Track Team Sets Two New School Records
The Colby invitational Track and Field Meet scheduled for Friday, May 5, was canceled due to the heavy snow in the Colby area. The St. Francis track teams traveled to Lakin, Kansas, for a replacement meet. Though the meet ran well into the night, the track teams performed well. Two new SFCHS school records were set during the meet. Relay teams comprised of Tate Busse, Wyatt Hackler, Jordan Raby, and Taylor Rogers set new school records in the 4 X 100 meter relay and 4 X 400 meter relay. The young men combined to clock a time of 43.96 in the 4 X 100. The time bettered the old record of 44.28 set by Thomas Douthit, Logan Lampe, Mikey Leibbrandt and Derek Queen set in 2013. The new 4 X 400 record of 3:24.33 erased the record of 3:28.62 set by Jason Applegate, Kale Dankenbring, Chris Lampe, and Chad Wolfe set in 1992. The 4 X 400 time also was better than the current state record in the event.
Competition was tough at the Lakin Invitational. The Indians scored 61 points to place third in the team scoring. The Lady Indians placed 13th with 12 team points. The only first place event win for St. Francis was the boys 4 X 100 meter relay.
Click here to view complete results from the Lakin Invitational.
Girls Division
The girls division was won by Lakin with 91 team points. Meade placed second with 81. The remainder of the girls team finished in the following order: 3rd - Cimarron 71, 4th - Sublette 60.5, 5th - Goodland 50, 6th - Ulysses 40.5, 7th - Hugoton 35, 8th - Stanton County 30, 9th - Southwestern Heights 28.5, 10th - Deerfield 22, 11th - Wichita County 17, 12th - Syracuse 16.5, 13th - St. Francis 12, 14th - Elkhart 3.
Lady Indians placing in the meet are listed below.
4 X 100 meter relay - 4th (54.45) - Lindsey Johnson, Hannah Zimbal, Lauren Johnson, and Jylian Laten
4 X 400 meter relay - 4th (4:33.69) - Hannah Zimbal, Lauren Johnson, Lindsey Johnson, and Taighe Weeter
4 X 800 meter relay - 4th (11:09.47) - Hannah Zimbal, Lauren Johnson, Hanna Bracelin, and Taighe Weeter
Boys Division
Stanton County won the boys division scoring 118 team points. Hugoton placed second with 109 and St. Francis third with 61. The other boys teams finished in the following order: 4th - Cimarron 56, 5th - Lakin 53, 6th - Ulysses 36, 7th - Meade 20, 8th - Goodland 19, 9th (tie) - Wichita County 16, 9th (tie) - Syracuse 16, 11th - Southwestern Heights 11, 12th - Sublette 9, and 13th - Deerfield 3.
Indians placing in the Lakin Invitational are listed below.
Cody Baxter - 5th in 300 meter hurdles (43.57)
Tate Busse - 3rd in high jump (5' 10")
Trayton Doyle - 6th in discus (111' 9")
Wyatt Hackler - 4th in 100 meters (11.49)
Luin Norris - 3rd in discus (126' 8")
Jordan Raby - 3rd in 100 meters (11.40)
Taylor Rogers - 2nd in 200 meters (23.29)
Dalton Straub - 4th in long jump (19' 10.25")
Tayton Weeter - 3rd in pole vault (12' 0")
4 X 100 meter relay - 1st (43.96) NEW SCHOOL RECORD! - Wyatt Hackler, Jordan Raby, Tate Busse, and Taylor Rogers
4 X 400 meter relay - 2nd (3:24.33) NEW SCHOOL RECORD - Jordan Raby, Wyatt Hackler, Taylor Rogers, and Tate Busse
The track teams will be competing in the Northwest Kansas League Track Meet in Tribune on Thursday, May 11. If the meet can not be held on Thursday due to weather, a reschedule date is set for Friday, May 12.
