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Topeka West junior Kadence Jeffries reacts after winning the Class 5A-1A state title in the 200-yard freestyle Saturday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
By RICK PETERSON
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Topeka West junior Kadence Jeffries has probably competed in 100s of races in her outstanding swimming career, and won most of them.
And Jeffries entered her two individual events in Saturday's Class 5A-1A state championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium as an overwhelming favorite after winning both of those events as a freshman in 2019.
But the nerves were still there.
"I'm sitting behind the pool area just shaking nervous, because I haven't met some of these swimmers so they're brand new to me,'' Jeffries said. "It's just nerves to see how they're going to do and (how) I would do with them.
:You don't know if (the seed time) is their fully best time or just a season best, so they could easily come out with a great time and beat you on a given day."
That may be true, but it didn't happen on Saturday, with Jeffries dominating both the 200-yard freestyle and 500 free to give her four state championships in as many tries.
Topeka West junior Kadence Jeffries swims to a dominating state title in the 500 freestyle Saturday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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By RICK PETERSON
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Silver Lake and Rossville will be well-represented in Friday's Class 3A state track meet in Wichita after combining to earn state berths in 27 events in the 3A regional at Osage City.
Silver Lake's girls placed second as a team in the Osage City regional and qualified for state in nine events while the Eagles finished third in the boys team standings and qualified in 10 events.
Rossville qualified for state in three boys events and five girls events, including three individual titles.
Silver Lake junior Brogan Renfro qualified for the Class 3A state track meet in three individual events. [File photo/TSN]
Silver Lake junior Brogan Renfro was the boys champion in the triple jump (41 feet) while junior Carson Johnson won the 300-meter hurdles (41.65 seconds).
Renfro also qualified for state with a second-place finish in the 200 (23.03) and a third-place finish in the 100 (11.59) while Johnson qualified in the 110 hurdles with a third-place showing (17.05).
Silver Lake's boys qualified second in all three relays, clocking a time of 8:31.91 in the 4x800, 44.36 in the 4x100 and 3:37.99 in the 4x400.
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By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn Rural finished third in both the boys and girls divisions in Friday's Class 6A track and field regional at Wichita Northwest, posting seven victories and qualifying in a total of 17 events (nine girls, eight boys) for Thursday's state meet in Wichita.
Washburn Rural star boys senior hurdler Marquel Russell swept the 110 and 300-meter hurdles in Friday's Class 6A regional at Wichita Northwest. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Marquel Russell led the Junior Blues with a sweep of the regional titles in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles while the Rural boys also got a win from Christian Ahlf in the pole vault.
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Junior distance star Tanner Newkirk led the way with three victories and Hayden's boys notched five wins overall as the Wildcats turned in a strong performance in Friday's Class 4A track and field regional at Tonganoxie.
Newkirk, a junior, swept the 1,600, 3,200 and 800-meter titles while Hayden also got wins from senior Jack Konrade in the long jump and sophomore Jake Muller in the 300 hurdles as the Wildcats finished third as a team.
Hayden junior Tanner Newkirk swept the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs in Friday's Class 4A regional at Tonganoxie. [File photo/TSN]
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By RICK PETERSON
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With a Class 6A regional championship and state berth on the line Friday at the Bettis Family Sports Complex, Washburn Rural baseball coach Jay Mastin knew there was no need to hold anything back.
So with Junior Blue baserunners at first and third base with two outs in the bottom of the sixth in a 2-2 tie game, 17-5 Washburn Rural pulled off a rare double steal to get what proved to be the game-winning run home in a 3-2 win over Dodge City.
“That’s probably the first time I’ve run that, honestly,” Mastin said. “We had the right guys on base to do it. I expected there to be a rundown, and for there to be more to it, but we got the run home and that’s all that matters.”
Washburn Rural celebrates its Class 6A regional baseball title Friday at the Bettis Family Sports Complex. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
The runner at first, senior Anthony Taggert, broke for second and when the Dodge City catcher bounced the throw to second, junior Keaton Catlin raced home from third, scoring without a throw.
