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Cardinals Bittel, Morales place third
Hoisington, Larned compete at state track
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Taylen Morales pole vault 3rd place - photo by Lori Farmer

WICHITA – Cardinal sprinter Marley Bittel continues to shine at the state meet with third-place medals in the 100 meters (12.55) and 200 meters (25.53). Past state runner-up Bittel posted the third-fastest 100 (12.43) and third fastest 200 (25.91).

Hesston's Nebraska-bound Ashley Lehman swept the 100 (12.01), 200 (24.1) and 400 (54.94) after a career best prelim time (54.02).

The Cardinal girls scored 26 points to place 13th in 3A.

Hoisington's Taylen Morales cleared 14-feet to tie for the best 3A pole vault, but finished third on a tiebreaker to Holton's Pierson Cyphers and Royal Valley's Xander Harding.

Cardinal Joseph Hekele cleared a career best 13-6 to finish fifth.

Hoisington High's Brody Rossman (9:49.56) placed fifth in the Class 3A 3,200 meters with a career best time. Kinley Wilkens placed ninth with a season-best 800 (2:25.27).

The Cardinal boys scored 15 points and placed 16th in 3A.

Larned's Cara Herbert placed fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (15.38).

LARNED

FRIDAY–100m hurdles–4TH Q–Cara Herbert, 15.22; 300m hurdles–9TH–Herbert, 47.91; 400m–17TH–Grady Pinkston, 52.42; shot put–13TH–Cammy Upson, 35-01/2; 300m hurdles–13TH–Lane Elam, 42.22; 1,600m boys relay–18TH–Lane Elam, Zev Cox, Hunter Pontius, Grady Pinkston, 3:44.11

SATURDAY–100m hurdles–5TH–Cara Herbert, 15.38; 300m hurdles–9TH–Herbert, 48.33

HOISINGTON

FRIDAY—200m—3RD—Marley Bittel, 25.91; 400m—10TH—Bittel, 1;01.22; 110m hurdles—13TH—Taylen Morales, 15.63; 3,200m—5TH—Brody Rossman, *9:49.56; 3,200m—13TH—Tristin Compton, 12:44.18

SATURDAY—100m—3RD Q—Marley Bittel, 12.43; 100m—3RD—Bittel, 12.55; 200m—4TH—Bittel, 25.91; 800m—9TH—Kinley Wilkens, *2:25.27; 1,600m—15TH—Compton, 5:49.41; 1,600m—11TH—Rossman, 4:36.6; 3,200m—13TH—Compton, 12:44.18; high jump—16TH—Keslynn Adee, 5-0; shot put—8TH—Layton Hoffman, 51-0; 17TH—Brody Pfannenstiel, 44-01/4; discus—11TH—Addison Hanzlick, 107-7; pole vault—3RD—Morales, 14-0; 5TH—Joseph Hekele, *13-6; pole vault—15TH—Annabelle Gonzalez, 8-6