LA CROSSE — The Otis-Bison High School and St. John-Hudson boys’ track and field teams tied for fourth place at the La Crosse Invitational on Friday.
Both teams finished with 14 points behind first-place La Crosse (173.5) and second-place Kiowa County (96).
St. John’s girls’ team claimed fourth place with 65 points. The Lady Cougars captured fifth with 47.
Kiowa County won the girls competition with a score of 153.
Haley Falk led the Lady Tigers with two first-place finishes — the long jump (16-6) and the 300-meter hurdles (53.18 seconds).
St. John’s 4x800 relay of Taylor Woodward, Tara Christie, Ashlynn Fisher and Tia Smith captured first (11:51.14).
For the Tigers, Clay Cooper, Kade Kinnamon, Zuriel Reyes and Dean Wade combined to win the 4x400 relay (3:47.60).
Fiona Connolly led the Lady Cougars with a first-place finish in the 3,200 run (14:28.44).
Jordan Hoffman won the 400 dash (53.51) to lead the Cougars.

                                     — Kevin Price
 
PREP TRACK & FIELD
La Crosse Invitational

At La Crosse

Friday

BOYS
Team standings
1. La Crosse, 173.5; 2. Kiowa County, 96; 3. Plainville, 91; 4. Otis-Bison, 41; 4. St. John-Hudson, 41; 6. Victoria, 37; 7. Hays, 27.5; 8. Ness City, 16; 9. Western Plains, 4

Area results
100-meter dash — 2. Jordan Hoffman, Otis-Bison, 11.92; 8. Omar Ramirez, St. John, 13.33; 12. DeJay Vaughn, Otis-Bison, 13.53; 18. Ethan Allen, St. John, 13.89; 19. Schuyler Brown, St. John, 13.94; 24. Kenton Wondra, Otis-Bison, 14.53
200 dash — 2. Hoffman, Otis-Bison, 24.02; 7. Cisco Calleros, St. John, 26.99; 8. Brown, St. John, 27.16; 13. Kade Kinnamon, St. John, 28.15; 14. Kodey Claussen, St. John, 28.20; 17. Wondra, Otis-Bison, 28.81
400 dash — 1. Hoffman, Otis-Bison, 53.51; 12. Kristian Claussen, St. John, 1:02.74
800 run — 15. Michael Gilbert, St. John, 3:06.64
1,600 run — 14. Preston Nemec, St. John, 6:01.68; 16. Gilbert, St. John, 6:14.32; 18. Spencer Ewy, Otis-Bison, 6:27.94
3,200 run — 8. Nemec, St. John, 13:36.10
110 hurdles — 3. Kole Urban, 17.70; 4. Justin Jecha, 18.18; 5. Vaughn, Otis-Bison, 18.37
300 hurdles — 3. Dean Wade, St. John, 44.78; 5. Urban, Otis-Bison, 46.41; 7. Vaughn, Otis-Bison, 48.32; 9. Jecha, Otis-Bison, 48.32
4x100 relay — 6. St. John (Ramirez, Allen, C. Calleros, Zuriel Reyes), 48.94
4x400 relay — 1. St. John (Clay Cooper, Kinnamon, Reyes, Wade), 3:47.60
4x800 relay — 4. St. John (Gerardo Calleros, Nemec, Ko. Claussen, Cooper), 10:21.81; 6. Otis-Bison (Ewy, Hayden Maier, Brandon Keller, Trenton Welsh), 11:07.78
High jump — 2. Reyes, St. John, 5-8; 3. Kinnamon, St. John, 5-6; 5. Jesus Alvarez, St. John, 5-4; 6. Zach Claussen, St. John, 5-2
Long jump — 6. Reyes, St. John, 19-3 3/4; 7. Kinnamon, St. John, 18-9 1/2; 17. Brown, St. John, 17-2 1/2; 20. Andrew Deveny, St. John, 16-0; 24. Welsh, Otis-Bison, 14-7
Triple jump — 11. Keller, Otis-Bison, 36-2 1/2; 13. G. Calleros, St. John, 36-1 1/4; 15. Deveny, St. John, 35-1 3/4
Shot put — 8. Austin White, St. John, 40-2; 9. Sam Higgason, Otis-Bison, 39-11; 22. Preston Cheeley, Otis-Bison, 35-3; 29. Alonzo Calleros, St. John, 30-4; 31. Cesar Pino, St. John, 29-2
Javelin — 5. Logan Behr, St. John, 141-5; 10. Allen, St. John, 129-9; 13. Jacob Milton, St. John, 111-6; 17. Higgason, Otis-Bison, 103-10; 18. Cheeley, Otis-Bison, 100-11; 23. Maier, Otis-Bison, 96-05
Discus — 16. Alvarez, St. John, 94-0; 17. Higgason, Otis-Bison, 93-7; 19. Pino, St. John, 90-8; 23. Jeremy Crockett, 82-1; 28. Cheeley, Otis-Bison, 70-1

GIRLS
Team standings
1. Kiowa County, 153; 2. Plainville, 107; 3. Ness City, 86; 4. St. John-Hudson, 65; 5. Otis-Bison, 47; 6. La Crosse, 31; 7. Victoria, 11; 8. Hays, 4; 9. Western Plains, 2

Area results
100-meter dash — 3. Annie Kraisinger, Otis-Bison, 14.20; 5. Tia Smith, 14.55; 6. Alexis Witt, St. John, 14.63; 15. Maddie Tanger, 17.06
200 dash — 3. Hannah Bannister, Otis-Bison, 30.45; 5. Kraisinger, Otis-Bison, 30.81; 9. Witt, St. John, 32.84; 12. Tanger, Otis-Bison, 35.06
400 dash — 3. Bannister, Otis-Bison, 1:08.39; 6. Ashlynn Fisher, St. John, 1:10.70
800 run — 3. Taylor Woodward, St. John, 2:56.10; 5. Fisher, St. John, 3:03.31; 6. Tara Christie, St. John, 3:16.88
1,600 run — 5. Woodward, St. John, 6:42.94; 6. Fiona Connolly, Otis-Bison, 6:49.61
3,200 run — 1. Connolly, Otis-Bison, 14:28.44
100 hurdles — 2. Kraisinger, Otis-Bison, 17.50
300 hurdles — 1. Haley Falk, St. John, 53.18; 3. Kraisinger, Otis-Bison, 57.04; 5. Ta. Christie, St. John, 57.41
4x100 relay — 2. St. John (Falk, Witt, Teresa Christie, Smith), 54.00
4x400 relay — 3. St. John (Smith, Witt, Falk, Fisher), 4:46.59
4x800 relay — 1. St. John (Woodward, Ta. Christie, Fisher, Smith), 11:51.14
Long jump — 1. Falk, St. John, 16-6; 5. Bannister, Otis-Bison, 15-0; 16. Tanger, Otis-Bison, 12-3 1/2
Triple jump — 7. Bannister, Otis-Bison, 30-9 3/4
Shot put — 4. Te. Christie, St. John, 30-7; 9. Megan Tammen, Otis-Bison, 27-9; 12. Haley Vondracek, Otis-Bison, 24-9; 16. Ashley Lamb, St. John, 21-5 1/2; 17. Christy Garcia, St. John, 20-2 1/2
Javelin — 9. Tammen, Otis-Bison, 61-10; 12. Lamb, St. John, 57-1 1/2; 15. Vondracek, Otis-Bison, 43-10 1/2
Discus — 10. Lamb, St. John, 71-4; 13. Vondracek, Otis-Bison, 67-9; 15. Tammen, Otis-Bison, 65-1; 18. Marsena Irvine, St. John, 55-9; 19. Garcia, St. John, 53-5