Emporia High track and field takes 12 titles at Shawnee Heights Relays
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Friday, March 14, 2008
The Emporia High track and field team came away with 12 event titles in the first meet of the season Thursday at the Shawnee Heights Early Bird Relays.
EHS had seven event winners on the girls side and another five on the boys side.
The Spartans’ day was led by a pair of relay victories on the girls side. The 1,600-meter sprint medley relay squad of Rhani Henry, Keshia Harris, Ciera Hastings and Michaela Reynolds won in a time of 5 minutes, 3.40 seconds, while the 4,000-meter distance medley team of Jenna Stanbrough, Taylor Elbe, Cindy Meinholdt and Reynolds took the title in a time of 14:08.24.
Meinholdt, a freshman, also picked up an individual title earlier in the day when she won the girls 3,200-meter run in a time of 16:51.00. Reynolds, the State cross country champion, did not compete in the race.
The EHS girls swept the hurdles events, as Henry won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.91 seconds while Vanessa Rogers took the 300-meter hurdles title in a time of 55.27 seconds.
The other two EHS victories on the girls side came in the field events. Freshman Sarah Kolmer won the triple jump with a leap of 33 feet, 8 inches, while junior Raelynn Pearson took the discus event with a toss of 110-07.
The EHS boys also came away with a pair of relay victories.
The 4,000-meter distance medley relay team of Jacob Davies, Blaze Witten, Tyler Anliker and Asher Delmott took the victory in a time of 11:36.50, while the 4x1,600-meter relay squad of Davies, Anliker, Delmott and Andrew Wayman won in a time of 19:40.06.
Davies came through with the only other win on the track for the Spartan boys, taking the 3,200-meter run title in a time of 10:27.94.
Two field athletes took home wins for EHS, as Andrew Heerman won the long jump with a jump of 19-04, while Caydrick Bloomquist took the pole vault title with a clearance of 13 feet.
The next action for the EHS track and field squad will be March 28 when EHS plays host to the Emporia Invitational at Welch Stadium.
Shawnee Heights Relays
Thursday at Topeka
EHS Boys Results
3,200-meter run
1. Jacob Davies 10:27.94
2. Asher Delmott 10:28.00
110-meter hurdles
2. Cory Obermeyer 20.25
3. Jose Gutierrez 20.48
300-meter hurdles
2. Brian Tabares 45.73
3. Cory Obermeyer 45.80
4x100 relay
3. EHS (Ranalli, Noonan, Mitchell, Kolmer) 49.11
4x800 relay
2. EHS (Bland, Jackson, Tennal, Greene) 10:34.82
4x400 relay
2. EHS (Tabares, Davies, Witten, Kolmer) 3:47.75
Long Jump
1. Andrew Heerman 19-04
Triple Jump
3. Andrew Heerman 39-06 3/4
Pole Vault
1. Caydrick Bloomquist 13-00
2. Matt Sedgwick 9-00
Shot Put
3. Lorenzo Serna 37-05
Javelin
2. Mark Kolmer 174-03
3. Sheldon Patton 143-05
1,600-meter sprint medley relay
2. EHS (Ranalli, Bonnet, Witten, Tilton) 4:04.11
4,000-meter distance medley relay
1. EHS (Davies, Witten, Anliker, Delmott) 11:36.50
4x1,600 relay
1. EHS (Davies, Anliker, Delmott, Wayman) 19:40.06
EHS Girls Results
3,200-meter run
1. Cindy Meinholdt 16:51
100-meter hurdles
1. Rhani Henry 17.91
2. Keshia Harris 19.02
3. Vanessa Rogers 19.08
300-meter hurdles
1. Vanessa Rogers 55.27
2. Keshia Harris 56.30
3. Becky Wilkerson 59.19
4x100 relay
2. EHS (Rogers, Kolmer, Henry, Harris) 55.25
4x400 relay
2. EHS (Elbe, Edds, Stanbrough, Hastings) 4:53
Long Jump
2. Sarah Kolmer 14-09 1/2
Triple Jump
1. Sarah Kolmer 33-08
Pole Vault
2. Ciera Hastings 6-06
3. Corinne Edds 5-06
Shot Put
2. Raelynn Pearson 30-10
Discus
1. Raelynn Pearson 110-07
3. Mariah LaFave 82-06
1,600-meter sprint medley relay
1. EHS (Henry, Harris, Hastings, Reynolds) 5:03.40
4,000-meter distance medley relay
1. EHS (Stanbrough, Elbe, Meinholdt, Reynolds) 14:08.24
4x200 relay
2. EHS (Rogers, Elbe, Wilkerson, Kolmer) 4:02.70