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Eagles' Wirtz wins three events at Greensburg
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PHOTO CREDIT Mike Courson Ellinwood relay runner Eleanor Joiner

GREENSBURG — Ellinwood 2A state champion Reagan Wirtz kept rolling with first-place medals in the long jump (18-41/2), 100 meters and 200 meters at the Kiowa County Track Invitational.

Ellinwood (78) placed runner-up behind South Gray (103) with five second-place finishes.

The Eagles finished second in the 1,600-meter relay (4:14.31) with Wirtz, Avery Panning, Lexi Thomas and Eleanor Joiner; the 3,200-meter relay (10:07.92) with Panning, Jenna Borror, Thomas and Joiner; Panning, 300 hurdles, (48.79); Borror, 800 (2:37.26) and Joiner, 1,600 (5:26.5).

Pawnee Heights Tiger Addy Pelton was second in the high jump (4-10).

BOYS DIVISION — St. John Tiger Braxton Alpers placed first in the triple jump (43-41/2), second in the long jump (20-2) and joined the first-place 1,600-meter relay (3:32.41) with Jericho Mawhirter, Jace Reyes and Kaden Foote.

Mawhirter won the 100 meters (11.41) and placed runner-up in the 400 meters (51.25). St. John (56) placed second behind Kiowa County (70).

Pawnee Heights Tiger Cody Holste won the 200 meters (24.03).

Ellinwood's Gabe Martinez won the pole vault (12-0).

KIOWA COUNTY GIRLS

TEAM SCORES—1—South Gray 103; 2—Ellinwood 78; 3—Hodgeman County 651/4; 4—La Crosse, 59; 5—Ashland 58; 9—Pawnee Heights 21; 13—Macksville 121/4

100m—1—Wirtz, E, 12.99

200m—1—Wirtz, E, 25.91

300m hurdles—2—Panning, E, 48.79

400m—6—Ritchie, E, 1:06.37

800m—2—Borror, E, 2:37.26; 4—Thomas, E, 2:42.55; 6—Russell, M, 2:46.2

1,600m—2—Joiner, E, 5:26.5; 4—Butler, M, 6:03.5

3,200m—4—Butler, M, 13:23.8

1,600m relay—2—Ellinwood, 4:14.31 (Wirtz, Panning, Thomas, Joiner)

3,200m relay—2—Ellinwood, 10:07.92 (Panning, Boror, Thomas, Joiner)

High jump—2—Addy Pelton, PH, 4-10; 3—Russell, M, *4-6

Long jump—1—Wirtz, E, 18-41/2

Triple jump—3—Addy Pelton, PH, 32-81/2

Shot put—3—Hands, PH, *36-3

Discus—6—Addison Stickney, E, 106-8

Javelin—5—Knop, E, *105-5

KIOWA COUNTY BOYS

TEAM SCORES—1—Kiowa County 70; 2—St. John 56; 3—Spearville 54; 4—Kiowa County 52; 5—La Crosse, 46; 8—Ellinwood 31; 13—Pawnee Heights 13.

100m—1—Mawhirter, SJ, 11.41; 3—Holste, PH, 11.49; 6—Asher, E, *12.0

200m—1—Holste, PH, 24.03; 3—Asher, PH, 24.44

400m—2—Mawhirter, SJ, 51.25; 4—Sunderland, E, 52.16; 6—Holste, PH, 54.21

3,200m—4—Knight, SJ, 11:04.62

400m relay—3—St. John, 45.69 (Reyes, Mawhirter, Foote, Alpers); 4—Ellinwood, 45.73 (Martinez, Broyles, Asher, Sunderland)

1,600m relay—1—St. John, 3:32.41 (Mawhirter, Reyes, Foote, Alpers); 5—Ellinwood, 3:43.99 (Martinez, Broyles, Schartz, Sunderland)

3,200m relay—4—Ellinwood, 9:23.52 (Zook, Brauer, Herrman Pohlman)

Long jump—2—Braxton Alpers, SJ, *20-2

Triple jump—1—Alpers, SJ, 43-41/2

Pole vault—1—Gabe Martinez, E, *12-0