Middle school teams finish first
The seventh and eighth boys' middle school track teams finished first last Thursday in their respective divisions in a track meet at Sterling.
"The great weather and meet experience contributed to better times and distances," said head coach Dennis Boldt. "The seventh and eighth grade boys should especially be proud of their effort."
Despite not having as many entries as the boys' team, the seventh and eighth grade girls' team had eight place winners finishing in the top three and the seventh grade girls had seven top three finishes.
"These young ladies also are determined to prove themselves and track and field athletes," Boldt said.
The middle school will compete at 4:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at Hesston.
Boys' results
Eighth grade — High jump: 3. Lonnie Benda 4'4." Long jump: 4. Ishmael Morris 14'7" 5. Benda 14'1." 200m dash: 1. Morris 26.05 2. Brad Klenda 26.33 4. Nicholas Mueller 28 5. C. Hort 29.69. Triple jump: 1. Thad Holmes 34'5" 2. Clayton Shewey 32'2.5" 3. Justin Wodke 28'7.5". 75m hurdles: 2. Shewey 13.20 3. Hort 13.22 5. Nolan Dirks 14.16. 100m dash: 1. Landon Unruh 12.25 2. M Tisdale 13.2 3. Benda 13.36 4. Hort 13.89. 4x200m relay: 1. (Unruh, Kelnda, Tisdale, Morris) 1:56.61. Medley relay: 1. (Unruh, Daniel Just, Isaac Leihy, Holmes) 2:02.32. Discus: 2. Leihy 109'4" 4. John Hein 96'9.5" 1600m run 2. Leihy 5:26.23 4. Gabe Anderson 6:02.74. 800m run: 1. Holmes 2:17.7.
Seventh grade — High jump: Nathan Vogel 4'6". 75m hurdles: 4. Jacob Fish 15.33. 400m dash: 2. Taylor Hagen 1:06.34. 200m dash: 3. Jacob Edwards 31.26 6. Devin Funk 31.57. Triple jump: 2. Mason McCarty 23'1.25" 3. J. Rogers 19'9.75". Discus: 1. Adam Suderman 78'6" 3. Elias Krause 72'5.5". 1600m run: 2. Holmes 5:38.96. 4x200M relay: 1. (Couts, Dick, Funk, King) 2:09.13. Medley relay: 2. (Edwards, Fish, Hagen, Vogel) 2:00.16. Shot put: 4. Krause 25'11.63" 5. Suderman 25'10.13". 100m dash: 3. Suderman 14.11. 4x100m relay: 1. (Couts, Edwards, Fish, Krause) 57.72. 800m run: 1. Vogel 2:26.71.
Girls results
Eighth grade (4th) — Triple jump: 3. Carrie Schroeder 24'9". Shot put: 3. Cassie Kroeker 26'0.5" 5. Sara Jones 22'4". 4x100m relay: 1. (Jet Skiles, Tiffany Rooker, Shelby Koons, Abi Humber). Discus: 4. Sara Jones 60'10" 5. Kroeker 55'10.5" 100m dash: 2. Koons 13.85 3. Humber 13.94. 200m dash: 5. Rooker 30.1 Long jump: 3. Humber 14'0.75". Medley relay: 3. (Kroeker, Schroeder, Koons, Kassidi Luthi) 2:13.59.
Seventh grade (3rd) — Discus: 1. Taryn Heinrichs 53'9" 3. Katrina Muzyka 48'1". 100m dash: 3. Candace Weinbrenner 15.27. 200m dash: 3. Dakota Kaufman 31.57. Shot put: 4. Sarah Unruh 23' 4. Heinrichs 22'4". 4X200M relay: 3. (Brandi Boucher, Taryn Mayfield, Brittany McInnis, Unruh) 2:15.38. Medley relay: 2. (Boucher, Unruh, Andrea Bartel, Mayfield) 2"23.58. Long jump: 4. Weinbrenner 12'1.5" 4x100 relay: 1. (Bartel, Kaufman, Soyez, Weinbrenner) 58.79,
