Jayhawk-Linn sees four claim Regional championships

YATES CENTER -- Chelsea Beckman, Shelby Krull and Austin Coleman as well as a girls' relay team won Regional titles here Friday at the Yates Center Class 2A Regional Meet.

They are among eight Jayhawk-Linn athletes who have earned trips to this weekend's Class 2A State Championships as a result of placing in the top four at the Regional. The top six finishers earned medals.

Beckman and Krull, both seniors, were also on the relay team, the 4x100, that will be going to State. They teamed up with junior Emma Hargrove and freshman Sydney Daniels to take that race in 53.60 seconds. Beckman has been on a State-qualifying relay team all four years of high school. Krull was on the team that finished eighth last year at State.

Beckman won discus with a mark of 111 feet even and will be going to State for the fourth time in that event. She has moved up each year, placing 14th in 2008 as a freshman, 10th in 2009 and seventh last year.

Krull took the pole vault title 9 feet even. She will be going to State in this event for the third time in her four years. She placed 14th in 2008 and fifth last year.

Coleman, a sophomore, won the javelin at 150' 4", qualifying for his first State meet as he won by over 8 feet.

Back on the girls' side, freshman Ashtynn Dixon will go to State as she placed second in shot put with a mark of 31' 3 1/2". Dixon also won a medal in discus after throwing a 90-footer for sixth place.

Beckman also qualified for the 200-meter dash after finishing third in the Regional in 27.30 seconds. She finished 10th in this event last year.

Freshman Megan Leavitt advances in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:10.40, good for fourth. Hargrove was fourth in triple jump at 31' 0 1/2" and qualifies for the first time in that event.

Austin Eccleman, a sophomore, will be the Jayhawks' only other State qualifier in boys' events after taking fourth in discus with a mark of 121' 1". Sophomore Adam Higginbotham medaled in that event at 115' 5".

Junior Trevor Laporte took fifth in two events. He cleared 5' 8" in high jump and 9' 6" in pole vault.

Coleman placed sixth in shot put with a mark of 39' 2 3/4". Senior Luke Purinton was sixth in long jump at 18' 8".

Jayhawk-Linn's girls finished in fourth place in team standings with 53 points. Elbing Berean Academy won the girls' title with 110 points while Howard-West Elk was second with 66 and Herington was third with 56.

Berean Academy also won the boys' title with 158 points. Herington was a distant second with 72 points while the Jayhawks scored 22 points for 10th place.

Track events for Class 2A schools begin at 7:45 a.m. Friday morning with the first field events underway at 8 a.m. All classes field events get underway at 8 a.m. Saturday with track events to begin at 8:30 a.m.

Only events in which Jayhawk-Linn athletes medaled are shown. The winner of each event is listed, regardless of school. If a Jayhawk-Linn athlete won the event, the runner-up is shown, regardless of school, for comparison.

GIRLS

Team scores

1. Elbing Berean Academy (BA) 110, 2. Howard-West Elk 66, 3. Herington (HE) 56, 4. Jayhawk-Linn (JL) 53, 5. Colgan 43, 6. Peabody-Burns (PB) 42, 7. Allen-Northern Heights 39, 8. Oswego 33, 9. Chase County (CC) 29, 10. Lyndon 25, 11. Yates Center (YC) 20, 12. Oxford (OX) 16, 13. Central-Burden 14, 14. Humboldt 6, 15. Marmaton Valley 4.

Event results

200-meter dash: 1. Pickens, PB, 26.50; 3. Beckman, JL, 27.30.

1,600-meter run: 1. Engle, CC, 5:53.30; 4. Leavitt, JL, 6:10.40.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Jayhawk-Linn, 53.60; 2. Oswego, 54.00.

Triple jump: 1. Blackwell, HE, 33' 5 1/2"; 4. Hargrove, JL, 31' 0 1/2".

Pole vault: 1. Krull, JL, 9' 0"; 2. Quiring, BA, 9' 0".

Discus: 1. Beckman, JL, 11' 0"; 2. Adams, YC, 106' 7"; 6. Dixon, JL, 90' 0".

Shot put: 1. White, OX, 34' 0 1/2"; 2. Dixon, JL, 31' 3 1/2".

BOYS

Team scores

1. Elbing Berean Academy (BA) 158, 2. Herington 72, 3. Lyndon 65, 4. Humboldt (HU) 43, 5. Colgan 36, 6 (tie). Oswego and Central-Burden (CB) 30, 8. Oxford 29, 9. Marmaton Valley 28, 10. Jayhawk-Linn (JL) 22, 11. Chase County 14, Peabody-Burns 13, Yates Center 10, 14. Howard-West Elk 8, 15. Allen-Northern Heights 0.

Event results

High jump: 1. Hoover, BA, 6' 0"; 5. Laporte, JL, 5' 8".

Long jump: 1. McNutt, HU, 20' 8"; 6. Purinton, JL, 18' 8".

Pole vault: 1. Deets, CB, 11' 6"; 5. Laporte, JL, 9' 6".

Discus: 1. Wiebe, BA, 154' 5"; 4. Eccleman, JL, 121' 1"; 5. Higginbotham, JL, 115' 5".

Javelin: 1. Coleman, JL, 150' 4"; 2. Spanaugle, BA, 142' 2".

Shot put: 1. Wiebe, BA, 50' 1"; 6. Coleman, JL, 39' 2 3/4".