McPherson High School’s Track & Field and Girls Swimming teams had a strong weekend, seeing multiple PR’s and high finishes by both teams.
TRACK & FIELD
The Track & Field team had a strong day in Abilene on Friday, April 27, as the boys team placed 2nd and the girls finished 7th.
The Varsity and JV teams set 68 new personal records in their meets, according to head coach John Montgomery. McPherson’s varsity team had five meet winners: Brynn Littlejohn in the Girls Shot Put, Ashton Malm in the 100m Dash, Caden Wenderott in the Boys Discus, the 4×100 Rumble Relay team (Mason Miller, Dylan Hall, James Fritzmeier, Dadem Wenderott), and the 4×100 Relay team (Jayren Stutzman, Brody Hoffman, Kinnick Anderson, Ashton Malm. The 4×100 team recorded the fastest time in 4A this season so far.
Below are the full top 6 varsity finishers:
GIRLS
● 100m – Amara Dossett – 6th Place
● 4×100 – Amara Dossett, Andi Buschbom, Ella Wyssmann, Tylee Wilson – 4th Place
● 400 – Adri McLeod – 4th Place
● 4×400 – Ella Wyssmann, Kamryn Prescott, Andi Buschbom, Piper Solofra – 4th Place
● Shot Put – Brynn Littlejohn – 1st Place
● Javelin – Karsen Burris – 3rd Place
● High Jump – Cayla Weimer – 5th Place
● Long Jump –
○ Andi Buschbom – 2nd Place
○ Piper Solofra – 5th Place
● Triple Jump – Cayla Weimer – 3rd Place
BOYS
● 4×800 – Kayden Friesen, Tripp Pelzel, Daniel Bowen, Nathan Friesen – 2nd Place
● 100m –
○ Ashton Malm – 1st Place
○ Jayren Stutzman – 2nd Place
○ Brody Hofman – 3rd Place
● 1600m – Caleb Muehler – 4th Place
● 4×100 – Jayren Stutzman, Brody Hoffman, Kinnick Anderson, Ashton Malm – 1st Place
○ Fastest time in 4A this season
● 4×100 Rumble Relay – Mason Miller, Dylan Hall, James Fritzemeier, Caden Wenderott – 1st Place
● 400m – Dane Becker – 5th Place
● 800m –
○ Kayden Friesen – 3rd
○ Tripp Pelzel – 4th
● 200m –
○ Brody Hoffman – 3rd
○ Ashton Malm – 5th
● 3200m – Caleb Muehler – 2nd
● 4×400 – Dane Becker, Tripp Pelzel, Daniel Bowen, Kayden Friesen – 2nd
● Shot Put – Caden Wenderott – 2nd
● Javelin – James Fritzemeier – 4th
● Long Jump –
○ Kinnick Anderson – 5th
○ Jayren Stutzman – 6th
● Triple Jump – Kinnick Anderson – 3rd
● Discus –
○ Caden Wenderott – 1st
○ Dylan Hall – 4th
GIRLS SWIMMING
The McPherson Girls Swim team placed 2nd in the Salina Invitational on Friday, April 24.
While the Bullpups did not win any events, they finished in the top five in nine instances. Adyson Wiens led by finishing second in the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Breaststroke. Ella Schrag had a strong day as well, placing 4th in the 100 Butterfly and 5th in the 200 IM. Roxy Riedel also finished in 2nd in the 100 Backstroke.
Below are the full results for McPherson:
200 Medley Relay
3rd-Busenitz, Frank, Wiens, Dammann 2:18.08
7th-Robinson, Hecker, Riedel, Elseth 2:31.63
200 Freestyle
8th-Brinnley Robinson 2:37.80
12th-Jersey Elseth 2:43.68
19th-Ashleigh Coyle 3:00.57
200 IM
5th-Ella Schrag 2:55.65
9th-Zoe Busenitz 3:00.13
10th-Josie Charvat 3:03.90
50 Freestyle
2nd-Adyson Wiens 26.93
10th-Kaylee Frank 30.86
14th-Roxy Riedel 32.00
100 Butterfly
4th-Ella Schrag 1:10.88
100 Freestyle
8th-Zoe Busenitz 1:10.47
9th-Kennedy Hecker 1:12.97
13th-Jersey Elseth 1:14.32
500 Freestyle
6th-Brinnley Robinson 7:02.87
10th-Mckenzie Dammann 7:25.90
11th-Josie Charvat 7:27.98
200 Freestyle Relay
4th-Wiens, Frank, Charvat, Schrag 1:58.92
100 Backstroke
2nd-Roxy Riedel 1:21.27
5th-Mckenzie Dammann 1:26.47
17th-Ashleigh Coyle 1:41.72
100 Breaststroke
2nd-Adyson Wiens 1:19.58
6th-Kaylee Frank 1:29.34
12th-Kennedy Hecker 1:33.68
400 Freestyle Relay
5th-Schrag, Robinson, Charvat, Busenitz 4:43. 50
12th-Dammann, Elseth, Hecker, Coyle 5:12.93
