By Scott Elpers

Derby will compete in 19 events at the Class 6A state track meet at Wichita State University on Friday and Saturday. 

To qualify for state competition, athletes must place in the top four in events at regional competition. The Derby girls team qualified in 10 events and the boys qualified in nine at the Class 6A regional at Wichita Heights on Friday.

The Derby girls placed third overall as a team with 86.5 points. The Derby boys placed fourth with 61 points. Manhattan won both regional team titles. 

Alyxis Bowens won individual regional titles in the 200 meters (25.7) and 400 meters (59.65). Morrigan Crow won a regional title in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.28. She also qualified for state in the 300-meter hurdles with a fourth-place finish (49.88). 

Sami Harmon will compete in the state pole vault competition after placing second at regionals (9-6). Derby’s 4x400-meter relay will also compete at state after its second-place finish (4:11.36).

Kaittlin Cabrin qualified for state with third place in the 800 meters (2:29.51) and 1,600 meters (5:36.5). Katharine Doerksen also qualified for state in the 1,600 meters (5:54.06) with fourth place.

Rebekah Spainhour (high jump, 4-10), Mackenzie Holcomb (javelin, 103-2) and Tihler Wright (400 meters, 1:03.10) also earned a trip to state with third-place finishes at regionals. 

Christian Hicks qualified for state on the boys side in both the 110-meter hurdles (15.57) and 300-meter hurdles (42.6) after placing third and fourth respectively in both events at regional competition.

Derby will have two pole vaulters at state. Eric Hornbeck placed second (12-6) and Christian Compton grabbed the final qualifying spot with fourth place (11-6).

Charles Kammiller (discus, 140-2), Kavan Mark (javelin, 162-10) and the 4x100-meter relay team (43.27) also earned a trip to state with third-place finishes at regionals. 

Fourth-place finishers who will compete at state for Derby included Reed Trease in the 200 meters (22.76), Brandon Lewis in the 3,200 meters (10:13.06) and Leo Rangel in the triple jump (41-11).

 

Class 6A Regional at Wichita Heights (May 17)

Girls

Team results: 1. Manhattan 128, 2. Wichita East 104, 3. Derby 86.5, 4. Junction City 62, 5. Topeka 59, 6. Wichita Heights 44, 7. Wichita Southeast 39, 8. Washburn Rural 32.5.

Individual results (State qualifiers): 

100 meters: 1. Spann, East, 12.01; 2. Davis, Junction City, 12.03; 3. Yeargin, Topeka, 12.32; 4. Richard, Heights, 12.50. 

200 meters: 1. Bowens, Derby, 25.7; 2. Maples, Topeka, 25.9; 3. Davis, Junction City, 25.92; 4. Loggins, East, 26.6. 

400 meters: 1. Bowens, Derby, 59.65; 2. Loggins, East, 1:02.53; 3. Wright, Derby, 1:03.10; 4. Riverera, Heights, 1:04.54. 

800 meters: 1. Liebe, Manhattan, 2:27.55; 2. Devorce, East, 2:29.13; 3. Cabrin, Derby, 2:29.51; 4. Ives, Washburn Rural, 2:30.7. 

1,600 meters:  1. Schroeder, Manhattan, 5:14.8; 2. Greene, East, 5:34.03; 3. Cabrin, Derby, 5:36.5; 4. Doerksen, Derby, 5:44.06. 

3,200 meters: 1. Schroeder, Manhattan, 11:39.38; 2. Vannatta, Manhattan, 12:07.97; 3. Greene, East, 12:09.75; 4. Ochoa, Manhattan, 12:24.05. 

4x100 relay: 1. Topeka, 48.31; 2. East 48.85; 3. Junction City 49.05; 4. Heights 49.84.

4x400 relay: 1. Junction City, 4:10.23; 2. Derby 4:11.36; 3. Washburn Rural 4:12.83; 4. Topeka 4:13.71.

4x800 relay: 1. Washburn Rural, 10:16.06; 2. East 10:18.05; 3. Manhattan 10:22.86; 4. Junction City 10:26.74. 

100-meter hurdles: 1. Crow, Derby, 15.28; 2. Bryant, Manhattan, 16.03; 3. Alvarado, Heights, 16.26; 4. Bahner, Heights, 16.3. 

300-meter hurdles: 1. Humphreys, Junction City, 48.4; 2. Bryant, Manhattan, 49.7; 3. Jones, Junction City, 49.8; 4. Crow, Derby, 49.88. 

High jump: 1. Mahan, Manhattan, 5-0; 2. Joseph, Southeast, 5-0; 3. Spainhour, Derby, 4-10. 

Long jump: 1. Maples, Topeka, 19-5; 2. Eckels, Southeast, 18-7; 3. McGillivary, Washburn Rural, 16-10; 4. Ukoefreso, East, 16-9.

Triple jump: 1. Eckels, Southeast, 36-9; 2. Holloman, Topeka, 34-8; 3. Bahner, Heights, 34-4; 4. Ukoefreso, East, 34-2.

Pole vault: 1. Myers, Heights, 9-6; 2. Harmon, Derby, 9-6; 3. Smith, Manhattan, 9-0; 4. Meeth, Southeast, 8-0. 

Shot put: 1. Kipp, Manhattan, 39-0; 2. Stokes, Junction City, 35-5; 3. Shanower, Manhattan, 34-10; 4. Plowden, Southeast, 34-8.

Discus: 1. Shanower, Manhattan, 130-5; 2. James, Manhattan, 117-3; 3. Kipp, Manhattan, 113-6; 4. Clemons, East, 103-9. 

Javelin: 1. Navarro, East, 123-7; 2. Carson, East, 118-1; 3. Holcomb, Derby, 103-2; 4. Parmar, East, 102-2.  

Boys

Team results: 1. Manhattan 123, 2. Topeka 115, 3. Wichita Southeast 79, 4. Derby 61, 5. Wichita East 47, 6. Washburn Rural 47, 7. Junction City 44, 8. Wichita Heights 42.

Individual results (State qualifiers): 

100 meters: 1. Tibbs, Topeka, 10.73; 2. Burnett, East, 10.87; 3. Daniels, Manhattan, 11.03; 4. James, Junction City, 11.05. 

200 meters: 1. Tibbs, Topeka, 22.6; 2. Hetherington, Topeka, 22.7; 3. Le, East, 22.72; 4. Trease, Derby, 22.76.

400 meters: 1. Tibs, Topeka, 49.64; 2. Shepherd, Washburn Rural, 49.73; 3. Hetherington, Topeka, 51.83; 4. Hines, Wichita Southeast, 53.21.

800-meters: 1. Williams, Manhattan, 2:01.5; 2. Caine, Junction City, 2:01.68; 3. Chaney, Southeast, 2:02; 4. Montney, Washburn Rural, 2:02.05.

1,600 meters: 1. Timmerman, Junction City, 4:31.5; 2. Melgares, Manhattan, 4:34.36; 3. Masood, Southeast, 4:34.89; 4. Montney, Washburn Rural, 4:36.66. 

3,200 meters: 1. C. Melgares, Manhattan, 9:54.4; 2. M. Melgares, Manhattan, 10:00.61; 3. Leblow, Manhattan, 10:10.46; 4. Lewis, Derby, 10:13.06. 

4x100-meter relay: 1. Topeka, 42.8; 2. Heights 43.06; 3. Derby 43.27; 4. Southeast 43.4. 

4x400-meter relay: 1. Washburn Rural, 3:27.04; 2. Manhattan 3:27.81; 3. Junction City 3:27.94; 4. Southeast 3:29.91.

4x800 relay: 1. Manhattan, 8:13.61; 2. Washburn Rural 8:17.57; 3. Junction City 8:22.3; 4. Southeast 8:24.86. 

110-meter hurdles: 1. Austin, Topeka, 14.96; 2. Nielson, Topeka, 15.14; 3. Hicks, Derby, 15.57; 4. Winkley, Washburn Rural, 16.11.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Arnold, Heights, 40.8; 2. Harris, Heights, 41.9; 3. Winkley, Washburn Rural, 42.1; 4. Hicks, Derby, 42.6.

High jump: 1. Long, Topeka, 6-2; 2. Neloms, Southeast, 5-10; Fields, Southeast, 5-10; 4. Burnett, East, 5-10. 

Long jump: 1. Nielson, Topeka, 22-1; 2. Glover, Southeast, 21-7; 3. Harden, Manhattan, 21-4; 4. Martin, Heights, 21-3. 

Triple jump: 1. Nielson, Topeka, 44-11.25; 2. Harden, Manhattan, 44-7.5; 3. Livsey, Manhattan, 42-6; 4. Rangel, Derby, 41-11. 

Pole vault: 1. Shwey, East, 12-6; 2. Hornbeck, Derby, 12-6; 3. Soto Gomez, Topeka, J12-6; 4. Compton, Derby, 11-6. 

Shot put: 1. Collins, Southeast, 47-3; 2. Joseph, Southeast, 46-4; 3. Caldas, Manhattan, 45-10; 4. Jones, Junction City, 45-7.

Discus: 1. Nowlin-Hines, Manhattan, 150-3; 2. Colglazier, East, 142-11; 3. Kammiller, Derby, 140-2; 4. Moore, Junction City, 135-2. 

Javelin: 1. Moreland, Heights, 184-8; 2. Holloway, Manhattan, 181-8; 3. Mark, Derby, 162-10; Kaufman, East, 162-0.

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If you have information on this or other sports stories, contact Scott Elpers at sports@derbyinformer.com.

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