By Scott Elpers

 

With several athletes achieving personal-best marks and placing high in events across the board late in the season, both Derby track and field teams have an opportunity to bring home some medals in the postseason, said head coach Brandon Clark. 

After placing first as a team at Campus the previous week, the girls’ track team took home second at the last regular-season meet of the year at Derby Friday. The Panthers finished with 108 team points, well above Kapaun Mount Carmel’s 68.5 (third place) and not far under Newton’s 122 (first place).

Alyxis Bowens has the quickest time in the state in Class 6A in the 400-meter dash this season, running a 57.82 for first place last week. The mark is Bowens’ fastest this season and close to her personal-best, said Clark.

“It’s good to see her finally break out,” he said. “She came out of the gate and ran hard in the beginning of the 400.”

Bowens placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time .60 seconds behind Heights’ Chandler Taylor, who went on to win the race. Clark also added Bowens to the 100-meter dash, a race she usually doesn’t run. She placed fifth, and was a half-second off the first-place time.

Bowens also ran the opening stretch of the team’s 4x400-meter relay, which placed first with a time of 4:07.28.

“They ran the best race they’ve run in a long time,” Clark said. “That’s close to the school record.”

Adelynn Moser also picked up a first-place finish for Derby with the top mark in the triple jump. Sami Harmon took second in the pole vault, as did Hannah Jimenez in the 300-meter hurdles.

Emily Hornbeck had a solid day in the distance races, placing second in the 1,600-meter run (5:30.76) and third in the 3,200-meter run (11:56.39). Amber Green also finished third for Derby in the 1,600 meters and Kim Cabonell did the same in the shot put.  

The boys’ team, who also placed first at Campus, finished seventh at the Derby meet. Although the team finished in the bottom half, several individuals had a record-day on the track.

“We had some PR’s, which is always exciting to see,” Clark said. 

Brandon Lewis knocked nearly five seconds off his personal-best time in the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:19.82 for fourth place. He was also Derby’s lone first-place finisher on the boys’ side with the fastest time in the 1,600 meters (4:31.97).

Reed Trease placed third in the 400-meter dash and Tim Richards had a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles. The team also placed third in the 4x100-meter relay.

With the AVCTL I league meet this Friday at Maize and regional and state competition in the near future, Clark believes the team could post some strong numbers in the postseason.

 “We’ll start scaling back a little this week so we can get our legs underneath us, both in the weight room and on the track,” he said. “I like where we are at right now.”

Derby Invitational (May 4)

Boys

Team Results: Heights 76, Kapaun Mount Carmel 73.5, Garden City 65, Newton 58, Wichita Southeast 56, Campus 48, Derby 46, Wichita South 43, Wichita North 37, Wichita East 30, Maize South 25.5

Individual Results (Top three finishers and top Derby finisher):

100m Dash- Skylarr Gatson, Heights 10.87; Aaron Johnson, Heights 10.94; Davontea Harris, Wichita South 10.97; 6. Peter Devin, Derby 11.19 

200m Dash- Skylarr Gatson, Heights 22.00; Steven Calloway, Wichita South 22.10; Tyler Robinson, Newton 22.50; 16. Tevin Mitchell, Derby 23.93    

400m Dash- DeRondre Smith, Wichita North 51.18; Jayden DeLaRosa, Garden City 51.35; Reed Treese, Derby 51.82

800m Run- Matt Ayres, Kapaun Mount Carmel 1:59.78; Ridge Williams, Maize South 2:00.60; Adam Kelsey, Newton 2:03.98; 14. Evan Julius, Derby 2:34.66  

1,600m Run- Brandon Lewis, Derby 4:31.97; Mark Kreider, Newton 4:35.74; Tristyn Villa, Wichita North 4:36.94

3,200m Run- Bryant Keirns, Campus 9:57.88; Nolan Hesse, Kapaun Mount Carmel 10:17.17; Jeff Masood, Wichita South 10:17.25; 4. Brandon Lewis, Derby 10:19.82

110m Hurdles- Jonathan Duvall, Garden City 14.62; Ross Puritty, Kapaun Mount Carmel 15.55; J.J. Normore, Wichita East 15.80; 4. Tim Richards, Derby 15.90 

300m Hurdles- Jonathan Duvall, Garden City 39.00; Jack Strickland, Kapaun Mount Carmel 42.00; David Melendez, Wichita East 42.10; 4. Tim Richards, Derby 42.40

4x100m Relay- Wichita Southeast 42.46; Heights 42.88; Derby 43.40

4x400m Relay- Campus 3:27.58; Kapaun Mount Carmel 3:27.81; Garden City 3:27.83; 6. Derby 3:40.48 

4x800m Relay- Kapaun Mount Carmel 8:11.55; Campus 8:27.14; Wichita North 8:35.23; 7. Derby 9:01.07 

High Jump- Charles Henderson, Heights 6-02; Trevor Neloms, Wichita South 6-00; Torrance Henderson, Wichita North J6-00; 6. Josiah Ray, Derby J5-10

Pole Vault- Rigo Magana, Newton 13-00; Matt Reed, Heights 12-06; Brett Cady, Garden City 12-00; 4. Eric Hornbeck, Derby J12-00

Long Jump- Davontae Harris, Wichita South 21-01.50; Jace Glover, Wichita South 21-00-50; Dustin Tempel, Garden City 21-00; 5. Kellen Sims, Derby 20-06

Triple Jump- Kenneth Iheme, Heights 43-08.50; Micheal Rott, Kapaun Mount Carmel 43-02; Jas’qua Alexander-Riley, Wichita South 42-04.75; 6. Leo Rangel, Derby 40-05.25 

Shot Put- Fredrick Catto, Wichita South 51-02; Brandon Smith, Wichita South 48-11; Cory Martens, Newton 47-09; 13. Tyler West, Derby 41-11

Discus Throw- Cody Weston, Maize South 150-07; Cory Martens, Newton 147-04; Joshua Englert, Campus 140-10; 13. Charles Kammiller, Derby 119-06

Javelin- Jet Moreland, Heights 178-10; Josh Burba, Campus 173-02; Gehrig Keane, Wichita East 166-07.50; 5. Kaven Mark, Derby 145-05.50    

Girls

Team Results: Newton 122, Derby 108, Kapaun Mount Carmel 68.50, Heights 56.50, Garden City 49, Wichita East 40, Wichita North 38, Maize South 37, Campus 23, Wichita Southeast 16  

Individual Results (Top three finishers and top Derby finisher):

100m Dash- La’tiyera Yeargin, Newton 12.05; Taylor Chandler, Heights 12.08; Toshjanae Valentine, Wichita East 12.24; 5. Alyxis Bowens, Derby 12.65 

200m Dash- Taylor Chandler, Heights 25.20; Alyxis Bowens, Derby 25.80; Toshjanae Valentine, Wichita East 25.90   

400m Dash- Alyxis Bowens, Derby 57.82; Rachel Grubbs, Maize South 1:01.28; Teagan Hayes, Maize South 1:01.96

800m Run- Amber Eichkorn, Wichita North 2:23.28; Kaitlyn Keck, Campus 2:26.94; Carlin Greene, Wichita East 2:27.87; 9. Malynda Bussman, Derby 2:37.29  

1,600m Run- Amber Eichkorn, Wichita North 5:14.96; Emily Hornbeck. Derby 5:30.76; Amber Green, Derby 5:37.69  

3,200m Run- Amber Eichkorn, Wichita North 11:31.95; Morgan Schaefer, Maize South 11:48.26; Emily Hornbeck, Derby 11:56.39

100m Hurdles- Libby Weber, Kapaun Mount Carmel 15.67; Andrea Baron, Newton 16.08; Bailey Bahner, Heights 16.33; 4. Rebekah Spainhour, Derby 16.28

300m Hurdles- Andrea Baron, Newton 48.38; Hannah Jimenez, Derby 49.04; Sarah Bartel, Newton 51.98 

4x100m Relay- Heights 49.30; Newton 49.91; Kapaun Mount Carmel 50.30; 6. Derby 52.33

4x400m Relay- Derby 4:07.28; Garden City 4:08.69; Kapaun Mount Carmel 4:13.82 

4x800m Relay- Garden City 10:08.70; Kapaun Mount Carmel 10:19.88; Wichita East 10:27.58; 5. Derby 10:42.21

High Jump- Katie Loescher, Newton 5-00; Kaitlyn Keck, Campus 4-10; Libby Weber, Kapaun Mount Carmel J4-10; 4. Whitney Feltrop, Derby 4-08; 4. Rebekah Spainhour, Derby 4-08

Pole Vault- Alison Meeth, Wichita South 10-00; Sami Harmon, Derby 9-06; Shelley Vanderhoofven, Wichita South 8-06

Long Jump- Taylor Chandler, Heights 17-02; Larissa Espinoza, Newton 16-00.50; Shaunee Darrough, Heights 15-11.75; 15. Hannah Jimenez, Derby 14-07

Triple Jump- Adelynn Moser, Derby 34-03.25; Kristen Heiman, Garden City 33-11.50; Emily Runge, Newton 33-08

Shot Put- Brooke Regier, Newton 37-00; Brittne Calloway, Wichita North 35-04; Kim Cabonell, Derby 32-11

Discus Throw- Brooke Regier, Newton 133-08; Aley Durant-Fisher, Kapaun Mount Carmel 115-02; Emily Hiebert, Newton 112-09; 12. Kim Cabonell, Derby 88-05 

Javelin- Katie Loescher, Newton 144-02; Andrea Navatto, Wichita East 115-00; Rachel Shearrer, Kapaun Mount Carmel 114-07; 13. Hannah Jimenez, Derby 88-0

 

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