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Created: 10 April 2023

By RICK PETERSON

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NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2023 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times for individual sprints are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

BOYS

100 METERS

Dunshee, Hayden                        10.94

Rollenhagen, Silver Lake             11.08

Heiman, Silver Lake                     11.23

Murph, Topeka High                     11.28

Peoples, Topeka High                  11.35

200 METERS

Peoples, Topeka High                  22.60

Cochran, Seaman                        22.70

Rollenhagen, Silver Lake             22.79

Murph, Topeka High                     23.06

Berry-Briggs, Shawnee Heights   23.08

Heiman, Silver Lake                      23.23

400 METERS

Schrickel, Hayden                         51.09

Roeder, Topeka High                    51.60

Benz, Shawnee Heights                52.68

Terry, Washburn Rural                   52.85

Roney, Washburn Rural                 53.04

800 METERS

Moore, Seaman                            2:04.63

Esquibel, Shawnee Heights          2:05.09

Dial, Washburn Rural                    2:05.41

Anderson, Seaman                      2:05.59

Johnson, Washburn Rual             2:07.92

Shawnee Heights junior Jackson Esquibel (3) is the Shawnee County leader in the 1,600 meters. [File photo/TSN]

1,600 METERS

Esquibel, Shawnee Heights            4:23.37

Njoroge, Topeka West                     4:24.12

Dial, Washburn Rural                      4:33.13

Johnson, Washburn Rural               4:33.46

Jowers, Seaman                              4:46.58

 Topeka West senior Lenny Njoroge is the Shawnee County leader in the boys 3,200-meter run. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

3,200 METERS

Njoroge, Topeka West                    9:26.36

Esquibel, Shawnee Heights           9:31.56

Johnson, Washburn Rural             10:02.87

Fink, Washburn Rual                     10:17.98

Jowers, Seaman                            10:19.72

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Created: 10 April 2023

By Rick Peterson

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After winning team championships in meets in Salina and Arkansas City, the Topeka West boys tennis team dominated the John Markham Spring Classic at Goddard Saturday,  taking first as a team for the third straight meet.

Topeka West seniors Miles Cusick (back) and Ian Cusick rolled to the doubles championship Saturday at Goddard as the Chargers won their third straight team championship. [Submitted photo by Kami Cusick]

Seniors Ian and Miles Cusick, the defending Class 5A state doubles champions, shut out opponents from Wichita Southeast and Goddard Eisenhower in their first two matches.  They went on to beat the team from McPherson 8-5 before taking an 8-4 decision over junior teammates Caden McGee and Caleb Weybrew to reach the finals.

The Cusicks then defeated Derby's Isaak Bowman and Hayden Carrillo 8-1 to take the top spot in doubles. McGee and Weybrew finished fourth.

Topeka West senior singles player Carter Cool finished fourth Saturday at Goddard, helping West win the team championship. [Submitted photo by Kami Cusick]

In singles, senior Carter Cool rolled past Jayden Phrakonkham from Wichita Southeast and Cair Paravel Latin freshman Drew Fay by 8-0 counts to open his tournament bid.

After beating Jack Ring from Maize High School, Cool fell in the semifinals to Independence's Kale Groff 8-1 and took fourth place in singles. 

Junior James Maag won 8-1 in his first two matches against Goddard's Arce Gross and Independence's Owen Clapp before coming up short in the quarterinals, losing 8-3 to Goddard Eisenhower's Kyle King.  Maag went on to finish fifth.

The Chargers will host the Topeka West Invitational at Kossover Tennis Center on Tuesday, April 18.

Shawnee Heights junior Jackson Esquibel (right) and Topeka West senior Lenny Njoroge finished first and second in the 1,600 last Friday's Lansing Invitational. [Submitted photo by Amy Esquibel]

Esquibel, Njoroge shine at Lansing

Shawnee Heights junior Jackson Esquibel set Shawnee Heights school records in a pair of events in Friday's Lansing Invitational track and field meet while Topeka West senior Lenny Njoroge registered a pair of personal records.

Esquibel and Njoroge went one-two in the 1,600, with Esquibel setting the Heights school record in 4 minutes, 23.37 seconds and Njororge finihing second in 4:24.12.

Njoroge came back later in the night to win the 3,200 9:26.36, with Esquibel second in a school-record time of 9:31.56.

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 By RICK PETERSON

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Ian Cusick

IAN CUSICK, Topeka West

A senior, Cusick teamed with his twin brother, Miles, to win the doubles championship in Saturday's John Markham Spring Classic tennis tournament at Goddard, with the Cusicks leading the Chargers to their third straight team championship this spring. The Cusicks, defending Class 5A state doubles champions, went 5-0 in the tournament, capped by an 8-1 win over Derby's Isaak Bowman and Hayden Carrillo in the title match.

 Miles Cusick

MILES CUSICK, Topeka West

Cusick, a senior, teamed with twin brother Ian to win the doubles championship in Saturday's John Markham Spring Classic at Goddard, leading the Chargers to their third straight team championship this spring. The Cusicks, defending Class 5A state doubles champions, went 5-0 in the tournament, capped by an 8-1 win over Derby's Isaak Bowman and Hayden Carrillo in the title match.

Jackson Esquibel

JACKSON ESQUIBEL, Shawnee Heights

A junior, Esquibel set Shawnee Heights school records in both the boys 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs in Friday's Lansing Invitational track and field meet. A Class 5A state medalist in both track and cross country, Esquibel won the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 23.37 seconds and finished second in the 3,200 in 9:31.56. Esquibel eclipsed the previous school record of 4:24.09 in  the 1,600 and the previous record of 9:31.9, set 34 seasons ago, in the 3,200.  

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Created: 08 April 2023

By RICK PETERSON

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After the No. 17-ranked Washburn University softball team dropped a tough 3-2 first-game decision to Nebraska-Kearney Saturday at Gahnstrom Field, the Ichabods turned to a freshman pitcher to help get them back on track.

Washburn freshman pitcher Sadie Walker turned in a clutch performance in Saturday's 7-0 win over Nebraska-Kearney, improving to 5-3 on the season. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics] 

Holton product Sadie Walker was up to the challenge, turning in the best performance of her young college career in a 7-0 win over the Lopers, continuing her progress for the 31-9 Ichabods.

The left-handed Walker, who has settled into a role as the Ichabods' regular second-game starter behind All-American Jaycee Ginter, threw six innings of shutout ball against Nebraska-Kearney to improve to 5-3 while allowing just three hits and one walk and striking out seven. Walker lowered her earned run average to 3.46.

"She did the same thing for us yesterday, which was great,'' Washburn coach Brenda Holaday said of Walker's outing. "And she had a good weekend last weekend for us. We lost the first game at Northwest and won the next. We did win the first game at Mo. West and lost the next one, but she pitched really well and gave us a chance there.''

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