By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
It didn't take long for sophomore Victoria Reed to make a splash for her new school, with the star sophomore sprinter sweeping the sprints in her Highland Park debut in Friday's Jerry Beardslee Invitational at Washburn Rural.
Highland Park sophomore Victoria Reed posted wins in the 100, 200 and 400 in Friday's season-opening Jerry Beardslee Invitational. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Reed a state placer as a freshman for Topeka West, transferred to Highland Park last fall and has made an immediate impact, winning the 100-meter dash in 12.6 seconds, the 200 in 26.5 and the 400 in 60.4 in her season-opener.
"I wasn't happy with my time in the 200, but was happy in the one and four for the first time,'' Reed said. "For the first time out I actually feel really good.
"I think that my times can do down from here. It's hard to run in the cold so once it gets warmer that will help.''
Highland Park doesn't have a ton of girls out for track, but Reed said that's not a problem for her.
"I like running with the boys,'' said Reed, whose brother, Tyrell, and Tre Richardson, are both state-class sprinters for the Scots. "It makes me better.''
Other girls highlights Friday:
• Seaman junior Bethany Druse, a double Class 5A state distance medalist last spring, opened her season with a dominating victory in the 800-meter run.
Seaman junior Bethany Druse won the girls 800 meters in Friday night's Jerry Beardslee Invitational in a time of 2:21.5. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Druse clocked a time of 2 minutes, 21.5 seconds, winning by an 11-second margin.
Druse, who has posted top-10 finishes in 5A cross country the past two seasons, also helped the Vikings win the 4 x 400-meter relay in 4:23.4.
• Washburn Rural freshman Payton Fink led a Junior Blues sweep of the top three placers in the 1,600 meters in a winning time of 5:38.4.
Freshman Payton Fink led a 1-2-3 finish for Washburn Rural Friday in the girls 1,600-meter run. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Rylee Ismert finished second in 5:40.8 while Khloi Bird finished third in 5:51.9.
• Junior Madeline Carter, coming off a top-10 finish in Class 6A cross country, opened her 2022 season with a 34-second win in the 3,200 meters.
Carter, a multi-event state placer last spring, posted a winning time of 11:51.4.
• Seaman freshman Ally Steiner won the triple jump with a best jump of 29 feet, 4 inches and earned a second win in the 300 hurdles in 54.6 seconds.
JERRY BEARDSLEE INVITATIONAL
At Washburn Rural
GIRLS
Individual results
Pole vault -- 1. Fredrickson, Washburn Rural, 8-0; 2. Estudillo, Washburn Rural, 7-0; 3. Rezac, Washburn Rural, 6-0.
Shot put -- 1. Domann, Seaman, 32-0; 2. Jones, Topeka High, 29-6; 3. Slade, Mission Valley, 29-3.
Discus -- 1. Slade, Mission Valley, 107-8; 2. Petersen, Washburn Rural, 106-4; 3. Domann, Seaman, 95-6.
Javelin -- 1. Lemeister, Seaman, 94-7; 2. Trier, Seaman, 92-10; 3. Petersen, Washburn Rural, 83-1.
Long jump -- 1. Berg, Washburn Rural, 15-2; 2. Leesman, Topeka High, 14-10; 2. Russell, Seaman, 14-9.75.
Triple jump -- 1. Steiner, Seaman, 29-4; 2. Tenbrink, Seaman, 28-11; 3. Berg, Washburn Rural, 28-10.
High jump -- 1. Stuewe, Seaman 4-8; 2. Blow, Washburn Rural, 4-6; 3. (tie) Worley, Washburn Rural, and Stallbaumer, Seaman, 4-6.
4 X 800 relay -- 1. Topeka High, 13:07.6.
100 hurdles -- 1. Thompson, Washburn Rural, 18.5; 2. Beach, Washburn Rural, 18.6; 3. Stallbaumer, Seaman, 20.2.
100 -- 1. Reed, Highland Park, 12.6; 2. Estudillo, Washburn Rural, 13.2; 3. Boyden, Mission Valley, 13.4.
1,600 -- 1. Fink, Washburn Rural, 5:38.4; 2. Ismert, Washburn Rural, 5:40.8; 3. Bird, Washburn Rural, 5:51.9.
4 X 100 relay -- 1. Topeka High 'A', 54,4l 2. Seaman, 54.4; 3. Topeka High 'B', 56.1.
400 -- 1. Reed, Highland Park, 60.4; 2. Fredrickson, Washburn Rural, 64.0; 3. Zuniga, Topeka High, 70.1.
300 hurdles -- 1. Steiner, Seaman, 54.6; 2. Beach, Washburn Rural, 54.7; 3. Hysten, Topeka High, 72.2.
800 -- 1. Druse, Seaman, 2:21.5; 2. Ismert, Washburn Rural, 2:32.5; 3. Fink, Washburn Rural, 2:32.6.
200 -- 1. Reed, Highland Park, 26.5; 2. Fredrickson, Washburn Rural, 27.4; 3. Leesman, Topeka High, 29.0.
3,200 -- 1. Carter, Washburn Rural, 11:51.4; 2. Schultz, Seaman, 12:25.4; 3. Sampson, Seaman, 13:10.6.
4 X 400 relay -- 1. Seaman, 4:23.4; 2. Washburn Rural, 4:28.1.
