is that we have depth," head coach Dennis Boldt said. "That's how we were able to score a large number of points for the team."
The girls placed first in the high jump, the 100-meter dash, the 4x400-meter relay, and the 100m hurdles.
"We aren't as deep on the girls' team," Boldt said. "But taking first in some events and then scoring in the top three in other events made the difference for us."
Up next for the Trojans is regionals at 3 p.m. on Friday at Cheney. The top four in each event will go on to compete at state May 28-29 at Wichita State University.
"The Garden Plain and Cheney boys and the Garden Plain and Hesston girls will be the strongest teams at regionals," Boldt said.
Boldt hopes to qualify six to eight boys and three to four girls at regionals to advance to the state competition to be held next week.
Conrad Nightengale Invite
On May 10, the team traveled to Halstead to compete in the re-scheduled Conrad Nightengale Invitational track meet.
There were 14 schools competing at the meet.
The boys continued to dominate and won first place scoring 133 team points followed by Cheney second with 82 points and Garden Plain third with 80 points.
The girls placed second with 90 team points behind first place powerhouse Garden Plain with 136 and rival Hesston placed third with 71.
MCAA League meet 5-14-04
Boys' team scores: 1. Hillsboro 184; 2. Sterling 79; 3. Smoky Valley 74; 4. Halstead 53; 5. Wichita Collegiate 46; 6. Hesston 31; 7. Ellinwood 30; 8. Lyons 28; 9. Haven 24; 10. Nickerson 9.
Individual results: High jump — 1. Brodie Unrau, 6'; 5. Tim Funk, 5'10". Discus — 1. Tyler Peachey, 140'9". 100m dash — 1. Caleb marsh, 11.23; 2. Derek Mayfield, 6. Unrau, 11.55. 110m hurdles — 4. T. Funk, 16.31; 5. Clint Schneider, 16.76. Triple jump — 1. Sammy Espada, 43'6.5"; 2. Mayfield, 41'6"; 5. Tyler Kaufman, 38'3". 200m dash — 3. Peachey, 23.19. Long jump — 2. Marsh, 20'11"; 6. Espada, 19'6". Shot put — 4. Kyle Jilka, 45'1". 1600m run — 1. Aaron Yoder, 4:47.68; 6. Josh Boese, 5:05.43. 4x100m relay — 1. Hillsboro (Mayfield, Marsh, Unrau, Peachey), 44.33. 3200m run — 1. A. Yoder, 10:39.14; 5. Sean Leihy, 11:04.90. Pole vault — 2. Marsh, 13'6"; 3. David Funk, 13'; 4. D. Yoder, 13'. Javelin — 4. Jilka, 157'5". 4x800m relay — 3. Hillsboro (Jayce Penner, Boese, Leihy, Nate Holmes), 8:57.52. 400m dash — 2. D. Yoder, 51.61. 800m run — 1. A. Yoder, 2:02.00; 2. D. Yoder, 2:05.60. 4x400m relay — 1. Hillsboro (Jilka, A. Yoder, Peachey, D. Yoder), 3:32.68.
Girls' team scores: 1. Hillsboro 98; 2. Hesston 91; 3. Lyons 81; 4. Smoky Valley 73; 5. Wichita Collegiate 54; 6. Sterling 53; 7. Haven 43; 8. Halstead 34.5; 9. Ellinwood 26; 10. Nickerson 4.5.
Individual results: High jump — 1. JuliAnne Chisholm, 5'2". 100m dash — 1. Hannah Marsh, 12.59. 4x400m relay — Hillsboro ( Jessica Heidel, Kelsey Penner, Chisholm, Marsh), 4:16.03. Triple jump — 4. Heidel, 31'11". Pole vault — 2. Marsh, 9'6"; 3. Sydney Waner, 9'0"; 5. Penner, 7'6". Long jump — 2. Marsh, 16'10.75". 4x100m relay — 4. Hillsboro (Megan Peachey, Tina Frick, Penner, Heidel), 53.43. Discus — 5. Stephanie King, 105'8". 1600m run — 2. Chisholm, 5"34.58. 100m hurdles — 1. Chisholm, 15.60; 3. Frick, 15.97. 100m hurdles — 2. Frick, 49.80. 3200m run — 5. Elissa Richert, 13:34.99.
Conrad Nightengale 5-10-04
Boys' team scores: 1. Hillsboro 133; 2. Cheney 82; 3. Garden Plain 80; 4. Halstead 57; 5. Marion 48; 6. Hesston 36; 7. Wichita Independent 36; 8. Hutch Trinity 28; 9. Sedgwick 20; 10. Berean Academy 16; 11. Douglass 13; 12. Haven 4; 13. Moundridge 4; 14. Olpe 0.
Individual results: 100m dash — 3. Mayfield, 11.30. 200m dash — 4. Peachey, 23.81. 400m dash — 3. D. Yoder, 51.22. 110m high hurdles — 4. T. Funk, 15.91. 800m run — 1. A. Yoder, 2:02.67; 2. D. Yoder, 2:03.88. 1600m run — 1. A. Yoder, 4:44.09. 3200m run — 2. Leihy, 11:04.68. Long jump — 1. Marsh, 21'1"; 3. Espada, 19"8". Triple jump — 1. Espada, 42'7"; 4. Mayfield, 38'9". Pole vault — 2. Marsh, 13'6"; 4. D. Yoder, 13'0". Shot put — 3. Jilka, 47'8". 4x100m relay — 1. Hillsboro (Mayfield, Jilka, Unrau, Peachey), 44.88. 4x400m relay — 1. Hillsboro (Jilka, A. Yoder, Peachey, D. Yoder), 3:32.68. 4x800m relay — 3. Hillsboro (Penner, Boese, Leihy, Holmes), 8:58.24.
Girls' team scores: 1. Garden Plain 136; 2. Hillsboro 90; 3. Hesston 71; 4. Olpe 66; 5. Cheney 51; 6. Wichita Independent 42; 7. Douglass 29; 8. Marion 23; 9. Halstead 17; 10. Moundridge 16; 11. Haven 11; 12. Hutch Trinity 6; 13. Sedgwick 0; 14. Berean Academy 0.
Individual results: 2. Marsh, 12.69. 100m hurdles — 1. Chisholm, 15.59; 2. Frick, 15.81. 100m hurdles — 1. Chisholm, 48.05; 3. Frick, 50.36. Long jump — 2. Marsh, 16'2.25". Triple jump — 3. Heidel, 31'3"; Peachey, 30'5.75". High jump — 1. Chisholm, 5'4". Pole vault — 3. Marsh, 9'0"5. Waner, 8'6". Discus — 6. King, 102'5". 4x100m relay — 5. Hilslboro (Peachey, Frick, Penner, Heidel), 53.48. 4x400m relay — 1. Hillsboro (Heidel, Penner, Chisholm, Marsh), 4:15.07. 4x800m relay — 6. Hillsboro (Richert, Jenny Terrell, Andrea Jost, Jacque Fisher), 12.50.09.
