Indians Third At Colby Invitational
Lady Indians 8th
The Colby Invitational Track and Field Meet was held on Friday, May 3. Fourteen teams competed in the meet and the competition was excellent. St. Francis earned a third place finish in the mens division and an 8th place finish in the womens division. St. Francis had eleven athletes place in the meet. St. Francis had two individual event winners. Cody Baxter won the mens 300 meter hurdles and Jordan Raby placed first in the mens 400 meter dash.
Womens Division
Colby narrowly eclipsed Norton for the womens division championship. Colby scored 125 team points. Norton totaled 124. Hoxie was a distant 3rd with 79. The remainder of the womens field finished in the following order: 4th - Wallace County 64, 5th - Golden Plains 54.5, 6th - Oakley 43, 7th - Holcomb 38.5, 8th - St. Francis 16, 9th - Goodland 15, 10th (tie) - Logan 4, 10th (tie) - Triplains 4, and 12th - Weskan 3. Brewster and Ulysses did not score in the womens division.
Lady Indians placing in the Colby Invitational are listed below.
Lyden Lampe - 5th in 3200 meters (14:50.05)
Hannah Zimbal - 2nd in 400 meters (1:03.00), 3rd in 200 meters (28.09)
Mens Division
Colby ran away with the team title in the mens division accumulating 125 team points. Holcomb was a distant second with 79. St. Francis placed 3rd with 77. The remainder of the teams finished in the following order: 4th - Wallace County 55, 5th - Hoxie 51, 6th - Goodland 42.5, 7th - Oakley - 35, 8th - Brewster 26, 9th - Golden Plains 23, 10th - Norton Community 18, 11th - Logan 14, 12th - Weskan 4, 13th - Triplains 2, and 14th - Ulyssess 1.
Indians placing in the mens division are listed below.
Cody Baxter - 1st in 300 meter hurdles (41.47); 2nd in 110 meter hurdles (17.18)
Shadryon Blanka - 3rd in 110 meter hurdles (17.45), 3rd in triple jump (39' 6")
Brady Dinkel - 3rd in 200 meters (23.04), 4th in 100 meters (11.66)
K.C. Krien - 6th in 800 meters (2:11.39)
Isaiah Lee - 5th in long jump (18' 11")
Jayce Nider - 5th in 400 meters (54.52)
Tiernan Poling - 3rd in pole vault (12' 6")
Jordan Raby - 1st in 400 meters (51.59)
Kobe Tice - 4th in javelin (138' 2")
4 X 100 meter relay - 3rd (44.18) - Cody Baxter, Jordan Raby, Brady Dinkel, and Shadryon Blanka
4 X 400 meter relay - 3rd (3:33.54) - Cody Baxter, Jayce Nider, Brady Dinkel, and Jordan Raby
Click this link for complete results from the Colby Invitational.
The high school track teams will compete in the Northwest Kansas League Track and Field Meet in Oberlin on Thursday, May 9. If the weather is poor on Thursday, the meet will be held on Friday, May 10.
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