Rawlins Buffs run near front of NWKL pack
OBERLIN, Kan. The Rawlins County Buffaloes steamed to a top three girls team place and four Northwest Kansas League event titles last week.
Brea Lankas finished first in three events including her long jump title with a leap of 161.
Lankas joined Ashlyn Livas, Angie Singhateh and Abby Mosley on two Rawlins County winning relays.
Amy Crouses 300-hurdles victory capped the R.C. titles wit h Livas delivering a 1-2 finish.
The Decatur Community girls also reached top five among eight NWKL teams competing in this annual late-season meet.
Sophomore Porsha Binning went the distance to fourth twice (1600, 3200 meters) and Anna Carter unleashed a career-best discus throw.
Neither the Rawlins or Decatur boys captured any individual titles. There were some personal bests from both teams.
All Gazette-area top five placers:
GIRLS
Top five teams of eight: 1. Hoxie 174, 2. Wallace County 117, 3. Rawlins County 89, 4. Quinter 53, 5. Decatur Community 44.
Championships
300-hurdles: 1. Amy Crouse, RC, 53.0; 2. Livas, RC, 54.25.
400-relay: 1. Rawlins County 53.89 (Ashlyn Livas-Brea Lankas-Angie Singhateh-Libby Mosley); 2. Wallace County 54.61; 4. Decatur Community 57.15. 1600-relay: 1. Rawlins County 4:25.28 (Brea Lankas-Ashlyn Livas-Libby Mosley-Angie Singhateh); 2. Hoxie 4:31.04).
Long jump: 1. Brea Lankas, RC, 161; 2. E. Gruenbacher, WUIN, 1510 1/2.
100 meters: 1. L. Perry, WC, 13.64; 4. Angie Singhateh, RC, 14.2; 5. Ashlyn Livas, RC, 14.25. 100-hurdles: 1. A. Kuhlman, WC, 17.31; 3. Amy Crouse, RC, 18.82; 5. Skyler Brown, DC, 21.57 (PR). 200 meters: 1. A. Campbell, HOX, 28.47; 3. Brea Lankas, RC, 29.52. 1600 meters: 1. E. Diercks, HOX, 5:58.17; 4. Porsha Binning, RC, 6:17.82; 5. Cindy Sheaffer, DC, 6:23.87 (PR). 3200: 1. Diercks, 13:02.22; 4. Binning, RC, 14:08.94 (PR); 5. Sheaffer, DC, 14:25.74 (PR).
Shot put: 1. E. Roberts, Dighton, 366 1/2; 2. Anna Carter, DC, 366 1/2 (PR); 3. Kristen Beckman, RC, 344 1/2; 4. Abby Singhateh, RC, 3310. Discus: 1. H. Hennick, WC, 119; 3. Carter, DC, 1056 (PR); 4. Beckman, RC, 939. Javelin: 1. A. Herl, QUIN, 103; 5. Carter, DC, 978 1/2. High jump: 1. M. Keith, HOX, 5; 4. Alyssa VanVleet, DC, 44. Pole vault: 1. L. Ayers, WC, 87; 3. Brown, DC, 76; 5. Alana Meitl, DC, 7.Triple jump: 1. Gruenbacher, QUIN, 339 1/4; 4. Jacie Fortin, DC, 298.
BOYS
Teams: 1. St. Francis won with 174 points and Hoxie took second with 134. Decatur Community was seventh (30) and Rawlins County eighth (14).
100 meters: 1. J. Raby, SF, 11.71; 4. James Garner, DC, 12.11. 200 meters: 1. B. Dinkel, SF, 23.92; 4. Kelby Garrett, DC, 24.87. 300-hurdles: 1. C. Baxter, SF, 42.78; 5. Marvin Sanchez, RC, 46.54 (PR). 3200-run: 1. T. Fischer, WC, 10:31.98; 5. Eddie Hanson, RC, 11:49.52 (PR).
1600-relay: 1. Dighton 3:41.71; 4. Rawlins County 3:58.52 (Travis Chvatal-Rodrigo Huedo-Henry Kastens-Sanchez); 5. Decatur Community 4:00.87 (Garrett-Drew Juenemann-Hunter Garner-J. Garner).
Shot put: 1. S. Bianka, SF, 42; 5. Reegon Witt, DC, 409 (PR). Discus: 1. H. Obioha, HOX, 1365: 5. Witt, DC, 1156. High jump: 1. C. Havlas, QUIN, 6; 4. H. Garner, DC, 58 (PR). Pole vault: 1. T. Poling, SF, 129; 2. Garrett, DC, 10; 3. Sanchez, RC, 96; 5. Avery Reyes, DC, 8.
District meets run this week throughout Kansas.