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Details: Created: 19 April 2025

By CHARLES SPURLOCK

Special to TopSports.news

LAWRENCE -- After Friday’s exciting races to kick off the Kansas Relays, the performances on Saturday did not disappoint.

Seaman junior Ryin Miller, anchoring the Vikings' 4x400 relay, won the 1,600-meter run Saturday in the Kansas Relays, her second win in as many days. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]

Seaman junior Ryin Miller picked up where she left off on Friday. In what might have been the race of the day, Miller won the 1600-meter run in a personal-best time of 4:46.03, which is the 16th fastest in the United States this year.

Her strategy was different from Friday’s race.

“I had planned to lead and get out in front from the start, but I could tell that we were going hot, so I decided to let the girls lead,'' Miller said.

As the final lap began, Ryin and the eventual second-place finisher -- senior Elyse Wilmes of Father Tolton Catholic School in Columbia, Mo. - took the lead from senior Kinley Wolfe of Cherry Creek High School of Colorado.

With about 300 meters remaining, Miller made her move and took a brief lead over Wilmes. However, Wilmes immediately responded and took a 10-15 meter lead going into the final 200 meters. As both runners arrived at the top of the stretch, Miller began her amazing charge and overtook Wilmes right before the finish to win by 0.3 seconds.

“I had watched the lead runner (Wilmes) in the 800 on Friday and knew she had a good kick, so I thought if I went early, it would take a little from her kick, but she brought it,'' Miller said. I just hung on, telling myself that I could do it, and in the last 100, I gave it all I had and luckily it was enough.”

Other Saturday highlights:

• The girls 4x800 team from Washburn Rural -- seniors Emily Graf, Payton Fink, Brooklyn Nolte and junior Kenzie Maddox -- finished in 5th place with a time of 9:44.07.

• Washburn Rural senior Isaiah Terry finished in 3rd place in the final of the 400 meters in a time of 48.41.

Washburn Rural senior Isaiah Terry finished third in the Kansas Relays 400 dash and helped the Junior Blues take fourth in the 4x400 relay. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]

• The boys 4x400 relay team from Washburn Rural -- juniors Draden Chooncharoen and Liam Morrison along with seniors Ben Buesing and Terry finished 4th with a time of 3:22.21.

Details: Created: 20 April 2025

By RICK PETERSON

TopSports.news

BOYS

100 METERS

Peyton Holmes, Seaman 11.03

Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 11.13

Ben Roeder, Topeka High 11.17

Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 11.26

Alberto Gallegos, Shawnee Heights 11.36

200 METERS

Bryce Cochran, Seaman 22.57

Trent Rollenhagen, Silver Lake 22.90

Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural 22.91

Liam Stegman, Hayden 23.16

Jayden Lindsey, Topeka West 23.45

Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural

400 METERS

Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural 48.41

Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 48.68

Bryce Cochran, Seaman 49.58

Ben Roeder, Topeka High 50.10

Liam Benz, Shawnee Heights 51.50

Brody Anderson, Seaman

800 METERS

Brody Anderson, Seaman 1:56.22

Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 1:58.62

Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 2:00.38

Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 2:02.10

Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural 2:02.47

1,600 METERS

Brody Anderson, Seaman 4:18.55

Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 4:24.40

Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 4:26.19

Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 4:26.34

Jonah Stewart, Hayden 4:38.90

Adrian Lehman, Topeka West

3,200 METERS

Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 9:19.16

Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 9:44.76

Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural 9:54.82

Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural 10:03.37

Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 10:12.39

110-METER HURDLES

Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 15.17

Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 15.65

Desean Lunkins, Topeka High 15.80

Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 16.11

Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 16.50

300-METER HURDLES

Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 40.25

Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 41.44

Michael Hurla, Seaman 41.64

Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural 42.10

Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 42.25

4x100-METER RELAY

Silver Lake 43.28

Seaman 43.77

Washburn Rural 43.93

Topeka High 44.02

Hayden 44.86

4x400-METER RELAY

Washburn Rural 3:21.58

Seaman 3:27.17

Topeka High 3:29.39

Hayden 3:32.11

Shawnee Heights 3:32.78

4x800-METER RELAY

Washburn Rural 8:01.63

Shawnee Heights 8:46.63

Seaman 8:51.18

Topeka High 8:53.23

Silver Lake 9:02.38

HIGH JUMP

Blake Toyne, Seaman 6-2

Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake 6-0

Jack Esser, Seaman 6-0

Cody Quy, Seaman 6-0

Rondell Harris, Hayden 6-0

Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights

POLE VAULT

Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights 11-6

Luke Deering, Washburn Rural 10-0

Desmond Grindol, Washburn Rural 9-6

Kaden Soden, Washburn Rural 9-0

Quinton White, Seaman 9-0

Jensen Schrickel, Hayden

LONG JUMP

Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 21-11

Peyton Holmes, Seaman 21-5.5

Te'Vante Ewing, Topeka High 21-5

Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 20-11

Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 20-11

TRIPLE JUMP

Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman 42-0

Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 40-7.50

Lucas Marichal, Topeka High 40-7

Anthony Jones, Topeka High 40-6.5

Javion Akins, Topeka High 39-9

Cody Quy, Seaman 39-9

SHOT PUT

Brogen Brown, Seaman 50-11

Clayton Johnson, Seaman 44-5

Amir Bass, Shawnee Heights 43-9

Ethan Fisher, Shawnee Heights 42-6

Doian Rhoten, Topeka West 42-5

Treyton Tetuan, Hayden 41-9.75

DISCUS

Myles Fisher, Silver Lake 140-3

Dorian Rhoten, Topeka West 132-7

Ethan Fisher, Shawnee Heights 129-10

Samuel Scott, Washburn Rural 128-11

Treyton Tetuan, Hayden 125-9

JAVELIN

Oliver Perez, Washburn Rural 155-2

Jackson Haas, Hayden 150-8

Andre Johnson, Rossville 149-6

Taylor Gabriel, Washburn Rural 142-7

Miles Barnes, Topeka High 141-9

Details: Created: 19 April 2025

By CHARLES SPURLOCK

Special to TopSports.news

LAWRENCE -- There are two things you can count on in the springtime in Kansas - the Kansas Relays and a rainstorm. Both occurred on Friday as the 2025 Kansas Relays began at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence.

Seaman junior Ryin Miller won the girls 3,200 meters title Friday in the Kansas Relays. [File photo/TSN]

Several local athletes competed on Friday with many more joining the fray on Saturday.

Highlighting the performance for the city contingent were Washburn Rural's girls 4x1,600-meter relay and Seaman junior distance star Ryin Miller.

The Rural 4x1600 relay was victorious over 22 other schools, with seniors Emily Graf, Payton Fink, Brooklyn Nolte and Rylee Ismert winning in 21 minutes, 21.47 seconds.

The race established a school record for the Junior Blues.

Miller continued her outstanding season with a victory in the girls 3,200 meters in a time of 10:21.78 -- a new personal best this season.

“I felt really good about the race and I went in with a different tactic,'' Miller said. "I normally like to get out to the lead from the start, but I wanted to switch it up to see how I felt and how it worked.

"I was really happy with it and I think it worked out really well.”

Other Friday highlights:

Details: Created: 18 April 2025

By RICK PETERSON

TopSports.news

The Washburn Ichabod softball team split an MIAA doubleheader with No. 5-ranked Central Oklahoma Friday at Gahnstrom Field, rallying from a six-run deficit in the nightcap for a come-from-behind win.

Washburn softball celebrates Friday night after rallying from a 6-0 first-inning deficit to take a 10-7 win over No. 5-ranked Central Oklahoma. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]

After taking a tough 3-2 loss in the opener, Washburn trailed 6-0 after the top of the first in the second game before battling back behind three home runs, including a Jaden LaBarge grand slam, for a 10-7 win over the Bronchos.

The victory secured Washburn's 20th 30-win season and sixth under Ichabod coach Brenda Holaday while WU posted its first win over UCO since a 5-1 win over the Bronchos on April 20, 2019 in Edmond, snapping an 11-game losing streak against the Bronchos.

"First of all, UCO is an incredible program and incredible team,'' Holaday said. "They're No. 5 in the nation for a reason, so to play really good ball against them all day long was really good for us. I thought (pitcher) Sadie Walker was as good as she's been all year long and up and down our lineup we had a lot of kids with big hits for us and when you can share the load you've got a chance to win.

"When you get down 6-0 to a team like that it takes a lot of mettle to come back and I'm just really proud of the fight of the kids.''

In the opener, the Ichabods took the early lead with a solo run in their first at bat when Alexis Tangma doubled to score Ellington Hogle, who walked to lead off the inning.

UCO knotted the score in the fourth with a solo run and took the lead in the fifth, taking advantage of two Ichabod errors to scoring two unearned runs.

In the sixth and seventh innings, Washburn stranded two in each inning but could not push across a run, coming up one run shy.

Washburn out-hit the Bronchos 9-8 in the opener as Tanguma collected three hits while Hogle and LaBarge both had two hits.

Walker turned in a strong pitching performance for Washburn, striking out six Bronchos and giving up just one earned run.

After falling behind 6-0 in the first inning of the nightcap as the Bronchos (41-8 overall, 18-4 MIAA) sent 12 batters to plate, the Ichabods (30-19, 12-10) came back with two runs of their own as LaBarge picked up a two-out single, scoring both Hogle and Makenzie Sais, who singled to start the inning.

Neither team scored again until the third inning when UCO added a run to take a 7-2 lead.

Washburn cut the lead to 7-6 in the bottom of the inning when LaBarge cleared the bases with her grand slam to center, scoring Ashlyn Gaughan, Kaylee Wagner and Erin Boles.

Washburn freshman Kate Dolan is mobbed by her teammates after hitting the first home run of her collegiate career in Friday's 10-7 MIAA win over No. 5-ranked UCO. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

In the fourth, Washburn took the lead at 8-7 after a two-run homer from Wagner, and in its next at bat, Washburn added two more insurance runs when freshman Kate Dolan collected her first collegiate home run with an opposite field shot with two outs on a 1-2 pitch.

Washburn junior Sadie Walker gave up just one earned run in nine innings in Friday's twinbill split with No. 5-ranked Central Oklahoma. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

Walker pitched two scoreless innings of relief for her third save of the season after replacing winning pitcher Jenna Sprague, who improved to 8-6 after tossing 42/3 innings in relief.

The Ichabods outhit the Bronchos 13-10 in the second game as Hogle led the Ichabod attack with three hits and Tanguma, Wagner, Boles and LaBarge all had two.

LaBarge tallied a career-high-tying six RBI while Wagner and Dolan each drove in two runs.

Washburn will wrap up the regular season on April 26 hosting Emporia State.

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