SALINA — Several Great Bend High School track and field athletes qualified for this weekend’s state meet in Wichita after finishing in the top four in their respective events.
Strong winds marred Friday’s Class 5A regional at Salina District Stadium, but it didn’t prevent GBHS from posting impressive individual performances.
“The kids performed extremely well and to get 16 kids into the state meet, we’re real excited about that,” Great Bend head coach Bo Black said.
Here are some of the highlights:
Chris Burley equaled his school record again at 14 feet, six inches in winning the pole vault.
Hannah Wondra ripped off a personal-best time in the 400-meter dash to capture first place, clocking 1:00.42.
Matt Moyd went head-to-head and finished neck-and-neck with Hays’ Adam Deterding in an exciting 110 hurdles, which turned out to be the marquee event of the day.
Deterding won in a time of 14.57, although Moyd set a personal-best time of 14.65 and gave him a huge dose of confidence as he and his teammates head to Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus for this weekend’s state meet.
“He competed very well and bounced back from a tough track meet the week before in the Western Athletic Conference meet in Dodge City,” Black said of Moyd. “He came out and led most of the race (on Friday).
“That Deterding kid that beat him is the best hurdler in the state, and Matt was neck-and-neck with him. It will be exciting again next weekend when those two meet again in the finals at the state meet.”
Moyd said his explosion out of the starting blocks was key.
“I got out fast and ran as hard as I could,” said Moyd, also a state qualifier in the 200 dash. “I’m just looking forward to going to state.”
 Wondra, who has signed to run at Benedictine College in Atchison, simply peaked at the right time, just like a number of her teammates.
“She just continues to get better and ran her best time of the year,” Black said of Wondra. “She had a very good race on not the best of conditions for a 400-meter race.
“The wind the way it was, she ran super-strong.”
Senior Jacy Quade became a two-event qualifier, placing second in the discus (123-4) and third in the shot put (35-1¾). Quade is making her third straight trip to the state meet.
Chon Chavez had second-place finishes in his specialties, the 1,600 and 3,200 runs, to advance to state.
Hannha Middleton and Selam Ball finished second and third, respectively, clearing 10 feet and 9-6 to advance.
Freshman standout Jayce Brack uncorked a personal-best throw of 50-1¾ for third place and his first state berth.
Sophomore Darion Yager had a personal-best showing of 42.09 in the 300 intermediate hurdles to qualify.
The GBHS boys’ and girls’ 3,200-meter relay teams also advanced after fourth-place finishes.

CLASS 5A REGIONAL TRACK & FIELD

At Salina
Salina District Stadium

Friday results

BOYS

Team scores
Hays 237, Newton 88, Salina South 73, Great Bend 60, Andover Central 49, Valley Center 33, Salina Central 18

State qualifiers
Long jump — 1. Windholz, Hays, 21-5; 2. Cutler, Salina South, 21-5; 3. Hill, Newton, 21-4 ½; 4. Bixenman, Hays, 21-1 ¾
High jump — 1. Deterding, Hays, 6-4; 2. Voss, Hays, 6-0; 3. Bixenman, Hays, 6-0; 4. Krogmeier, Newton, 5-8
Triple jump — 1. Dreiling, Hays, 44-9 ¼;  2. Deterding, Hays, 43-7 ½; 3. Powell, Valley Center, 42-11 1/2; 4. Windholz, Hays, 42-7 ½
Shot put — 1. Sharp, Hays, 54-5 ¾; 2. Binder, Hays, 50-6 ½; 3. Jayce Brack, Great Bend, 50-1 ¾; 4. Madden, Hays, 49-10 ¼
Discus — 1. Sharp, Hays, 162-4; 2. Martens, Newton, 152-8; 3. Binder, Hays, 150-1; 4. Madden, Hays, 148-3
Javelin — 1. Mitchell, Hays, 167-0; 2. McCallum, Valley Center, 164-2; 3. Balthazor, Valley Center, 162-6; 4. Holinde, Andover Central, 156-9
Pole vault — 1. Chris Burley, Great Bend, 14-6; 2. Magana, Newton, 13-6; 3. Meyers, Hays, 12-6; 4. Kreutzer, Hays, 11-6
3,200-meter relay — 1. Hays, 8:20.22; 2. Newton, 8:29.81; 3. Salina South, 8:30.20; 4. Great Bend (Cristian Garcia, Greg Burley, Kole Stiner, Richard Lara), 8:33.55
110 hurdles — 1. Deterding, Hays, 14.57; 2. Matt Moyd, Great Bend, 14.65; 3. Willis, Newton, 15.23; 4. Carrasco, Hays, 15.68
100 dash — 1. Jones, Salina South, 10.73; 2. Mitchell, Hays, 10.78; 3. Cutler, Salina South, 10.85; 4. Robinson, Newton, 11.0
1,600 run — 1. Fort, Hays, 4:37.57; 2. Chon Chavez, Great Bend, 4:40.67; 3. Howell, Andover Central, 4:42.10; 4. Kreider, Newton, 4:42.28
400 relay — 1. Salina South, 42.95; 2. Hays, 44.14; 3. Andover Central, 44.25; 4. Newton, 44.38
400 dash — 1. Conrad, Andover Central, 51.47; 2. Brungardt, Hays, 51.76; 3. White, Valley Center, 51.78; 4. Herrman, Hays, 52.54
300 hurdles — 1. Fitch, Andover Central, 40.92; 2. Willis, Newton, 41.26; 3. Darion Yager, Great Bend, 42.09; 4. Calvert, Salina South, 43.13
800 run — 1. Stumon, Hays, 1:58.96; 2. Fort, Hays, 1:59.77; 3. Reid, Salina Central, 2:00.13; 4. Staab, Hays, 2:00.96
200 dash — 1. Jones, Salina South, 22.23; 2. Robinson, Newton, 22.43; 3. Cutler, Salina South, 22.50; 4. Moyd, Great Bend, 22.90
3,200 run — 1. Drees, Hays, 10:20.51; 2. Chavez, Great Bend, 10:31.79; 3. Irish, Salina South, 10:33.79; 4. Kaiser, Hays, 10:39.31
1,600 relay — 1. Hays, 3:23.62; 2. Newton, 3:29.68; 3. Andover Central, 3:31.39; 4. Salina Central, 3:31.91

GIRLS

Team scores
Newton 145, Salina Central 82, Valley Center 73, Hays 71, Andover 56, Andover Central 49, Great Bend 44, Salina South 38

State qualifiers
Long jump — 1. Knab, Andover, 5-10; 2. Espinoza, Newton, 16-3½ ; 3. Terwilliger, Valley Center, 16-0 ½ ; 4. Weaverling, SC, 15-11½
High jump — 1. Agnew, Andover, 5-10; 2. Knab, Andover Central, 5-2; 3. Zimmerman, Hays, 5-2; 4. Clark, Andover, 5-2
Triple jump — 1. Zimmerman, Hays, 35-10 ¼; 2. Runge, Newton, 34- ½ ; 3. Clark, Andover, 33-11 ¾; 4. Hill, Salina Central, 33-11 ¾
Shot put — 1 . Williams, Valley Center, 40-6 ¾; 2. Regier, Newton, 35-11; 3. Jacy Quade, Great Bend, 35-1 3/4; 4. Charles, Valley Center, 32-8 ¾
Discus — 1. Regier, Newton, 132-1; 2. Quade, Great Bend, 123-4; 3. Scott, Newton, 111-0; 4. Williams, Valley Center, 109-5
Javelin — 1. Williams, Valley Center, 135-11; 2. Loescher, Newton, 130-9; 3. Volk, Newton, 16-10; 4. Webb, Salina South, 107-6
Pole vault — 1. Swanson, Salina Central, 12-6; 2. Hannah Middleton, Great Bend, 10-0; 3. Selam Ball, Great Bend, 9-6; 4. Ross, Salina Central, 8-0
3,200 relay — 1. Salina South, 10:08.88; 2. Salina Central, 10:20.78; 3. Andover Central, 10:27.14; 4. Great Bend (Mariah Stein, Mary Williams, Kaitlynn Tuey, Hannah Wondra), 10:28.98
100 hurdles — 1. Baron, Newton, 15.69; 2. Parrish, Hays, 15.95; 3. Wood, Andover Central, 15.98; 4. Schlaefli, Hays, 16.02
100 dash — 1. Yeargin, Newton, 12.09; 2. Tolbert, Saline Central, 12.16; 3. Hurlbutt, Valley Center, 12.69; 4. Rangel, Newton, 12.71
1,600 run — 1. Wedekind, Valley Center, 5:32.13; 2. Larson, Andover, 5:45.17; 3. M.Holloway, Salina South, 5:49.58; 4. Barton, Valley Center, 5:52.35
400 relay — 1. Newton, 49.45; 2. Salina Central, 50.11; 3. Valley Center, 50.30; 4. Salina South, 51.84
400 dash — 1. Hannah Wondra, Great Bend, 1:00.42; 2. Pfannenstiel, Hays, 1:01.41; 3. Mares, Andover, 1:01.72; 4. Hadnot, Salina Central, 1:01.83
300 hurdles — 1. Martin, Salina Central, 48.72; 2. Parrish, Hays, 48.87; 3. Baron, Newton, 49.07; 4. Bartel, Newton, 49.35
800 run — 1. M.Holloway, Salina South, 2:25.14; 2. Zimmerman, Hays, 2:26.84; 3. Ochsner, Andover Central, 2:30.41; 4. Glann, Newton, 2:33.11
200 dash — 1. Yeargin, Newton, 25.10; 2. Tolbert, Salina Central, 25.36; 3. Agnew, Andover, 26.61; 4. Hurlbutt, Valley Center, 26.72
3,200 run — 1. Larson, Andover, 12:22.21; 2. Wills, Andover Central, 12:28.62; 3. Stucky, Newton, 12:31.15; 4. Bergquist, Newton, 12:35.87
1,600 relay — 1. Salina Central, 4:06.22; 2. Hays, 4:12.16; 3. Newton, 4:13.48; 4. Valley Center, 4:13.76