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#1 Shawnee Mission Northwest boys and #2 Emporia continue
on path to state meet collision. Shawnee Mission Northwest girls
win battle of state's top three teams. Jana Gwinn (Blue Valley North) wins individual
honors in 14:29 4k.
6A Regionals
Top four team qualify, plus the top fifteen
individuals. Also, top five individuals not on a qualifying
team.
AT EMPORIA
Emporia's boys, ranked #2 in the state, continued to dominate
competition on their way to a showdown with #1 ranked SM Northwest at Rimrock
Farm, while Olathe East (#5) upended Topeka Washburn Rural (#4) in the girls
race.
Emporia was led by Nick Garcia who cruised the Jones Park 5k in 16:19
to win by a large margin from Danny Schneider (Lawrence Free State 16:33) and
Alex Vickers (Topeka High 16:36). Perhaps the story of the meet was fourth
place finisher Skyler Delmott of Emporia (16:42). Running in place of Emporia's
co-number #1 runner (Michael Knickerbocker, out with illness), Delmott, a sophomore,
moved from alternate status to All-Regional honors. Cory Kool (Manhattan
was the fifth place finisher in 16:44.
In the boys team race, Junction City (I-70 League champ) moved
quickly to the front with three runners in the top five at the 800 mark, while
Emporia appeared to hang back. But by the pond marking the mile mark, Emporia
had moved five runners into the top twenty and appeared to be taking command
of the race, with (#4) Lawrence Free State and (#8) Olathe East moving up.
At the finish, Emporia won a series of home-stretch duels to win
with 49 points to Free State 61. Olathe East used a 36 second split to
place third with 119, and Junction City barely held off arch-rival Manhattan
135-137 for the final qualifying spot.
In the girls race, 2000 state champ Alysha Galbraith of Olathe South
and Alysha Valencia of Lawrence Free State hammered to the front in the first
800, with a large chase pack following. The two Alysha's built a large
lead over the course, with Galbraith pulling away on a short hill about an 800
from the finish, and building her lead to a 14:34 (4k) victory, Valencia second
in 14:56. Layne Moore (Emporia) was third in 15:21, with Megan Johnson
(Lawrence 15:27) and Amanda Miller (Olathe East 15:28) completing the top five.
In the team race, Olathe East had four runners in the top fifteen by the
mile pond. .Washburn Rural lurking with a tight pack in the top twenty
and the top runner (Sarah Conrow) running with East's Miller. Over the
remainder of the course, Washburn cut into East's lead, but East's fifth runner,
Sara Wells, remained right behind the Washburn pack. At the finish, East
placed 5-7-10-13-20 to win with 55 points, Washburn Rural 6-15-16-17-18 for 72. Lawrence
(91) and Emporia (100) also qualified for state in third and fourth
Boys, 5K
Teams: 1. Emporia, 49; 2. Lawrence Free State, 61; 3. Olathe East, 113;
4. Junction City, 135; 5. Manhattan, 137; 6. Lawrence, 148; 7. Olathe North,
171; 8. Olathe South, 173; 9. Topeka, 180; 10. Topeka Washburn Rural, 268; 11.
Wichita Heights, 299.
State qualifiers: 1. Nick Garcia, Emporia, 16:19; 2. Danny Schneider,
Lawrence Free State, 16:33; 3. Alex Vickers, Topeka, 16:36; 4. Skyler Delmott,
Emporia, 16:42; 5. Kory Cool, Manhattan, 16:44; 6. Nick Squier, Lawrence Free
State, 16:46; 7. Mike Partridge, Olathe South, 16:49; 8. Dan Jok, Olathe North,
16:50; 9. James Swartz, Olathe East, 16:53; 10, Darren Volkel, Manhattan, 16:56.
11. Aaron Trent, Lawrence Free State, 16:58; 12. Tyrell Wallace, Junction City,
16:59; 13. Brock Ternes, Emporia, 16:59; 14. Harry Swartz, Lawrence, 16:59; 15.
Jeffery Marroquin, Emporia, 17:03.
Girls, 4K
Teams: 1. Olathe East, 55; 2. Topeka Washburn Rural, 72; 3. Lawrence,
91; 4. Emporia, 100; 5. Lawrence Free State, 134; 6. Topeka, 145; 7. Manhattan,
189; 8. Olathe North, 201; 9. Olathe South, 203; 10. Wichita Heights, 263.
State qualifiers: 1. Alysha Galbraith, Olathe South, 14:34; 2. Alysha
Valencia, Lawrence Free State, 14:56; 3. Layne Moore, Emporia, 15:21; 4. Megan
Johnson, Lawrence, 15:27; 5. Amanda Miller, Olathe East, 15:28; 6. Sarah Conrow,
Topeka Washburn Rural, 15:32; 7. Tamera Smith, Junction City, 15:35; 8. Ashli
Kelso, Olathe East 15:36; 9. Brittany Tracz, Olathe North; 10. Meg Gentry, Lawrence,
15:44. 11. Meg Gentry, Lawrence, 15:44; 12. Jill Moenius, Topeka, 15:50; 13.
Jordan Schelling, Emporia, 15:53; 14. Kortney Schippers, Olathe East, 15:53.
15. Lauren Schmidt, Manhattan, 15:53.
AT SHAWNEE MISSION PARK
A titanic clash of the states top three ranked girls team
saw SM Northwest (#1 in state polls) edge Blue Valley North (#2, #25 Harrier
National Rankings) on the pusher, with #3 Aquinas only seven behind. In
the boys race, Paul Hefferon (Blue Valley West) roped to a 35 second win, and
SM Northwest (#1) scored a twenty point win over #3 SM East.
In a highly anticipated girls race, Jana Gwinn (Blue Valley North)
ran to a huge 14:29 4k win over the hills of SM Park with defending 6A champ
Connie Abbott (SM South) second at 15:11. Abbott, the Sunflower League
champ, held off rival Haley Harbert (SMNW), third at 15:14, with Taryn May (Blue
Valley Northwest) fourth at 15:25 and Laura Kelley (BV North) fifth at 15:25. SMNW
and BV North continued to trade places, with a well-packed Aquinas sqaud also
in the mix. SMNW and BV North both scored 55, with Aquinas third at 62. Blue
Valley Northwest took the final qualifying spot with 129 points in fourth.
In the boy's race, Paul Hefferon (Blue Valley West) opened up a large margin
on Tucker Weems (SMNW) to win in 15:34, a very fast time on the challenging SM
Park layout. Weems led team champ SMNW in second with a 16:09, and was
followed by team mates Robbie Kampen (16:20) and Matt Morton (16:20) in third
and fourth. John McCormick led SM East in fifth (16:25).
SM Northwest's up-front power led it to a 33-53 victory over SM East,
almost matching last week's scored from the Sunflower League meet at Rimrock
Farm. Blue Valley West packed well to place third with 91 points, and Aquinas
was fourth with 125 points.
Boys, 5K
Teams: 1. SM Northwest, 33; 2. SM East, 53; 3. Blue Valley West, 91: 4.
St. Thomas Aquinas, 124; 5. SM West, 150, 6. SM South, 164, 7. Leavenworth, 187,
8. SM North, 190; 9. Blue Valley North, 194; 10. Blue Valley Northwest, 255.
State qualifiers: 1. Paul Hefferon, Blue Valley West, 15:34.58, 2. Tucker
Weems, SM Northwest, 16:09.23; 3. Robbie Kampen, SM Northwest, 16:20.50; 4. Matt
Morton, SM Northwest, 16:20.97; 5. John McCormick, SM East, 16:25.69; 6. Aaron
Geary, Blue Valley North, 16:27.84; 7. Bret Imgrund, SM Northwest, 16:28.25;
8. Justin Simonich, SM East, 16:29.36; 9. David Zak, SM West, 16:36.12; 10. Tim
Rowe, SM East, 16:39.35. 11. Taylor Lareau, SM West, 16:44.61; 12. Will Gates,
SM East, 16:45.79; 13. Will Tramp, SM North, 16:50.24; 14. Timmy Specht, Blue
Valley West, 16:51.84; 15. Alan Cabe, Blue Valley West, 16:55.91.
Other qualifiers, not on top four teams: 16. Matt Vinson, Leavenworth,
16:56.40.
Girls, 4K
Teams: 1. SM Northwest, 55 (won tiebreaker on sixth-man pusher); 2. Blue
Valley North, 55; 3. St. Thomas Aquinas, 62; 4. Blue Valley Northwest, 129; 5.
SM West, 169; 6. Leavenworth, 179; 7. SM East, 180; 8. Blue Valley West, 190;
9. SM North, 192; 10. SM South, 221.
State qualifiers: 1. Jana Gwinn, Blue Valley North, 14:29.24; 2. Connie
Abbott, SM South, 15:11.25; 3. Hayley Harbert, SM Northwest, 15:14.70; 4. Taryn
May, Blue Valley Northwest, 15:21.40; 5. Laura Kelley, Blue Valley North, 15:25.27;
6. Becca Ingraham, SM Northwest, 15:37.00; 7. Lauren Holt, Blue Valley North,
15:44.37; 8. Laura Daugherty, St. Thomas Aquinas, 15:49.20; 9. Kristin Wolkey,
SM North, 15:54.31; 10. Tracey Bamberger, SM Northwest, 15:56.85.
Other qualifiers, not on top four teams: Heather Klotz, Leavenworth, 16:12.01;
Lacey Henry, Leavenworth, 16:15.54; Cailan O'Grady, SM East, 16:19.02.
Wichita East Regional @ RAFT Ranch, Augusta
Elizabeth Marsh led Wichita East to the girls title, and
Alex Umbarger leads Maize to the boys win.
Wichita East (#8) won the girls title by a wide margin with
44 points, as Marsh ran to an early large lead over the Bonds sister (Morgan,
defending state 800 champ, and Lauren) of Hutchinson. Marsh was outkicked
by the Hutch pair at the Hutchinson Invitational last month, but never allowed
anyone near enough to kick today, winning in 15:15, with Morgan Bonds second
in 15:35 and Lauren Bonds third in 15:38. Dodge City placed second with
82 points, and Maize (112) and Derby (116) edged Goddard (117) for the final
two qualifying spots at state.
Umbarger, a junior who until this year played soccer, continued to rule
over the southern Kansas 6A roost. Umbarger ran 16:15 to win from Derby's
Matt Moon (16:20). Umbarger led Maize to a 54 point total to with the regional
title from Wichita East (67). In a close team race for the final qualifying
spots, Hutchinson (110) and Derby (112) shaded Goddard (119).
Boys
Team scores -- 1. Maize 54; 2. Wichita East 67; 3. Hutchinson 110; 4.
Derby 112; 5. Goddard 119; 6. Wichita South 138; 7. Wichita North 150; 8. Garden
City 170; 9. Dodge City 217; 10. Wichita Northwest 287; 11. Wichita Southeast
332.
Top individuals -- 1. Umberger, Maize, 16:15.5; 2. Moon, Derby, 16:20.9;
3. Cobb, Hutchinson, 16:25.9; 4. Diaz, Garden City, 16:26.3; 5. Phillips, Wichita
East, 16:31.7; 6. Weidner, Wichita East, 16:38.9; 7. Jorgensen, Hutchinson, 16:42.5;
8. Abbott, Maize, 16:50.9; 9. Sears, Derby, 17:01.4; 10. Voth, Maize, 17:03.8;
11. Garcia, Hutchinson, 17:05.5; 12. Streit, Goddard, 17:06.2; 13. Toomey, Wichita
East, 17:10.0; 14. Brown, Wichita South, 17:12.1; 15. Houser, Wichita East, 17:13.1;
16. Stavely, Goddard, 17:16.4; 19. Castaneda, Wichita North, 17:25.6.
Girls
Team scores -- 1. Wichita East 44; 2. Dodge City 82; 3. Maize 112; 4.
Derby 116; 5. Goddard 117; 6. Hutchinson 126; 7. Garden City 149; 8. Wichita
South 216; 9. Wichita Southeast 230; 10. Wichita Northwest 231; 11. Wichita North
263.
Top individuals -- 1. Marsh, Wichita East, 15:15.7; 2. M. Bonds, Hutchinson,
15:35.0; 3. L. Bonds, Hutchinson, 15:38.9; 4. Ohadi-Hamadani, Wichita East, 16:00.2;
5. Love, Dodge City, 16:01.8; 6. Sornson, Maize, 16:05.4; 7. Scott, Dodge City,
16:17.5; 8. Morris, Dodge City, 16:19.5; 9. Dinsmore, Derby, 16:21.7; 10. Sellers,
Hutchinson, 16:22.7; 11. Campbell, Wichita East, 16:27.3; 12. Mayle, Wichita
East, 16:29.5; 13. Winn, Wichita South, 16:31.9; 14. Silsby, Maize, 16:32.6;
15. Hattan, Goddard, 16:40.4
5A Regionals
Shawnee Mission Park Regional
Jay Matlack (DeSoto
Mill Valley) ran 16;22 over the hills of Shawnee Mission Park to edge
Aaron Ballew of Gardner-Edgerton (16:26). The Frontier League
rivals opened an early gap over the field, with Rovvie Lavoie (G-E)
third in 16:49. Fourth went to Tolan Lichty (E-E) was fourth
in 16:53, with Miege's Adam Hauser fifth at 16:59.
Team wise Gardner-Edgerton dominated the boys
race with three in the top five, winning with 36 points. Blue
Valley (63), Bishop Miege (78) and Mill Valley (96) completed the team
qualifiers
Kelsy Long led Bishop Miege to dominating
win the girls division, winning in 12:16 over two miles. She
was joined in the top five by team mates Katie Schowengerdt (2nd 12:39),
Haleigh Riemer (4th 13:02) and Jenny Heap (5th 13:06) with Alex Jennings
in 6t (13:10) completing the Stag scorers. Blue Valley's Aubrey
Tuk placed 3rd in 12:59.
Bishop Miege won with 18 points, with Gardner-Edgerton
(63), Paola (73) and Blue Valley (84) also qualifying.
Boys, 5K
Teams: 1. Gardner-Edgerton, 36; 2. Blue Valley, 63: 3. Bishop
Miege, 78; 4. Mill Valley, 96; 5. Paola, 113, 6. Wyandotte, 167, 7.
Turner, 167, 8. Olathe Northwest, 204.
State qualifiers: 1. Jay Matlack, Mill Valley, 16:22.13; 2.
Aaron Ballew, Gardner-Edgerton, 16:26.20; 3. Ronnie Lavoie, Gardner-Edgerton,
16:49.05; 4. Tolan Lichty, Gardner-Edgerton, 16:53.51; 5. Adam Hauser,
Bishop Miege, 16:59.53; 6. Kyle Paul, Paola, 17:05.66; 7. Jesse Moore,
Turner, 17:12.11; 8. Michael Ivanuska, Blue Valley, 17:17.80; 9. Brad
Chinery, Blue Valley, 17:21.89; 10. Nate Schmidt, Paola, 17:22.20.
Other qualifiers, not on top four teams: Ryan Peck, Paola,
17:31.85; Dion Blanton, Wyandotte, 18:13.96.
Girls, 2 mile
Teams: 1. Bishop Miege, 18: 2. Gardner-Edgerton, 63: 3. Paola,
73: 4. Blue Valley, 84: 5. Mill Valley, 109.
State qualifiers: 1. Kelsy Long, Bishop Miege, 12:16.14; 2.
Katie Schowengerdt, Bishop Miege, 12:39.29; 3. Aubrey Tuk, Blue Valley,
12:59.41; 4. Haleigh Riemer, Bishop Miege, 13:02.11; 5. Jenny Heap,
Bishop Miege, 13:06.11; 6. Alex Jennings, Bishop Miege, 13:10.08; 7.
Amber Keith, Mill Valley, 13:11.93; 8. Jessica Allen, Gardner-Edgerton,
13:13.45; 9. Mallory Knoll, Turner, 13:13.88; 10. Brittany Barney,
Paola, 13:14.10.
Other qualifiers, not on top four teams: Natalie Hollenbeck,
Turner, 13:42.36; Laraine Kyle, Mill Valley, 14:00.05; Emily Gilbreath,
Mill Valley, 14:16.69.
Topeka West Regional @ Stateland XC Course
Shawnee Height's Trisa Nickoley remained on course
in her quest for a fourth straight 5A title, winning her fourth straight
regional. Nickoley pulled away from Ottawa's Lisa Morrisey for
an 11:44 to 12:05 win. Kendra Chambers of Great Bend was third
in 12:22, while Katilyn Coon and Hayley Charles led team champion Hays
with fourth and fifth place finishes.
Hays scored 47 to upend #2 Great Bend (54) with Topeka
Seaman 72, while Ottawa scored 123 to edge Topeka West (127) for the
fourth qualifying spot.
Topeka Seaman's Grant Cain ran to an easy 16:11 victory
for his first regional title, and led the Vikings to a 43-48 win over
top-ranked Great Bend. Nick Nowak (McPherson) was a solitary second
in 16:27, while Scott Rome (Hays, 4th, 16;42), Tyler Penn (Great Bend,
16:44), and Tanner Marshall (16:46) rounded out the top five.
Boys, 5KTeams: 1. Topeka Seaman, 43; 2. Great Bend, 48; 3. Shawnee
Heights, 102; 4. Salina South, 110; 5. Hays, 126; 6. Ottawa, 153;
7. Bonner Springs, 193; 8. Topeka West, 198; 9. Topeka Highland
Park, 260; 10. Salina Central, 272; McPherson fielded an incomplete
team.State qualifiers: 1. Grant Cain, Topeka Seaman, 16.11; 2.
Nick Nowak, McPherson, 16:27; 3. Scott Rome, Hays, 16:42; 4. Tyler
Penn, Great Bend, 16:44; 5. Tanner Marshall, Great Bend, 16:46;
6. Dustyn Toland, Ottawa, 16:56; 7. Blake Koger, Topeka West, 16:58;
8. Blaine Snyder, Great Bend, 17:15; Adam Deeds, McPherson, 17:15;
10. Robert Riley, Topeka Seaman, 17:16; 11. Jeff Phillips, 17:20;
12. Jared Borger, Topeka Seaman, 17:24; 13. Colby Farlow, Shawnee
Heights, 17:27; 14. Brandon Gregory, Topeka Seaman, 17:28; 15.
Scott Thompson, Salina South, 17:32.Girls, 2 milesTeams: 1. Hays,
47; 2. Great Bend, 54; 3. Topeka Seaman, 72; 4. Ottawa, 123; 5.
Topeka West, 127; 6. Shawnee Heights, 128; 7. Salina South, 204;
8. Salina Central, 208.
State qualifiers: 1. Trisa Nickoley, Shawnee Heights, 11:44; 2.
Lisa Morrisey, Ottawa, 12:05; 3. Kendra Chambers, Great Bend, 12:22;
4. Kaitlyn Coen, Hays, 12:25; 5. Hayley Charles, Hays, 12:33; 6.
Chelsea Clanton, Great Bend, 12:39; 7. Ali Johnson, Topeka Seaman,
12:31; 8. Hannah Rule, Topeka Seaman, 12:42; 9. Ashley Davin, Shawnee
Heights, 12:47; 10. Rebekah Phelps-Roper, Topeka West, 12:48; 11.
Samantha Staab, Hays, 12:50; 12. Rebecca Webster, Great Bend, 12:52;
13. Kelsie Kandt, Hays, 12:54; 14. Sharley Schreiner, Hays, 12:58;
15. Autumn Kidwell, Topeka Seaman, 13:00.
Wichita Regional @ Lake Affton
Top-ranked Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel dominated
the girl's division, placing 1-2-5-7-8 with their top five to win with
30 points. Courtney Johnson and Ryan Ayres continued their run
as one of the state's top 1-2 punches, running 11:46 and 11:53, respective. Emily
Thompson of Winfield was third in 12;12, with Brittany Streiff of Liberal
right behind at 12:13. Melissa Ortiz of Haysville Campus (2nd
in 5A last year at Wichita West) was fifth at 12:16.
Behind Kapaun, Wichita West (108),
Liberal (109) and Newton (109) took the other three qualifying spots.
Danny Rice of Wichita Carroll added a regional
title to the Wichita City League championship he won last week. Rice's
16:30 gave him a solid margin over Dustin Garcia (Arkansas City 16:40),
most of it earned over the courses' final mile. Evan Schmidt
(Newton 16;57), freshman Anselmo Borundo (Liberal 17:04) and Mike Pinnell
(Kapuan Mt. Carmel 17:07) completed the top five.
Carroll edged Newton 62-63 for the team
tilet, with Kaupan (77) and Liberal (101) taking the other qualifying
spots.
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