By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Audrey Appuhn
AUDREY APPUHN, Washburn Rural
Appuhn won the 200-yard individual medley in the Topeka Invitational swimming meet by nearly seven seconds in a time of 2 minutes, 12.54 seconds and won the 500 free by more than 15 seconds in 5:15.37. Appuhn also teamed with Ava Von Lintel, Ella Bombardier and Madeline O'Brien to win the 400 free relay in 4:18.48 and swam on Rural's third-place 200 medley relay (2:04.07) as the Junior Blues finished second as a team, just a point behind Free State.
Aaron Merritt
AARON MERRITT, Seaman
Merritt, a senior track and field standout, captured the individual championship in the boys 100-meter dash in the prestigious Kansas Relays in Lawrence. Merritt won the 100 in the 101st Relays in 10.52 seconds, while Robert Collins of Staley, Mo. finished second in 10.56. Merritt also posted a third-place finish in the 110 high hurdles in 14.35 seconds.
Ryin Miller
RYIN MILLER, Seaman
Miller, a sophomore, was a double champion in the 101st Kansas Relays at Rock Chalk Park, winning the girls 3,200 in 10 minutes, 13.97 seconds and taking the 1,600 in 4:53.74. Salina Central's Katelyn Rupe, the Class 5A cross country champion, finished second to Miller in the 3,200 in 10:17.40 while Gwyn Meyers of Bishop Kelley (Tulsa, Okla.) was the runnerup in the 1,600 in 4:56.62.
Josh Sulzen-Watson
JOSH SULZEN-WATSON, Washburn Rural
Sulzen-Watson, a senior track and field standout, won the boys javelin event in last weekend's 101st Kansas Relays at Rock Chalk Park with a top throw of 195 feet, 7 inches on the fifth of his six throws in the competition. A returning Class 6A state placer in both the javelin and discus, Sulzen-Watson won the Relays javelin title by nearly six feet over Joe Loughman of St. Thomas Aquinas, who finished second at 189-11.
Gavin Wilhelm
GAVIN WILHELM, Washburn University
In his first season with Washburn's baseball team, the right-handed pitcher picked up his first career victory with a sterling relief effort in Sunday's 11-9 MIAA win over No. 21-ranked Central Oklahoma at Falley Field. The Seaman grad pitched the final 4.1 innings while allowing just one unearned run and striking out seven. Wilhelm, also a punter/kicker for the WU football team, struck out the side in both the sixth and seventh innings and recorded three straight outs in the ninth to finish off the game.
Micah Williams
MICAH WILLIAMS, Highland Park
Williams continued her outstanding freshman soccer season for Highland Park soccer with six goals in two games last week. Williams scored four goals and added as assist in the Scots' 6-2 win over Meadowlark Conference foe Kansas City-Washington. The Scot standout added two goals in Highland Park's 5-2 conference loss to KC-Wyandotte, giving her 21 goals on the season for 4-6 Highland Park.
