Ark Valley News - Track team stacks up against regional foes

Track team stacks up against regional foes
By Chris Strunk
Last Updated: May 03, 2019

Facing many of the athletes they will see at regionals in a couple of weeks, the Valley Center High School girls track team placed second at the eight-team McPherson Invitational April 25, while the boys were third.

Teams they faced that will be in the Hornets' May 17 Class 5A regional at Wichita Northwest included McPherson, Hays, Salina South, Salina Central and Newton. Other teams in their regional are Great Bend, Wichita Heights and Northwest.

"We will have to be prepared to compete at a high level," Valley Center coach Troy Emig said. "There will be many quality athletes competing that day."

Valley Center turned in several solid performances at McPherson.

Alli Burke had one of her best outings of the season. She won the 100-meter dash and set a school record in the pole vault with 10 feet, which was good enough for third place.

Surrounded by McPherson runners, Kait McDonald placed third and Jalea Hoddy fourth in the 200-meter dash.

Hoddy followed with a second-place finish in the 400.

Sarah Schaar won the two-mile race and placed third in the one-mile.

Kenisa Meyer, McDonald, Lydia Smith and Burke placed second in the 4x100-meter relay.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Alyson Hill, Ruby Glawion, Whitney Quandt and Hoddy placed third.

Kenna Meyer placed sixth in the high jump.

Kenisa Meyer won the long jump with 17 feet, 5 inches.

Libby Schurle threw 111 feet, 7 inches to place second in the javelin.

Zach Williams brought home double gold. He won the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump.

Larry Wilson faced stiff competition in the 100-meter dash. Finishing in 11.12 seconds, he placed third behind a pair of McPherson Bullpup seniors — Gage Shook (11.08) and Brandon Yowell (11.11).

Max Fields won the 400-meter run in 51.88 seconds, nearly two seconds ahead of Salina Central's Riley Counts.

Kyler Meyer placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and second in the triple jump, just behind Salina South's A.J. Johnson.

Fields, Logan Glidewell, Williams and Wilson were second in the 4x100-meter relay, finishing a half second behind the McPherson squad with Shook at the block and Yowell on the anchor.

Valley's distance runners also did well. Stephen Lybarger was second in the two-mile race, while Parker Francis followed at third.

The 4x800-meter relay team of Ray Flora, Diego Chavez, Francis and Lybarger placed second behind Wichita North.

In the throwing events, Dale Hatfield led the boys with a fifth-place finish in the shot put.

McPherson Invitational

April 25

Girls

1. McPherson 174.5; 2. Valley Center 95; 3. Hays 89; 4. Salina South 78.5; 5. Salina Central 76; 6. Pratt 59; 7. Newton 14, Wichita North 14.

VC results

100 hurdles — 3. Kenisa Meyer 15.67; 11. Lydia Smith 18.03. 100 — 1. Alli Burke 12.39; 7. Kait McDonald 13.43; 8. Ruby Glawion 13.45. 200 — 3. Kait McDonald 27.67; 4. Jalea Hoddy 27.88. 1600 — 3. Sarah Schaar 5:44.02; 11. Alyson Hill 6:22.79; 12. Riley Ranzau 6:26.28. 4x100 — 2. Kenisa Meyer, McDonald, Smith, Burke 52.22. 400 — 2. Jalea Hoddy 1:04.44. 800 — 7. Alyson Hill 2:48.03; 9. Riley Ranzau 2:51.82. 3200 — 1. Sarah Schaar 12:21.29. 4x400 — 3. Hill, Glawion, Quandt, Hoddy 4:38.24. High jump — 6. Kenna Meyer 4-6. Discus — 9. Makayla Hayden 81-9; 16. Markie Smith 60-6. Javelin — 2. Libby Schurle 111-7; 14. Sanne Aendekerk 59-11. Long jump — 1. Kenisa Meyer 17-5; 9. Jalea Hoddy 15-8.5. Triple jump — 11. Kenna Meyer 31-10. Shot put — 16. Libby Schurle 28-11; 17. Markie Smith 28-5; 18. Makayla Hayden 26-8. Pole vault — 3. Alli Burke 10-0; 5. Whitney Quandt 8-6; 8. Madison Morisset 8-0.

Boys

1. McPherson 148.5; 2. Salina South 116.5; 3. Valley Center 92; 4. Wichita North 63; 5. Hays 61; 6. Pratt 53; 7. Salina Central 45; 8. Newton.

VC results

100 hurdles — 1. Zach Williams 14.77. 100 — 3. Larry Wilson 11.12; 11. Max Fields 11.46; 17. Logan Glidewell 11.65; 20. Caden Holle 11.74. 200. 1. Wilson 22.45; 10. Logan Glidewell 23.75; 13. Caden Holle 24.27; 21. Tristan Molello 25.27. 4x800 — 2. Flora, Chavez, Francis, Lybarger 9:09.86. 1600 — 9. Kyle Stamm 5:10.49; 13. Clayton Ehrstein 5:16.84. 4x100 — 2. Fields, Glidewell, Williams, Wilson. 400 — 1. Max Fields 51.88; 10. Ray Flora 57.74. 300 hurdles — 4. Kyler Meyer 43.76. 800 — 9. Diego Chavez 2:22.22; 13. Tristan Molello 2:24.58; 14. Clayton Ehrstein 2:25.44. 3200 — 2. Stephen Lybarger 10:55.86; 3. Parker Francis 11:02.69. High jump — 7. Kyler Meyer 5-8. Discus — 5. Dale Hatfield 134-7; 17. Camden Dore 99-9; 20. Austin Cordova 94-0. Javelin — 8. Dylan Bastian 139-8. Long jump — 1. Zach Williams 22-9; 13. Vincent Vaughn 19-6.5; 17. Hunter Sharp 18-11. Triple jump — 2. Kyler Meyer 42-4.5. Shot put — 20. Austin Cordova 36-4; 22. Dale Hatfield 35-10; 24. Dylan Bastian 34-9. Pole vault — 10. Kaleb Voegeli 10-6.