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Mundy brings home silver,
bronze
Jeremy Gaston | Sports Editor
WICHITA—Santa Fe Trail senior Jodi Mundy ended a highly successful
track career right where she wanted to be - among the best.
Mundy took home two bronze medals and one silver medal from her
fourth and final trip to the State Track Meet in Wichita Friday
and Saturday, leading SFT’s girls to a 10th place team finish.
“I’m pretty happy,” Mundy said after earning her
third medal Saturday. “I beat a lot of people I wasn’t
supposed to beat.”
Mundy’s performance was her best effort of her four trips
to state. She began each event with solid qualifying times, and
improved each effort by one place in the finals. In the 100-meter
dash, Mundy qualified fourth in 12.96 seconds then took third in
12.75; in the 200, she was fourth in the preliminaries in 26.26,
running a nearly-identical race in the final to finish third in
26.28.
Her best qualifying position was in the 400, where she finished
third in the preliminaries in 59.33. She moved up again in finals,
placing third in 58.74. She also competed in the 4x400 relay with
Hayley Shaffer, Devin Ramsey and Shara Luther, with the team placing
14th in 4:20.74.
The graduated athlete has yet to commit to a school, but ends her
high school career with 11 medals for top-seven finishes at the
state meet, including four silver medals and two bronze medals.
“She’s got to rank up there with one of the top all-time
single athletes in a single sport to come from the county,”
said SFT Coach Lucas Boss. “She scored over 1,100 points in
her career, and has never missed a race or meet. That’s pretty
amazing for a track athlete that runs what she runs.”
Mundy’s 20 points from the three sprints single-handedly placed
the Lady Chargers in a three-way tie for 10th place, but using her
individual skill to help bring up the team has been something she’s
done throughout her high school career.
“She only competed in three individual events every year,”
Boss said. “She could have medaled individually in a variety
of other events. By running in a relay, she helped as many as 15
girls get the experience of state track by giving up an individual
event. As much as she did on her own, she did a lot as a team.”
The Lady Chargers were also represented by Valerie Schirmer, who
placed 13th in the shot put at 34 feet and one-half inch, and Devin
Ramsey, who was 15th in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.78. The team
of Shaffer, Whitney Wilson, Hailey Clemons and Luther placed 13th
in the 4x800 relay in 10:43.65.
The Santa Fe Trail boys’ team competed in four events at the
state meet, led by Jesse Bahner, who earned the team’s only
medal with a fourth-place finish in the high jump at 6 feet, 4 inches.
Bahner cleared each of his jumps on his first attempt before stalling
at 6-6.
Garrett Morrison narrowly missed medaling in the pole vault, finishing
in eighth place at 12-6. Drake Stewart led the entire first lap
of the 1600 meters before finishing 10th in 4:39.74; and Quentin
Capra was 12th in the 3200 meters in 10:36.05.
The SFT boys tied for 34th with 4 team points.
“I thought we had an awesome season,” Boss said. “Our
boys did really well. They won four meets and really surprised me
as individuals and as a team.
“We don’t have a ton of girls that scored points, but
we had a lot of quality girls that worked hard,” Boss continued.
“We just had a really good season.”
Bartee achieves improvement, medals
WICHITA—Gold eluded Osage County track teams last weekend,
but county teams still brought home eight top-seven medals from
the State Track and Field Meet Friday and Saturday at Cessna Stadium
in Wichita.
Santa Fe Trail led the way with half of the medals, with three of
the medals earned by senior Jodi Mundy.
Osage City senior Tyler Bartee was the only other athlete from the
county to earn multiple medals. Bartee had qualified in all three
sprints, placing third in the 200 meters in 22.48 seconds and third
in the 400 meters in 50.41.
Bartee also entered the 100 meter preliminaries Saturday morning
with one of the state’s top four times, but finished the race
in 11.72, a full second off his season-best time of 10.71. He finished
fourth in his heat, but 10th overall, failing to qualify by 2 hundredths
of a second.
“The 100 was terrible,” Bartee said. “I was having
shoe problems, or wore unlucky socks…”
Bartee had already qualified in the 200 and 400 meters Friday, and
put the morning’s shortcomings behind him with back-to-back
third-place finishes.
“I felt a lot better – more loose and ready,”
he said, also pleased with the final meet of his high school career.
“It was better than last year. All I wanted was improvement.”
The 100 meters bit the Indians twice in the meet, as their 4x100
relay team also failed to qualify for the finals as Bartee, Jordan
Tice, Justin Cooley and Sultan Cousin placed 11th between the two
heats in 45.71.
The Indians were also represented by Blake Stoppel, who concluded
his high school career with a 10th-place finish in the 1600 meters
in 4:41.80 and a 12th-place finish in the 3200 in 10:41.20.
Cally Aspegren was the lone qualifier for the Lady Indians, placing
ninth in the 3200 meters in 12:38.25.
Fagan fourth in shot put
WICHITA—Burlingame athletes qualified for seven events at
the state meet, turning in several competitive times, along with
one medal-worthy effort.
Lady Bearcat junior Miranda Fagan medaled for the second straight
year in the shot put with a throw of 38 feet and one-half inch,
with five solid throws as she placed fourth in Class 2A.
Cory Smart competed in two events, placing 13th in the shot put
at 42-2.75 and tying for 14th in the long jump at 17-8.5. Dustin
Droege was 12th in the 1600 in 4:52.25 and Cole Carlson placed 13th
in the 3200 in 10:37.57.
The team of Ty Lang, Josh Briggs, Droege and James Clem placed 15th
in the 4x400 relay in 3:47.67.
Lady Bearcat Shelby Ullmer qualified in the 100-meter hurdles, but
was called for a false start and was not allowed to compete.
Zabel seventh in discus
WICHITA—Marais des Cygnes Valley senior Michael Zabel led
the Trojans at the state track meet, qualifying for two events and
earning the team’s only medal.
Zabel returned to the discus, where he placed 12th in 2008 with
a throw of 124 feet. He topped last year’s distance on his
first throw at 139-4, good enough to put him in the finals. Zabel
was unable to improve on his first throw, nor repeat his regional
mark of 151 feet, settling for seventh in the event.
Zabel returned with teammate Chad Forrer for the shot put, where
Forrer placed 14th with a top throw of 41-8.5. Zabel was 16th at
38-11.
The Lady Trojans were represented by Emily Phelon, who debuted at
the state meet with a 13th-place finish in the 800 meters in 2:34.16.
Tigers run, jump through 11 events
WICHITA—The Lyndon Tigers made their mark by state qualifying
for a total of 11 events last weekend. The Tigers, however, were
unable to break into the medals, despite several strong performances.
Daniel Wilson came closest with a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter
hurdles preliminaries in 16.23. Wilson, however, finished eighth
in 16.82. He was also 12th in the 300-meter hurdles in 43.72. Dylan
Filburn also neared the medals with an eighth-place finish in the
800 meters in 2:02.85.
The Lyndon boys qualified in all three relays, with Jake Owens,
Derek Banzhaf, Matt Janssen and Filburn placing 10th in the 4x400
in 3:35.69; Banzhaf, Wilson, Justin Payne and Filburn were 11th
in the 4x800 in 8:44.63; and Trey Brown, Janssen, Owens and Filburn
were 14th in the 4x100 in 46.99.
Janssen was 14th in the 200 in 23.93; and Brown was 15th in the
triple jump at 38.7.75.
Courtney Cox turned in a solid effort for the Lyndon girls’
team, placing 10th in the 400-meters in 1:03.47. Jenny Neuenschwander
was 14th in the 1600 meters in 6:09.35.
The Lady Tigers’ team of Shawna Bitts, Cox, Malori Gales and
Elaina Spencer placed 13th in the 4x800 in 10:54.10. |
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