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Ellinwood competes at Sterling track meet
Asher Miller at the 2023 State Track and Field.jpg
Ellinwood's Asher Miller competes in the 4x800 m Relay during the 2022 2A State Track and Field Championship at the Cessna Stadium in Wichita, KS. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

STERLING — Ellinwood's Brittany Simpson won the long jump (15-83/4) and Eagle Matthew Cook won the 400 meters (53.54) at Thursday's Sterling Track Invitational

Ellinwood's girls runners-up were Kennedy Behnke, 400 meters (1:05.23) and Heidi Brauer, 3,200 meters (14:48.89).

Ellinwood's Koy Behnke placed runner-up in the 400 meters (54.080. The Eagles quartet of Cook, Asher Miller, Logan Panning and Behnke placed second in the 1,600 relay relay (3:38.47).[

STERLING INVITATIONAL

GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Little River 109; 2—Bennington 92;  3—Inman 78;  4—Sterling 68;  5—Ellsworth 62; 6—Ellinwood 35;  7—Nickerson 26; 8—Lyons 24;  9—Hutchinson Central Christian 22;  10—Solomon 14;  11—Burrton 4; 12—Fairfield 3

GIRLS RESULTS

High jump—1—Olander, LR, 5-3

Long jump—1—Simpson, Ellinwood, 15-83/4

Triple jump—1—Olander, LR, 35-31/2

Shot put—1—Rachel Nisly, N, 37-83/4

Discus—1—Schmidt,  Inman 111-9

Pole vault—1—Simmons, Bennington, 8-6

Javelin—1—Turnipseed, Ellsworth 125-7; 5—Behnke, Ellinwood, 99-6

100m—1—Miles, Bennington, 12.83

100m hurdles—1—Heflin, Inman, 15.7

200m—1—Kilgore, Sterling, 27.07

300m hurdles—1—Heflin, Inman, 47.55

400m—1—Kilgore, Sterling, 59.65; 2—Behnke, Ellinwood, 1:05.23; 6—Widener, Ellinwood, 1:07.52

800m—1—Ekart, Sterling, 2:18;

1,600m—1—Janssen, Bennington, 6:20.08; 3—Schlessiger, Ellinwood, 6:27.13

3,200m—1—Rathbun, Ellsworth, 13:35.78; 2—Brauer, Ellinwood, 14:48.89

400m relay—1—Little River, 52.05

1,600m relay—1—Sterling, 4:20

3,200m relay—1—Bennington, 11:30.4

STERLING INVITATIONAL

BOYS TEAM RESULTS—1— Inman 106; 2--Little River 105; 3—Sterling 84; 4—Bennington 69; 5--Ellinwood 62; 6--Lyons 43.50; 7--Fairfield 33.50; 8-- Ellsworth 30; 9—Hutchinson Central Christian 24; 10—Solomon 13; 11—Nickerson 8
BOYS RESULTS

High jump—1—Smith, LR, 6-2

Pole vault—1—Ohlson, Bennington, 11-6; 4—Merritt, Ellinwood, 10-0

Long jump—1—Heckel, I, 22-61/4

Triple jump—1—Cravens, Ellsworth, 41-41/2

Shot put—1—Zongker, Fairfield. 45-9

Discus— 1—Wente, Fairield, 144-10 5

Javelin— 1—Lafferty, LR, 173-7; 6— Brauer, E, 134-2

100m—1—Heckel, Inman, 11.08

100m hurdles—1—Brunk, Inman, 15.48; 6—Steffan, Ellinwood, 19.86

200m—1—Behnke, Ellinwood, 23.23; 5—Panning, Ellinwood, 24.94

300m hurdles—1—Brunk, Inman, 40.93; 4—Steffan, Ellinwood, 46.19

400m—1—Cook, Ellinwood, 53.54; 2—Behnke, Ellinwood, 54.08

800m—1—Trout, Bennington, 2:08.64; 6—Miller, Ellinwood, 2:18.16

1,600m—1—Trout, Bennington, 4:42.04; 4—Miller, Ellinwood, 5:02.79

3,200m—1—Parish, Sterling, 10:29.99

400m relay—1—Inman, 44.64; 4—Ellinwood, 45.74 (Panning, Cook, Merritt, Behnke)

1,600m relay—1—Inman, 3:36.61; 2—Ellinwood, 3:38.47 (Cook, Miller, Panning, Behnke)

3,200m relay—1—Sterling, 9:04.78; 3—Ellinwood, 9:22.06 (Miller, Sunderland, Steffan, Cook)