Four local area schools competed in the Royal Valley Invitational and it was two of them taking home the team crowns in the boys and girls overall team scoring, as the Sabetha Bluejays girls track meet took first and the Royal Valley Panther boys notched first place, also.
On the boys side it was Royal Valley leading the way on the day with 160.33 total team points, outscoring the next closest team by 57. Finishing second was Sabetha with 107.33 points. Osage City took home third place as a team as they tallied 83.33 total points. Rounding out the rest of the team finishes in spots four through eight were: Santa Fe Trail in fourth, Rossville in fifth, St. Mary's in sixth, Council Grove in seventh and Jackson Heights in eighth.
The most top three finishes in individual events shook out the same way the top three in the team standings did for the boys, with Royal Valley tallying the most with 14, Sabetha second with 11 and Osage City with 7, top three finishes on the day.
Two area athletes in the boys events took home three top three finishes on the day; they were both Royal Valley Panthers in Gary Smith and Skyler Link. Smith took home three second place finishes in the shot put, discus and javelin, while his teammate Link took first in the long jump and second in the triple jump and 200 meter dash. Seven athletes from the four local schools notched two top three finishes on the day. Sabetha's, Trevin Edelman won both the shot put and discus throw, while his teammate Brandon Wymer swept the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes. Trenton Cox, another Bluejay took home second in the 3200 meter run and third in the 1600 meter run.
Three Royal Valley Panthers took home two top three finishes on the day, they were: Austin Hodison who finished second in the long jump and third in the triple jump; Tanner Ogden who won the crown in the 3200 meter run and finished second in the 1600 meter run; while Nick Tuck won both the 110 meter and 300 meter hurdles. Santa Fe Trail's, Dawson Colglazier also took two top three finishes home with a first place finish in the 1600 meter run and third place in the 800 meter run.
On the girls side of things for the team scoring it was Sabetha winning by a 29-point margin with a cumulative score of 143. Rossville finished second with 114, as the only other team on the girl's side to reach the 100-plus point plateau as a team. Royal Valley the host school took third with 82 total points. Rounding out the rest of the team finishes in spots four through eight were: Osage City in fourth, Council Grove in fifth, St. Mary's in sixth, Santa Fe Trail in seventh and Jackson Heights in eighth.
Out of the four local area school competing only three athletes took home multiple top three finishes in the girls events, those being Sabetha's, Kayla Renyer and Ashley Meyer, along with Royal Valley's, Mara Winter. Renyer won two events, taking first in the shot put and discus, while here teammate Meyer won the javelin and finished third in the discus. Winter, for Royal Valley took second in the triple jump and third in the long jump.
The other first place finishes for the girls from the local area schools came from the Sabetha Bluejays 4X100 meter relay team and Royal Valley's, Elizabeth Blevins who took home the pole vault crown.
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