WICHITA — At the end of the two-day Shocker Pre State Challenge 2013, Great Bend High School head track and field coach Bo Black said he was just happy to have another meet under his team’s belt.
“I thought out kids competed hard, and had some good finishes,” Black said. “I thought it was a good meet for us, but then again, it’s just nice to get to have another meet.”
The challenge, which started Thursday and ended on Friday, was held at Cessna Stadium, the venue for the Class 6-1A Track and Field State Championship.
“This gives them a chance to see the stadium before the state meet,” Black said. “Most of the older kids that we brought had already been there before, but it’s still nice to see it, especially for the younger kids. It’s run similar to the state meet.
“Hopefully the kids we brought will be back there in a month and a half.”
The challenge is split into three separate competitions — Class 6-4A, 3-1A and Elite.
Elite competitors are chosen based on their entry time, distance or height. For some events, the top eight are taken. For other events, there are more athletes chosen based on how many heats the event has.
Great Bend’s three pole vaulters at the event all qualified for the elite competition.
Selam Ball captured second place (9-6 1/4), and Hannah Middleton finished in third (9-0 1/4).
Chris Burley finished second (14-0) behind Bishop Carroll’s Nick Meyer (16-0).
“Selam got second and Middleton got third,” Black said. “They both did well, but I think they were a little disappointed with their height.
“It was actually Chris’ first meet this year, and he’s already reaching 14 feet. That’s a great sign for him. Second is good. That Bishop Carroll kid is legit.”
Chon Chavez was the only other individual from Great Bend to compete in the elite class. He finished fifth in the 1,600-meter run (4:41.06).
Great Bend hosts an invitational on Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. It was originally scheduled to be a junior varsity meet, but due to inclement weather, Great Bend’s varsity invite on April 9 was postponed to the same day.
Each team is allowed five entries in each event except relays, where teams can have two entries, and field events, where there are unlimited entries.
The javelin event starts at 2:30 p.m., followed by the rest of the field events at 3:30. Track events are slated to start at 4:30.
“We’ll probably be having our JV and some of the younger kids from our varsity competing,” Black said. “There are some of the younger kids who haven’t had a meet yet this year, so we want to get them out there to compete.”

Hayes leads Ellinwood
in elite class in Wichita
Sophie Hayes finished third in the elite class’ 300 hurdles to lead Ellinwood at the Shockers Pre State Challenge 2013.
The junior turned in a time of 47.98 in the 300 hurdles, and captured fourth place in the 100 hurdles (15.56).
“It was a good meet,” Ellinwood head coach Lyles Lashley said. “The girls’ side had a great meet. The relays ran well, and Sophie did great in the hurdles.”
Junior distance runner Pedro Montoya turned in a time of 9:32.73 in the 3,200 run for fourth place in the elite competition.
“He beat his own school record by 11 seconds,” Lashley said of Montoya. “I think he has the fastest time in 2A by about 45 seconds so far this season.”
Kyle Oglesbee captured a sixth-place finish in the elite 800 run (1:59.44), and Chelsea Day finished ninth in the elite 100 dash (13.28).
Ellinwood travels to St. John for the Keith Blide Invitational on Friday. The meet starts at 4 p.m.

Hoisington’s Sanders
competes in elite pole vault
Sophomore Lexi Sanders represented Hoisington in the Shockers Pre State Challenge 2013, making the cut for the elite class in the pole vault.
Sanders tied for ninth place at 8-6 1/4 with Douglass’ Naomi Bader.

                                                                                                — Kevin Price

PREP TRACK & FIELD
Shocker Pre State Challenge 2013

At Wichita
Cessna Stadium

Great Bend results
Elite competition

GIRLS
Pole vault — 2. Selam Ball, 9-6 1/4; 3. Hannah Middleton, 9-0 1/4

BOYS
1,600-meter run — 5. Chon Chavez, 4:41.06
4x800 relay — 4. Great Bend, 8:22.43
Pole vault — 2. Chris Burley, 14-0

Class 6-4A

GIRLS
100 dash — 21. Shelby Tracy, 14.31; 24. Mikayla Lang, 14.92
200 dash — 22. Shelby Tracy, 20.23; 25. Lang, 31.07
400 dash — 18. Kaylan Lagerman, 1:07.25
800 run — 14. Lagerman, 2:39.58; 15. Mariah Stein, 2:40.25
1,600 run — 10. Stein, 6:01.88
3,200 run — 5. Mary Williams, 13:01.17; 9. Kaitlynn Tuey, 13:37.80
100 hurdles — 22. Makayla Johnson, 19.54; 23. Sarah Niederee, 20.12
300 hurdles — 22. Johnson, 55.33; 24. Niederee, 58.70
4x800 relay — 7. Great Bend, 10:56.79

BOYS
200 dash — 10. Antonio Carrasco, 24.01; 18. Ty Yager, 24.75
400 dash — 12. Ty Yager, 54.41; 15. Carrasco, 55.33
800 run — 3. Kole Stiner, 2:03.02; 20. Ky Heeke, 2:12.66
1,600 run — 2. Stiner, 4:36.76
3,200 run — 7. Christian Graham, 10:36.31; 16. Genesis Rose, 11:08.07
300 hurdles — 3. Darion Yager, 42.61
4x100 relay — 7. Great Bend, 46.58
4x400 relay — 4. Great Bend, 3:39.71
Discus — 8. Nick Warren, 130-11; 15. Jayce Brack, 125-7

Ellinwood results
Elite

GIRLS
100 dash — 9. Chelsea Day, 13.28
100 hurdles — 4. Sophie Hayes, 15.56
300 hurdles — 3. Hayes, 47.98
4x400 relay — 3. Ellinwood, 4:18.72

BOYS
800 run — 6. Kyle Oglesbee, 1:59.44
3,200 run — 4. Pedro Montoya, 9:32.73
4x800 relay — 6. Ellinwood, 8:33.19

3-1A

GIRLS
100 dash — 4. Becky Elsen, 13.55
200 dash — 3. Chelsea Day, 28.30
800 run — 2. Brooke Panning, 2:32.61; 7. Emily Standlee, 2:40.67
1,600 run — 4. Abbie Reichuber, 5:54.90; 16. Chelsea Kasper, 6:38.35
3,200 run — 1. Jenna Snell, 12:31.19
4x100 relay — 2. Ellinwood, 52.12
4x800 relay — 1. Ellinwood, 10:31.78
Pole vault — 2. Elsen, 8-0 1/2; 10. Oma Thomas, 5-7
Triple jump — 15. Becca Parke, 28-9; 16. Blake Witt, 26-4 1/4
Shot put — 7. Amanda Tucker, 30-6 1/2; 18. Emily Fox, 24-7 1/4

BOYS
100 dash — 17. Kaleb Schartz, 12.53
200 dash — 11. Cody Isern, 25.16; 17. Kaleb Schartz, 25.57
400 dash — 12. Steven Cortez, 57.29; 16. Kyle Blakeslee, 58.75
800 run — 7. Derek Ward, 2:15.50
1,600 run — 3. Morgan Feemster, 4:56.88; 12. Avery Pike, 5:21.30
3,200 run — 5. Feemster, 10:55.05
4x100 relay — 8. Ellinwood, 47.05
4x400 relay — 8. Ellinwood, 3:54.15
Long jump — 17. Blakeslee, 15-0 1/2
High jump — 7. Tanner Swank, 5-4 1/4
Discus — 9. Wyatt Smith, 109-8; 12. Adam Birzer, 102-10
Javelin — 18. Swank, 131-11

Hoisington result
Elite

GIRLS
Pole vault — 9. Lexi Sanders, 8-6 1/4