Several members of the Eureka Tornado track and field team claimed hardware last Thursday, April 18, at the Fredonia Invitational. Eureka claimed five first place finishes, four second place finishes and one third place finish.
Following are the results for Eureka participants: GIRLS
100 Meter Dash: Olivia Valentine, 4th, 13.77; Alicia Sanchez, 28th, 15.21. 200 Meter Dash: O. Valentine, 5th, 29.78; Sanchez, 24th, 34.35. 800 Meter Run: Rose Buck, 1st, 2:26.41; Britta Mongeau, 7th, 2:47.28.
1600 Meter Run: Buck, 1st, 5:40.74; Britta Mongeau, 2nd, 6:06.85. 3200 Meter Run: Buck, 2nd, 12:51.55. 100 Meter Hurdles: Kimber Ptacek, 13th, 21.30.
300 Meter Hurdles: Kimber Ptacek, 16th, 1:02.28.
BOYS
100 Meter Dash: TJ Mills, 1st, 11.42; Ben Ketcham, 8th, 12.42; Laken Valentine, 26th, 13.03. 200 Meter Dash: Mills, 1st, 23.66; Peyton Hare, 3rd, 24.15; Cody Johnson, 15th, 25.99.
400 Meter Dash: Hare, 1st, 53.17; Timothy Aguilar, 19th, 1:01.88. 110 Meter Hurdles: Luc Guillaume, 10th, 20.34. 300 Meter Hurdles: Guillaume, 11th, 49.87; Cole Ptacek, 16th, 53.80. 4x100 Meter Relay: (Ketcham, Mills, Hare, L. Valentine), 2nd, 46.02.
High Jump: Jacobi Turner, 8th, 5-0. Long Jump: Turner, 11th, 18-2.25; Ketcham, 20th, 17-2.25; Guillaume, 25th, 16-2. Discus: Jace Hardenbrook, 29th, 90-9. Javelin: Nate Clark, 17th, 110-5; Aguilar, 21st,
101-8; Johnson, 33rd, 857.
Shot Put: Hardenbrook, 16th, 37-8.5.
Up Next
The Eureka Tornadoes will travel to Madison on Friday, April 26, at 3 p.m., before competing at Humboldt on May 2, at 10 a.m.
Eureka will host 2A Regional action on Thursday, May 16. Field events will begin at 2 p.m., with prelims beginning at 4:30 p.m. Finals will begin 30 minutes after prelims conclude. Schools attending the Eureka regional include: Belle Plaine, Conway Springs, Elbing-Berean Academy; Eureka, Garden Plain, Herington, Hillsboro, Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic, Inman, Marion, Moundridge, Sedgwick, Sterling, Whitewater-Remington, Wichita-Classical School Of Wichita and Wichita-The Independent. Other 2A Regionals will be held in Erie, Hill City and Winchester-Jefferson County. State for all classes will be held at Wichita State University-Cessna Stadium on May 24-25.
