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Manhattan High’s Aaron Newcomer sails over the bar while competing in the high jump during the Manhattan Invitational on Friday, April 12, 2024, at Bishop Stadium.

Both Manhattan High track and field teams cruised to regional championships on Friday at Wichita Northwest.

The Manhattan girls won the meet by 21 points while the boys took first by a commanding 62 points.

The two teams combined for 36 state qualifiers, including 10 first-place finishes.

The Manhattan High girls were led by the dynamic duo of Hanna Pellant and Harli Omli. In the 100, Pellant took first with a time of 11.68, which broke her own school record, and Omli finished second (11.72).

Then the two flipped. This time, Omli took first with a time of 24.65 in the 200 while Pellant finished just behind in second with a time of 24.88.

Omli also finished first in the 400 with a record-breaking time of 55.97.

Pellant also notched another first-place finish, this time in the long jump where she bounded 17 feet, 10.5 inches.

Then the two combined with Aylani Barron and Sarah Oberreuter for another gold medal. The four broke their school record of 48.05 set earlier this season with a time of 47.97.

Barron finished third in the 100-meter hurdles and fourth in the 300 hurdles while Sophia Peabody placed third in the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 4 inches.

Jorryn Hall placed second in the shot put (37 feet, 5 inches) and third in the javelin at 115 feet, 6 inches.

For the Manhattan High boys, Aaron Newcomer won the high jump with a jump of 6 feet, 8 inches followed right behind by Vincent Malone in second with a jump of the same height.

Lucas Holdren won the 1600 with a time of 4:31.33 while finishing second in the 3200 (9:40.72).

Brady Durtschi finished first in the triple jump with a distance of 42 feet, 11 inches, while Eli Strawn won the pole vault with a height of 14 feet, 3 inches.

Jarrett Johnson won the shot put with a throw of 37 feet, 5 inches

The state track meet kicks off Friday in Wichita at Cessna Stadium and will run through Saturday.

Manhattan High girls’ results

(State qualifiers in bold)

100 meters — 1. Pellant 11.68; 2. Omli 11.72.

200 meters — 1. Omli 24.65; 2. Pellant 24.88.

400 meters — 1. Omli 55.97; 7. Miller 1:01.62.

800 meters — 6. Fobes 2:36.42; 8. Tindall 2:38.39.

100 hurdles — 3. Barron 16.19; 5. Selby 17.97.

300 hurdles — 4. Barron 50.76; 7. Hilgers 55.57.

4x100 relay — 1. Manhattan 47.96.

4x400 relay — 5. Manhattan 4:18.3

4x800 relay — 2. Manhattan 10;25.38.

High jump — 3. Peabody — 5 feet; 4 inches. 4. Kratochvil 5 feet.

Long jump — 1. Pellant 17 feet, 10.5 inches.

Triple jump — 4. Ingram 33 feet, 5 inches; 7. Bachman 32 feet, 1.25 inches; 8. Stitt 31 feet, 1.25 inches.

Pole Vault — 5. Gish 8 feet; 8. Floersch 6 feet, 6 inches.

Discus — 5. Hall 116 feet, 11 inches.

Javelin — 3. Hall 115 feet, 6 inches; 4. Gruber 109 feet, 8 inches.

Shot put — 2. Hall 37 feet, 5 inches; 5. Gruber 34 feet, 6 inches; 7. Anhorn 33 feet, 4 inches.

Manhattan High boys’ results

(state qualifiers in bold)

100 meters — 4. Morgan 10.99

200 meters — 4. Rauch 22.79

400 meters — 3. Rauch 49.45; 6. O’Haver 50.78

800 meters — 3. Strum 1:59.49; 7. Merrill 2:04.15

1600 meters — 1. Holdren 4:31.33; 7. Richards 4:54.51

3200 meters — 2. Holdren 9:40.72

110 hurdles — 4. Huff 15.02; 6. Dixon 15.32

300 hurdles — 2. Morgan 40.12

4x100 relay — 2. Manhattan 32.53

4x400 relay — 2. Manhattan 3:26.13

4x800 relay — 2. Manhattan 8:17.69

High jump — 1. Newcomer 6 feet, 8 inches; 2. Malone 6 feet, 8 inches; 7. Amos 5 feet, 7 inches.

Long jump — 2. Rauch 21 feet, 4 inches; 3. Evans-Pryor 20 feet, 11.5 inches.

Triple jump — 1. B, Durtschi 42 feet, 11 inches; 4. Amos 40 feet, 10.25 inches; 7. T. Durtschi 39 feet, 2.75 inches.

Pole vault — 1. Strawn 14 feet, 3 inches; 3. Willie 13 feet; 7; 7. Durtschi 11 feet, 6 inches.

Discus — 2. Weston 145 feet, 11 inches; 3. Anderson 138 feet, 3 inches; 7. Johnson 126 feet, 8 inches.

Javelin — 2. Molt 177 feet, 4 inches; 4. Murph 147 feet, 3 inches; 6. Moran 140 feet, 11 inches.

Shot put — 1. Johnson 50 feet; 5. Barnes 46 feet, 3 inches; 8. Kenney 43 feet, 1 inch.

Other area state qualifiers

(Seed time and rank included)

Wamego

Boys

3200 meters — 5. Parker (10.03.63)

4x800 relay — 4. 8:17.25

1600 meters — 8. Parker (4:32.41)

4x100 relay — 16. 44.57

400 meters — 2. Cutting 49.53

300 meter hurdles — 16. Smith 43.78

800 meters — 6. Cutting 2:00.86

4x400 relay — 5. 3:27.87

Discus — 14. Isch 132 feet

High jump — 2. Smith 6 feet, 6 inches

Javelin — 14. Flerlage 147 feet, 10 inches; 15. Karnowski 147 feet, 1 inch

Triple jump — 16. Frizzell 40 feet, 2.75 inches.

Girls

100 hurdles — 12. Miller 17.08

4x800 relay — 2. Wamego 10:01.17

100 meters — 10. Thornton 12.81

4x100 relay — 15. Wamego 51.61

400 meters — 9. Pearson 1:01.60; Wilber 1:03.10

300 hurdles — 16. Miller 51.3

800 meters — 6. Pittinger-Reed 2:21.68; 10. Adams 2:27.86

200 meters — 12. Wilber 27.19

4x400 relay — 5. Wamego — 4:08.80

High jump — 14. Lull 4 feet, 10 inches

Long jump — 10. Wilber 16 feet, 9.75 inches

Javelin — 10. Schoenbeck 123 feet, 10 inches

Triple jump — 16. Dinger 30 feet, 11.75 inches

Rock Creek

Girls

100 hurdles — 15. Whaley 17.48; 16. Perkins 17.51

4x800 relay — 6. Rock Creek 10:18.63

100 meters — 12. Portelli 12.87

4x100 relay — 12. Rock Creek 51.1

300 hurdles — 11. Whaley 50.29

4x400 relay — 4. Rock Creek 4:08.41

Shot put — 14. Pitzer 34 feet

Discus — 8. Pitzer 109 feet

High jump — 3. Klingenberg 5 feet, 4 inches; 7. Portelli 5 feet; 16. Schadegg 4 feet, 10 inches

Javelin — 12. Cooper 120 feet, 9 inches

Triple jump — 14. Martinie 31 feet, 10.5 inches

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110 hurdles — 10. Jones 16.14; 14. Prado 16.41

4x800 — 8. Rock Creek 8:31.28

300 hurdles — 14. Prado 43.09

Shot put — 6. M. Bell 49 feet

Long jump — 9. Torrey 21 feet, 3 inches

Javelin — 16. Meyer 144 feet, 5 inches

Triple jump — 2. E. Bell 44 feet, 7 inches; 8 Jones 42 feet, .5 inches

Pole vault — 4. Christensen 13 feet, 9 inches

Riley County

Boys

4x800 relay — 8. Riley County 8:31.42

800 meters — Miesner 1:58.28

High jump — Morgan 6 feet

Triple jump — Woodard 42 feet, 1 inch

Pole vault — Gutsch 11 feet

Girls

3200 meters — Bauman 13:15.8

100 hurdles — Lambert 16.43

4x800 relay — 6. Riley County 10:10.98

300 meters — 3. Lambert 47.04

Valley Heights

Boys

3200 meters — Zimmerman 10:50.65

4x100 relay — 4. Valley Heights — 44.3

400 meters — 10. Gray 52.22

200 meters — 12. Spoonts 23.31

4x400 relay — 8. Valley Heights 3:33.76

Shot put — 12. Smith 43 feet, 6 inches; 15. Wagner 41 feet, 5.5 inches

Discus — 11. Smith 138 feet, 6 inches

Long jump — 13. Martin 20 feet, 6.5 inches

Pole vault — 8. Unruh 11 feet, 6 inches

Girls

Javelin — Miller 114 feet, 7 inches

Wabaunsee

Girls

4x800 relay — 1. Wabaunsee 10:15.58

1600 meters — 3. Wurtz 5:31.36

4x100 relay — 13. Wabaunsee 52.68

400 meters — 5. Zeller 1:00.13; 10. Ford 1:01.7

300 hurdles — 16. Stuhlsatz 52.08

800 meters- Wurtz 2:22.64; Zeller 2:24.74

200 meters — 13. Orton 27.33

4x400 relay — 1. Wabuansee 4:03.31

High jump — 14. Ford 4 feet, 8 inches

Long jump — 10. Jones 15 feet, 10.75 inches

Triple Jump — 12. Jones 34 feet, 1 inch; 13. Orton 33 feet, 11 inches

Frankfort

Boys

100 meters — 3. Olson 11.06; 4. Loiseau 11.09

4x100 relay — 3. Frankfort 44.28

200 meters — 1. Loiseau 22.76

4x400 — 9. Frankfort 3:35.79

Discus — 8. Svae 150 feet, 5 inches

High jump — 12. Svae 5 feet, 10 inches

Javelin — 6. Smith 160 feet, 11 inches

Triple jump — 8. Hardin 42 feet, 1 inch

Pole vault — 12. Armstrong 11 feet, 6 inches

Girls

100 hurdles — 9. Parthemer 16.3

4x800 relay — 6. Frankfort 10:34.17

4x100 relay — 5. Frankfort 51.26

300 meter hurdles — 5. Parthemer 48.51; 10. Hardwick 49.26

4x400 relay — 2. 4:10.17

Long jump — 13. Parthmer 16 feet, 2.25 inches

Blue Valley

Girls

100 meters — 7. Moses 12.74

4x100 relay — 10. Blue Valley 51.8

Boys

4x800 relay — 6. Blue Valley 8:32.28

400 meters — 9. Sump 52.46

200 meters — 13. Brockman 23.83

4x400 relay — 8. Blue Valley 3:35.78

Long jump — 11. Cox 20 feet, 6.5 inches