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Southern Valley Hosted Seven RPAC Schools on Friday Afternoon For an Early Season Track and Field Invite

  • Mar 28
  • 10 min read

Southern Valley hosted seven RPAC teams on Friday afternoon for a track meet. A state record, pending certification, was set, and times on the track were fast. Check out the full recap blog.


Girls Team Scores

  1. Southern Valley - 104

  2. Alma - 100

  3. Dundy County Stratton - 93

  4. Southwest - 84

  5. Medicine Valley - 49

  6. Hi-Line - 46

  7. Norton, KS - 22

  8. Bertrand - 21

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In the 100-meter dash, Abi Spargo of DCS took 1st place with an impressive time of 12.45. Bristol Kubert of Hi-Line set a new school record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.62, which placed her 2nd. Cali Santifer of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a time of 13.65, Kamree Elsten of Medicine Valley placed 4th with a time of 13.85, Alyssa Koch of Southwest placed 5th with a time of 14.06, Malia Brown of Bertrand placed 7th with a time of 14.89, and Lauren Quinn of Southern Valley placed 8th with a time of 14.90.


In the 200-meter dash, Clara Spargo of DCS placed 1st with a quick time of 26.09. Kubert of Hi-Line set another school record in this race, running 28.35 to place 2nd. Santifer of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a time of 28.56, Elsten of Medicine Valley placed 4th with a time of 30.47, Quinn of Southern Valley placed 6th with a time of 31.12, Avianna Williamson of Alma placed 7th with a time of 31.18, and Delaney Evans of Medicine Valley placed 8th with a time of 32.27.


In the 400-meter dash, Kamryn Scott of Alma placed 1st with a time of 64.40, Santifer of Southern Valley took 2nd with a time of 66.37, Kubert of Hi-Line placed 3rd with a time of 68.75, and Gracie Johns of Medicine Valley placed 5th with a time of 1:36.45.



In the 800-meter run, Scott of Alma placed 1st with a time of 2:44.41, Aysha Neal of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 2:47.36, Addison Lozo of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a time of 2:51.22, Olivia Wall placed 4th with a time of 2:54.00, Hadleigh Wasenius of Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 3:09.47, Isabelle Exstrom of Hi-Line placed 6th with a time of 3:18.35, and Makenlee Thomas of Southwest placed 8th with a time of 4:13.79.


The 1600-meter run was a good race, with the winner determined at the finish line. Emily Schack of DCS took 1st with a time of 6:06.31, and Neal of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 6:06.62. Wall of Hi-Line placed 3rd and set a new school record with a time of 6:22.84. Ashlynn Edgren of Bertrand placed 4th with a time of 6:25.38, Lozo of Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 6:39.24, and Misty Kliewer of Alma placed 8th with a time of 7:37.93.


In the 100-meter hurdles, Tierston Moore of Alma placed 1st with a time of 16.44, Ellyana Walkington of Southwest placed 2nd with a time of 17.61, Maryn Mintzmyer of Alma placed 3rd with a time of 17.98, Aspen Billeter of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 18.14, Brown of Bertrand placed 5th with a time of 19.64, and Kamri Neal of Alma placed 6th with a time of 20.67.


In the 300-meter hurdles, A. Spargo placed 1st with a time of 45.04, Moore of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 51.39, Billeter of Southwest placed 3rd with a time of 53.91, Walkington of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 56.09, Mintzmyer of Alma placed 5th with a time of 56.62, and K. Neal of Alma placed 6th with a time of 61.33.


In the 4x400-meter relay, there were just two teams competing. Alma took 1st with a time of 55.61, which was run by Vayden Epp, Mintzmyer, Moore, and K. Neal; and Medicine Valley placed 2nd with a time of 58.15, which was run by Evans, Elsten, Aspen Closman, and Zoe Trimble.


In the 4x400-meter relay, DCS took 1st place with a time of 4:33.41, which was run by AnnaLee Shapley, C. Spargo, Schack, and A. Spargo; and Medicine Valley placed 2nd with a time of 5:03.43, which was run by Trimble, Evans, Closman, and Jordiya Phillips.


In shot put, Kennedy Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a throw of 45'4.75", Tori Bose of Southern Valley placed 2nd with a personal best heave of 34'8", Johns of Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a throw of 28'10.25", Rylan Custard of Southwest placed 4th with a toss of 27'0", Charli Shaw of DCS placed 5th with a throw of 26'7", Natalie Koetter of Southwest placed 6th with a toss of 24'7.75", and Anna Hamilton of Southern Valley placed 7th with a throw of 24'5".


In discus, the Tigers went 1-2-3. Bailey of DCS had a nice throw of 147'6", just two inches off her personal best, to place 1st, Schack of DCS placed 2nd with a throw of 87'5", and Shaw of DCS placed 3rd with a toss of 75'7". Hamilton of Southern Valley placed 4th with a throw of 71'11, Natalie Neseth of Southwest placed 5th with a toss of 70'7", Koetter of Southwest placed 6th with a throw of 63'5", and Johns of Medicine Valley placed 8th with a throw of 60'10".


In high jump, Billeter of Southwest placed 1st with a jump of 5'2", Quinn of Southern Valley placed 2nd with a leap of 4'8", Haisley McQuiston of Southern Valley took 3rd place with a jump of 4'6", Closman of Medicine Valley placed 4th with a jump of 4'4", Edgren of Bertrand placed 5th with a leap of 4'4", and Payton Adams of Southern Valley took 6th with a hop of 4'0".


We caught up with Aspen Billeter of Southwest after the high jump. Interviews are brought to you by Acme Printing Company.

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In pole vault, Koch of Southern Valley placed 1st with a vault of 9'0", Quinn of Southern Valley placed 2nd with a vault of 8'0", Walkington of Southwest placed 3rd with a vault of 8'0", Santifer of Southern Valley placed 4th with a vault of 8'0", and Trimble of Medicine Valley placed 5th with a vault of 7'0".

In long jump, Kubert of Hi-Line broke her 3rd school record of the day with a 1st place leap of 15'10.5". Epp of Alma placed 2nd with a jump of 14'11", Paisley Hammond of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a jump of 13'7.5", Shapely of DCS took 4th place with a jump of 13'2.25", Payton Rockenfeild of Southwest placed 5th with a jump of 12'1", Hadleigh Wasenius of Southern Valley placed 6th with a leap of 11'5", Zoe Mortensen of Medicine Valley placed 7th with a jump of 10'9", and Sydney Wilhelm of Alma placed 8th with a jump of 3'0".


In triple jump, Billeter of Southwest placed 1st with a jump of 32'5.75", Epp of Alma placed 2nd with a jump of 31'7", Brown of Bertrand placed 3rd with a jump of 29'0.5", Hammond of Southern Valley placed 4th with a jump of 27'0", Adams of Southern Valley and Wasenius of Southern Valley tied for 5th with jumps of 26'7".


Boys Team Scores

  1. Dundy County Stratton - 148

  2. Alma - 121

  3. Bertrand - 82

  4. Hi-Line - 69

  5. Medicine Valley - 63

  6. Southern Valley - 51

  7. Southwest - 45

  8. Norton - 10


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In the 100-meter dash, Zavier Mitchell of Alma placed 1st with a time of 11.43, Blaine Aldridge of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 11.59, Justin Ervin of Hi-Line placed 3rd with a time of 11.60, Kane Cochrane of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 11.73, Noah Zoltenko of DCS placed 5th with a time of 11.90, Banks Hammond of Alma placed 6th with a time of 12.37, Josiah Dowell of Southern Valley placed 7th with a time of 12.52, and Angel Salazar of Hi-Line placed 8th with a time of 12.54.


In the 200-meter dash, Ethan Latta of DCS took 1st place with a time of 23.54, Cochrane of Hi-Line placed 2nd with a time of 24.27, Cooper Knackstedt of Hi-Line placed 3rd with a time of 25.14, Ervin of Hi-Line took 4th place with a time of 25.38, Hammond of Alma placed 5th with a time of 25.41, Cooper Langford of Bertrand placed 6th with a time of 25.78, Houston Hunt of Southern Valley placed 7th with a time of 26.41, and Hunter Lans of Southern Valley placed 8th with a time of 26.64.


In the 400-meter dash, Eric Dicke of Alma placed 1st with a time of 54.58, August Shaw of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 55.29, Ervin of Hi-Line placed 3rd with a time of 55.83, Knackstedt of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 55.95, Dowell of Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 56.52, Matthew Millers of Bertrand placed 6th with a time of 56.88, Gentry Clark of Alma placed 7th with a time of 58.68, and Bentley Campbell of Medicine Valley placed 8th with a time of 61.21.



In the 800-meter run, Barrett Zikmund of Alma placed 1st with a time of 2:24.72, Damien Davis of Medicine Valley placed 2nd with a time of 2:57.55, Damien Davis of Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a time of 2:59.55, Hunter Hill of Bertrand placed 4th with a time of 3:29.10, and Adin Nelsen of Hi-Line placed 5th with a time of 3:29.82.


In the 1600-meter run, Diego Rodriguez of Bertrand placed 1st with a time of 5:14.30, Xander Cardoza of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 5:17.38, Vaughn Fennel of Alma placed 3rd with a time of 5:18.66, Tayvian Sharp of Alma placed 4th with a time of 5:49.72, Bryton Stalder of Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 5:55.92, Caleb Heskett of Southwest placed 6th with a time of 6:00.95, Creston Wagner of Bertrand placed 7th with a time of 6:23.74, and Noah Koch of Southwest placed 8th with a time of 6:56.38.


In the 3200-meter run, Kael Garrett of Medicine Valley placed 1st with a time of 11:03.33, Cardoza of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 11:24.01, Shya Gudaitis of Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a time of 12:03.12, Sharp of Alma placed 4th with a time of 12:55.64, Jacob Lund of Bertrand placed 5th with a time of 16:06.19, and Koch of Southwest placed 6th with a time of 16:25.26.


In the 110-meter hurdles, Kevin Garcia of DCS placed 1st with a time of 15.19, Mitchell of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 15.80, Kellan Vinzant of Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 19.96, and Tyler Kelley of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 22.30.


In the 300-meter hurdles, Garcia of DCS placed 1st with a time of 40.23, Mitchell of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 44.67, Vinzant of Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 46.71, Isaac Hamilton of Southern Valley placed 4th with a time of 47.78, Jesse Hazen of Medicine Valley placed 5th with a time of 47.87, and Max Lanik of Southern Valley placed 6th with a time of 53.63.


In the 4x100-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 44.45, which was run by Garcia, Aldridge, Zoltenko, and Latta; Hi-Line placed 2nd with a time of 47.45, which was run by Ervin, Beau Kerznar, Knackstedt, and Cochrane; and Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a time of 52.12, which was run by Hazen, Mason Roblee, Payton Newcomb, and Jamey Ruppert.


In the 4x40-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 3:40.02, which was run by Garcia, Shaw, Cooper Shaw, and Latta; Southern Valley placed 2nd with a time of 3:57.99, which was run by Dowell, Hamilton, Hayden Lans, and Hunter Lans; and Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 4:01.68, which was run by Vinzant, Brayden Evans, Millers, and Rodriguez.


In the 4x800-meter relay, Medicine Valley placed 1st with a time of 9:20.45, which was run by Garrett, Newcomb, Gudaitis, and Dakota Douglass; and Alma placed 2nd with a time of 9:22.03, which was run by Zane Clark, Fennel, Sharp, and Zikmund.



In shot put, Brock Bailey of DCS set a new Class D State Record, pending state approval, with a throw of 63'4.25" which earned him 1st place. Carlos Diaz of DCS placed 2nd with a throw of 46'0.5", Evans of Bertrand placed 3rd with a toss of 39'10", Ryan Maly of Alma placed 4th with a heave of 38'11", Connor Weaver of Southwest placed 5th with a throw of 37'1.5", Colin Day of Southwest placed 6th with a throw of 36'8", Jaxson Gehrig of Alma placed 7th with a throw of 34'9", and Landon Hieter of Hi-Line placed 8th with a throw of 34'4".


We caught up with Brock Bailey of Dundy County Stratton after his throwing events. Interviews are brought to you by Acme Printing Company.


In discus, Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a throw of 167'10", Diaz of DCS placed 2nd with a throw of 121'6", Evans of Bertrand placed 3rd with a throw of 119'2", Maly of Alma placed 4th with a throw of 116'5", Day of Southwest placed 5th with a throw of 111'4", Weaver of Southwest placed 6th with a throw of 98'6", and Santino Priebe of Medicine Valley placed 8th with a throw of 84'1".



In high jump, Latta of DCS placed 1st with a leap of 6'2", Cochrane of Hi-Line placed 2nd with a jump of 5'10", Roblee of Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a jump of 5'10", Dicke of Alma placed 4th with a jump of 5'10", Hamilton of Southern Valley placed 5th with a jump of 5'6", Aldridge of DCS placed 6th with a jump of 5'6", Millers of Bertrand placed 7th with a jump of 5'6", and Damon Brewer of DCS placed 8th with a jump of 5'4".


In pole vault, Knackstedt of Hi-Line placed 1st with a vault of 13'0", Gage Hammond of Southwest placed 2nd with a vault of 13'0", Brody Hammond of Southwest placed 3rd with a vault of 11'0", Hayden Lans of Southern Valley placed 4th with a vault of 11'0", Hunter Lans of Southern Valley placed 5th with a vault of 11'0", Vinzant of Bertrand placed 6th with a vault of 10'6", Hunt of Southern Valley placed 7th with a vault of 10'0", and Rodriguez of Bertrand placed 8th with a vault of 9'6".


In long jump, Mitchell of Alma placed 1st with a jump of 21'3", Zoltenko of DCS placed 2nd with a jump of 19'9", Langford of Bertrand placed 3rd with a jump of 19'1", Thunder Nelson of Bertrand placed 4th with a jump of 19'0.5", A. Shaw of DCS placed 5th with a jump of 18'9", Lanik of Southern Valley placed 6th with a jump of 17'2.5", Ethan League of Southwest placed 7th with a jump of 16'10", and Douglass of Medicine Valley placed 8th with a jump of 16'9".


In triple jump, Tucker Biskup of Alma placed 1st with a jump of 41'2", Nelson of Bertrand placed 2nd with a jump of 40'3", Newcomb of Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a jump of 37'5.5", Clark of Alma placed 4th with a jump of 36'0", Hunt of Southern Valley placed 5th with a jump of 34'5.5", League of Southwest placed 6th with a jump of 33'10.5", and Ruppert of Medicine Valley placed 7th with a jump of 33'2".


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Teams will be back in action next Thursday, with Hi-Line hosting an invite featuring Alma, Bertrand, Medicine Valley, Southern Valley, and Southwest. DCS will attend the Perkins County invite next Thursday.



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