Washburn track and field hosted the Washburn All-Kansas Kansas Invite Jan. 22, 2022. Division 2 schools and community colleges from across the state gathered to compete with an abundance of athletes.

The day started strong in the field events with freshman Paola Castaldi finishing second in the women’s weight throw with a throw of 14.42 meters. The men finished the weight throw with 6 athletes in the top 10; junior Braden Rose, who finished third with a throw of 17.51 meters, followed by junior Mitch Miller coming in fifth, senior Sam Stranathan coming in sixth, sophomore Justice Akinmoladun finishing in eighth place, sophomore Patrick Altenor coming in ninth place, and freshman Jaden Magana finishing tenth place respectively.

On the men’s side of long jump, sophomore Josh Hopkins finished in second place with a jump of 7.00 meters respectively.

In the 60-meter hurdle preliminaries sophomores Romain Henry and Pau Borillo-Febrer qualified for the finals finishing first and third respectively. Henry and Borillo-Febrer came back and snatched the first and second place slots respectively in the 60-meter hurdle finals with times of 8.15 seconds and 8.45 seconds.

“For me, it wasn’t good. I won, but it’s still not the time I want to do,” Henry said.

Henry is striving to get his time down to 7.90 seconds, which he believes is manageable.

“You just have to be patient,” Henry said. “I’m really not a patient guy. I don’t want to wait three weeks, but I guess I have to.”

Senior Lyndsay Stinson was able to finish the 600 meter run in second place with a time of 1:30.58 with freshman Katelyn Jones finishing fifth with a time of 1:31.18 respectively.

Freshman Lily Johnson was ready to compete in her first meet of the season and finished with two top-two positions by taking second in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.60 followed by second in the mile with a time of 5:09.14.

“This was my Rust Buster,” Johnson said. “I was happy I got to practice being tough and just seeing where I could start the season so I was pretty happy with it.”

“I’m not super big into leading races,” Johnson said. “I like finishing hard, that’s much more my style, but I was really proud of myself for going out taking the lead. I tried something new and wasn’t content with running with everybody else.”

On the men’s side of the 800- meter run, sophomore Collen McLain took fourth with a 1:56.65 which is also a PR time in this event.

“All around I thought we did pretty good. I think it’s looking good going into the next few weeks where we get to some bigger meets and some pretty stiff competition next week, so I think we’re in a good spot,” said head coach Cameron Babb.

The 400- meter dash was a successful event all around. Senior Chia Okoro finished third with a time of 57.73, sophomore Isabella Hohl finished sixth with a time of 58.37, and senior Nikki Kraaijeveld finished ninth with a time of 1:00.38.

For the men in the 400- meter dash, freshmen Jacob Herr finished third with a time of 50.45 and Hunter Hess finished seventh with a 51.41.

“It’s kind of time to start toning it down and getting the kids feeling better and better,” said Babb. “And that’s really the main focus is just to get the kids fresh, get them healthy, get their legs back under them. Once that happens, you tend to start to see those marks and PRs and big things start to happen.”

The Iichabods will stay home this weekend to host the Washburn Open Friday, Jan. 28, and Saturday, Jan. 29.

Full Results

Women’s

60m prelims
Darian Hillebert 9th – 8.06

200m
Chia Okoro – 5th – 25.66 – PR
Darian Hillebert – 6th – 26.26

400m
Chia Okoro – 3rd – 57.73
Isabella Hohl – 6th – 58.37 – PR
Nikki Kraaijeveld – 9th – 1:00.38 – PR

600 Yard
Lyndsay Stinson – 2nd – 1:30.58 – PR
Katelyn Jones – 5th – 1:31.18 – PR

800m
Lily Johnson – 2nd – 2:20.60

Mile
Lily Johnson – 2nd – 5:09.14
Verena Vesely – 8th – 5:27.95 – PR
Eve Weber – 9th – 5:28.79
Dulce Ayala Chanez – 11th – 5:30.10 – PR
Keeley Wanger – 13th – 5:35.53 – PR
Stacy Briggs 16th – 5:50.17
Elsa Cozine – 18th – 5:55.89

3000
Verena Vesely – 7th – 10:59.79
Katharina Goetschl – 6th – 10:45.58 – PR
Luz Lopez-Gonzalez 10th – 11:24.79 – PR
Megan Allacher – 13th – 11:29.01

60m hurdles prelims
Kylie Ray – 16th – 10.07
Taylor Grasser – 23rd – 10.25 – PR

Pole Vault
Natalie Lanman – 4th – 3.30m (10-10.00)
Virgi Scardanzan – NH
Tassilyn Bolin – NH

Long Jump
Taylor Grasser – foul

Weight throw
Paola Castaldi- 2nd – 14.42m (47-03.75)
Tyler Smith – 11th – 12.15m (39-10.50)
JahnAsia Anderson – 17th – 11.95m (39-02.50)

Mens

60m – Prelims
Wyatt Heiman – 11th – 7.02

200m
Wyatt Heiman – 8th – 22.19 – PR
Hunter Hess – 18th – 23.02
Jacob Herr 26th – 23.51 – PR

400m
Jacob Herr – 3rd – 50.45
Hunter Hess – 7th – 51.41

600 yards
Romain Henry – 6th – 1;14.62

800m
Collen McLain – 4th – 1:56.65 – PR
Kael Ecord – 11th – 2:01.75
Gabriel Chinya 12th – 2:01.94
Nick Petrella – 21st – 2:09.11 – PR
Troy Grabert – 25th – 2;12.69 – PR

Mile
Gabriel Chinya – 7th – 4:21.32
Gustav Morch – 8th – 4:21.44 – PR
Kael Ecord – 13th – 4:31.12
Nick Petrella – 23rd – 4:42.72 – PR

3000m
Nathan Gray – 10th – 8:40.18 – PR
Collen McLain – 11th – 8:42.35
David Kibet – 12th – 8:43.73 – PR
Cooper Griffin – 34th – 9:29.60 – PR

60m hurdles Prelims- WU Record – 8.02
Romain Henry – 1st – 8.22 – NCAA Provisional
Pau Borillo-Febrer – 3rd – 8.50 – PR

60m hurdles Finals
Romain Henry – 1st – 8.15 – NCAA Provisional
Pau Borillo-Febrer – 2nd – 8.45 – PR

High jump
Tom Haug – 3rd – 2.00m (6-06.75)
Pau Borillo-Febrer – 10th – 1.80m (5-10.75)

Pole Vault
Zac Chandler – 4th – 4.70m (15-05.00)

Long jump
Josh Hopkins – 2nd – 7.00m (22-11.75)

Shot Put –
Mitch Miller – 6th – 14.88m
Braden Rose – 7th – 14.79m
Sam Stranathan – 10th – 14.32m
Justice Akinmoladun – 14th – 13.26m
Je’Shon Edwards – 18th – 12.75 – PR
Jaden Magana – 22nd – 12.12m
Patrick Altenor – 23rd – 12.02m

Weight throw
Braden Rose – 3rd – 17.51m
Mitch Miller – 5th – 16.37m
Sam Stranathan – 6th – 16.34m
Justice Akinmoladun – 8th – 15.97m – PR
Patrick Altenor – 9th – 15.16m – PR
Jaden Magana – 10th – 15.05m – PR
Logan Ayers – 12th – 14.85m – PR
Je’Shon Edwards – 29th – 11.03m