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PITTSBURG —
State track is filled with surprises. For Pittsburg’s Lauren Ouderkirk, the surprise was as good as gold as she ended her senior year by winning the Class 4A girls 300m hurdles.
Ouderkirk was the county’s only gold-medal winner at state, but the victory was certainly a surprise. Although her qualifying time was the second-fastest at 45.20, she advanced to the finals with a time of 46.61. The surprise came in the finals, when Ouderkirk blasted past the competitors and her own qualifying time with a time of 44.80. The next closest competitor was more than a half a second behind Ouderkirk at 45.45.
But while she was the only gold medalist, that doesn’t mean she was the only medalist. In fact, she wasn’t even the only medalist on her team. Marcus Striplin outperformed his own qualifying time and cleared 6’4” in the boys high jump to take 4th place in Class 4A. Stripliln also took 8th in the triple jump with a leap of 43’1.75” and 8th in the long jump with 20’10”.
Sometimes, those surprises at state aren’t always good. The girls 4x400m relay team qualified well in the preliminary heats with a time of 4:10.15, but fell backwards in the finals, taking 7th with a time of 4:14.90.
Altogether, the PHS girls team tied for 20th with Fort Scott with 11 points overall. The Pittsburg boys tied for 31st with 4 points overall.
Also in 4A, Girard senior Randi Pierce tied for sixth with a high jump over the 5-foot mark. Pierce also took seventh in the pole vault with a height of 9’6”. Girard finished tied for 38th.
Class 3A
Colgan senior Derek Beck put in a strong effort to take fifth in the boys 100m dash.
Beck actually won his heat in the preliminaries with a time of 11.23 to qualify for the finals. However, despite improving on his time to 11.08, Beck took fifth. Beck would also take 11th in the 400m dash with a time of 51.99.
But the top medalist for local schools in Class 3A was Colgan junior Jonathan Adamson in the long-distance race. Adamson took second in the 3200m run with a time of 10:14.84, just .07 seconds ahead of third place. The winner, Cory Donley of Sacred Heart in Salina, was in at 9:50.79.
Colgan also had a medalist in the long jump, junior Conner Dayton, who took 6th with a jump of 21’1”.
Casey Steimiller had a chance to earn some points for Colgan in the 300m hurdles, qualifying in preliminaries in fifth with a time of 40.39. However, in the finals he finished in 8th with a time of 42.16.
State track is filled with surprises. For Pittsburg’s Lauren Ouderkirk, the surprise was as good as gold as she ended her senior year by winning the Class 4A girls 300m hurdles.
Ouderkirk was the county’s only gold-medal winner at state, but the victory was certainly a surprise. Although her qualifying time was the second-fastest at 45.20, she advanced to the finals with a time of 46.61. The surprise came in the finals, when Ouderkirk blasted past the competitors and her own qualifying time with a time of 44.80. The next closest competitor was more than a half a second behind Ouderkirk at 45.45.
But while she was the only gold medalist, that doesn’t mean she was the only medalist. In fact, she wasn’t even the only medalist on her team. Marcus Striplin outperformed his own qualifying time and cleared 6’4” in the boys high jump to take 4th place in Class 4A. Stripliln also took 8th in the triple jump with a leap of 43’1.75” and 8th in the long jump with 20’10”.
Sometimes, those surprises at state aren’t always good. The girls 4x400m relay team qualified well in the preliminary heats with a time of 4:10.15, but fell backwards in the finals, taking 7th with a time of 4:14.90.
Altogether, the PHS girls team tied for 20th with Fort Scott with 11 points overall. The Pittsburg boys tied for 31st with 4 points overall.
Also in 4A, Girard senior Randi Pierce tied for sixth with a high jump over the 5-foot mark. Pierce also took seventh in the pole vault with a height of 9’6”. Girard finished tied for 38th.
Class 3A
Colgan senior Derek Beck put in a strong effort to take fifth in the boys 100m dash.
Beck actually won his heat in the preliminaries with a time of 11.23 to qualify for the finals. However, despite improving on his time to 11.08, Beck took fifth. Beck would also take 11th in the 400m dash with a time of 51.99.
But the top medalist for local schools in Class 3A was Colgan junior Jonathan Adamson in the long-distance race. Adamson took second in the 3200m run with a time of 10:14.84, just .07 seconds ahead of third place. The winner, Cory Donley of Sacred Heart in Salina, was in at 9:50.79.
Colgan also had a medalist in the long jump, junior Conner Dayton, who took 6th with a jump of 21’1”.
Casey Steimiller had a chance to earn some points for Colgan in the 300m hurdles, qualifying in preliminaries in fifth with a time of 40.39. However, in the finals he finished in 8th with a time of 42.16.
Moira Myers was the only other finalist for Colgan, taking 7th in the 800m run in 2:29.36. Colgan ended the day tied for 17th on the boys side and tied for 33rd on the girls side.
Southeast did have one person earning points, as Ryan Rakestraw took 7th in the high jump by clearing 6’.
Class 2A
Northeast had a points-earner of its own in sophomore J.T. Richardson.
Richardson had qualified for state with a leap of 40 feet, but every one of his jumps at state was longer than that mark. His best was a hop, skip and a jump for 41 feet, 2.25 inches. That beat — by a quarter of an inch — a mark set by another jumper to give Richardson fifth place.
Local state track results
Class 4A
PHS girls
300m hurdles Lauren Ouderkirk 44.80 1st, 4x400m relay 4:14.90 7th, 4x100m relay 51.05 10th, Triple jump Nicole Striplin 34’7” 10th, 4x800m relay 10:52.57 15th, 800m run Sarah Jewett 2:23.42 9th
PHS boys
Shot put, Avalos Gershom 47’6.5” 8th, long jump Marcus Striplin 20’10” 8th, high jump Marcus Striplin 6’4” 4th, triple jump Marcus Striplin 43’1.75” 8th
Girard girls
high jump Randi Pierce 5’ T-6th, pole vault Randi Pierce, 9’6” 7th,
Girard boys
pole vault Heath Lord 13’ 10th, triple jump Jordan Bradshaw 40’ 16th
Class 3A
Frontenac girls
100m dash Kinsella Brunetti 13.30 14th, Andi Palumbo 13.62 16th, 200mdash Kinsella Brunetti 28.23 16th, 100m hurdles Megan Winden 16.91 11th, 4x100m relay 53.38 14th, high jump Alexis Robinson 4’10” 12th, long jump Megan Winden 14’1.75” 16th, shotput Paige Badart 32’11” 14th, discus Paige Badart 90’ 13th, javelin Allyn Murray 106’9” 12th
Frontenac boys
pole vault Taylor Johnson 12’ 12th, Hunter Mulherin 11’6” 15th
Colgan girls
400m dash Cori Koehn 1:04.69 16th, 800m run Moira Myers 2:29.36 7th, 4x400m relay 4:17.86 9th, 4x800m relay 10:23.88 7th,
Colgan boys
100m dash Derek Beck 11.08 5th, 200m dash Austin Commons 24.93 16th, 400m dash Derek Beck 11th 51.99 11th, 1600m run Jonathan Adamson 4:48.01 10th, 3200mrun Jonathan Adamson 10:14.84 2nd, 110m hurdles Casey Steinmiller 15.63 9th, long jump Conner Dayton 21’1” 6th, 300m hurdles Casey Steinmiller 42.16 8th, 4x400m relay 3:38.21 11th
Southeast girls
100m hurdles Kayla Yancey 18.50 16th, 300m hurdles Kayla Yancey 51.10 14th, long jump Kayla Yancey 14’8.75” 13th, triple jump Kayla Yancey 32’9.75” 10th,
Southeast boys
800m run Trevor Johnson 2:15.76 15th, triple jump Ryan Rakestraw 40’7.25” 16th, high jump Ryan Rakestraw 6’ 7th
Class 2A
Northeast girls
3200m Kaylee Bogina 12:34.77 11th
Northeast boys
long jump Killian Willard 19’1” 14th, triple jump J.T. Richardson 41’2.25” 5th
OVERALL
Girls
3A SMC T-33rd
4A PHS T-20th (with Fort Scott)
GHS T-38th
Boys
2A NE T-33rd
3A SMC T-17th (13 pts. overall)
SE T-35th (1 pt.)
4A PHS T-31st
