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DyeStat Kansas
2001 Outdoor
Week 1 Kansas highlights
Liberal - Blue
Valley Northwest - Jim Maska - Wellsville
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Washburn - Wichita
E. - Shawnee Mission South
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Lee's Summit wins at Blue Valley Northwest -
Defending 5A champ Liberal beats defending 6A champ Hutchison 219-109
at Liberal Relays
from Tony Bozarth
KANSAS 4/1/01 -
Top schools from both Missouri and Kansas opened their season at Blue Valley Northwest HS on 3/30/01. Lee's Summit's men (169) outscored Missouri rival Blue Springs (116.5) for the victory with Kansas power Olathe East (78.5) third. On the women's side, five time defending Kansas 6A state champ Leavenworth looks powerful again, scoring 145 points, to beat Missouri schools Kansas City Park Hill South (94.33) and Blue Springs (93.5). Individual highlights included a 1-2 finish in the highs from Blue Springs' Justin Barge (14.4) and Curtis Cooper (14.6), with Barge also winning the 300H (40.0). Earl Jack (Blue Springs) dominated the throws, winning the shot by almost 5 feet at 55-7.5, then winning the discus with a 157-7 on a still, heavy night. Leavenworth's Cleavon Dillon, the nations leading indoor long jumper, competed only in the 100, scoring a convincing 10.56 victory. Amy Hastings led Leavenworth's charge with a 5:23.2/ 11:28.5 distance double. The lancers also got victories from Tiffany Bilderback in the 400 (59.83) T. Baxter in the vault (9-6) and their 4 x 100 (51.3). K. Cook (Kansas City Park Hill South) scored a sprint double in 12.4/ 26.2 over strong fields, and teammate J. Mathewson opened her season with an impressive 15.3/ 48.5 hurdle double.
Boys Team Scores: 1. Lee's Summit 169, 2. Blue Springs 116.5, 3. Olathe East 78.5, 4. Blue Valley Northwest 71, 5. Lawrence 70, 6. Kansas City Park Hill South 43, 7. Leavenworth 32, 8. Kansas City Winnetonka 30, 9. Blue Springs South 27, 10. Topeka Highland Park 26, 11. Topeka High 22, 12. Topeka West 12.
Boys Individual: Jav: Sean Kohnle-Olathe East 166-0 PV: M. Mehring-BVNW-14-3 100: Cleavon Dillon-Leav.-10.56 200: M. Anderson-BVNW-22.6 110 H: Justin Barge-BS 14.4, 2. Curtis Cooper-BS-14.6 1600: Justin White-LS-4:30.7, 2. C. Wilson-Winn-4:31.3, Dylan McClain-Lawr-4:32.1 400: J. Martinez-LS-51.6 800: P. Browne-LS-1:58.6 3200: Dylan McClain-Law-9:48.4 300 IH: Justin Barge-BS-40.00 4 x 800: Blue Springs 8:23.8 4 x 100: Blue Valley Northwest 43.6 4 x 400: Lee's Summit 3:31.3 LJ: J. Martinez-LS-21-8 TJ: Nick Devine-OE-43-2.25 HJ: Brandon Rodgers-OE- 6-4 SP: Earl Jacks-BS-55-7.75 DT: Earl Jacks-BS-157-7, A. Noteis-LS- 155-7
Girls Team Scores: 1. Leavenworth 145, 2. Kansas City Park Hill South 94.33, 3. Blue Springs 93.5, 4. Kansas City Ruskin 63, 5. Olathe East 51.5, 6. Lawrence 48, 7. Blue Valley Northwest 43.5, 8. Blue Springs South 37.5, 9. Kansas City Winnetonka 23.5, 10. Kansas City Notre Dame de Sion 23, 11. Topeka Highland Park 22, 12. Kansas City Hickman Mills 18, 13. Topeka High 17, 14. Topeka West 15.16
Girls Individual: JT: Courtney Shineman-OE- 102-1 PV: T. Baxter-Leave- 9-6 100: K. Cook-PHS- 12.4, 2. T. Bilderback-Leav 12.8, 3. A. Burns-Leav 12.9 200: K. Cook-PHS- 26.2, 2. A. Burns-Leav 26.6, 3. L. Rimmer-Rusk 26.7, 4. April Heath- Leav 26.7, 5. T. Bilderback-Leav 27.2 100 H: J. Mathewson-Leav 15.3 1600: Amy Hastings- Leav 5:23.2 400: Tiffany Bilderback- Leav 59.83 800: M. Gerhart-BS- 2:29.3, 2. Christina Lathrop-BVNW 2:29.9 3200: Amy Hastings-Leav 11:28.46 300H: J. Mathewson- PHS 48.48 4 x 800 Blue Springs 10:19.49 4 x 100 Leavenworth 51.24 4 x 400 Blue Springs 4:18.25
The Shawnee Mission South Relays, a traditional season opener for much of the Kansas City area, saw a number of strong performances. In the women's pole vault, SM East added to their strong tradition as Wesely (no first name) won with a national class mark of 11-0. Megan Robinson won the 100 in 12.68, and led SM West to victory in the 800 sprint medley (2:02.48) and 4 x 200 (1:53.9). Blue Valley North's Scott Loftin, who swept the Kansas 6A state meet 800-1600-3200 last year, opened his season with a 9:32.78 win in the 3200. Shawnee Mission Northwest's distance crew dominated with wins in the men's 4 x 1600 (19:04.99) DMR (11:17.11) and women's DMR (13:30.2). SM East's Jeremy Nelson opened with a quick 100 (10.68) victory.
At Wellsville's Snowball Relays on 3/27, Paola's Jesse Sims opened his season with a 6-8 HJ win.
3/29/01 The Washburn Rural Invitational (Topeka) featured a season opening 48.8 400 win for Ryan Irvin (Topeka Seaman). State Football Player of the Year Darren Sproles (Olathe North) won a quick 10.97/ 22.02 sprint double. Rural's Matt Swedlund won a 1600/800 double, with 4:28.52 in the 1600. Manhattan's Julie Curtis opened with a 25.56 in the 200 and also won a 14.62/ 44.66 hurdle double. 5A state cross country champion Trish Nicolay (Shawnee Heights) won an impressive 400 (58.43), 800 (2:27.36), and 1600 (5:26.19) triple. Nicolay narrowly won the 1600 over Manhatten's Harper McConnell (5:26.26). McConnell won the 3200 in 11:42.24. Shawnee Heights Meg Foster opened her javelin season with a 118-3 win.
3/30/01 The Liberal Relays featured a 7-0 HJ win by Rosebury (no first name) of Boise City OK. In an interesting team matchup between the defending 5A (Liberal) and 6A (Hutchison) boys state champions, Liberal dominated, winning 219 to 109 in the 12 team meet. Liberal's Carlos Alsup opened his season with a 10.60/ 21.97 sprint double, with team mate Gilford Livingston scoring a 13.93/ 41.16 hurdle double. Ashlee Yoxall's 17-4.25 LJ led Liberal's girls (also defending state champs) to a convincing 120 point win over Garden City.
Wichita Height's boys have won five straigth City League title's and may be on their way to a sixth after dominating the Wichita East Invitational. Height's won the boys title by over 100 points, and doubled back to win the girls title over East. Highlights included a fast 100 win for Wichita East's Lacey Horner over Wichita West's Cartez Brown, both timed in 10.7
Hays High dominated the Jim Maska Relays at Ft. Hays State, led by Marcus Watt's triple jump wins (43-0.5, 21-4, 13-0), with Hays-TMP-Marian senior Dick Barnes scoring a notable 54-1.5 shop put win. Norton won the girls title.
