Wildcat boys second, Lady Cats fourth at Anderson County Invite

Louisburg junior Elias Pugh finished third in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump Thursday at the Anderson County Invitational.

GARNETT — With a good chunk of its varsity roster competing at the Kansas Relays, that didn’t stop the Louisburg track and field teams from finding success Thursday at the Anderson County Invitational. 

The Wildcat boys won two events and finished second in the team standings with 119 points, just two points behind first place Ottawa.

Senior Isaiah Whitley won the long jump for Louisburg with a mark of 19 feet, 6.5 inches, while sophomore Jerynce Brings Plenty won the 3,200-meter run in 10 minutes and 25 seconds.

“This was a chance for some of our underclassmen to run at the varsity level,” Louisburg coach Andy Wright said. “I was excited to see how everyone competed. With new runners in the relays, we had all three place in the top three. Jumps and throws were solid with upperclassmen. I was just proud of the effort and the way everyone pulled together as a team by placing second.”

As for the Lady Cats, they finished fourth in the team standings with 61 points and Spring Hill won the meet with 124 points. The Louisburg girls also won three events.

Senior Emma Prettyman captured the discus title with a throw of 119-5, which was a new personal best by 10 feet. Also in the field events, junior Maddy Carpenter-Ross won the pole vault at 10 feet.

On the track, junior Maddy Rhamy won the 3,200-meter run for Louisburg in 13:25.

“We had a great meet at Anderson County with a reduced squad,” Louisburg girls coach John Reece said. “Emma placed in all three throws and Maddy Rhamy won the 3200 with no one to push her. She raced well and it was a successful evening overall.”

The Wildcat boys racked up points all over the track, including top three finishes in all the relays.

J’Lee Collins, Caleb Feldkamp, Myles Vohs and Emmett White took second in the 4×100-meter relay in 46.69 seconds. The 4×800 relay of Colton Blue, Noah Cotter, Owen Marsh and Leo Martin also finished second in 9:17.

The 4×400 relay of Evan McKitrick, Martin Alecia Soto, Feldkamp and White took third in in 3:46.

In the sprints, Collins took fourth in the 100 dash in 12.21 seconds, while Feldkamp (25.02) and Alecia Soto (25.06) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 200 dash. 

Along with his win in the 3,200, Brings Plenty finished third in the 1,600 run in 4:48. Cotter placed third in the 3,200 run in 10:45.

In the field events, senior Jase Hovey finished right behind Whitley in the long jump in second with a mark of 19-2. 

Junior Elias Pugh finished third in the triple jump in 38-11 and took fourth in the long jump at 18-11. In the pole vault, Jacob Brown was runner-up after he cleared 11-6.

Senior Nathan Vincent had a pair of runner-up finishes in the shot put and discus. He recorded a season-best attempt in the discus with a throw of 142 feet and had a mark of 48-2 in the shot put.

Junior Ben O’Bryan also scored points in the discus as he took fourth with a throw of 119-5.

Rhamy, who won the 3,200 meters for the girls, also had a runner-up finish in the 1,600 run in 6:07 and teammate Nova Ptacek was sixth at 6:27.

Ptacek, along with Erin Apple, Ellie Davis and Delanie Tally also took runner-up in the 4×800 relay in 11:31. Junior Kate Frederick was sixth in both the 100 (18.96) and 300 hurdles (57.39).

In the field events, Prettyman scored points in all three throwing events. Along with her win in the discus, she finished third in the javelin with a mark of 106-0.

Prettyman went on to take fourth in the shot put with a toss of 34-3.5. Freshman Kenna Lohse also scored points in the shot and had a personal best attempt of 33-7 to finish fifth. 

Louisburg is back in action Thursday when the Wildcats host the Louisburg Invitational. Events begin at 4 p.m.

Other results are:
GIRLS

800 run: Erin Apple, 8th, 2:49; Ashlyn Kuhlman 13th, 3:17

1,600 run: Delanie Tally, 7th, 6:32; Kuhlman, 15th, 7:10

High jump: Annmarie Walton, 11th, 4-4

Pole Vault: Stella Bohnenstiehl, 9th, 7-0

Long jump: Walton, 20th, 12-9; Madison Hill, 21st, 12-8.5

Triple jump: Walton, 15th, 25-6

Discus: Kenna Lohse, 14th, 82-5

Javelin: Lohse, 12th, 80-9; Hill, 14th, 75-5

BOYS

100 dash: Myles Vohs, 11th, 12.49; Martin Alecia Soto, 12th, 12.50; Gage Feldkamp, 13th, 12.65; Logan Henry, 14th, 12.69; Russell Wiseman, 21st, 12.99; Keegan Rogers, 24th, 13.15; Wyatt Tharp, 40th, 13.63; Erik Lien, 46th, 14.04

200 dash: Henry, 13th, 25.88; Wiseman, 15th, 26.04; Colton Cook, 33rd, 27.47; Lien, 34th, 27.69; Tharp, 36th, 28.28

400 dash: Emmett White, 7th, 58.50; Cook, 22nd, 1:05

800 run: Owen Marsh, 15th, 2:28; Mika McKitrick 16th, 2:29; Myke McKitrick, 27th, 2:51

1,600 run: Noah Cotter, 7th, 5:10; Leo Martin, 11th, 5:31; Ben Proctor, 19th, 5:43

110 Hurdles: Kyler Biermann, 10th, 21.42

300 Hurdles: Biermann, 13th, 52.06

High Jump: Tasen Ellison, 13th, 5-2

Pole Vault: Aidan Myers, 10th, 8-0

Long Jump: Vohs, 12th, 17-5.5; Mika McKitrick, 23rd, 16-5; Evan McKitrick, 24th, 16-0.50; Rogers, 26th, 15-9

Triple Jump: Trey Myers, 7th, 36-11.5; Mika McKitrick, 9th, 35-1

Shot Put: Jaymes Melton, 7th, 38-8.75; Brayton Brueggen, 8th, 38-2; Connor Lee, 10th, 37-11.5; Ben O’Bryan, 11th, 37-8; Nathan Capuro, 16th, 33-7.75

Discus: Lee, 11th, 103-11; Capuro, 13th, 97-5; Melton, 14th, 96-7; Brueggen, 19th, 93-6

Javelin: Brayden Yoder, 11th, 126-3; Miles Meek, 12th, 122-6; Brecon Klugman, 14th, 119-8; Ellison, 17th, 116-10; O’Bryan, 20th, 111-5; Brueggen, 22nd, 106-1.5; Johnny Hendrickson, 23rd, 104-1; Ayden McKain, 24th, 102-2.5

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