Buhler Girls Track Team 1st, Crusader Boys 2nd at AVCTL III Meet

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The Buhler High School girls track team dominated the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League Division III championship meet Thursday at the Winfield High School track.

The Crusader girls scored 203 points, followed by McPherson 114, Winfield 69, Mulvane 62, Towanda-Circle 55 and Augusta 46.

The McPherson Bullpup boys edged the Buhler Crusader boys 168-163 for the AVCTL III boys team title. Winfield placed third with 73 points, followed by Circle 65, Mulvane 55 and Augusta 33.

First-place finishes Buhler girls: Sofia Spies, 100-meter dash, 12.45 seconds; Jenna Lackey, 200, 26.59; Corbin Starkweather, 800, 2:23.65; 4×100 relay team, 49.39; Jenna Lackey, pole vault, 11 feet, 6 inches (Lackey set a school record).

Second-place finishes Buhler girls: Jenna Lackey, 100, 12.55; Sofia Spies, 200, 26.76; Isabella Friesen, 800, 2:23.65; Isabella Friesen, 1600, 5:28.5; Caiyra Heinlein, 100 hurdles, 16.88; Aaliyah Leving, 300 hurdles, 49.07; 4×800 relay team, 11:12.88; Addysyn Keller, long jump, 16-0.25; Sabella Regier, pole vault, 10-0; Lauren Welch, javelin, 105-8.

Third-place finishes Buhler girls: Isabella Rivera, 1600, 5:32.27; Bayleigh Miller, 100 hurdles, 16.91; Bayleigh Miller, 300 hurdles, 50.56; 4×400 relay, 4:22.52; Khloe Blackwell, pole vault, 9-0; Aidan Howard, discus 116-7.

Fourth-place finishes Buhler girls: Caiyra Heinlein, 300 hurdles, 51.92; Kara Friesen, triple jump, 30-4.5.

Fifth-place finishes Buhler girls: Addysyn Keller, 100, 13.12; Laney Reiff, 800, 2:31.95; Hannah Dick, 3200, 13:57.4; Miyah Dean, high jump, 4-6.

Sixth-place finishes Buhler girls: Aaliyah Leving, 100 hurdles, 17.91; Kara Friesen, long jump, 14-2.5; Natalie Oard, triple jump, 28-9; Kyndal Nehls, javelin, 99-3; Aidan Howard, shot put, 30-11.

Seventh-place finishes Buhler girls: Gabriella Gillespie, 400, 1:09.84; Allison Johnson, 3200, 15:12.69; Zoe Brown, triple jump, 28-8.25; Lauren Welch, 30-11.

Eighth-place finishes Buhler girls: Swayze Redman, 400, 1:09.85.

First-place finishes Buhler boys: Garrett Gleason, 200, 22.46; Zach Friesen, 100 hurdles, 14.67; Zach Friesen, 200 hurdles, 40.97; Garrett Gleason, long jump, 20-1.75; Max Harmony, pole vault, 14-0 (Harmony recently set a school record at 14-7.75); Jacob Miller, javelin 172-1.

Second-place finishes Buhler boys: Owen Kneisel, 110 hurdles, 16.63; Dexter Fleeman, high jump, 6-0; Carthrae Courson, triple jump, 39-5.5; Kodie Applegate, pole vault, 12-6.

Third-place finishes Buhler boys: Gavin Lindahl, 800, 4:37.39; Ryan Cherry, 3200, 10:26.9; Owen Kneisel, 300 hurdles, 43.86; 4×800 relay, 8:38.93; Dontrell Willard-Trass. Triple jump, 38-6.

Fourth-place finishes Buhler boys: Zach Friesen, 100, 11.12; Eli White, 400, 53.19; Gavin Lindahl, 800, 2:00.67; Carson Roberts, 300 hurdles, 47.45; Cody Jones, pole vault, 10-0; Mayan Lee-McGlynn, shot put, 47-8.

Fifth-place finishes Buhler boys: Keenan Johnson, 110 hurdles, 22.95; Bishop Holmes, triple jump, 38-2.

Sixth-place finishes Buhler boys: 4×400 relay team, 3:46.81; Bishop Holmes, high jump, 5-8; William Griffin, 47-0.

Seventh-place finishes Buhler boys: Dexter Fleeman, 200, 24.44; Zayden Mendenhall, 800, 2:04.44; William Griffin, discus, 126-9.

Eighth-place finishes Buhler boys: Christian Vaile, 3200, 11:21.56.

Buhler will host a Class 4A regional track meet next Thursday at Crusader Stadium. Other schools competing are Abilene, Augusta, Chapman, Towanda-Circle, Clay Center Community, Concordia, El Dorado and McPherson.

Field events start at 2 p.m. and preliminaries at 4:30 p.m. Finals will start 30 minutes after the last heat of the boys 200-meter dash preliminaries.

Complete AVCTL III track meet results — https://ks.milesplit.com/meets/755982-avctl-division-iii-championships-2026/results/1303311/raw