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2A Hill City track regional
Erin Hammeke

HILL CITY — Ellinwood's past fourth-place state finisher Erin Hammeke earned a trio of state qualifying berths with fourth place, 800 meters (2:26.43); third place, 1,600 meters (5:34.96) and fourth place, 3,200 meters (12:55.18) at the challenging 2A Hill City track regional. 

Hammeke placed fourth (5:37.15) and ninth (5:39.75) at 2A state in the 1,600 and fourth (12:22.29) and seventh (12:07.84) at 2A state in the 3,200 as a freshman and sophomore.

Stanton County state cross country champion Chesney Peterson swept the distance races in the 800 (2:15.91); 1,600 (5:11.31) and 3,200 (11:49.83).

Ellinwood's Parker Scheck qualified with a fourth-place finish in the high jump (5-8). Distance standout Asher Miller just missed qualifying with fifth place in the 1,600 (5:06.22).

2A HILL CITY REGIONAL

GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Plainville 88; 2—Ellis 62.5; 3—Stanton County 62; 4—Sterling 50; Oakley 50; 6—Hoxie 48; 7—Smith Center 45; 8Syracuse 44; 9—WaKeeney Trego 30; 10—Hill City 25; 11—Ellinwood 15; 12—Elkhart 12.5; 13—Wichita County 9; 15—Sublette 2; 14—Sublette 8; 15—Ell-Saline 7; 16—Spearville 1;

GIRLS EVENTS

100m—1—Riley, Syracuse, 13.48

100m hurdles—1—Shubert, WK, 17.11 

200m—1—Rathburn, Plainville, 28.01; 7—Simpson, 28.93 

300m hurdles—1—Johnson, Oakley, 48.5

400m—1—Eck, Ellis, 1:01.36

800m—1—Peterson, SC, 2:15.91; 4—Hammeke, 2:26.43; 13—Schessiger, 3:34.58

1,600m—1—Peterson, SC, 5:11.31; 3—Hammeke, 5:34.96

3,200m—1—Peterson, SC, 11:49.83; 4—Hammeke, 12:55.18; 7—Winget, 14:57.25

400m relay—1—Plainville, 51.49; 7—Ellinwood, 55.51

1,600m relay—1—Ellis, 4:16.56

3,200m relay—1—Ellis, 10:25.32

High jump—1—Keith, Hoxie, 5-0; 6—Doll, 4-6

Long jump—1—Kerns, Plainville, 116-3

Triple jump—1—Kerns, Plainville, 34-31/4; 12—Krabbe, 25-81/2

Shot put—1—Booker, Oakley, 42-41/2; 9—Baker, 32-5; 15—Dimitt, 29-0

Discus—1—Staab, Plainville, 125-1; 7—Dimitt, 93-8

Javelin—1—Keith, HC, 132-10; 8—Dimitt, 96-8

Pole vault—1—Shubert, WT, 10-3

2A HILL CITY REGIONAL

BOYS TEAM SCORES1—WaKeeney Trego 87; 2—Hoxie 82; 3—Wichita County 78; 4—Oakley 63; 5—Stanton County 57; 6—Sterling 52; 7—Plainville 45; 8—Smith Center 19; 9—Ell-Saline 16; 10—Ellis 15; 11—Hill City 14; 12—Spearville 10; Syracuse 10; 14—Ellinwood 7; 15—Sublette 2

BOYS EVENTS

100m—1—Abell, Oakley, 11.11

110m hurdles—1—Sheldon, WC, 15.11

200m—1—Kreigh, WK, 23.35; 7—Scheck, 24.79; 9—Zink, 25.04

300m hurdles—1—Whalen, WC, 39.85

400m—1—Baalman, Hoxie, 52.13; 8—Zink, 54.57; 9—Cook, 55.48

800m—1—Zimmerman, Oakley, 1:59.11; 6—Behnke, 2:09.68; 15—Sturtz, 2:44.95

1,600m—1—Friess, Hoxie, 4:37.59; 5—Miller, 5:06.22; 14—Cowing, 5:39.51

3,200m—1—Giefer, WK, 10:02.52; 8—Miller, 11:14.62

400m relay—1—Oakley, 44.41

1,600m relay—1—WaKeeney Trego, 3:31.36; 7—Ellinwood, 3:42.38

3,200m relay—1—Oakley, 8:29.38

High jump—1—Wilson, Sterling, 6-10; 4—Parker Scheck, 5-8

Long jump—1—Wilson, Sterling, 21-11/2

Triple jump—1—Wilson, WT, 39-101/4; 13—Krabbe, 25-81/2

Shot put—1—Chavez, WC, 47-71/2; 16—Brauer, 33-6; 19—Mason, 31-8

Discus—1—Obioha, Hoxie, 150-0; 16—Brauer, 90-8

Javelin—1—Chavez, WC, 173-1; 19—Brauer, 127-3

Pole vault—1—Porter, WC, 13-9