Centre leads the pack at home meet
As has been the case for several years, Marion High School loaned its support and facilities April 20 to Centre High School for its annual track meet.
Centre boys' and girls' teams finished in first place. Other teams were from Burrton, Hillsboro, Marion, and Fairfield.
The girls recorded eight first-place finishes. Jill Fenske leaped 13 feet, 10 and one-half inches in the long jump, and finished the 100-meter dash in 13.62 seconds. Jackie Klenda reached a height of seven feet, six inches in pole vault and ran the 400m dash in 1:06.2.
Dani Hatfield won the 3200m run with a time of 13:49.7 and the 1600m run in 6:23.1. Krista Heiser was first in 300m hurdles with a time of 56.68 seconds, and Alisha Barney won the 800m run in 2:53.7.
Eric Peterson finished first in three of six first-place finishes in boys' events: high jump, at five feet, six inches; 110m hurdles, 16.75 seconds; and 300m hurdles, 43.96.
Seth Jirak set a new personal record in discus at 121 feet, five inches. Todd Stahlecker won the 800m run with a time of 2:21.7, and Justin Garrard won the 3200m run with a time of 10:19.9.
Girls' results
Team scores: 1. Centre, 131; 2. Burrton, 98; 3. Marion, 44; 4. Hillsboro, 41; 5. Fairfield, 14.
Shot put: 2. Jackie Klenda, 30-9; 3. Raschelle Jirak, 30-2.5; 5. Megan Gutsch, 28-8.
Javelin: 2. Laura Klenda, 116-3; 3. Gutsch, 80-8.
Long jump: 1. Jill Fenske, 13-10.5; 4. Brittany Owens, 12-7.
Triple jump: 3. J. Klenda, 28-10.5.
Pole vault: 1. J. Klenda, 7-6; 2. Alisha Barney, 6.
Discus: 2. Jirak, 97.6; 4. L. Klenda, 95.6.
3200m run: 1. Dani Hatfield, 13:49.7.
100m hurdles: 2. Krista Heiser, 19.85; 4. Barney, 21.69; 5. Brianne Stahlecker, 23.48.
100m dash: 1. Fenske, 13.62; 5. Selena Seifert, 15.
1600m run: 1. Hatfield, 6:23.1; 5. Barney, 6:31.
4x100m relay: 3. Centre — Jessica Deines, Heiser, Seifert, Fenske.
400m dash: 1. J. Klenda, 1:06.2; 4. Gutsch, 1:13.2.
300m hurdles: 1. Heiser, 56.68.
800m run: 1.Barney, 2:53.7.
200m dash: 2. Fenske, 29.33; 5. Seifert, 31.83.
4x400: 2. Centre — J. Klenda, Hatfield, Heiser, L. Klenda, 4:39.7.
Boys' results
Team scores: 1. Centre, 113; 2. Burrton, 95; 3. Marion, 66; 4. Hillsboro, 38; 5. Fairfield, 35.
Shot put: 3. Seth Jirak, 40-8.5.
Javelin: 2. Tad Remy, 121-5; 4. Alfonse Klenda, 110-8.
Long jump: 3. Aaron Barney, 18-8.
Triple jump: 3. Barney, 36-7; 5. Daniel Mikolajcak, 35-3.
Pole vault: 5. Jeremy Kristek, 7.
High jump: 1. Eric Peterson, 5-6.
Discus: 1. Jirak, 121-5.
3200m run: 1. Justin Garrard, 10:19.9.
110m hurdles: 1. Peterson, 16.75.
100m dash: 2. Barney, 12.07; 3. Jirak, 12.21.
1600m run: 2. Garrard, 4:56.3; 3. Bryant Gutsch, 5:19.9.
4x100m relay: 2. Centre — Stahlecker, Jirak, Peterson, Danny Denham, 49.54.
400m dash: 2. Stahlecker, 56.35.
300m hurdles: 1. Peterson, 43.96; 3. Mikolajcak, 50.53; 4. Garrard, 52.09.
800m run: 1. Stahlecker, 2:21.7; 2. Gutsch, 2:21.9.
Council Grove
Centre High School track teams competed Thursday in an invitational track meet at Council Grove.
The girls took third place among 10 teams, and the boys placed fifth among nine.
Centre accumulated three first-place finishes: Jackie Klenda in girls' pole vault, at seven feet, six inches; Aaron Barney in boys' long jump with a leap of 18 feet, nine inches, and Justin Garrard in the boys' 3200-meter run with a time of 10 minutes, 28.22 seconds.
Girls' results
Team scores: 1. Osage City, 118; 2. White City, 86; 3. Centre, 69; 4. Council Grove, 68; 5. Chase County, 61; 6. Madison, 48; 7. Northern Heights, 45; 8. Riley County, 38; 9. Herington, 21; 10. Royal Valley, 1.
100m dash: 4. Jill Fenske, 13.49; 17. Selena Seifert, 15.13; 22. Jessica Deines, 16.88.
200m dash: 5. Fenske, 29.32; 17. Seifert, 32.30; 20. Deines, 35.43.
400m dash: 6. Jackie Klenda, 1:06.35.
800m run: 6. Alisha Barney, 2:56.39.
1600m run: 6. Dani Hatfield, 6:21.51.
3200m run: 5. Hatfield, 14:37.50.
100m hurdles: 4. Krista Heiser, 19.81; 8. Barney, 20.98; 9. Brianne Stahlecker, 22.83.
300m hurdles: 4. Heiser, 55.95; 8. Brittany Owens, 1:04.78.
4x100m relay: 4. Centre — Fenske, J. Klenda, Seifert, Heiser, 56.07.
4x400m relay: 2. Centre — L. Klenda, Hatfield, Heiser, J. Klenda, 4:40.23.
Pole vault: 1. J. Klenda, 7-6; 4. Barney, 6.
Long jump: 9. Fenske, 13-9.
Triple jump: 5. Stahlecker, 26.
Shot put: 2. L. Klenda, 33-4; 7. Raschelle Jirak, 29-1; 9. Megan Gutsch, 28-3; 17. Chelsey Tajchman, 22-3.5.
Discus: 4. L. Klenda, 100-5; 7. Jirak, 94-10; 20. Tajchman, 61.
Javelin: 2. L. Klenda, 114-4; 8. Gutsch, 74-4; 14. Tajchman, 57-3.
Boys' results
Team scores: 1. Northern Heights, 143.33; 2. White City, 101; 3. Madison, 89.33; 4. Osage City, 67; 5. Centre, 65.33; 6. Council Grove, 53; 7. Royal Valley, 16; 8. Chase County, 13; 9. Riley County, 9.
100m dash: 6. Aaron Barney, 11.92; 15. Danny Denham, 12.63.
200m dash: 6. Denham, 24.93; 15. Daniel Mikolajcak, 27.14; 16. Jeremy Kristek, 27.21.
400m dash: 4. Todd Stahlecker, 55.78; 13. Giovanni Antonielli, 1:04.09.
800m run: 2. Stahlecker, 2:13.07.
1600m run: 2. Justin Garrard, 4:47.57; 5. Bryant Gutsch, 5:13.14.
3200m run: 1. Garrard, 10:28.22.
110m hurdles: 2. Eric Peterson, 16.99.
300m hurdles, 4. Peterson, 45.25.
High jump: 6. Peterson, 5-4.
Pole vault: 9. Kristek, 7.
Long jump: 1. Barney, 18-9; 11. Travis Burns, 16-9; 13. Kristek, 16.
Triple jump: 3. Barney, 38-2.25; 11. Mikolajcak, 32.3.5.
Shot put: 6. Seth Jirak, 38-7.5; 18. Jimmy Cheever, 30.
Discus: 9. Jirak, 112-5; 16. Alfonse Klenda, 98-7; 19. Cheever, 68.
Javelin: 7. Tad Remy, 108-10; 9. Klenda, 108-2; 13. Gutsch, 103-11.
4x100m relay: 5. Centre — Jirak, Peterson, Burns, Barney, 47.87.
