Ark Valley News - Hornets defend league track title

The Hornets celebrate an Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II title.

Hornets defend league track title
By Taylor Messick
Last Updated: May 18, 2017

On May 12, the Valley Center High School track team competed in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II meet at Maize South. The boys won the meet for the second straight year and the girls placed fourth.

"Any time a program can accomplish something like this, it's a tribute to the effort the athletes put forward," said coach Troy Emig. "The meet was within one point heading into the 4x400. (They) did exactly what they needed to in order to win the meet for us. We had several competitors on both the girls and boys that competed at a very high level."

The Hornets had several gold medalists at the meet. Keyon Saunders won the 100 with a time of 10.82 seconds (his first sub-11 time this season) and the 200 with a season-best 22.09 for the boys. Wyatt Lange won the 300-meter intermediate hurdles with a 40.18.

The 4x400 team of Thayer Terwilliger, Saunders, Larry Russell and Lange took first with a 3:27.83, which clinched the team title.

Tyler Brown won long jump with a distance of 21 feet, 5 inches.

On the girls' side, Madison Runnion won high jump with a height of 5 feet, 3 inches. Taylor Latimer won shot put with a toss of 44 feet, 1.5 inches; she also won discus at 143 feet, 11.5 inches.

The boys got a second-place finish out of Kory Martinez in the 200. He had a time of 23.06. Russell was second in the 400 with a time of 50.84. Zach Williams was second in the 110-meter hurdles with a 15.30; he was also second in long jump at 21 feet, 3 inches.

Brown was second in high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 2 inches; he was also second in pole vault at 12 feet, 6 inches.

Emily Klusener was second in shot put for the girls with a throw of 37 feet, 7 inches. Latimer was second in javelin at 131 feet, 9 inches.

The girls' 4x800 meter relay team took third with a time of 10:34.17. The team consisted of Sophia Neal, Madison Breault, Holly Smith and Karli Elsner.

Klusener was third in discus at 122 feet, 8.5 inches. Libby Schurle was third in javelin at 120 feet, 6 inches.

Brent Aamodt was fourth in the 800 for the boys with a 2:05.47. Lange was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a 16.60. Williams was fourth in the 300 intermediate hurdles with a 43.14. Brown was fourth in triple jump at 40 feet, 1 inch. Patrick Gillen was fourth in discus at 121 feet. Aaron Coash was fourth in javelin at 154 feet, 3 inches.

Lydia Smith was fourth for the girls in the 100-meter hurdles with a 16.97; she was also fourth in the 300 hurdles with a 50.17. The 4x100 meter relay team of Kenisa Meyer, Kenna Meyer, Smith and Kristina Lay placed fourth, as well.

Valley Center will compete at a 5A regional May 19 at Goddard District Stadium.

AVCTL II Meet

At Maize South

May 12

Boys

1. Valley Center 134. 2. Maize South 129. 3. Eisenhower 82. 4. Andover 72. 5. Andover Central 60. 6. Ark City 40. 7. Goddard 38.

VC Results

100 — 1. Keyon Saunders 10.82; 4. Kory Martinez 11.26; 5. Thayer Terwilliger 11.44. 200 — 1. Keyon Saunders 22.09; 2. Kory Martinez 23.06; 5. Thayer Terwilliger 23.43. 400 — 2. Larry Russell 50.84. 800 — 4. Brent Aamodt 2:05.47; 12. Kyler Meyer 2:21.16. 1600 — 17. Diego Chavez 5:19.61. 110 hurdles — 2. Zach Williams 15.30; 4. Wyatt Lange 16.60. 300 hurdles — 1. Wyatt Lange 40.18; 4. Zach Williams 43.14; 7. Isaac Tyler 49.92. 4x400 — 1. V.C. (Terwilliger, Saunders, Russell, Lange) 3:27.83. 4x800 — 6. V.C. (Byrne, Flora, Meyer, Aamodt) 9:26.08. High jump — 2. Tyler Brown 6-2. Pole Vault — 2. Tyler Brown 12-6; 6. Isaac Tyler 11-0; 7. Asa Unruh 10-6. Long jump — 1. Tyler Brown 21-5; 2. Zach Williams 21-3; 6. Wyatt Lange 20-0. Triple jump — 4. Tyler Brown 40-1; 10. Isaac Tyler 37-5.5; 12. Ray Flora 37-0.25. Shot put — 6. Patrick Gillen 42-2.5; 15. Dale Hatfield 34-5.5. Discus — 4. Patrick Gillen 121-0; 10. Dale Hatfield 98-2. Javelin — 4. Aaron Coash 154-3; 14. Dale Hatfield 106-10; 16. Patrick Gillen 100-8.

Girls

1. Maize South 133. 2. Eisenhower 91. 3. Ark City 85. 4. Valley Center 83. 5. Andover Central 73. 6. Andover 48. 7. Goddard 41.

VC Results

100 — 5. Lydia Smith 13.47. 200 — 7. Madison Runnion 29.10. 400 — 8. Madison Runnion 1:04.55. 800 — 8. Sophia Neal 2:37.34; 9. Madison Breault 2:38.98; 10. Holly Smith 2:40.86. 1600 — 8. Karli Elsner 6:23.24. 100 hurdles — 4. Lydia Smith 16.97; 7. Kenisa Meyer 18.59. 300 hurdles — 4. Lydia Smith 50.17; 7. Kylee Dawson 52.39; 11. Camille Claussen 55.25. 4x100 — 4. V.C. (Meyer, Meyer, Smith, Lay) 54.91. 4x800 — 3. (Neal, Breault, Smith, Elsner) 10:34.17. High jump — 1. Madison Runnion 5-3. Pole vault — 6. Kylee Dawson 7-0. Long jump — 8. Camille Claussen 15-4. Triple jump — 5. Carson Orr 32-6.25; 6. Camille Claussen 32-3.75; 10. Kenna Meyer — 30-10.5. Shot put — 1. Taylor Latimer 44-1.5; 2. Emily Kluesner 37-7; 6. Libby Schurle 31-10.5. Discus — 1. Taylor Latimer 143-11.5; 3. Emily Kluesner 122-8.5; 9. Libby Schurle 87-4.5. Javelin — 2. Taylor Latimer 131-9; 3. Libby Schurle 120-6.