HILL CITY – The Ellis girls won the 2A Hill City regional track and field meet and qualified 11 individuals and one relay team for the State Track and Field meet in Wichita.
Alexia Deutscher qualified with the top throw of the state qualifiers in the javelin at 144’1 and in the 100 meter dash and long jump.
Ashley Mattheyer qualified in both the high jump and the 200 meter dash. Cassie Waldschmidt qualified in the 400 meters.
Kelsey Brack qualified in both the long jump and triple jump. Abby Burton also qualified in the triple jump and Haley Reiter in the discus.
The Ellis 4×100 meter relay team has the second best time at 51.35 seconds and the 4×400 meter relay team also qualified for state.
Plainville’s Shania Werner was the lone qualifier for the Cardinal girls qualifying in the long jump, 100 and 200 meter dash.
Trego had two individuals and a relay team qualify in four events. Helen Geifer qualified in both the 1600 meter and 3200 meters. Geifer’s time in the 3200 is the second best in 2A.
Cheyenne Nickelson qualified in the pole vault and the 4×800 meter relay team is also headed to state.
The Hill City girls had four individuals qualify in six events. Allyssa Miller has the top throw in the discus at 147’ and she also qualified in the shot put.
Amanda Conway qualified with the second best time the in 300 hurdles with a time of 46.81 seconds.
Madalyn Nelson qualified in the 100 meter hurdles and the 300 meter hurdles. Lexie McDowell also qualified for state in the high jump.
Plainville boys finished third in Hill City
The Plainville boys had five individuals and a relay team qualify in eight events for the State Track and Field meet in Wichita. Plainville finished third at the Hill City Regional meet.
Hayden Friend qualified in both the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash at the 2A Hill City meet on Friday. Friend enters the state meet with the second best time, among qualifiers in the 200 meters at 23.72 seconds.
Sam Kaup also qualified in two events for the Cardinals. He has the fourth best time in the 400 meter dash at 51.87 and the 10th best time in the 200 meters.
Willie Wilkerson and Zach Pierson both qualified in the discus with the eighth and ninth best throws in 2A.
Ryan Buresh qualified in the 300 meter hurdles with the 10th best time.
The Cardinals 4×100 meter relay team will head to Wichita with the second best time in 2A at 44.87 seconds.
Hill City had four individuals qualify for the state meet.
Mike Pope in the high jump, Clay Money in the discus, Mekhai Bates in the shot put and Everett Brandyberry in the pole vault.