Chieftain boys win Tonganoxie Invitational

Estuardo Garcia
Jake Willis flies over the bar while competing in the pole vault for Tonganoxie High. Willis finished first in the event, helping the Chieftains to a team title on Thursday at the Tonganoxie Invitational.
The Tonganoxie High boys track team kept up its winning ways on Thursday, taking the team title at its home meet, the Tonganoxie Invitational.
The THS girls fared well too, finishing second for the second time this season.
The Chieftain boys finished with 148 team points, 10 more than runner-up Piper. The girls fell short of a team title of their own by just four points. Lansing won the girls team title with 132 points and THS finished with 128.
The Tonganoxie boys won five events, two of which were relays. The team of David Powell, Bret Koch, DJ Lindsay and Jeremy Carlisle won the 4×100 and 4×400 relay races.
Other first-place finishers were Jake Willis in the pole vault, Jeremy Elliott in the javelin and Dylan Scates in the triple jump.
The THS girls won seven events at the invitational, also getting two relay wins. Andie Jeannin, Megan Puhr, Sagan Scates and Cristina Rubio won the 4×400, and Lauren Hall teamed with Jeannin, Puhr and Scates to win the 4×800 relay.
Roni Grizzle was the only Chieftain to win multiple individual events. She took first in the javelin and the shot put, where her throw of 41-9 broke her own meet record.
Rubio won the 400-meter dash, Jeannin won the 800-meter run and Dominique Grizzle won the discus.
Tonganoxie Invitational
Girls
Team Standings
1. Lansing, 132
2. Tonganoxie, 128
3. Basehor-Linwood, 81
4. Piper, 73
5. Kansas City Christian, 38
6. Pembroke Hill, 33
7. St. James Academy, 30
Tonganoxie results
400-meter dash — 1. Cristina Rubio, 1:05.43
800-meter run — 1. Andie Jeannin, 2:45.28; 6. Lindsey Cox, 3:09.74
1600 meters — 3. Lauren Hall, 6:13.12
Pole vault — 2. Dannie Oelschlaeger, 7-6; 5. Kenzie Cadue, 6-6
Shot put — 1. Roni Grizzle, 41-9; 2. Dominique Grizzle, 33-10; 6. Makayla Sample, 24-8
Discus — 1. Dominique Grizzle, 105-10; 3. Roni Grizzle, 100-2; 4. Danielle Miller, 87-11
Javelin — 1. Roni Grizzle, 128-10; 2. Chrissie Jeannin, 121-9; 4. Danielle Miller, 98-2; 5. Madi Yates, 92-10
4×100 relay — 2. Andie Jeannin, Megan Puhr, Cristina Rubio, Sagan Scates, 55.51
4×400 relay — 1. Andie Jeannin, Megan Puhr, Sagan Scates, Cristina Rubio, 4:40
4×800 relay — 1. Andie Jeannin, Megan Puhr, Sagan Scates, Lauren Hall
Boys
Team Standings
1. Tonganoxie, 148
2. Piper, 138
3. Lansing, 133
4. Basehor-Linwood, 107
5. St. James Academy, 58
6. Kansas City Christian, 19
7. Pembroke Hill, 12
Tonganoxie results
Pole vault — 1. Jake Willis, 13; 2. Ian McClellan, 10-6; 5. Cody Martin, 8-6
Shot put — 5. Dallas Jacobs, 36
Discus — 2. Stephen Wilson, 123-9; 6. Bryson Hewins, 96-9
Javelin — 1. Jeremy Elliott, 142-8; 3. Shawn Roberts, 136; 4. Reece Hollingsworth, 132-2
4×100 relay — 1. David Powell, Bret Koch, DJ Lindsay, Jeremy Carlisle, 45.31
4×400 relay — 1. David Powell, Bret Koch, DJ Lindsay, Jeremy Carlisle, 3:34
1600 meters — 2. Matt Briggs, 5:05.74
Long jump — 4. Dylan Scates, 18-7; 5. Jared Knipp, 18-2
Triple jump — 1. Dylan Scates, 40-4
High jump — 2. Austin Smith, 6; 5. Dylan Jacobs, 5-8
110-meter hurdles — 3. Austin Smith, 18.25; 6. Devin Botts, 20.35
100-meter dash — 6. Wes Williams, 12.71
200-meter dash — 5. Shawn Marin, 24.83
400-meter dash — 6. Austen Holloway, 59.04
300-meter hurdles — 4. Jamison Bloomer, 46.1
800-meter run — 6. Tommy Heskett, 2:19.51
4×800 relay — 2. Tommy Heskett, David Powell, Joel Dunning, Caleb Himpel, 9:34.21
- Jake Willis flies over the bar while competing in the pole vault for Tonganoxie High. Willis finished first in the event, helping the Chieftains to a team title on Thursday at the Tonganoxie Invitational.
