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GIRLS
100 METERS
Nichols, Shawnee Heights 12.33 (12.2)
Reed, Highand Park 12.35
Brooks, Topeka West 12.60
Hillebert, Hayden 12.96
Rezac, Rossville 12.96
200 METERS
Nichols, Shawnee Heights 25.78
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 25.90
Reed, Highland Park 26.22
Brooks, Topeka West 26.29
Rezac, Rossville 26.79
400 METERS
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 58.18
Reed, Highland Park 58.22
Foster, Rossville 61.03
Hillebert, Hayden 61.78
Fredrickson, Washburn Rural 62.08
Seaman junior Bethany Druse is the Shawnee County leader in the girls 800 and 1,600 meters. [File photo/TSN]
800 METERS
Druse, Seaman 2:15.19
Carter, Washburn Rural 2:29.28
Bird, Washburn Rural 2:30.33
Ismert, Washburn Rural 2:30.47
Fink, Washburn Rural 2:31.86
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NOTE: Top.Sports.news compiles a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2022 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at
BOYS
100 METERS
Smith, Shawnee Heights 9.8 (10.27)
January, Shawnee Heights 10.5
Reed, Highland Park 10.5
Richardson, Highland Park 10.5
Peoples, Topeka High 10.6
200 METERS
Richardson, Highland Park 21.77 (21.6)
Smith, Shawnee Heights 21.82
January, Shawnee Heights 22.26
Renfro, Silver Lake 22.40
Schrickel, Hayden 22.72
400 METERS
Richardson, Highland Park 50.54
Schrickel, Hayden 51.05
Blankenship, Topeka High 51.84
Renfro, Silver Lake 52.11
Wilkerson, Topeka West 52.58
800 METERS
Newkirk, Hayden 1:55.69
B. Moore, Seaman 2:00.72
Esquibel, Shawnee Heights 2:03.14
Wilson, Topeka West 2:03.17
Njoroge, Topeka West 2:04.19
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Topeka West star Kadence Jeffries finished her prep swimming career the same way she started it, with a pair of state championships.
Jeffries burst on the state scene with Class 5A-1A state titles in the 200-yard freestyle and 500 freestyle as a freshman in 2019 and repeated that sweep again in 2021 after having her sophomore campaign wiped out by COVID-19..
Jeffries made it six individual state championships in as many tries on Saturday at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center.
Topeka West senior Kadence Jefffries earned her fifth and sixth Class 5A-1A state titles on Saturday. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman sophomore Avery Walz won the 100 breaststroke and third in the 200 individual medley in Saturday's Class 5A-1A state swimming meet, helping lead the Vikings to a fourth-place team finish. [File photo/TSN]
Jeffries opened her day with a win in the 200 free in 1 minute, 53.68 seconds and then came back later to win the 500 free in 5:03.55.
Seaman sophomore Avery Walz joined Jeffries on top of the awards stand, winning the state title in the 100-yard breatstroke in 1:06.03, helping lead the Vikings to a fourth-place team finish.
A. Walz teamed with senior Gabby Grace, freshman Joslynn Grace and sophomore twin sister Tauren Walz for a third-place finish in the meet-opening 200 medley relay to get the Vikings' team bid off to a good start.
A. Walz and J. Grace finished third and fifth in the 200 individual medley, with Walz clocking a time off 2:10.93 and Grace a time of 2:18.50.
G. Grace finished fourth in the 100 freestyle (54.16) and the 100 backstroke (59.84), while T. Walz was fifth in the 500 freestyle (5:26.43) and posted a sixth-place finish in the 100 butterfly (1:00.39) before Seaman capped the day with a third-place finish in the 400 free relay, with T. Walz, J. Grace, G. Grace and A. Walz clocking a time of 3:41.10.
Seaman finished with 175.5 points, following team champion Andover (258), St. James Academy (202) and Bishop Carroll (193).
Topeka West finished 15th with 49 points.
HIGH'S DEVLIN FOURTH IN 6A DIVING, RURAL'S BARE, PRITCHARD EARNS MEDALS
Topeka High junior Brianna Devlin ended her first season of high school diving with a fourth-place finish in the Class 6A state meet.
Devlin was part of a tight four-person for the state title, with Blue Valley Northwest's Claire Garrelts taking first with a score of 395.80, followed by Derby's Ana Self (391.80), Blue Valley West's Rose Lawler (390.90) and Devlin (389.35).
Washburn Rural junior Mara Bare finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.48) and sixth in the 500 free (5:20.29) while junior Makenna Pritchard placed eighth in the 50 free (25.52) and seventh in the 100 free (56.63).
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It's been a good couple of weeks for Topeka's golfing Alonzo brothers.
Former Topeka West star Addison Alonzo celebrated a second straight national team championship with Hutchinson Community College on May 13 and got back to Topeka just in time to cheer on younger brother Myles, a West sophomore, who captured a Class 5A individual regional title last Monday at Lake Shawnee.
Addison Alonzo (left) recently won a second straight national golf championship with Hutchinson Community College while his younger brother, Myles, is coming off a Class 5A regional championship for Topeka West. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"I am very proud,'' Addison said. "Two brothers, two champions. It's just really hard to find words.''
Addison Alonzo carved out an impressive high school career for Richard Mariani's Chargers and Myles is picking up where his older brother left off.
As a freshman Myles was the individual runner-up in the Centennial League tournament and placed third in the city tournament and third at regionals, earning TopSports.news All-Shawnee County first-team recognition.
This spring he posted a tie for fifth in the Centennial League and was seventh in the city meet before winning his regional title in dramatic fashion.
Alonzo three-putted on his final hole of regulation to end up tied with Shawnee Heights standout Alex Valdivia for medalist honors with a 76.
"I should have chipped that putt (on his 18th hole), Myles said. "I had a lot more fringe in front of me and I hit it and it bounced it off the line and it just started rolling off and I was like, 'Oh no.' ''
But Myles was able to shake off that disappointment and holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to take the win.
"You just have to focus on your shot only,'' Alonzo said. "Don't remember anything and just grind out your own score.''
Addison, meanwhile, is still basking in the glow of Hutchinson's title repeat and ended the 72-hole event with his best round off the tournament, a 2-under-par 70 as the Blue Dragons rolled to a 20-stroke victory in the team race at Odessa (Texas) Country Club.
"We won by 20 shots, it was pretty amazing,'' Addison said. "It's still crazy, even a few days later.''
Now Addison, who finished as high as fourth at state for the Chargers before having his senior season wiped out by COVID-19, will be rooting for Myles to earn family bratting rights of his own Monday and Tuesday in the 5A state meet at Winfield's Quail Ridge Golf Course.
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Rossville senior Briar Gillum, a returning state medalist in two events, posted a pair of dominating victories in Friday's Class 3A track and field regional at Royal Valley, winning the shot put by just under 11 feet and the shot put by more than five feet.
Rossville senior Briar Gillum was a double regional champion in the Class 3A meet at Royal Valley, winning the shot put and discus after earning state medals in both those events last year at state. [Submitted photos]
Gillum, third in the 3A shot put as a junior, won the regional title in that event with a best throw of 41 feet, 7.75 inches and doubled up in discus with a throw of 131-9 after placing eighth in that event at state a year ago.
Rossville junior Amelia Foster added a pair of second-place regional finishes, taking second in the 400 in 61.03 seconds and in the 800 in 2 minutes, 31.98 seconds.
Silver Lake freshman Tessa Gerber turned in a strong regional performance, finishing second in the 1,600 (5:37.30) and the 3,200 (12:30.14) while sophomore Kaibryn Kruger finished third in the triple jump (34-6.50) and freshman Ellen Doty was third in the pole vault (8-6).
CLASS 5A AT EMPORIA
Topeka West junior Ala'Jah Brooks won a pair of regional championships in Friday's 5A regional at Emporia's Welch Stadium, taking a win in the 100-meter dash in 12.64 seconds and doubling up with a win in the 200 in 26.29.
Topeka West junior Ala'Jah Brooks swept the 100 and 200-meter dash titles in Friday's Class 5A regional at Emporia. [File photo/TSN]
eaman junior Bethany Druse won the girls 800 meters in Friday night's 5A regional at Emporia. [File photo/TSN]
West senior Anna Phelps added third-place finishes in the 1,600 (5:32.60) and the 3,200 (11:52.95), while juniors MaKinsey Jones (34-6.50) and Shontal Phillips (34-5) went two-three in in the triple jump.
City team champion Seaman qualified for state in seven events, led by junior 800 meters champion Bethany Druse (2:22.39) and the winning 4 x 800 relay team (10:15.25).
The Vikings also got a second-place finish from sophomore Taylin Stallbaumer in the 100 high hurdles (15.74), a runner-up finish from junior Ally Trier in the javelin (119-0) and a third-place finish from junior Anna Domann in the shot put (34-4.75).
CLASS 5A AT DE SOTO
Highland Park sophomore Victoria Reed posted a victory in the 400-meter dash in 58.22 seconds and posted a second-place finish in the 200 in 26.22 at Friday's 5A regional at De Soto.
Highland Park sophomore Victoria Reed qualified for the 5A state meet in the 200 and 400-meter dashes. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights got a second-place finish from junior Ta'Mijha Nichols in the 100 (12.59) and a second from junior Taylor Rottinghaus in the 400 (59.10) and the T-Birds won the 4 x 100 relay (50.49).
Rottinghaus also qualified for state with a fourth-place finish in the 200 (26.48) and the T-Birds advanced to state with a fourth-place finish in the 4 x 400 relay (4:17.75).
CLASS 4A AT EUDORA
Sophomore Natalie Hillebert posted a third-place finish for Hayden in the 400-meter dash in Friday's 4A regional at Eudora, clocking a time of 63.12, while sophomore Liz Moore placed third in the triple jump at 31-7.25 and senior Jadyn Paige Falley was third in the shot put at 36-2.
