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Ellinwood girls win Central Prairie League track
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PHOTO CREDIT Mike Courson Ellinwood 200 meter runner Reagan Wirtz

VICTORIA — Ellinwood's Reagan Wirtz swept the 100 meters (12.54), 200 meters (26.34), long jump (18-3) and competed with the first-place 1,600-meter relay (4:18.13) to spark the Eagles to back-to-back Central Prairie League track championships.

Ellinwood's girls scored 119 points to edge runner-up La Crosse (105).

Joining Wirtz on the 1,600 relay were Avery Panning, Ayla Ritchie and Eleanor Joiner. The Eagles won the 3,200 relay (10:32.02) with Lexi Thomas, Panning, Ritchie and Jenna Borror.

Ellinwood's other first-place winners were Panning, 300 hurdles (51.86); Joiner, 1,600 (5:40.82) and pole vaulter Lauren Ringwald (7-6).

Central Plains' Aevyn Siemsen won the 400 (1:03.09). Oiler Taylin Davis won the 3,200 (13:17.75).

Otis-Bison high jumper Caitlin Ficken (5-1) placed first.

BOYS DIVISION — Chase's Malik Carson delivered a trio of first-place finishes in the 100 (11.2), 200 (22.85) and long jump (21-1).

St. John's Braxton Alpers won the triple jump (42-0) and joined the first place 400-meter relay (45.64) with Jace Reyes, Jericho Mawhirter and Kaden Foote.

Mawhirter won the 400 meters (51.95).

Central Plains Oiler Broc Klima won the 110-meter hurdles (17.98).

The La Crosse boys (106) won the team title. Ellinwood (67) placed third and Central Plains (64.5) placed fourth.

CENTRAL PRAIRIE GIRLS *season best

TEAM SCORES—1—Ellinwood 119; 2—La Crosse 105; 3—Central Plains 96; 4—Ness City 69; 5—Otis-Bison 52; 6—Victoria 41; 7—Kinsley 29; 8—Macksville 24; 9—St. John 3

100m—1—Wirtz, E, 12.54; 4—Ficken, OB, 13.63

100m hurdles—1—Liggett, NC, 15.95; 3—Robison, CP, 17.82; 4—Nash, CP, 19.39; 6—Kuhl, SJ, 21.09

200m—1—Wirtz, E, 26.34; 3—Ficken, OB, 27.97

300m hurdles—1—Panning, E, 51.86; 4—Nash, CP, 57.05

400m—1—Aevyn Siemsen, CP, 1:03.09; 2—Emery Siemsen, CP, 1:03.74; 4—Ritchie, E, 1:05.44; 5—Borror, E, 1:06.59

800m—1—Liggett, NC, *2:22.29; 2—Nixon, CP, *2:23.55; 3—Joiner, E, 2:25.8

1,600m—1—Joiner, E, 5:40.82; 3—Davis, CP, 6:03.95; 4—Butler, M, 6:06.89; 6—Ringwald, E, 6:59.08

3,200m—1—Davis, CP, 13:17.75; 2—Butler, M, 13:37.17; 4—Dombroski, E, 15:44.78; 5—Beck, CP, 17:01.3; 6—Barron, M, 17:14.41

400m relay—1—La Crosse, 51.04; 2—Central Plains, 53.66 (Emery Siemsen, Aevyn Siemsen, Robl, Nixon); 4—Macksville, 57.65 (Torres, Russell, Trimble, Reyes-Holguin)

1,600m relay—1—Ellinwood, 4:18.13 (Wirtz, Panning, Ritchie, Joiner); 5—St. John, 4:50.38 (Miller, Montagner, Peterson, Kuhl); Central Plains DQ

3,200m relay—1—Ellinwood, 10:32.02 (Lexi Thomas, Panning, Ayla Ritchie, Borror); 2—Central Plains, 10:37.57 (Robl, Davis, Hekele, Nixon)

High jump—1—Ficken, OB, 5-1; 2—Allie Smith, OB, 4-6; 3—Russell, M, 4-4

Long jump—1—Wirtz, E, 18-3; 3—Emery Siemsen, CP, *16-31/4; 5—Robl, E, *16-21/4

Triple jump—1—Rice, K, 34-101/4; 3—Ficken, OB, *32-9

Shot put—1—Dellett, L, *38-1; 2—Juno, OB, *34-41/2; 3—Addison Stickney, E, *33-71/2; 4—Frost, CP, 32-31/2; 5—Wesner, E, 31-5

Discus—1—Dellett, L, 115-0; 2—Addison Stickney, E, 92-7; 3—Juno, OB, 92-5; 4—Frost, CP, 91-10; 5—Pechanec, OB, *91-0; 6—Rouse, E, 86-31/2

Javelin—1—McGaughey, L, 119-1; 4—Knop, E, 100-4; 5—Allie Smith, OB, *97-10; 6—Rouse, E, 96-7

Pole vault—1—Ringwald, E, 7-6; 3—Robison, CP, 6-6

CENTRAL PRAIRIE BOYS *season best

TEAM SCORES—1—La Crosse 106; 2—Ness City 89; 3—Ellinwood 67; 4—Central Plains, 64.5; 5—St. John 62; 6—Victoria 56.5; 7—Chase 37; 8—Otis-Bison 29; 9—Macksville 23; 10—Kinsley 14

100m—1—Carson, Chase, 11.31; 2—Mawhirter, SJ, 11.54; 4—Sunderland, E, 12.4; 5—Asher, E, 12.15

110m hurdles—1—Klima, CP, 17.98; 3—Franklin, M, 19.0; 4—Grubb, CP, 20.22; 6—Robison, CP, 20.56

200m—1—Carson, Chase, 22.85; 3—Asher, E, 24.17; 4—Ochs-Lohrey, OB, *24.49; 6—Martinez, E, *24.51

300m hurdles—1—Castaneda, L, *42.83; 2—Robison, CP, 43.34; 3—Franklin, M, 45.41; 5—Klima, CP, 47.57; 6—Reyes, SJ, 49.92

400m—1—Mawhirter, SJ, 51.95; 4—Behnke, E, 54.48; 6—Siemsen, CP, 57.0

800m—1—Gall, NC, 2:04.4; 6—McVey, OB, *2:16.57

1,600m—1—Gall, NC, 4:56.57; 2—Pohlman, E, 4:56.83; 5—Heredia, CP, *5:01.76; 6—Gonzalez, 5:15.29

3,200m—1—Sutton, NC, 11:05.74; 2—Heredia, CP, 11:07.2; 3—Pohlman, E, 11:19.9; 4—Knight, SJ, 11:34.39; 6—Gonzalez, SJ, 12:02.11

400m relay—1—St. John, 45.64 (Reyes, Mawhirter, Foote, Alpers); 2—Ellinwood, 46.02 (Schartz, Asher, Martinez, Sunderland); 4—Central Plains, 47.4 (Robison, Siemsen, Rogers, Schepmann); 5—Macksville, 47.74 (Corpening, Cardoza, Franklin, Rose)

1,600m relay—1—La Crosse, 3:36.14; 2—St John, 3:36.86 (Mawhirter, Reyes, Foote, Alpers); 4—Ellinwood, 3:39.63 (Martinez, Asher, Schartz, Sunderland); 5—Central Plains, 3:55.89 (Robison, Schlessiger, Rogers, Siemsen); 6—Macksville, 4:23.71 (Cardoza, Franklin, Granger, Rose)

3,200m relay—1—Ness City, 8:58.92; 3—Chase, 12:04.4 (Hudson, Estabook, Rice, Torres); 4—Macksville, 12:28.3 (Layton Adams, Nolan Adams, Espino, Lopez)

High jump—1—Sander, V, *6-2; 2—Alloway, OB, 6-0; 5—Herrman, E, *5-4; 6—Llanas, SJ, 5-2

Long jump—1—Carson, Chase, 21-1; 2—Alpers, SJ, *20-71/2; 5—Siemsen, CP, *18-9

Triple jump—1—Braxton Alpers, SJ, 42-0; 2—McVey, OB, 39-103/4; 3—Ochs-Lohrey, OB, 37-63/4; 4—Ybarra, M, *37-43/4; 5—Zook, E, *35-8; 6—Hudson, Chase, *35-8

Shot put—1—Brenner, NC, *49-8; 2—Schepmann, CP, *46-51/2; 5—Daniels, CP, 44-33/4

Discus—1—Seanez, K, 139-4; 5—Juno, OB, 128-10; 6—Kern, E, 120-9

Javelin—1—Schmidtberger, V, *162-7; 5—Zook, E, 134-5; 6—Schepmann, CP, 129-11

Pole vault—1—Martinez, E, 12-6; 3—Gibson, E, 8-6