By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Seaman's girls track and field team won three of the first four events that were contested on the track, including a meet record, and added a pair of field-event wins, opening up an early lead on the Vikings' way to their second straight Joe Schrag City Championship team title by an 189.5-137.5 margin over Washburn Rural Friday night at Hummer Sports Park.
Seaman's girls track and field team picked up its second straight team title in the Joe Schrag City Championhip Friday night at Hummer Sports Park, taking an 189.5-137.5 win over Washburn Rural. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman senior Bethany Druse won city titles in the 800 and 1,600 meters Friday night at Hummer Sports Park and also anchored the Vikings' 4x400 relay team to a win for the team champions. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Viking foursome of Ryin Miller, Anna Becker, Stella Appelhanz and Taylie Heston opened the track portion of the city meet with a win in the 4x800 relay in 10 minutes, 43.03 seconds and then got a one-two finish from Taylin (16.22) and Jaida Stallbaumer (16.26) in the 100-meter hurdles.
Two events later Seaman senior star Bethany Druse made a rare appearance in the 1,600-meter run and eclipsed a 34-year-old city meet record with a winning time of 5:13.49 and the Vikings were off and running.
Druse added a win in the 800 meters (2:26.61) and teamed with Heston and the Stallbaumers to win the 4x400 relay (4:12.08) while Seaman also got a victory from Anna Domann in the shot put (34 feet, 3.50 inches) and a win from Ally Trier in the javelin (125-9).
"I thought we could score 165 points and today and we ended up with 189,'' Seaman coach Rick Brading said. "Every event we were just scoring more than we though we would, but it just came down to things like Bethany running a 5:13 mile.''
Overall, Brading said it was just a fun night for the Vikings.
"It is fun to be city champs, and our kids really wanted that, and it showed,'' Brading said. "The kids responded super.''
Other girls meet highlights:
Topeka West senior Ala'Jah Brooks was a triple gold medalist in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship at Hummer Sports Park. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
• Senior Ala'Jah Brooks won three city titles in an outstanding individual performance for Topeka West.
Brooks started things off with a win in the long jump at 16 feet, 7.50 inches and followed that up with a win in the 400-meter dash (57.26) and finished her night with a win in the 200 dash (25.65).
"I felt good today,'' Brooks said. "I ran relaxed and I think that was just the biggest thing, run relaxed, get out good and finish good.''
Brooks said she thought it was advantage getting the day off to a good start in the long jump.
"I feel like once you start good you just know you're going to finish good,'' Brooks said. "It was a good day for me.''
Next up for Brooks is next Friday's United Kansas Conference meet at De Soto, followed by Class 5A regional competition and the state meet.
"I'm looking forward to PRing (personal records), just going all out and giving it my best,'' Brooks said.
• Topeka West also got a pair of wins from senior MaKinsey Jones, who won the high jump (5-foot-2) and the triple jump (33-9) to help the Chargers finish third in the team standings.
Washburn Rural senior Madeline Carter won the city title in the 3,200 meters Friday night and finished second in the 1,600. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
• Team runner-up Washburn Rural got wins from Raegan Petersen in the discus (119-2) and Madeline Carter in the 3,200 (11:41.17).
• Topeka High's Keimara Marshall won the 100-meter dash in 12.74 seconds while Aubreona Torres-Hill won the 300 hurdles in 48.54.
Marshall and Torres-Hill also teamed with Choize Hysten and Marilena Zuniga to win the 4x100 relay in 50.29 seconds.
• Shawnee Heights picked up a win from Brynne Liedtke in the pole vault, with Liedtke clearing 9 feet and winning over Rural's Alexis Fredrickson on fewer misses.
JOE SCHRAG CITY TRACK AND FIELD
At Hummer Sports Park
GIRLS
Team scores
Seaman 189.5, Washburn Rural 137.5, Topeka West 91, Silver Lake 89, Topeka High 71, Hayden 52, Shawnee Heights 25.5, Highland Park 6.5.
Individual results
Shot put -- 1. Domann, Seaman, 34-3.50; 2. Bearman, Topeka West, 33-7; 3. Rutherford, Hayden, 32-4.
Discus -- 1. Petersen, Washburn Rural, 119-2; 2. Domann, Seaman, 112-8; 3. Jones, Topeka High, 104-9.
Javelin -- 1. Trier, Seaman, 125-9; 2. Rottinghaus, Silver Lake, 123-3; 3. Deiter, Silver Lake, 117-6.
High jump -- 1. Jones, Topeka West 5-2; 2. Worley, Washburn Rural, 5-0; 3. (tie) Kelly, Topeka High; Miller, Seaman, and Manhart, Silver Lake, 4-10.
Long jump -- 1. Brooks, Topeka West, 16-7.50; 2. Jones, Topeka West, 16-1.25; 3. Condray, Seaman, 15-8.50.
Triple jump -- 1. Jones, Topeka West, 33-9; 2. Townsend, Seaman, 33-6; 3. Phillips, Topeka West, 32-6.
Pole vault -- 1. Liedtke, Shawnee Heights, 9-0; 2. Fredrickson, Washburn Rural, 9-0; 3. Estudillo, Washburn Rural, 8-0.
4x800 relay -- 1. Seaman (Miller, Becker, Appelhanz, Heston), 10:43.03; 2. Washburn Rural (Christensen, Nolte, Maddox, Ramshaw), 11:31.50.
100 hurdles -- 1. T. Stallbaumer, Seaman, 16.22; 2. J. Stallbaumer, Seaman, 16.26; 3. Torres-Hill, Topeka High, 16.55.
100 -- 1. Marshall, Topeka High, 12.74; 2. Steiner, Seaman, 13.05; 3. Ross, Silver Lake, 13.22.
1,600 -- 1. Druse, Seaman, 5:13.49; 2. Carter, Washburn Rural, 5:19.95; 3. Ismert, Washburn Rural, 5:27.19.
4x100 relay -- 1. Topeka High (Torres-Hill, Marshall, Hysten, Zuniga), 50.29; 2. Washburn Rural (Worley, Estudillo, Fredrickson, Raub), 50.85; 3. Seaman (T. Stallbaumer, Steiner, J. Stallbaumer, Kobuszewski), 51.24.
400 -- 1. Brooks, Topeka West, 57.26; 2. Hillebert, Hayden, 58.49; 3. Fredrickson, Washburn Rural, 61.96.
300 hurdles -- 1. Torres-Hill, Topeka High, 48.54; 2. J. Stallbaumer. Seaman, 49.84; 3. T. Stallbaumer, 49.94.
800 -- 1. Drusse, Seaman, 2:26.61; 2. Fink, Washburn Rural, 2:32.72; 3. Heston, Seaman, 2:34.03.
200 -- 1. Brooks, Topeka West, 25.65; 2. Marshall, Topeka High, 26.61; 3. Steiner, Seaman, 27.16.
3,200 -- 1. Carter, Washburn Rural, 11:41.17; 2. Ismert, Washburn Rural, 12:04.86; 3. Rice, Topeka West 12:36.17.
4x400 relay -- 1. Seaman (Heston, J. Stallbaumer, T. Stallbaumer, Druse), 4:12.08; 2. Hayden, 4:16.23; 3. Silver Lake (Bolan, Rottinghaus, Wise, Farmer), 4:20.85.
