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Karli Elsner runs in the 1,600 at Andale April 2.

Girls, boys third at Andale track meet
By Chris Strunk
Last Updated: April 09, 2015

The Valley Center High School track team started the season with promise last week.

The Hornet boys' and girls' squads each placed third at the tough Andale Relays April 2.

"I was pretty happy with our first meet," said Valley Center coach Caleb Smith. "Things like missed handoffs and false starts that you normally see at a first meet, we didn't have."

The girls had medalists in every area — sprints, distance and field events — as several underclassmen stepped up for the Hornets.

Senior Kayla Barton, freshman Karli Elsner, sophomore Madison Breault and junior Kalee Owens won the 4x800-meter relay, the first victory in what promises to be a good year for the Hornets. Valley Center beat second-place Kingman by more than 24 seconds.

Also in the distance events, Elsner placed second in the 1,600-meter run, Breault was third in the 3,200 and Barton was sixth in the 3,200.

Owens placed second in the 800.

Sophomore Sydney Ernst won the 400-meter dash and placed sixth in the 100.

Owens, Elsner, sophomore Kristina Lay and Ernst placed second in the 4x400-meter relay.

In the field events, the Hornets were led by sophomore Taylor Latimer. She placed third in the shot put, second in the discus and second in the javelin.

Sophomore Emily Kluesner was fifth in the shot.

Madison Runnion, a sophomore, was second in the high jump with 5 feet, 3 inches.

In the boys' draw, Senior Zach White, a three-time state qualifier, picked up where he left off last year, winning the 100-meter dash in 11.39 seconds.

Junior DeMarco King was third in the 100 and third in the 200.

Newcomer Chandler Summers, a senior, placed third in the 400.

Junior Chase Crawford was third in the 110-meter hurdles.

Summers, King, sophomore William Rozell and White were third in the 4x100-meter relay behind Bishop Carroll and Andale.

Senior Jace Boone placed sixth in the pole vault.

Senior Colby Martin jumped 20 feet, 3.5 inches to place second in the long jump. Martin also was third in the triple jump.

Tyler Brown, a freshman, placed fourth in the triple jump.

Senior Mason Orr won the shot put with a throw of 47-6.5 and placed third in the discus.

Senior Evan Balthazor was sixth in the shot.

Dylan Scheer, a senior, was sixth in the javelin.

Some of the Hornets will participate in the KT Woodman pre-state meet April 9 and 10 at Wichita State University.

Valley Center will host a large meet April 17. Events will start at 3 p.m.

The Hornets also will host a junior varsity meet April 13.

Andale Relays

April 2

Girls

1. Andale 204; 2. Garden Plain 100; 3. Valley Center 85; 4. Bishop Carroll 65.5; 5. Hesston 60; 6. McPherson 41.5; 7. Kingman 31.

Valley Center results

100 — 6. Sydney Ernst 13.76; 16. Madeline Bachman 14.48; 19. Kristina Lay 14.54; 27. Olivia Dunn 16.27. 200 — 13. Heyley Schawe 30.21. 400 — 1. Sydney Ernst 1:02.44; 11. Madeline Bachman 1:09.26. 800 — 2. Kalee Owens 2:35.42; 7. Alexis Crass 2:52.00; 11. Maddy Elsner 2:59.59. 1600 — 2. Karli Elsner 5:56.13; 7. Morgan McCullough 6:23.71; 10. Maddy Elsner 6:41.64; 20. Bailey Brunett 7:29.99. 3200 — 3. Madison Breault 12:34.58; 6. Kayla Barton 13:33.81. 300 hurdles — 12. Madison Lapierre 1:03.61. 4x400 — 2. Kalee Owens, Karli Elsner, Kristina Lay, Sydney Ernst 4:21.09. 4x800 — 1. Kayla Barton, Karli Elsner, Madison Breault, Kalee Owens 10:21.28. High jump — 2. Madison Runnion 5-3; 7. Karli Elsner 4-9. Pole vault — 7. Madison Lapierre 7-6. Long jump — 11. Camille Claussen 14-10.25; 14. Keyley Schawe 14-3.75; 27. Shelby Leckington 13-1; 35. Madison Lapierre 11-9.75. Shot put — 3. Taylor Latimer 35-2; 5. Emily Kluesner 33-5.5; 14. Sailor Sullier 28-3.5. Discus — 2. Taylor Latimer 118-9; 7. Emily Kluesner 89-8; 19. Sailor Sullier 72-1. Javelin — 2. Taylor Latimer 111-3.

Boys

1. Bishop Carroll 202; 2. Andale 168; 3. Valley Center 89; 4. Hesston 68; 5. McPherson 49; 6. Garden Plain 9; 7. Kingman 4.

Valley Center results

100 — 1. Zach White 11.39; 3. DeMarco King 11.55; 14. William Rozell 12.26; 17. Kory Martinez 12.39; 25. Cole Coultis 12.66; 29. Dalton Cross 12.97; 30. Raven Skocny 13.00; 32. Trevor Alexander 13.32; 38. Keyon Saunders. 200 — 3. DeMarco King 23.61; 4. Zach White 23.73; 8. Kory Martinez 24.74; 9. William Rozell 24.75; 10. Keyon Saunders 24.89; 19. Cameron Key 25.97; 21. Raven Skocny 26.09; 27. Cole Coultis 27.11; 28. Trevor Alexander 27.18. 400 — 3. Chandler Summers 52.60; 15. Dalton Cross 57.93; 26. Corbin Schuessler 1:07.53; 27. Caleb Rains 1:11.97. 800 — 19. Zach Quandt 2:34.79; 24. Riley Smith 2:39.53; 25. Dylan Murphy 2:40.47; 27. Braeden McKenney 2:43.63; 28. Aaron Unruh 2:47.61; 29. Derrick Foster 2:52.17; 32. James Hersh 2:56.65. 1600 — 10. Daniel Lentz 5:15.70; 18. Jacob Warren 5:33.02; 20. Preston Owens 5:38.94; 26. Dylan Murphy 6:02.38; 27. Braeden McKenney 6:04.54; 28. Riley Smith 6:04.86; 32. Derrick Foster 6:16.59; 33. Aaron Unruh 6:19.77; 35. Cole Ashcraft 6:30.50; 36. James Hersh 6:49.68. 3200 — 7. Preston Owens 12:17.72. 110 hurdles — 3. Chase Crawford 16.71. 300 hurdles — 9. Chase Crawford 44.41. 4x100 — 3. Chandler Summers, DeMarco King, William Rozell, Zach White 44.48.4x400 — 9. Dalton Cross, JT Kuertz, Daniel Lentz, Chandler Summers 3:48.33. 4x800 — 7. JR Kuertz, Zach Quandt, Daniel Lentz, Chandler Summers 9:21.52. High jump — 8T. Nathan Brown 5-7, Tyler Brown 5-7; 11. Laz Massey 5-5; 16. Patrick Gillen 5-3. Pole vault — 6. Jace Boone 11-0; 10. Tyler Brown 10-0; 12. Nathan Brown 9-0; 15. Aaron Coash 8-0. Long jump — 2. Colby Martin 20-3.5; 10. Tyler Brown 18-1; 17T. Nathan Brown 17-5; 21. Laz Massey 17-2.5; 31. Jordan Anderson 14-3. Triple jump — 3. Colby Martin 40-9.25; 4. Tyler Brown 38-8. Shot put — 1. Mason Orr 47-6.5; 6. Evan Balthazor 43-6; 19. Broc Adams 38-4.5; 31. Isaac Neal 31-8; 33. Brett Hamm 31-4; 34. Caleb Rains 30-10; 37. Dillon Cotner 29-10; 39T. Cadin Fritz 29-1; 41. Jordan Swindle 28-8; 42. Cody Johnson 28-5; 46. Aaron Coash 27-6; 52. Xavier Schecter 21-6. Discus — 3. Mason Orr 134-10; 12. Dylan Scheer 113-2; 21. Isaac Neal 102-4; 27. Patrick Gillen 97-7; 29. Caleb Rains 95-1; 37. Aaron Coash 76-8; 38. Cody Johnson 75-9; 44. Brett Hamm 69-4; 45. Cadin Fritz 68-2; 49. Xavier Schecter 56-2. Javelin — 6. Dylan Scheer 146-0; 8. Evan Balthazor 143-10; 18. Aaron Coash 122-0; 20. Brett Hamm 118-11; 22. Isaac Neal 112-4; 26T. Cody Johnson 109-5, Patrick Gillen 109-5; 43. Xavier Schecter 51-8.






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