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Washburn University men's golf will begin its eighth trip to the NCAA Men's Golf Championship on Monday at the Avalon Lakes Golf Course in Warren, Ohio.
Washburn's men's golf team will compete in the NCAA Men's Golf Championship Monday in Ohio after finishing fourth in the regional tournament. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The three-round stroke play portion of the tournament will last until Wednesday before the field is cut.
The championship event will begin at 7:30 a.m. Monday as each competing team and the individual qualifiers will play three rounds of stroke play
The Ichabods will be represented by Cade Uhlenhake, Dawson Wills, Jack Baker, Kade Prentice and Max Ullan.
There will be 20 total teams competing with a total of eight individuals, four from each regional tournament, for a total of 108 players
Following Wednesday's third round the championship field will be cut to eight teams for the medal-match play rounds.
The quarterfinals will be played on Thursday morning, with the semifinals following on Thursday afternoon as the field will be cut to four
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NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2023 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at
GIRLS
100 METERS
Senior Ta'Mijha Nichols of Shawnee Heights is the Shawnee County leader in the girls 100-meter dash. [File photo/TSN]
Nichols, Shawnee Heights 11.96
Marshall, Topeka High 12.74
Steiner, Seaman 12.84
Torres-Hill, Topeka High 13.07
Ross, Silver Lake 13.22
Topeka West senior Ala'Jah Brooks is the Shawnee County leader in the girls 200 and 400-meter dashes. [File photo/TSN]
200 METERS
Brooks, Topeka West 25.39
Nichols, Shawnee Heights 25.88
Hillebert, Hayden 26.53
Marshall, Topeka High 26.70
Steiner, Seaman 26.76
400 METERS
Brooks, Topeka West 57.26
Hillebert, Hayden 58.15
Fredrickson, Washburn Rural 60.01
Foster, Rossville 60.27
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 60.57
Returning senior state champion Bethany Druse of Seaman is the Shawnee County leader in the 800 and 1,600-meter runs. [File photo/TSN]
800 METERS
Druse, Seaman 2:15.46
Carter, Washburn Rural 2:25.99
Foster, Rossville 2:27.33
Fink, Washburn Rural 2:27.51
Ismert, Washburn Rural 2:28.92
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BOYS
100 METERS
Richardson, Highland Park 10.49
Smith, Shawnee Heights 10.74
Dunshee, Hayden 10.76
Peoples, Topeka High 10.96
Merritt, Seaman 10.99
200 METERS
Richardson, Highland Park 21.5
Murph, Topeka High 22.16
Cochran, Seaman 22.34
Smith, Shawnee Heights 22.35
Peoples, Topeka High 22.53
Hayden sophomore Jensen Schrickel is the Shawnee County leader in the 400-meter dash. [Photo by Sarah Carson/Special to TSN]
400 METERS
Schrickel, Hayden 49.83
Roeder, Cair Paravel 50.70
Roney, Washburn Rural 51.72
Benz, Shawnee Heights 51.89
Chooncharoen, Washburn Rural 51.96
800 METERS
Esquibel, Shawnee Heights 1:59.55
Moore, Seaman 2:00.12
Johnson, Washburn Rural 2:00.55
Anderson, Seaman 2:01.30
Stuke, Seaman 2:01.5
Topeka West senior Lenny Njoroge (left) and Shawnee Heights junior Jackson Esquibel are the Shawnee County leaders in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs. [Photo by Sarah Carson/Special to TSN]
1,600 METERS
Njoroge, Topeka West 4:17.71
Esquibel, Shawnee Heights 4:20.46
Dial, Washburn Rural 4:33.13
Johnson, Washburn Rural 4:33.46
Jowers, Seaman 4:43.66
3,200 METERS
Njoroge, Topeka West 9:20.08
Esquibel, Shawnee Heights 9:25.23
Johnson, Washburn Rural 9:51.59
Dial, Washburn Rural 9:51.97
Jowers, Seaman 10:05.32
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Audrey Appuhn
AUDREY APPUHN, Washburn Rural
Appuhn, a freshman swimming standout, posted two individual top-four finishes in her first Class 6A state meet Saturday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, helping lead Washburn Rural to an eighth-place team finish. Appuhn finished third in the the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 10.16 seconds and fourth in the 500 free in 5:14.45. Appuhn also swam on the Junior Blues' 200 medley relay (1:55.03) and 400 free relay (3:45.72), which won 'B' finals..
Jackson Esquibel
JACKSON ESQUIBEL, Shawnee Heights
A junior track and field star, Esquibel pulled off the distance triple in last Thursday's Class 5A regional at the Olathe District Athletic Complex. A returning state medalist, Esquibel won the 1,600 meters in 4 minutes, 23.42 seconds and followed that up with a win in the 800 in 1:59.55 and a victory in the 3,200 in 9:42.42 to qualify for Friday and Saturday's 5A state meet at Wichita State's Cessna Stadium.
Grace Proctor
GRACE PROCTOR, Shawnee Heights
Proctor, a sophomore, pitched a complete-game one-hitter and recorded 13 strikeouts last Tuesday as Shawnee Heights earned a berth in Thursday and Friday's Class 5A state softball tournament at Wichita State's Wilkins Stadium with a 3-0 win over United Kansas Conference rival De Soto in a regional final at Piper. Proctor allowed only a sixth-inning double as Shawnee Heights improved to 15-7 with its third win of the season over the Wildcats.
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Brianna Devlin's short, but highly successful high school diving career came to an end Saturday with a strong second-place finish in the Class 6A one-meter championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.
Topeka High senior Brianna Devlin hits the water during Saturday's Class 6A one-meter diving finals on the way to a second-place state finish. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The Topeka High senior, who didn't take up diving until her junior year, started Saturday's finals in second place and stayed that way after having posted a fourth-place state finish in her first state meet in 2022.
Saturday's runnerup finish capped Devlin's impressive switch to diving after spending most of her life as a gymnast.
"I started gymnastics when I was five because I used to climb up on furniture all the time and flip around,'' Devlin said. "I didn't have good balance so my mom enrolled me in gymnastics and then I started competitive gymnastics and I did that for 12 years.''
Devlin, who was home-schooled until her junior year, credits Hayden sophomore diver Kaylee Gregg, a 5A-1A state finalist, with helping her get interested in the sport.
"Really, the only reason I kind of do dive is because of Kaylee Gregg because we went to the same gymnastics club together and she was like, 'Oh, I'm going to try out for dive,' and I was like, 'That sounds kind of fun,' and I went to Topeka High to join the dive team,'' Devlin said.
"I just kind of wanted to try something new and when I started diving I had a lot of success with that. And at the time I wasn't doing the best at gymnastics so I just went for full dive.''
From her first meet for the Trojans last spring, it was apparent that Devlin had the talent to be among the state's best.
"I surprised myself at the first meet when i qualified for state because I had a gymnastics meet like two days before that meet and I did not qualify for state at all for gymnastics so when I qualified for state at dive I was really surprised then,'' Devlin said. "That gave me a lot of motivation.''
