Yates Center, Humboldt athletes rake in medals

FREDONIA — Yates Center and Humboldt High’s track teams had several solid performances Friday at the Fredonia Relays.
The Wildcat girls finished seventh as a squad with 36 points, while the boys finished eighth with 30 points.
Humboldt’s girls finished 14th with four points, while the boys were 13th with 12 points. The Cubs sent only a handful of athletes to Fredonia. Others were in Lawrence for the Kansas Relays.
“Our kids did a great job and had a very good showing at a large meet with many larger teams there,” Yates Center track coach Dan Berg said, noting more than 20 schools were invited.
Mindi Holloway won the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 36.85 seconds before returning minutes later to anchor the Wildcats’ 4×400-meter relay team, which also won gold. Holloway ran with Paige Steinforth, Katelyn Hatch and Ashley Pringle with a time of 4:29.48.
Yates Center’s Ceaton Cooper took second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.78 seconds.
Steinforth cleared a personal best mark of 5 feet to take second in the girls high jump.
“Ceaton and Mindi both gave gutsy performances, while both of our 4×100 relay teams did very well. Our 4×400 relay teams have really outdone themselves this year, and Friday was no exception.
“The boys’ 4×400 team battled to the finish line and just came up a little short,” Berg said. “It was a thrilling race to watch.”
Drake Busteed, Miles Dice, Caleb DeNoon and Cooper teamed to claim the silver medal in the boys’ 4×100 with a time of 3:47.22
“Drake ran his best 1600 in that race and is progressing nicely,” Berg said. Hatch was disqualified in the 100-meter hurdles for a false start, but rebounded nicely to take fifth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 53.24 seconds.
“She had a really strong race,” Berg said.
“We are looking forward to our next meets to continue the improvement for all of our athletes,” Berg said. “We appear to be getting better as we move along in this strange weather season.”
Girls
100-meter dash
Rylie Albert, YC, 14.55, DNQ
Ashley Pringle, YC, 14.64, DNQ
Shayli Ellis, H, 15.04, DNQ
200-meter dash
Rylie Albert, YC, 30.58, DNQ
Sheri Middleton, H, 31.12, DNQ
Kolbyn Allen, H, 33.10, DNQ
4×100-meter dash
5. Yates Center (Albert, Paige Steinforth, Pringle, Mindi Holloway), 55.24
11. Humboldt (Haylie Yost, Rachael Taylor, Ellis, Allen), 58.36
400-meter dash
5. Middleton, H, 1:06.92
7. Nikki Aklin, YC, 1:05.16
300-meter hurdles
4. Katelyn Hatch, YC, 53.24
800-meter run
1. Holloway, YC, 2:36.85
5. Yost, H, 2:47.18
9. Allen, H, 2:54.41
4×400-meter relay
1. Yates Center (Steinforth, Hatch, Pringle, Holloway), 4:29.48
10. Humboldt (Taylor, Yost, Middleton, Allen), 4:56.25
Shot put
6. Makayla Jones, YC, 31’11”
25. Rachel Crays, H, 25’10”
28. Makayla Bishop, YC, 24’ 1/2”
High jump
2. Steinforth, YC, 5’
Long jump
6. Holloway, YC, 14’5”
16. Ellis, YC, 13’10 1/4”
Discus
11. Jones, YC, 86’11”
18. Bishop, YC, 78’8”
32. Crays, H, 41’2 1/2”

Boys
100-meter dash
3. Nick Keazer, H, 11.82
Bryce Leon, YC, 12.63, DNQ
Caleb DeNoon, YC, 12.83, DNQ
Jason Wendland, YC, 13.44, DNQ
Kyle Doolittle, H, 14.83, DNQ
200-meter dash
7. N. Keazer, 26.16
Andrew Keazer, 26.32, DNQ
Austin McNett, YC, 25.28, DNQ
Wendland, YC, 27.19, DNQ
1600-meter run
3. Drake Busteed, YC, 4:52.85
11. Brett Holloway, YC, 5:10.96
4×100-meter relay
2. Yates Center (Leon, Miles Dice, Ceaton Cooper, DeNoon), 46.39
400-meter dash
2. Cooper, YC, 52.78
5. N. Keazer, H, 54.82
17. Doolittle, H, 1:07.32
800-meter dash
4. A. Keazer, H, 2:12.44
4×400-meter relay
2. Yates Center (Busteed, Dice, DeNoon, Cooper), 3:47.22
Shot put
21. Josh Hawley, H, 32’7”
31. Pringle, YC, 30’11 1/2”
Javelin
15. McNett, YC, 127’6”
High jump
8 (tie). Dice, YC, 5’6”
12. Busteed, YC, 5’4”
Long jump
8. DeNoon, YC, 17’3 1/2”
15. Wendland, YC, 16’6”
23. Doolittle, H, 13’4”
Discus
34. Pringle, YC, 63’10”
38. Hawley, H, 49’9 1/2”