Mick, Koontz lead LMS boys at league meet

By Andy Brown
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Updated: May 12, 2016

Photo courtesy of Bryan Frank

Louisburg Middle School eighth-grader Thomas Arnett sprints to the finish line in the 100-meter dash Saturday during the Frontier League meet at Gardner-Edgerton High School. Arnett scored points in three events for the Wildcats.

GARDNER – Jack Mick and Charlie Koontz were among several members of the Louisburg Middle School eighth-grade boys track and field team to medal during Saturday’s Frontier League meet at Gardner-Edgerton High School.

However, Mick and Koontz were the lone athletes to win league titles.

The Wildcats dominated the pole vault competition as Mick cleared 9 feet to win the league crown. Teammate Trent Martin also cleared 9-0 and came in second, while Koontz medaled third at 8-6.

Koontz also came up big in the long jump for the Wildcats as he captured the league title with a leap of 18-9.

Louisburg got several points in those two events and the Wildcats finished seventh overall in the 9-team meet with 57 points. Pioneer Ridge won the league crown with 86 points and edged out runner-up Paola by one point.

Brayden White was just inches away from winning a league crown in the shot put. White finished runner-up with a throw of 42-1 and teammate Hunter Millbern was fifth at 37-4.5.

Louisburg’s Michael Waldron earned the third place medal in the high jump after he cleared 5-2, which was a personal record, and teammate Drake Varns was seventh at 5-0. Waldron also earned points in the discus as he finished seventh with a throw of 116-5.

On the track, the Wildcats got points from their relay teams. The 4×100 team of Thomas Arnett, Will Frank, Varns and Waldron finished sixth in 52.15 seconds.

The 800 sprint medley team of Arnett, Frank, Varns and Deven Wieland came in seventh with a time of 2:03, while Arnett also scored points in the 100-meter dash and finished fifth in 12.91 seconds.

Louisburg’s seventh-grade boys team recorded 42 points to finish seventh as well. Spring Hill won the seventh-grade title with 109.5 points and Trail Ridge was second with 100.5.

The Wildcats had four runner-up finishes on the day, including two in the field events and two relays.

Cole Evans scored big points in two events for Louisburg. Evans was second in the shot put with a toss of 34 feet and later finished third in the discus with a throw of 95-3.

Jay Scollin finished in a 3-way tie for second in the high jump after he cleared 4-8. Justin Colllins scored points in the pole vault after he cleared 7-6 to take seventh.

On the track, the 4×100- and 4×400-meter relays each had second place finishes. Collins, Scollin, Connor Koesser and Ben Wiedenmann ran 51.83 in the 4×100 to take second. The same four runners competed in the 4×400 and ran a 4:18.68.

Wyatt Axmann, Carson Houchen, Andy Hupp and Charlie Hutson ran the 800 sprint medley and took fifth in 2:16. The 4×200 relay team of Houchen, Hupp, Trevin Lohse and Matt Madison took seventh in 2:00.

Other results are:

7^th Grade

100 dash: Carson Houchen, 16^th, 14.53

200 dash: Houchen, 14^th, 29.49; Andy Hupp, 16^th, 29.71; Weston Frank, 17^th, 30.08

400 dash: Connor Koesser, 8^th, 1:03; Charlie Hutson, 16^th, 1:12; Wyatt Axmann, 20^th, 1:16

800 run: Ethan White, 10^th, 2:44; Ethan Showalter, 12^th, 2:49; Koesser, 15^th, 2:52

1,600 run: White, 9^th, 5:46; Dacey Wieland, 11^th, 5:50

100 hurdles: Hayden Yeager, 9^th, 20.0; Showalter, 13^th, 20.61

High jump: Luke Dudzik, 9^th, 4-4

Pole vault: Ben Wiedenmann, 9^th, 7-6; Cade Holtzen, 10^th, 7-0

Long jump: Jay Scollin, 11^th, 13-10.5; Trevin Lohse, 14^th, 13-7.25

8^th Grade