Eighth-grader rakes in medals at boys meet
Bret Koch was the Tonganoxie eighth-grade boys track team’s top medalist at last week’s Basehor-Linwood meet.
Koch placed first in the 75-meter hurdles and first in the 400 meters. Koch finished in 12.72 seconds in the hurdles and 1 minute, 1.4 seconds in the 400.
The eighth-grade Warriors finished second in the four-team invitational with a score of 57. Monticello, a De Soto school district middle school, won the meet with 80.
Koch also was part of the 4×400 relay team that placed first with a 4:18 time. Keaton Schaffer, Austen Holloway and Jeremie Maus rounded out the relay team.
Maus also placed first in the discus with a 115-3 throw.
In seventh-grade action, the Warriors placed fourth with 28 points. Monticello also won the seventh-grade team title with 87.
Ian McClellan took first in the long jump with a 15-0 leap. He also helped the 4×400 team take first with a 4:46 time. Also on that team were Bryson Hewins, Devin Scates and Jeff Sims.
The Warriors will compete Tuesday with a home meet at Beatty Field, the THS football and track complex. The meet begins at 3:30 p.m.
Basehor-Linwood track meet
Seventh grade
Team scores
1. Monticello, 87; 2. Basehor-Linwood, 50; 3. Perry-Lecompton, 29; 4. Tonganoxie, 28.
Individual TJHS results
1,600 — 4. Keith Slater, 6:31.
4×100 relay — 3. TJHS (Joel Dunning, Parker Dean, Don Hopkins, Colton Tucker), 1:07.
400 — 2. Jeff Sims, 1:14.
4×200 relay — 3. TJHS (Keith Slater, Mikel Hill, Jeremy Wagner, Joel Dunning), 2:15.
800 — 5. Jeremy Wagner, 3:03.
4×400 relay — 1. TJHS (Ian McCleallan, Bryson Hewins, Devin Scates, Jeff Sims), 4:46.
High jump — 3. Ian McClellan, 4-4.
Long jump — 1. Ian McClellan, 15-0.
Discus — 5. Bryson Hewins, 65-0.
Eighth grade
Team scores
1. Monticello, 80; 2. Tonganoxie, 57; 3. Perry-Lecompton, 42; 4. Basehor-Linwood, 33.
Individual TJHS results
3,200 — 3. Matthew Titterington, 13:44; 5. Cooper Gish, 14:48.
75 hurdles — 1. Bret Koch, 12.72.
100 — 2. Dylan Howe, 12.78.
4×100 relay — 3. TJHS (Jason Espeland, Andrew Bouza, David Mills, Stephen Wilson), 58.0.
400 — 1. Bret Koch, 1:01.4; 3. Dylan Howe, 1:04.
4×200 — 2. THS (Jerad Knipp, Devan Howe, Jeremy Elliott, Jeff Kaighin), 1:53.
200 — 3. Dylan Howe, 27.48; 4. Devan Howe, 27.7; 5. Austin Hollaway, 27.9.
4×400 relay — 1. THS (Keaton Schaffer, Austen Holloway, Jeremie Maus, Bret Koch), 4:18.
High jump — 4. Jeremy Elliott, 4-9.
Long jump — 3. Jerad Knip, 14-9; 4. Jeremie Maus, 14-8; 5. Jeremy Elliott, 14-8.
Discus — 1. Jeremie Maus, 115-3; 4. Stephen Wilson, 98-7.