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Created: 01 May 2023

By RICK PETERSON

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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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times for individual sprints are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

BOYS

100 METERS

Hayden's Finn Dunshee (right) and Topeka High's V'Ante Peoples rank one-two in Shawnee County in the boys 100-meter dash. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

Dunshee, Hayden                        10.76

Peoples, Topeka High                   10.96

Merritt, Seaman                            10.99

Rollenhagen, Silver Lake             11.08

Heim, Washburn Rural                 11.10

200 METERS

Cochran, Seaman                        22.34

Peoples, Topeka High                  22.53

Murph, Topeka High                     22.64

Berry-Briggs, Shawnee Heights   22.71

Rollenhagen, Silver Lake             22.79

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                         50.52

Roeder, Topeka High                    51.60

Terry, Washburn Rural                   52.02

Benz, Shawnee Heights                52.51

Thompson, Washburn Rural          52.70

800 METERS

Moore, Seaman                            2:00.12

Anderson, Seaman                       2:02.49

Esquibel, Shawnee Heights          2:05.09

Dial, Washburn Rural                    2:05.41

Stuke, Seaman                              2:05.80

Topeka West senior Lenny Njoroge (left) and Shawnee Heights junior Jackson Esquibel are the Shawnee County leaders in the 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            4:23.37

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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Created: 01 May 2023

By RICK PETERSON

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TopSports.news will honor All-America football player Grant Bruner and All-America softball player Jaycee Ginter as Washburn University's outstanding male and female athletes for 2022-2023 at the Topeka Shawnee County Sports Awards and Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on June 28 at Washburn's Memorial Union.

Grant Bruner earned a pair of first-team NCAA D-II All-America awards as a senior for Washburn after leading the nation in tackles. [File photo/TSN]

Washburn junior Jaycee Ginter, a Shawnee Heights product, was a first-team All-American last season and has won 23 games this season. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

Bruner, a native of Gretna, Neb., capped his Ichabod career with a monster season for 7-4 WU last fall, leading the nation in tackles and earning Associated Press Division II and Conference Commissioners Association first-team All-America honors.

Shawnee Heights product Ginter, a junior, was a first-team Division II All-American and the MIAA Player of the Year in 2022 and ended the 2023 regular season on Saturday with a 23-8 pitching record and 1.69 earned run average for the 36-14 Ichabods.

TopSports.news will honor outstanding Washburn athletes for the third time in conjunction with the Topeka Shawnee County Sports Awards and Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

In 2022 Faith Rottinghaus and James Letcher Jr. were named Washburn outstanding female and male athletes of the year. 

Washburn Athlete of the Year capsules:

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Created: 30 April 2023

By Rick Peterson

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Washburn baseball finished out the 2023 regular season with a 6-4 victory to clinch the series win at Pittsburg State on Sunday afternoon.

Rane Pfeifer picked up the pitching win as Washburn earned the No. 3 seed for the MIAA Tournament with a 6-4 win over Pittsburg State. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]

With the win the Ichabods claimed the tiebreaker over the Gorillas in the conference standings to earn the No. 3 seed in the MIAA Tournament and will host a best-of-three first- round series next weekend against No. 6 seed Northeastern State.
 
The Ichabods (29-20 overall, 21-12 MIAA) scored four runs with two outs in the opening inning and forced Pittsburg State to make a pitching change after facing eight batters.

Hayden product Andrew Schmidtlein led off the game with a single up the middle and a single from Ike Book and then a walk to Cal Watkins loaded the bases.

With two outs Easton Bruce drew a walk to bring in a run.

Up next was Blake Scott, who sent the first pitch he saw up the middle for a two-run single. Washburn finished its scoring in the inning with an unearned run after a fielding error by Pittsburg State.
 
Washburn starter Rane Pfeifer left a pair of runners stranded in the bottom of the first and then retired the side in order in the second inning, needing only six pitches.

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 By RICK PETERSON

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Carter Cool

CARTER COOL, Topeka West 

A senior tennis standout, Cool won his second city championship in No. 1 singles last Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center, helping Topeka West win its third straight city team title (outright or shared). Cool clinched his individual title with an 8-5 win over Washburn Rural senior standout Mason Casebeer in the final.

Ian Cusick

IAN CUSICK, Topeka West

Cusick, a senior, teamed with his twin brother, Miles Cusick, to win their third straight city tennis title in No. 1 doubles last Thursday while helping the Chargers win their third consecutive city team championship (outright or shared) by a 30-26 margin over Washburn Rural. The Cusicks, defending Class 5A state champs, took an 8-0 win over Rural in the final.

Miles Cusick

MILES CUSICK, Topeka West

A senior, Cusick teamed with his twin brother, Ian Cusick, to win a third straight city tennis title in No. 1 doubles last Thursday while helping Topeka West win its third straight city team championship (outright or shared) by a 30-26 margin over Washburn Rural. The Cusicks, defending Class 5A state champs, took an 8-0 win over Rural in the final.

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