By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Topeka High freshman Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton won three events and added a second-place finish to lead the way as city athletes turned in a strong performance in Wednesday's Washburn Rural Invitational track and field meet.
Topeka High freshman Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton (right) wins the girls 100-meter dash in Wednesday's Washburn Rural Invitational while Highland Park's Jurnee Cole (left) was second and Washburn Rural's Adriana Raub third. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
All seven city schools competed in Wednesday's meet, along with Emporia, while city athletes who have qualified for this weekend's Kansas Relays bypassed the meet.
City schools won 17 of 18 events in the boys division while city athletes won 12 of 18 girls events.
Rayton won the girls 100-meter dash in 13.51 seconds and won the long jump with a best effort of 16 feet, 7 inches and was the triple jump champ at 35-3.50. Rayton finished second in the 200 in 27.52.
Washburn Rural won six girls events on the day, including a sweep of the throws, with Raegan Petersen winning the discus (119-0), Kailyn Petersen the shot put (33-10) and Morgan Ray the javelin (116-8).
The Junior Blues also got a win from Kenzie Maddox in the 1,600 and from Alexis Burns in the high jump (4-10) while Rural won the 4x100 relay in 60.18.
Seaman's Harper Hafenstine won the pole vault title at 7-6 while Highland Park's Miluv Cosey won the 200 (27.04) and Seaman won the 4x400 relay in 4:45.48.
Topeka West's Jayden Lindsey was a double individual winner on the boys side, taking the 200 dash in 23.25 and the 400 in 53.38, while Washburn Rural dominated the boys division with eight wins.
Washburn Rural's Christian Hartman-Babb (right) won the boys 110 hurdles in Wednesday's Washburn Rural Invitational while Shawnee Heights Isaac Song (left) finished second in the 110s and won the 300 hurdles. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural's Quentin Hill won the boys high jump in Wednesday's Washburn Rural Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Junior Blues got individual wins from Nate Recob in the 100 (11.91), Wyatt Shorb in the 1,600 (4:57.67), Hayden Keller in the 3,200 (10:35.50), Christian Hartman-Robb in the 110 hurdles (17.11), Quentin Hill in the high jump (6-0) and Jacob Hawks in the shot put (46-9.50) while Rural also won the 4x400 relay (3:42.24) and the 4x800 relay (8:59.69).
Seaman's Logan Townsend won the boys 800 in Wednesday's Washburn Rural Invitational, leading a 1-2-3 Viking finish in the event. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman got individual victories from Logan Townsend in the 800 (2:06.25), Kaden Whitehurst in the triple jump (38-7.50) and Connor Warren in the javelin (148-8) and the Vikings won the 4x100 relay in 45.43.
Shawnee Heights got wins from Isaac Song in the 300 hurdles (42.24) and Ethan Fisher in the discus (140-6) while Song finished second in the 110 hurdles (17.44).
Highland Park's Rayson Pollard won the long jump at 19-8.50.
WASHBURN RURAL INVITATIONAL
GIRLS
Individual results
100 -- 1. Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High, 13.51; 2. Jurnee Cole, Highland Park, 13.86; 3. Adriana Raub, Washburn Rural, 13.96.
200 -- 1. Miluv Cosey, Highland Park, 27.04; 2. Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High, 27.52; 3. Adriana Raub, Washburn Rural, 28.55.
400 -- 1. Summer Bazan, Emporia, 71.42; 2. Navaeh Douglas, Highland Park, 74.18; 3. Xemana Peraza, Emporia, 83.15.
800 -- 1. Emma Beatty, Emporia, 2:38.80; 2. Bailee Van Sickle, Emporia, 2:46.66; 3. Alex Richardson, Seaman, 2:55.78.
1,600 -- 1. Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural, 5:36.03; 2. Madison Evans, Emporia, 5:51.75; 3. Emma Beatty, Emporia, 5:57.16.
3,200 -- 1. Madison Evans, Emporia, 12:44.61; 2. Allison Curtis, Emporia, 13:34.34; 3. Elizabeth Hogan, Shawnee Heights, 14:08.86.
100 hurdles -- 1. Talihah Tabares, Emporia, 17.63; 2. Majesty Grace, Highland Park, 17.90; 3. Elise Eckert, Emporia, 18.13.
300 hurdles -- 1. Talihah Tabares, Emporia, 51.20; 2. Elise Eckert, Emporia, 53.82; 3. Semaj O'Neal, Topeka West, 55.40.
4x100 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural, 60.18; 2. Emporia (Bueno, Moreno, Huber, Morrow), 63.24; 3. Shawnee Heights, 63.70.
4x400 relay -- 1. Seaman (Cooper, Wempe, Gonzalez, Cebulski), 4:45.48.
4x800 relay -- 1. Emporia (Heinen, Wellman, Van Sickle, Beatty), 11:19.10; 2. Seaman (Wempe, Richardson, Gatewood, Cooper), 11:51.88.
High jump -- 1. Alexis Burns, Washburn Rural, 4-10; 2. Langley Tiller, Washburn Rural, 4-6; 3. Nora Cheney, Seaman, 4-6.
Pole vault -- 1. Harper Hafenstine, Seaman, 7-6; 2. Emme Blanco, Washburn Rural, 7-0; 3. Kristen Rezac, Washburn Rural, 6-6.
Long jump -- 1. Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High, 16-7; 2. Maddy Blow, Washburn Rural, 14-10.50; 3. Ally Condray, Seaman, 14-7.
Triple jump -- 1. Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High, 35-3.50; 2. Hailee Townsend, Seaman, 30-10.50; 3. Miluv Cosey, Highland Park, 29-05.
Shot put -- 1. Kailyn Peterson, Washburn Rural, 33-10; 2. Mia Trujillo, Emporia, 33-10; 3. Izzy Davis, Washburn Rural, 32-06.50.
Discus -- 1. Raegan Petersen, Washburn Rural, 119-0; 2. Mia Trujillo, Emporia, 107-10; B
.Javelin -- 1. Morgan Ray, Washburn Rural, 116-08; 2. Maggie Lesmeister, Seaman, 107-09; 3. Ashleigh Fitzhugh, Washburn Rural, 105-1.
BOYS
Individual results
100 -- 1. Nate Recob, Washburn Rural, 11.91; 2. Blake Recinos, Washburn Rural, 11.95; 3. Johnny Young, Topeka West, 11.98.
200 -- 1. Jayden Lindsey, Topeka-West, 23.75; 2. Pierce Cannon, Washburn Rural, 23.96; 3. Emmanuel Nwakpuda, Washburn Rural, 23.99.
400 -- 1. Jayden Lindsey, Topeka West, 53.38; 2. Gabe Fotovich, Shawnee Heights, 54.57; 3. Sevon Covington, Topeka-West, 54.61.
800 -- 1. Logan Townsend, Seaman, 2:06.27; 2. Corbin Murrow, Seaman, 2:08.92; 3. Kaelin Loy, Seaman, 2:10.74.
1,600 -- 1. Wyatt Shorb, Washburn Rural, 4:57.67; 2. Cohen Thiesen, Washburn Rural, 5:02.76; 3. Max Esquibel, Shawnee Heights, 5:03.34.
3,200 -- 1. John Hayden Keller, Washburn Rural, 10:35.50; 2. Bodie King, Washburn Rural, 10:50.00; 3. Max Esquibel, Shawnee Heights, 10:57.28.
110 hurdles -- 1. Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural, 17.11; 2. Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights, 17.44; 3. Ben Collins, Emporia, 17.52.
300 hurdles -- 1. Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights, 42.24; 2. Christian Labrador, Shawnee Heights, 43.81; 3. Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural, 44.76.
4x100 relay -- 1. Seaman (Collins, McGee, Hepner, Foxhoven), 45.43; 2. Washburn Rural (Magee, Blair, LeDuc, Recinos), 45.43; 3, Washburn Rural (Recob, Meyers, Huddleston, Hensley), 45.78.
4x400 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural (Tuckwin, Carr-Metzger, Svaty, Cannon), 3:42.24; 2. Seaman (Hepner, Grower, Townsend, Loy), 3:42.98; 3. Washburn Rural, 3:44.09.
4x800 relay -- 1. Washburn Rural (Leinwetter, Meek, Carr-Metzger, K. Ballard), 8:59.69; 2. Seaman (Murrow, Spurlock, Geiger, Lampe), 9:32.93; 3. Shawnee Heights (Vincent, Narsh, Banman, Esparza), 9:38.03.
High jump -- 1. Quentin Hill, Washburn Rural, 6-0; 2. Tad McGee, Seaman, 5-10; 3. Will Memmer, Shawnee Heights, 5-10.
Pole vault -- 1. Jeremiah Huber, Emporia, 12-6; 2. (tie) Jacob Litton, Washburn Rural, and Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights, 12-0.
Long jump -- 1. Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park, 19-8.50; 2. Emmanuel Nwakpuda, Washburn Rural, 19-8; 3. Johnny Young, Topeka West, 18-7.
Triple jump -- 1. Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman, 38-7.50; 2. Broden Podrebarac, Emporia, 37-7.50; 3. Jayden Sigle, Topeka West, 37-2.
Shot put -- 1. Jacob Hawks, Washburn Rural, 46-09.50; 2. Rykan Carver, Shawnee Heights, 46-0; 3. Royce Daniels, Shawnee Heights, 43-04.50.
Discus -- 1. Ethan Fisher, Shawnee Heights, 140-06; 2. Andrew Holman, Washburn Rural, 130-07; 3. Enrique Rios, Emporia, 130-06.
Javelin -- 1. Connor Warren, Seaman, 148-8; 2. DJ Holman, Washburn Rural, 146-0; 3. Kevin Thompson, Washburn Rural, 133-6.
