Buffs take second at NWKL, Red Devil wins vault

Rawlins County's Michaela Rippe

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

ATWOOD, Kan. — Rawlins County’s Michaela Rippe earned three Northwest Kansas League championships as the Buffaloes were second overall at Thursday’s track-field meet.

Rippe won the 100 meters, long jump and helped a 1600-meterRawlins relay all finish first.

Freshman Tayten Drewey took home two titles with her high jump victory besides that 1600 relay. Nicole Chumley and freshman Reece Smith finished those other two relay legs.

Decatur Community (Kan.) javelin thrower Shakira Cook (above) powered her way to a top four league finish. Kansas high school athletes compete in regional meets this week.

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

Abby Micek won the discus while Decatur Community Red Devil Kamryn Oien is NWKL girls’ pole vault champion. Athletes get ready for Kansas regionals this week.

Team scores along with all Rawlins County and Decatur Community top six placers Thursday.

GIRLS

Teams: 1. Quinter 134, 2. Rawlins County 95, 3. Wallace County 86, 4. St. Francis 85, 5. Dighton 83, 6. Decatur Community-Oberlin 52, 7. Greeley County 13.

100 meters: 1. Michaela Rippe, RC, 12.72. 100-hurdles: 1. T. Cramer, DIGH, 16.45; 2. Gabbie Vontz, DC, 17.28; 4. Tayten Dewey, RC, 18.57; 5. Addison Mathews, DC, 18.94. 200 meters: 1. Werth, QUIN, 27.58. 300-hurdles: 1. Cramer, DIGH, 49.82; 4. Kaci Dirks, RC, 57.14.

400 meters: 1. M. Poling, STF, 1:05.12; 3. Kamryn Oien, DC, 1:07.91. 800: 1. S. Betz, QUIN, 2:40.32; 4. Reece Smith, RC, 2:46.87. 1600: 1. B. Countryman, QUIN, 6:15.57; 5. McKylie Carlson, RC, 6:58.28. 3200: 1. Countryman, QUIN, 13:36.06.

Top four relays

400 meters: 1. Quinter 53.3; 2. Rawlins County 53.48 (Nicole Chumley-Smith-Dewey-Rippe). 1600: 1. Rawlins County 4:30.25 (Reece Smith-Nicole Chumley-Tayten Dewey-Michaela Rippe). 3200: 1. Quinter 11:32.03; 3. Rawlins County 12:59.77 (Carlson-Dirks-Allison Rippe-Joselyn McCain).

High jump: 1.Tayten Dewey, RC, 4’10”; 2. Poling, STF, 4’8”. Pole vault: 1. Kamryn Oien, DC, 9’; 3. Sophia Davis, DC, 8’; 4. Taylor Ketterl, DC, 6’6”. Long jump: 1. Michaela Rippe, RC, 16’10”; 6. Jacie Fortin, DC, 14’7 1/2”. Triple jump: 1. E. Goodwin, WC, 34’ 1/2”; 4. Fortin, DC, 31’5 1/2”; 5. Smith, RC, 30’9 1/2”.

Shot put: 1. J. Stafford, WC, 40’3”; 2. Abby Micek, RC, 38’10”; 4. Brynna Addleman, DC, 34’6”. Discus: 1. Abby Micek, RC, 114’2”; 4. Shakira Cook, DC, 94’2”; 6. Vontz, DC, 90’8”. Javelin: 1. H. Schultz, DIGH, 110’2”; 3. Micek, RC, 102’8”; 5. Avery Witt, DC, 91’10”; 6. A. Rippe, RC, 90’8”.

BOYS

Teams: 1. Quinter 195, 2. Dighton 117, 3. Wallace County 102, 4. Greeley County 66, 5. Rawlins County 29, 5. Decatur Community-Oberlin 29, 7. St. Francis 10.

100 meters: 1. D. Knelsen, GC, 11.45; 3. Tod Mastin, DC, 11.78. 110-hurdles: 1. B. Riedel, QUIN, 16.29. 200 meters: 1. Knelsen, GC, 24.07; 6. Josh Popp, RC, 25.91. 300-hurdles; 1. C. Kuhlman, WC, 44.36. 400 meters: 1. C. Johnson, WC, 57.75; 5. Pete Crouse, RC, 59.76. 800: 1. M. Elder, QUIN, 2:08.06; 5. Crouse, RC, 2:26.6; 6. Ashton Rickford, RC, 2:28.66. 1600: 1. E. Pearce, WC, 4:50.79; 5. Jessiah McDougal, DC, 5:35.82. 3200: 1. E. Gruenbacher, QUIN, 11:26.08; 3. Eli Holle, RC, 13:00.81.

Top four relays

400 meters: 1. Quinter 46.3 . 1600: 1. Quinter 3:39.99; 4. Rawlins County 4:08.83 (Dorian Culwell-Rickford-Asa Popp-Crouse). 3200-relay: 1. Quinter 10:07.33.

High jump: 1. Reidel, QUIN, 6’. Pole vault: 1. M. Neeley, DIGH, 12’6”. Long jump: 1. J. Coleman, DIGH, 19’11 3/4”; 3. Josh Popp, RC, 18’6 1/4”; 4. Mastin, DC, 18’2 1/2”. Triple jump: 1. C. Mangan, GC, 37’10 3/4”.

Shot put: 1. D. Brown, QUIN, 44’9”; 3. Alex Fields, RC, 40’6”; 4. Addleman, DC, 39’9”; 5. Logan Koger, DC, 39’3”. Discus: 1. L. Getz, QUIN, 129’8”; 5. Koger, DC, 107’11”; 6. Addleman, DC, 105’3”. Javelin: 1. L. Getz, QUIN, 160’5”.