Holcomb boys, Colby girls win GWAC track titles

Goodland, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–In their final meet before regionals next week, the six Great West Activities Conference Schools made their way to Goodland for the GWAC meet. Thursday’s meet did not disappoint, with many impressive performances, and competitive events. In the end, it was the Holcomb boys winning their first GWAC meet, holding off defending champion Scott City by 11 points, while the Colby girls returned to the top of the league for the seventh time in eight league meets, edging Scott City by five points.

Despite the second place finishes, Scott City had two competitors win individual events and help win relay races. Sophomore Madison Shaplan repeated as a champion in the 100M Dash and won the pole vault, and was also on the winning 4x400M Relay team, while senior Emily Smith swept both hurdle races, and rallied the 4x400M Relay team to a league title. Emily Weathers also won gold in the 400M Dash, and was on the winning 4×400 and 4x800M Relay teams.

Sixteen of the 18 events on the girls side were won by Colby or Scott City, with Colby winning seven and Scott City nine.

On the boys side, it looked as if it were going to be a wide open race for the league title, and it turned out to be. Holcomb took over the lead in the final five events, and held on for the title, knocking off defending champion Scott City. The Beavers were without four-event star Marshall Faurot once again, who is nursing an injury. Faurot’s teammate, Jack Thomas, who has missed most of the season, was back in the lineup for a second straight meet, and ran a leg in the 4x800M Relay. Carter Blackburn, who himself is on the mend from an early season injury, swept the hurdle races to lead the Longhorns, and Devin Mader pulled a surprise to many by winning the 100M Dash over Colby’s Jordan Schippers, and was on the winning 4x100M Relay team.

Scott City finished second, but had a big day from Wyatt Hayes, who won the 800M Run and was on the winning 4x800M Relay team. Hugoton, who came in third, was led by Mitchell Hamlin, who won the 400M Run, Long jump, and was the anchor leg of the winning 4x400M Relay team, and Abraham Garcia won the 1600 and 32ooM runs.

There will be some new faces as head track coaches in the GWAC next season, as longtime Holcomb head coach Lindall Cox is retiring and longtime Hugoton head coach Nick Rodriguez will be moving to Ellsworth after the track season.

Holcomb, Hugoton and Ulysses will be at the 4A Regional in Andale on Thursday, while Colby, Goodland and Scott City will head to the 3A Regional in Beloit next Friday.

Girls
Team Scores
Colby 161.5, Scott City 156.5, Goodland 84, Ulysses 77, Holcomb 58, Hugoton 17

100m Dash
1. Madison Shapland, Scott City 12.71; 2. Erin Krannawitter, Colby 12.93; 3. Kiersten Kent, Goodland 13.15; 4. Clara Price, Ulysses 13.25; 5. Halle Nagel, Ulysses 13.26; 6. Darien Mader, Holcomb 13.47

200m Dash
1. Erin Krannawitter, Colby 28.19; 2. Rachel VanEaton, Colby 28.49; 3. Kiersten Kent, Goodland 28.59; 4. Kynzi Soukup, Holcomb 28.67; 5. Hallie Vaughn, Colby 28.92; 6. Halle Nagel, Ulysses 28.97

400m Dash
1. Emily Weathers, Scott City 1:03.53; 2. Kiersten Kent, Goodland 1:06.57; 3. Sydney Hahn, Goodland 1:06.88; 4. Mackenzie Dodson, Colby 1:08.10; 5. Sadie McCary, Goodland 1:13.74; 6. Ashlyn Baker, Holcomb 1:14.86

800m Run
1. Laura Murdock, Colby 2:31.17; 2. Dulce Ayala, Scott City 2:31.47; 3. Raylynn Wartman, Ulysses 2:40.09; 4. Alyssa Castilleja, Ulysses 2:41.10; 5. Piper Wasinger, Scott City 2:41.33; 6. Megan Vance, Scott City 2:43.20

1600m Run
1. Laura Murdock, Colby 5:34.62; 2. Makaela Stevens, Scott City 5:57.38; 3. Trella Davis, Scott City 6:02.03; 4. Mikayla Biermann, Goodland 6:02.10; 5. Yessenia Ornelas, Ulysses 6:11.20; 6. Molly McClure, Hugoton 6:12.12

3200m Run
1. Makaela Stevens, Scott City 12:46.69; 2. Mikayla Biermann, Goodland 13:00.31; 3. Trella Davis, Scott City 13:06.96; 4. Yessenia Ornelas, Ulysses 13:24.26; 5.

100m HH
1. Emily Smith, Scott City 16.39; 2. Brittany Foss, Colby 17.13; 3. Violet Martinez, Holcomb 17.73; 4. Lauren Cure, Goodland 18.12; 5. Paige Vulgamore, Scott City 18.20; 6. Abbey Goode, Hugoton 18.57

300m LH
1. Emily Smith, Scott City 48.21; 2. Brittany Foss, Colby 49.90; 3. Abbey Goode, Hugoton 52.78; 4. Violet Martinez, 54.10; 5. Madi Ruda, Holcomb 54.12; 6. Lauren Cure, Goodland 59.24

4x100m Relay
1. Colby (Hallie Vaughn, Rachel VanEaton, Nicolette Stapp, Erin Krannawitter) 51.38; 2. Holcomb 51.78; 3. Ulysses 53.31; 4. Hugoton 54.58

4x400m Relay
1. Scott City (Dulce Ayala, Madison Shapland, Emily Weathers, Emily Smith) 4:09.49; 2. Colby 4:10.87; 3. Ulysses 4:45.88; 4. Goodland 4:51.23; 5. Holcomb 4:57.77; 6. Hugoton 5:09.34

4x800m Relay
1. Scott City (Dulce Ayala, Piper Wasinger, Megan Vance, Emily Weathers) 10:34.11; 2. Colby 10:40.26; 3. Ulysses 11:10.18; 4. Hugoton 12:10.11; 5. Goodland 12:22.22

Shot Put
1. Jera Drohman, Scott City 30-3.5; 2. Carissa Brogan, Colby 28-0; 3. Breeana De Le O, Ulysses 27-10; 4. Mariah Thompson, Colby 27-1.5; 5. Kasey Sturm, Ulysses 27-0; 6. Lanae Haupt, Scott City 27-0

Discus
1. Madison Lemman, Colby 89-11; 2. Kasey Sturm, Ulysses 89-6; 3. Anabelle Walter, Scott City 87-4; 4. Carissa Brogan, Colby 84-6; 5. Tayler Bieberle, Colby 84-2; 6. Jera Drohman, Scott City 84-1

Javelin
1. Elle McDaniel, Goodland 111-0; 2. Kailey Shields, Colby 105-8; 3. Teryn Teeter, Holcomb 97-2; 4. Tyann Weiss, Ulysses 90-5; 5. Chelsey Knitig, Goodland 87-5; 6. Bryce Brown, Colby 85-8

High Jump
1. Brittany Foss, Colby 5-1, 2. Riley Oglevie, Ulysses 4-10; 3t. Jill Stephens, Colby; Elle McDaniel, Goodland & Emily Smith, Goodland 4-8; 6. Clara Price, Ulysses 4-8

Long Jump
1. Hallie Vaughn, Colby 16-0.5; 2. Alli Brunswig, Scott City 15-10.25; 3. Clara Price, Ulysses 15-9.5; 4. Courtney Wren, Holcomb 15-1.5; 5. Darien Mader, Holcomb 14-10.5; 6. Halle Nagel, Ulysses 14-7.25

Triple Jump
1. Kiersten Kent, Goodland 32-6.25; 2. Violet Martinez, Holcomb 32-3.5; 3. Renae Hageman, Goodland 31-0.75; 4. Alli Brunswig, Scott City 30-11.25; 5. Kailey Shields, Colby 30-10; 6. Paige Castigliano, Colby

Pole Vault
1. Madison Shapland, Scott City 9-6; 2. Paige Vulgamore, Scott City 9-6; 3. Violet Martinez, Holcomb 9-0; 4. Chloe Ball, Holcomb 9-0; 5t. Kourtney Finley, Colby & Abby McDaniel, Scott City 8-6

Boys
Team Scores
Holcomb 127; Scott City 116, Hugoton 107, Colby 91, Goodland 75, Ulysses 38

100m Dash
1. Devin Mader, Holcomb 10.87; 2. Jordan Schippers, Colby 10.91; 3. Calvin Stapp, Colby 11.18; 4. Peyton Leonard, Holcomb 11.26; 5. Jordan Horn, Scott City 11.27; 6. Nick Nowak, Scott City 11.28

200m Dash
1. Jordan Schippers, Colby 22.83; 2. Devin Mader, Holcomb 23.11; 3. Nick Nowak, Scott City 23.46; 4. Isaiah Armstrong, Holcomb 23.66; 5. Calvin Stapp, Colby 23.66; 6. Jarret Jurgens, Scott City 23.77

400m Dash
1. Mitchell Hamlin, Hugoton 50.32; 2. Isaiah Armstrong, Holcomb 50.80; 3. Adrian Ruelas, Scott City 50.96; 4. Brendon Hudson, Ulysses 51.45; 5. Ezequiel Leyva, Holcomb 53.21; 6. Brandon Winderlin, Scott City 53.38

800m Run
1. Wyatt Hayes, Scott City 2:01.77; 2. Jacob Eckert, Hugoton 2:01.80; 3. Bryson Metcalf, Colby 2:02.63; 4. Kaden Wren, Scott City 2:02.85; 5. Jahaziel Garcia, Hugoton 2:05.83; 6. Eric Perry, Hugoton 2:06.73

1600m Run
1. Abraham Garcia, Hugoton 4:41.57; 2. Ethan Fox, Hugoton 4:44.02; 3. Efrain Flores, Holcomb 4:45.98; 4. Christopher Nemechek, Holcomb 4:58.5; 5. JC Blakely, Hugoton 5:01.98; 6. Conner LeBeau, Scott City 5:04.77

3200m Run
1. Abraham Garcia, Hugoton 10:21.55; 2. Ethan Fox, Hugoton 10:23.25; 3. Efrain Flores, Holcomb 10:32.62; 4. Christopher Nemechek, Holcomb 10:59.42; 5. Conner LeBeau, Scott City 11:15.22; 6. Rafael Guereque, Hugoton 11:17.56

110m HH
1. Carter Blackburn, Holcomb 14.87; 2. Lucas Wood, Goodland 15.62; 3. Mason Muray, Goodland 17.34; 4. Loren Faurot, Scott City 17.49; 5. Johnny Lozano, Holcomb 17.59; 6. Ryan Voss, Colby 17.81

300m IH
1. Carter Blackburn, Holcomb 41.23; 2. Lucas Wood, Goodland 43.39; 3. Dawson Raymer, Goodland 43.85; 4. Johnny Lozano, Holcomb 45.26; 5. Leyton Cure, Goodland 45.34; 6. Ryan Voss, Colby 45.96

4x100m Relay
1. Holcomb (Devin Mader, Garrett Williams, Peyton Leonard, Isaiah Armstrong) 42.97; 2. Scott City 43.73; 3. Colby 44.41; 4. Hugoton 44.94; 5. Ulysses 45.94; 6. Goodland 45.97

4x400m Relay
1. Hugoton (Dawson Kerbow, Jacob Eckert, Jahaziel Garcia, Mitchell Hamlin) 3:25.50; 2. Scott City 3:25.69; 3. Colby 3:31.20; 4. Holcomb 3:42.78; 5. Ulysses 3:49.49; 6. Goodland 4:06.15

4x800m Relay
1. Scott City (Kaden Wren, Adrian Ruelas, Jack Thomas, Wyatt Hayes) 8:25.78; 2. Hugoton 8:28.43; 3. Ulysses 9:20.66; 4. Holcomb 10:00.75; 5. Goodland 11:21.47

Shot Put
1. Xavier Slaven, Colby 47-11; 2. Aaron Kurth, Colby 46-3.5; 3. Isaiah Arizpe, Holcomb 44-2; 4. Damon Kepley, Holcomb 42-8; 5. Daniel Nolaco, Scott City 40-2.5; 6. Kyle Sherwood, Scott City 39-5

Discus
1. Kyle Sherwood, Scott City 131-9; 2. Aaron Kurth, Colby 122-10; 3. Angel Quezada, Hugoton 119-9; 4. Jaden Blansett, Holcomb 117-9; 5. Parker Hamel, Colby 116-6; 6. Damon Kepley, Holcomb 116-3

Javelin
1. Parker Vulgamore, Scott City 160-0; 2. Tucker Hawkins, Goodland 144-0; 3. Xavier Slaven, Colby 134-1; 4. Jordan Horn, Scott City 130-2; 5. Eddie Pacheco, Holcomb 124-8; 6. Bryce Niermeier, Colby 122-9

High Jump
1. Lucas Wood, Goodland 5-8; 2. Blake Sanderson, Goodland 5-6; 3. Tyler Sturm, Ulysses 5-6; 4. Mason Neal, Goodland 5-6; 5. Jeremy Ross, Goodland 4-10

Long Jump
1. Mitchell Hamlin, Hugoton 21-9.5; 2. Jordan Horn, Scott City 21-3; 3. Luis Madrid, Colby 20-7; 4. Trent Coon, Goodland 18-5.5; 5. Jackson Daise, Goodland 18-1; 6. Peter Loewen, Hugoton 17-9.75

Triple Jump
1. Maurice Ochoa, Ulysses 40-2.5; 2. Colton Swinney, Hugoton 39-6; 3. Hunter Yager, Scott City 39-3.5; 4. Mason Neal, Goodland 38-0.25; 5. Tobin Gardner, Colby 37-9; 6. Jackson Daise, Goodland 37-2.5

Pole Vault
1. Loren Faurot, Scott City 13-6; 2. Eduardo Mendoza, Ulysses 13-6; 3. Dylan Amos, Holcomb 13-0; 4. Jayson Lambert, Holcomb 13-0; 5. Kory Finley, Colby 12-6; 6. Hunter Yager, Scott City 12-6

Carter Blackburn, Holcomb