Uniontown boys claim Regional crown

Monday, May 21, 2007

YATES CENTER -- Uniontown's boys claimed the team championship at the Yates Center Cass 2A Regional Track Meet here Friday as two Tribune Area schools will send 15 athletes (not including relays) to this weekend's State meet in Wichita in 24 events.

Eagle boys scored 103 1/2 points to beat out Berean Academy of Elbing by 12 points. Pleasanton's boys finished ninth with 23 points.

Berean won the girls' title with 133 points with Oxford finishing in second place with 91. Pittsburg Colgan was third with 74 points while Uniontown placed fourth with 57. Pleasanton tied for fifth with Central-Burden with 42 points.

Each school will send four girls to State. The top four finishers in each event qualifies for State while the top six receive medals.

Uniontown's Brandon Boyd qualified in three events, winning long jump at 20 feet, 10 1/4 inches and the 200 meters in 22.99 seconds. He also took second in the high jump at 6' 2".

Another three-event qualifier is Pleasanton's Megan Allen. She won triple jump with a mark of 33' 7", took third in the 100 meters in 12.92 seconds and fourth in the 200 in 27.10.

Uniontown had several other multi-event qualifiers. Dominick Robinson won the shot put at 45' 8 3/4" and took second in discus at 132' 4 1/2". Gage McKinnis won the 100-meter dash in 11.05 seconds and finished second in the 300-meter hurdles in 42.38. And Jamie Shelton was third in javelin at 146' 4" and fourth in high jump at 5' 10".

Uniontown's girls saw Abbie Smith win the long jump with a leap of 15' 5' 1/4" and take fourth in the 300 hurdles in 51.40. Katie Spainhoward was second in shot put at 31' 8' and third in discus at 110 feet even.

Kaity Smith won the 100-meter hurdles in 16.42 seconds and places sixth in the 300's in 52.49.

Kylie Shepard qualified in javelin, finishing second at 100' 7". She also medaled in the 800 meters, placing fifth in 2:38.

Heath Clayton closes out the list of Uniontown's individual qualifiers as he won discus at 136' 4 3/4".

Uniontown's boys' 4x100-meter relay team of George Pillion, Zach Mason, Boyd and McKinnis recorded a winning time of 44.85 seconds.

Danny McCullough placed second for Pleasanton in pole vault, clearing 11' 6". Alex Richmond was third in the 400 meters for the Blu-Jays with a time of 53.17. And Chris Duggins was fourth in discus at with a mark of 130' 9".

Michelle Mitchell placed third in pole vault for Pleasanton's girls, clearing 7' 6". The 4x100 relay team was third in 53.67. Rachel Richmond finished fourth in high jump at 4' 4" and the 4x400 relay team took fourth in 4:49.65.

Zach Mason won two medals for the Eagles, finishing fifth in the triple jump at 39' 4 1/2" and the 110 hurdles in 16.73. Also fifth was Drew Johnson, tying in the high jump at 5' 8".

Pillion was sixth in the 400 meters in 56.99. Kyle Warren, who will go to State as an alternate for the Eagles' relay teams, was sixth in the 100 meters in 11.64. Also sixth were Luke Spainhoward in the 800 meters in 2:11 and 4x400 relay team of Pillion, Shelton, Johnson and Spainhoward in 3:47.

Abbie Smith was fifth in the 100 hurdles in 17.13. Also fifth for Uniontown's girls were Riley Stephens in triple jump at 29' 2" and Jessica Schaaf in the 3,200 in 13:38. The girls' 4x100 relay team of Clayton, Shepard, K.Smith and A.Smith placed fifth in 55.5.

Uniontown didn't have any sixth-place girls' medalists while Pleasanton had no girls in fifth. Carlee Campbell finished sixth for the Blu-Jays in triple jump at 28' 11".

Although the lower-classes (3A, 2A, 1A) session of the State meet begins at 7:30 a.m. Friday, the first events for both Pleasanton and Uniontown will take place at 8 a.m. The early session ends at approximately 2:10 p.m.

Saturday's session -- all classes all day -- begins at 9 a.m.

Only events in which Uniontown and Pleasanton athletes medaled are listed. All six places are listed in those events.

GIRLS

Team scores

1. Elbing Berean Academy (BA) 133, 2. Oxford (OX) 91, 3. Pittsburg Colgan (PC) 74, 4. Uniontown (U) 57, 5 (tie). Pleasanton (PL) and Central Burden (CB) 42, 7. Rosalia-Flinthills (FH) 34, 8. Marmaton Valley (MV) 26, 9. Sedgwick (S) 25, 10. Northeast-Arma (NE) 11, 11. Altoona-Midway (AM) 10, 12. Humboldt (H) 6, 13. Peabody-Burns (PB) 5, 14 (tie). Oswego, Sedan and Yates Center 0.

Event results

100-meter dash: 1. Eilert, BA, 12.76; 2. Slack, OX, 12.93; 3. Allen, PL, 12.92; 4. Carson, OX, 13.05; 5. Teague, CB, 13.06; 6. Hull, AM, 13.14.

200-meter dash: 1. Slack, OX, 26.30; 2. Eilert, BA, 26.42; 3. Teague, CB, 26.82; 4. Allen, PL, 27.10; 5. Miller, PC, 27.31; 6. Hull, AM, 27.39.

800-meter run: 1. Penner, BA, 2:26.40; 2. Duncan, PC, 2:31.90; 3. Wiebe, BA, 2:35.90; 4. Simon, FH, 2:36.47; 5. Shepard, U, 2:38.85; 6. Wiebe, BA, 2:42.81.

3,200-meter run: 1. Wright, BA, 12:55.08; 2. Hendrixson, S, 13:00.09; 3. King, MV, 13:05.86; 4. Neisas, OX, 13:22.63; 5. Schaaf, U, 13:40.85; 6. Bedene, NE, 14:30.03.

100-meter hurdles: 1. K.Smith, U, 16.42; 2. Dunham, FH, 16.76; 3. Busenitz, BA, 16.89; 4. Works, H, 17.00; 5. A.Smith, U, 17.13; 6. Woodruff, PB, 18.17.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Teague, CB, 47.17; 2. Dunham, FH, 50.72; 3. Dickey, PC, 50.96; 4. A.Smith, U, 51.40; 5. Busenitz, BA, 51.89; 6. K.Smith, U, 52.49.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Berean Academy, 52.19; 2. Pittsburg Colgan, 53.01; 3. Pleasanton, 53.67; 4. Central-Burden, 52.27; 5. Uniontown, 54.43; 6. Sedgwick, 55.54.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Pittsburg Colgan. 4:17:36; 2. Berean Academy, 4:17.58; 3. Oxford, 4:26.11; 4. Pleasanton, 4:49.65; 5. Sedgwick, 4:59.10.

High jump: 1. Wiebe, BA, 4' 10"; 2. Jones, OX, 4' 8"; 3. Wittenborn, OX, 4' 6"; 4. Richmond, PL, 4' 4"; 5. Rust, BA, 4' 4"; 6. Herder, H, 4' 2".

Long jump: 1. A.Smith, U, 15' 6"; 2. Neises, OX, 15' 1"; 3. Naylor, PC, 15' 0 3/4"; 4. Jackson, FH, 14' 6 1/2"; 5. Busenitz, BA, 14" 3 3/4"; 6. Works, H, 13' 6".

Triple jump: 1. Allen, PL, 33' 7"; 2. Neises, OX, 31' 0 1/4"; 3. Rust, BA, 29' 9 3/4"; 4. Jones, OX, 29' 7"; 5. Stephens, U, 29' 2"; 6. Campbell, PL, 28' 11"

Pole vault: 1. Schoenwald, BA, 8' 6"; 2. White, PC, 8' 6"; 3. Mitchell, PL, 7' 6"; 4. Speer, CB, 7' 6"; 5. Haunschild, CB, 7' 0".

Discus: 1. Claassen, BA, 112' 0"; 2. Wham, CB, 111' 8"; 3. Spainhoward, U, 110' 0"; 4. Heistand, MV, 104' 11"; 5. Metz, OX, 102' 6"; 6. Busenitz, S, 90' 2".

Javelin: 1. Bolder, PC, 104' 10"; 2. Shepard, 100' 7"; 3. Wham, CB, 99' 4"; 4. Wiebe, BA, 92' 6"; 5. Khosravipour, BA, 88' 2".

Shot put: 1. Heistand, MV, 34' 1 1/2"; 2. Spainhoward, 32' 1 1/2"; 3. Metz, OX, 31' 8 1/2"; 4. Epp, OX, 30' 10 1/4"; 5. Khosravipour, BA, 30' 3 1/2"; 6. Claassen, BA, 29' 8 1/2".

BOYS

Team scores

1. Uniontown 103 1/2, 2. Elbing Berean Academy 91 1/2, 3. Oxford 69, 4. Peabody-Burns 62, 5. Central-Burden 60, 6. Sedgwick 48, 7. Northeast-Arma 31, 8. Pittsburg Colgan 24, 9. Pleasanton 23, 10. Rosalia-Flinthills 22, 11. Humboldt 15. 12. Marmaton Valley 6, 13. Yates Center (YC) 3, 14 (tie). Oswego, Sedan and Altoona-Midway 0.

Event results

100-meter dash: 1. McKinnis, U, 11.05; 2. Marsh, OX, 11.16; 3. Woodruff, PB, 11.39; 4. Honas, H, 11.56; 5. Myer, BA, 11.56; 6. Warren, U, 11.64.

200-meter dash: 1. Boyd U, 22.99; 2. Simmonds, PB, 23.38; 3. Rowe, S, 23.47; 4. Myer, BA, 23.57; 5. Honas, H, 23.65; 6. Hamm, PB, 24.11

400-meter dash: 1. Wiebe, BA, 51.86; 2. Simmonds, PB, 53.04; 3. Richmond, PL, 53.17; 4. Potucek, OX, 54.58; 5. Pennuto, YC, 54.62; 6. Pillion, U, 56.99.

800-meter run: 1. Ross, BC, 2:01.15; 2. Holmes, BA, 2:01.21; 3. C.Unruh, BA, 2:02.26; 4. Fullerton, FH, 2:05.99; 5. D.Unruh, PB, 2:08.24; 6. Spainhoward, U, 2:11.60.

100-meter hurdles: 1. Marsh, OX, 14.80; 2. Rowe, S, 15.41; 3. Jones, PC, 16.08; 4. Eisenbarth, FH, 16.34; 5. Mason, U, 16.40; 6. Patterson, OX, 17.16.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Marsh, OX, 41.35; 2. McKinnis, U, 41.38; 3. Jones, PC, 42.48; 4. Norris, H, 42.49; 5. Eisenbarth, FH, 42.86; 6. Riggs, PC, 43.19.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Uniontown, 44.95; 2. Peabody-Burns, 45.04; 3. Pittsburg Colgan, 45.95; 4. Sedgwick, 46.30; 5. Berean Academy, 46.48; 6. Humboldt, 46.49.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Berean Academy, 3:31.77; 2. Central-Burden, 3:38.70; 3. Sedgwick, 3:40.35; 4. Pittsburg Colgan, 3:41.69; 5. Pleasanton, 3:47.04; 6. Uniontown, 3:47.54.

High jump: 1. Jones, CB, 6' 2"; 2. Boyd, U, 6' 2"; 3. McAlister, CB, 5' 10"; 4. Shelton, U, 5' 10"; 5 (tie). Johnson, U, and Ruther, BA, 5' 8" .

Long jump: 1. Boyd, U, 20' 10 1/4'; 2. Marsh, OX, 20' 7 3/4"; 3. Potucek, OX, 20' 3"; 4. Napper, S, 20' 0 1/2"; 5. D.Unruh, PB, 19' 8 1/4"; 6. Sullins, NE, 19' 0".

Triple jump: 1. Napper, S, 40' 8"; 2. Ruther, BA, 39' 7 3/4"; 3. Sullins, NE, 39' 5 3/4"; 4. Potucek, OX, 39' 5"; 5. Mason, U, 39' 4 1/2"; 6. Cole H, 36' 11 3/4".

Pole vault: 1. Jones, CB, 12' 6"; 2. McCullough, PL, 11' 6"; 3. Wiebe, BA, 11' 6"; 4. Sommerfeld, BA, 11' 0"; 5. Moore, BA, 10' 6"; 6. Prichard, OX, 10' 0".

Discus: 1. Clayton, U, 136' 4 3/4"; 2. Robinson, U, 132' 4 1/2"; 3. Doll, CB, 130' 9"; 4. Duggins, PL, 130' 9"; 5. Stevens, OX, 125' 1"; 6. Slanker, OX, 116' 3 1/2".

Javelin: 1. Stevens, OX, 150' 4"; 2. Standefer, S, 150' 4"; 3. Shelton, U, 146' 4"; 4. Jones, CB, 144' 10"; 5. Cole, H, 142' 5"; 6. Fairbanks, PL, 133' 5".

Shot put: 1. Robinson, U, 48' 7"; 2. Toschi, NE, 45' 10"; 3. Deer, MV, 43' 10 3/4"; 4. Stevens, OX, 41' 10 1/2"; 5. Duggins, PL, 41' 7"; 6. Pratt, PB, 41' 6".