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St. John boys, Larned girls win St. John track meet
Larneds MaKayla Leiker 1st high jump 5-2
Larned's MaKayla Leiker wins the high jump (5-2) at the Keith Blide track meet at St. John. - photo by Photo by JANET FLESKE

ST. JOHN — The St. John boys clinched first place 103-101— by beating Larned in the 1,600-meter relay to win the Keith Blide track meet Monday.
The Tigers placed first (3:41.49) with the quartet of Quincy Smith, Cashe McVey, Mason Osborne and Trey Fisher. The Tigers also captured the 3,200-meter relay (9:10.15) with Trey Fisher, McVey, Osborne and Smith competing.
St. John’s individual winners were Trey Fisher, 400 (53.23); Chase Fisher, high jump (5-10); Quincy Smith, 800 (2:03.44); A.J. Miller, 3,200 (11:13.57); and Cashe McVey, javelin (129-11).
Macksville’s Jacob Rein enjoyed a perfect day by sweeping four events — the 100 (11.43), 200 (23.52), long jump (20-21/2) and triple jump (44-01/2).
Larned’s first-place finishers were Brayden Lothmann, 1,600 (4:56.72) and the 400-meter relay (45.85) of Wes Davis, Brock Skelton, Jacob Smith and Anthony McConnell.
Otis-Bison’s Anton Foust captured the discus (130-4).
Larned’s girls placed first (111) with Scott City (90) second.
The Indians swept the 400-meter relay (53.93) with Alaijah Stokes, Asia Murphy, Shaylee Nesby and Katelynn Sanger; and the 1,600-meter relay (4:30.72) with Brooke Butler, Makayla Leiker, Nesby and Sanger.
Larned’s individual winners were Brooke Butler, 800 (2:36.68) and Makayla Leiker, high jump (5-2).
Ellinwood’s Madison Ward swept the shot put (36-11/2) and discus (93-3).
Macksville’s Jacquelin Galan won the triple jump (30-7) and St. John’s Tara Nelson won the javelin (107-0).

KEITH BLIDE MEET
BOYS TEAM RESULTS—1—St. John 103; 2—Larned 101; 3—Scott City 8;; 4—Macksville 75; 5—Kinsley 51; 6—LaCrosse 50; Otis-Bison 50; 8—Ellinwood 16; 9—Stafford 13; 10—Medicine Lodge 7
BOYS RESULTS
100m—1—Rein, M, 11.43; 2—Davis, L, 11.81; 4—McConnell, L, 11.92; 5—Smith, L, 12.19; 8—Hildebrand, S, 12.63; 9—Fabbri, S, 12.71; 10—Freeman, M, 12.75; 11—Britton, M, 12.97; 16—Nemee, SJ, 13.47; 17—Lee, S, 13.66;
110m hurdles—1—Heyen-Gerhardt, K, 16.93; 2—Scott, OB, 17.81; 4—Blaske, M, 18.44; 7—Acosta, M, 21.13
200m—1—Rein, M, 23.52; 3—Davis, L, 24.16; 4—Smith, L, 25.15; 5—Fabbri, S, 25.57; 6—E. Calleros, SJ, 26.01; 8—Delgadillo, L, 26.36; 11—Threlkeld, M, 26.79; 12—Britton, M, 26.89; 15—Lee, S, 27.81; 16—Nemee, SJ, 29.73
300m hurdles—1—Heyen-Gerhardt, K, 42.66; 2—Blaske, M, 42.81; 3—Marley, L, 46.27; 8—Acosta, M, 53.22
400m—1—Trey Fisher, SJ, 53.23; 8—Anderson, 59.83; 9—Manning, S, 1:00.16; 10—Tucker, L, 1:00.2; 11—Miller, M, 1:00.5; 12—Evans, M, 1:01.97; 14—Ibarra, M, 1:05.87
800m—1—Smith, SJ, 2:03.44; 2—McVey, SJ, 2:09.34; 4—Fisher, SJ, 2:16.0; 6—Brozek, S, 2:19.2; 8—Hildebrand, S, 2:19.86; 9—Castro, L, 2:22.58; 11—Freeman, M, 2:28.91; 13—Ibarra, M, 2:33.74
1,600m—1—Lothman, L, 4:56.72; 3—A.J. Miller, SJ, 5:00.62; 4—Brozek, S, 5:02.68; 5—Waters, M, 5:09.49; 9—Haas, L, 5:26.79; 10—U. Calleros, SJ, 5:30.93; 11—Cross, M, 5:31.0; 13—Gift, S, 5:46.88
3,200m—1—A.J. Miller, SJ, 11:13.57; 2—Lothman, L, 11:28.52; 3—Brozek, S, 11;39.0; 4—Waters, M, 11:50.39; 6—Haas, L, 12:14.78; 7—Nemee, SJ, 12:25.03; 8—Wolff, M, 12:25.12; 9—Cross, M, 12:55.03
400m relay—1—Larned, 45.85 (Davis, Skelton, Smith, McConnell); 4—Macksville, 49.1 (Blaske, Miller, Johnson, Freeman); 5—St. John, 52.21 (E. Calleros, T. Halling, U. Calleros, Fisher)
1,600m relay—1—St. John, 3:41.49 (Smith, McVey, Osborne, T. Fisher); 5—Larned, 3:54.04 (Tucker, Lothman, Anderson, Marley)
3,200m relay—1—St. John, 9:10.15 (T. Fisher, McVey, Osborne, Smith); 3—Larned, 9:33.77 (Tucker, Castro, Lothman, Marley); 4—Ellinwood, 10:16.45 (Ricker, Joslin, Winget, Ritterhouse
High jump—1—Chase Fisher, SJ, 5-10; 3—Marley, L, 5-4; 4—Scott, OB, 5-4
Long jump—1—Rein, M, 20-21/2; 2—Blaske, E, 19-7; 3—Skelton, L, 18-81/2; 4 —Wiltse, OB, 18-6; 5—Fisher. SJ, 17-91/2; 7—Smith, L, 17-6; 9—Tucker, L, 17-31/2; 10—Manning, S, 16-8; 12—Olivarez, OB, 15-113/4; 13—Britton, M, 15-81/2; 14—Z. Fisher, SJ, 15-81/2; 15—Schneider, OB, 15-3; 17—Wolff, M, 14-11
Triple jump—1—Rein, M, 44-01/2; 2—Skelton, L, 41-9; 3—Smith, SJ, 41-01/2; 7—Miller, 34-51/2; 8—E. Calleros, SJ, 34-33/4; 10—Evans, M, 32-93/4; 13—Koch, L, 29-11/1;2 14—U. Calleros, SJ, 28-7
Shot put—1—Thielenhaus, LaCrosse, 46-91/2; 2—Barrett, L, 44-11/2; 3—Schwartz, OB, 42-73/4; 4—Higgason, OB, 41-81/4; 5—T. Halling, SJ, 40-93/4; 6—McConnell, Lm 39-21/4; 7—C. Fisher, SJ, 38-41/23; 8–Delgadillo, L, 36-1; 10—Baker, E, 35-41/2; 11—Penner, M, 34-43/4; 13—White, E, 33-41/2; 14—Ramirez, SJ, 32-103/4; 15—Tanner, SJ, 30-103/4; 16—McMullen, M, 30-61/2; 20–Funetes, M, 29-0; 21—I. Bahr, OB, 27-0; 23—Trimmer, E, 21-71/2
Discus—1—Foust, OB, 130-4; 2—Higgason, OB, 116-3; 3–Penner, M, 111-01/2; 4—Barrett, L, 108-101/2; 6—Powell, L, 105-71/2; 9—Schwartz, OB, 99-71/2; 10—White, E, 99-3; 11—Baker, E, 99-0; 12—Martinez, L, 93-1; 13—T. Halling, SJ, 90-2; 15—Ramirez, SJ, 87-21/2; 16—Dimitt, E, 86-1; 21—T. Halling, SJ, 80-10; 22—Rodriguez, M, 75-7; 23—Fuentes, M, 61-111/2
Javelin—1—McVey, SJ, 129-11; 3—Kohls, OB, 120-6; 4—Waters, M, 120-0; 5—Ramirez, SJ, 114-3; 6—Johnson, M, 112-2; 7—Hildebrand, S, 11-4; 8—S. Hoopingarner, OB, 109-6; 11—Powell, 104-9; 12—Gradig, OB, 101-9; 14—Penner, M, 98-5; 17—Dimitt, E, 91-5; 18—White, E, 89-1; 19—Reed, SJ, 88-6; 20—Tanner, SJ, 87-4; 21–Baker, L, 87-1; 22—Tucker, L, 86-3
Pole vault—1—Yager, SC 10-6; 4—Winget, E, 7-6

KEITH BLIDE MEET
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Larned 111; 2—Scott City 90; 3—Macksville 75; LaCrosse 75; 5—Kinsley 74; St. John 74; 7—Ellinwood 28; 8—Otis-Bison 20; 9—Medicine Lodge 3
GIRLS RESULTS
100m—1—Oborny, LaCrosse, 13.53; 2—Stokes, L, 13.77; 3—Galen, M, 13.85; 5—Sanger, L, 14.08; 6—Murphy, L, 14.49; 7—Sallabedra, S, 14.63; 9—Hottovy, M, 14.96; 10—Williamson, SJ, 15.07; 11—Long, SJ, 15.38; 12—Coyle, M, 15.58; 13—Harrison, SJ, 15.82
100m hurdles—1—Gleason, K, 16.11; 2—Doran, SJ, 17.91; 3—Fisher, SJ, 18.27; 8—Meyer, SJ, 20.1; 9—Sanders, M, 24.3
200m—1—Gleason, K, 26.65; 2—Galan, M, 28.94; 3—Stokes, L, 29.57; 4—Ortiz, M, 29.97; 5—Murphy, L, 30.37; 6—Crissman, SJ, 30.89; 7—Hottovy, M, 31.21; 10—Long, SJ, 32.91; 11—Harrison, SJ, 33.51
300m hurdles—1—Gleason, K, 46.1; 2—Fisher, SJ, 51; 3—Leiker, L, 53.7; 4—Doran, SJ, 54.13; 6—Wright, M, 57.24; 9—Sanders, M, 1:07.42
400m—1—Weathers, SC, 1:03.56; 3—Crissman, SJ, 1:07.27; 4—Kuckelman, M, 1:07.52; 8—Sallabedra, S, 1:12.99; 11—Murphy, L, 1:18.42; 12—Suiter, M, 1:20.78; 13—Stokes, L, 1:21.97; 14—Blevins, M, 1:27.49
800m—1—Butler, L, 2:36.68; 5_Garcia, M, 2:50.8; 7—Cleveland, M, 3:34.96
1,600m—1—Frame, K, 5:50.01; 2—Nord, L, 6:03.27; 3—Garcia, M, 6:11.18; 4—Wright, M, 6:31.0; 8—Hottovy, M, 7:37.65; 11—Reed, SJ, 8:04.05
3,200m—1—Frame, K, 13:10.37; 2—Nord, L, 13:21.75; 4—Garcia, M, 14:01.72; 5—Welsh, OB, 14:58.94; 6—Mendez, M, 15:36.91; 10—Holguin, M, 17:24.9
400m relay—1—Larned, 53.93 (Stokes, Murphy, Nesby, Sanger); 3—Macksville, 55.51 (Anshutz, Ortiz, Galan, Kuckelman); 5—St. John, 58.63 (Long, Burke, Harrison, Williamson)
1,600m relay—1—Larned, 4:30.72 (Butler, Leiker, Nesby, Sanger); 3—St. John, 4:33.38 (T. Fisher, Crissman, Doran, Williamson); 5—Macksville, 4:44.53 (Kuckelman, Anshutz, Wright, Ortiz)
3,200m relay—1—Scott City, 11:00.17; 2—Ellinwood, 11:00.88 (E. Hammeke, Doll, S. Hammeke, Klepper); 3—L, 11:27.73 (Butler, Nesby, Leiker, Nord); 4—Macksville, 11:49.9 (Ortiz, Kuckelman, Anshutz, Wright)
High jump—1—Leiker, L, 5-2; 3—Fisher, L, 5-0; 4—Anshutz, M, 4-10; 5—Sanders, M, 4-0
Long jump—1—Klozenbucher, LaCrosse, 14-4; 2—Crissman, SJ, 13-101/2; 3—Barker, L, 13-81/2; 4—Trapp, OB, 13-73/4; 10—Harrison, E, 12-1; 11—Garcia, M, 11-8; 12—Coyle, M, 11-33/4; 13—Burke, SJ, 10-8; 14—Lianza, S, 9-61/2; 15—Cleveland, M, 8-31/2
Triple jump—1—Galan, M, 30-7; 2—Trapp, OB, 30-61/4; 7—Barker, L, 28-0; 8—E. Hammeke, E, 27-2; 9—Meyer, SJ, 26-3; 10—Williamson, SJ, 26-01/2; 11—Sanders, M, 23-01/2
Shot put—1—Ward, E, 36-11/2; 2—Clark, L, 32-83/4; 3—Blaske, M, 31-83/4; 4—Anderson, OB, 31-01/2; 8—Maier, OB, 28-1; 9—Jones, L, 27-63/4; 12—Nelson, SJ, 26-61/2; 14—Upson, L, 26-53/4; 15—Triana, M, 25-111/2; 17—Bartonek, OB, 24-8; 19—McVey, SJ, 23-11/2; 21—Suiter, M, 21-111/2 22—Clarke, SJ, 21-9; 23—Harrison, SJ, 21-21/4; 25—Ramirez SJ, 19-73/4
Discus—1—Ward, E, 93-3; 2—Nelson, SJ, 87-10; 6_Blaske, M; 8_Anderson, OB; 11—Maier, OB; 12—Clarke, SJ; 13—McVey, SJ; 14—Bartonek, OB; 16—Upson, Larned; 21—Harris, Larned; 21—Harms, Larned; 22—Blevins, M; 23—Sizemore, OB
Javelin—1—Nelson, SJ, 107; 4—Jones, OB; 6—Fisher, SJ, 76; 7—Burke, SJ, 76; 8—Harms, L; 9—McVey, SJ; 11—Sallbedra, S, 68-1; 14—Triana, M, 63; 17—Suiter, 52-0; 18—Kriewald, M, 52-0
Pole vault—1—McDaniel, SC, 8-6; 3—Doran, SJ, 8-6