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2025 Bill Kimble Hoisington track results
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Hoisington Cardinal Marley Bittel places runner-up at the 3A state track meet behind Hesston's Ashley Lehman. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

HOISINGTON — Hoisington's Marley Bittel earned four gold medals in the 100 meters (12.46); 200 meters (26.26); 400 meters (1:02.22) and she anchored the first-place 400-meter relay (51.23) with Reese Merlau, Kinley Wilkens and Addison Hanzlick at the Bill Kimble Track Invitational.

Other first-place medalists were Hoisington's long jumper Kynder Welch (*15-73/4); triple jumper Kinley Wilkens (*34-101/2); and javelin thrower Neveah Graves (104-9); Otis-Bison high jumper Destiny Mitchell (5-0) and Otis-Bison shot putter Briana Croisant (31-5).

Cimarron (176) edged Hoisington (151) for the team title.

BOYS DIVISION — Hoisington (180) won the team title four first-place medalists — Layton Hoffman,  shot put (50-41/2); pole vaulter Taylen Morales (12-6); Brier Thompson, 400 meters (51.77); and the 400-meter relay (46.71) with C.J. Bryant, Mason Martin, Jason Robinson, Thompson.

St. John's first-place medalists were Quade Smith, 800 (2:07.46); Jericho Mawhirter, 110-meter hurdles (17.36); the 1,600-meter relay (3:35.83) with Braxton Alpers, Mawhirter, Jace Reyes, Smith; and the 3,200-meter relay (8:47.1) with Alpers, Reyes, Smith, Barney.

Other first-place medalists were Central Plains Oilers Brier Thompson, 100 (10.96) and Keeton Robison, 300-meter hurdles (43.86); Stafford's Joel Valadez, 3,200 meters (10:41.87); and Otis-Bison high jumper Ian Haselhorst, OB (6-0).

BILL WILLARD INVITE

GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Cimarron 176; 2—Hoisington 151; 3—Central Plains 75; 4—Otis-Bison 63; 5—Ellsworth 33; 6—Stafford 29; 7—Skyline 13; 8—St. John

GIRLS DIVISION *season best

100m—1—Bittel, H, 12.46; 2—Merlau, 13.28; 3—Ferguson, Staf, *14.2; 4—Annabelle Gonzalez, H, 14.61; 5—Holman, OB, *14.94; 6—Miller, SJ, 14.94

100m hurdles—2—Robison, CP, 17.75; 3—Welch, H, 18.03; 4—Henning, H *19.84; 5—Nash, CP, 19.84

200m—1—Bittel, H, 26.26; 2—Richmeier, OB, *28.48; 3—Merlau, H, 28.73; 4—Beck, H, *29.86; 5—Delgadillo, Staf, *30.17

300m hurdles—3—Robison, CP, 51.87; 4—Welch, H, *5253; 5—Henning, 53.47; 6—Nash, Cp, *56.41

400m—1—Bittel, H, *1:02.22; 2—Aevyn Siemsen, CP, *1:03.23; 3—Mitchell, OB, 1:03.71; 4—Wilkens, H, *1;05.51; 5—Merlau, H, *1;06.12; 6—Emery Siemsen, 1:06.86

800m—3—Compton, H, *2:41.92; 4—Reed, SJ, 2:48; 6—Klima, CP, 2:52.08

1,600m—3—Davis, CP, 5:51.39; 4—Compton, H, *5:56.23; 6—Reedd, SJ, 6:18.53

3,200m—2—Davis, CP, 12:30.38; 4—Armstrong, CP, 15:49.9

400m relay—1—Hoisington, 51.23 (Merlau, Wilkens, Hanzlick, Bittel); 3—Stafford, 56.94 (Conant, Delgadillo, Ferguson, Kirkpatrick)

1,600m relay—2—Otis-Bison, 4:31.38 (Mitchell, Richmeier, Roth, Smith); 3—Hoisington, 4:37.72 (Beck, Annabelle Gonzalez, Henning, Graves); 4—Central Plains, 4:37.73 (Emery Siemsen, Robison, Jeffrey, Aevyn Siemsen)

3,200m relay—2—Stafford, 11;49.89 (Conant, Delgadillo, Ferguson, Roush); 3—Central Pains, 12:12.79 (Klima, Jeffrey, Armstrong, Louro)

400m relay—1—Hoisington, 51.23 (Merlau, Wilkens, Hanzlick, Bittel); 3—Stafford, 56.94 (Conant, Delgadillo, Ferguson, Kirkpatrick)

High jump—1—Mitchell, OB, 5-0; 3—Allie Smith, OB, *5-0; 4—Aevyn Siemsen, CP, *4-8; 5—Richmeier, OB, 4-8; 6—Graves, H, *4-4

Long jump—1—Welch, H, *15-73/4; 3—Ferguson, Staf, *15-21/4; 5—Emery Siemsen, CP, *14-9; 6—Richmeier, OB, 14-61/2

Triple jump—1—Wilkens, H, *34-101/2; 3—Schwindt, OB, *30-73.4; 4—Klima, CP, *30-11/2; 5—Soeken, CP, 29-93/4; 6—Conant, Staf, 26-103/4

Shot put—1—Croisant, OB, 31-5; 3—Graves, H, 28-11

Discus—3—Hanzlick, H, *91-8; 6—Davis, CP, 84-101/2

Javelin—1—Graves, H, 104-9; 3—Soeken, CP, 97-4; 4—Croisant, OB, 95-5; 5—Hanzlick, H, 91-4

Pole vault—4—Annabelle Gonzalez, H, 8-0; 5—Graves, H, *7-0; 6—Robison, CP, 6-6

BILL KIMBLE INVITE

BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Hoisington 141.5; 2—Cimarron 100; 3—St. John 66; 3—Skyline 66; 5—Otis-Bison 65; 6—Central Plains 60; 7—Stafford 36; 8—Ellsworth 19.5 

100m—1—Thompson, CP, 10.96; 2—Bryant, H, 11.55; 3—Hurley, CP, 11.66; 5—Haselhorst, OB, 11.86; 6—Schreiber, CP, 11.87

110m hurdles—1—Mawhirter, SJ, 17.36; 2—Klima, CP, 17.49; 3—Robison, CP, 19.43; 4—VanBenRooy, Staf, 20.22; 5—Hekele, CP, 20.53; 6—Chapman, Staf, 22.54

200m—3—Thompson, H, 23.33; 4—Alloway, OB, 23.98; 5—Schreiber, CP, 24.08; 6—Wyant, SJ, 25.33

300m hurdles—1—Robison, CP, 43.86; 2—Klima, CP, 46; 3—49.14; 4—Mawhirter, SJ, 49.9;  

400m—1—Thompson, H, 51.77; 3—Martin, H, 54.56; 4—Snaeth, H, 59.73; 5—Ochs-Lohrey, OB, 59.77; 6—Jensen, OB, 1:01.07

800m—1—Smith, SJ, 2:07.46; 3—Andereck, H, 2:21; 4—Barney, SJ, 2:23.82; 5—Gonzalez, Staf, 2:32.72

1,600m—5—Andereck, H, 5:08.26

3,200m—1—Joel Valadez, Staf, 10:41.87; 6—Aaden Gonzalez, SJ, 11:20.72

400m relay—1—Hoisington, 46.71 (Bryant, Martin, Robinson, Thompson); 2—Central Plains, 45.64 (Hurley, Rogers, Schepmann, Schreiber); 3—St. John, 46.71 (Mawhirter, Alpers, Smith, Reyes); 4—Otis-Bison, 48.54 (Firebaugh, Ochs-Lohrey, Rose, Hoopingarner); 5—St. John, 51.56 (Lozano, Foote, Llanas, Barney)

1,600m relay—1—St. John, 3:35.83 (Alpers, Mawhirter, Reyes, Smith); 3—Otis-Bison, 3:47.52 (Alloway, Haselhorst, Ochs-Lohrey, Jensen); 4—Central Plains, 3:53.69 (Klima, Schreiber, Robison, Hurley); 5—Hoisington, 3:57.12 (Martin, Robinson, Merlau, Wyant); 6—Central Plains B, 4:01.1 (Rogers, Heredia, Schepmann, Soeken)

3,200m relay—1—St. John, 8:47.19 (Alpers, Reyes, Smith, Barney); 4—St. John B, 10:41.42 (Gozaalez, Gonzalez, Knight); 5—Hoisington, 11:42.08 (Doze, Henning, Johnson Wyant)

High jump—1—Haselhorst, OB, 6-0; 2—Martin, H, 5-6; 4—Hekele, H, 5-6; 5—Llanas, SJ, 5-2

Long jump—2—Alloway, OB, 21-6; 3—Martin, H, 19-6; 6—Bryant, H, 19-41/2

Triple jump—2—Alloway, OB, 41-11; 5—Lowther, Staf, 38-101/2

Shot put—1—Hoffman, H, 50-41/2; 2—Cortez, OB, 4751/4; 5—Daniels, CP, 41-5; 6—Adame, SJ, 39-6

Discus—2—Hoffman, H, 143-31/2; 3—Cortez, OB, 134; 6—Juno, OB, 111-6 

Javelin—3—Merlau, H, 125-81/2; 4—Josue Valadez, Staf, 121; 5—Sedore, Staf, 120-61/2; 6—Adame, SJ, 116-5 

Pole vault—1—Morales, H, 12-6; 2—Sneath, H, 10-6; 3—Hekele, H, 10-6; 4—Pope, Staf, 10-6; 5—Wyant, H, 8-6