By Dean Backes
MaxPreps.com
Audacia Moore gets a kick out of watching her Wichita Heights teammates run their leg of the 4X100 relay.
“Its exciting,” Moore said of the seconds leading up to her portion of the race.
Then Moore takes her spot as the anchor runner and waits for the handoff. That’s when all eyes are on her.
Moore has given high school track and field enthusiasts across Kansas, and beyond, plenty of reason to watch her every move over the past couple of seasons. A year ago, Moore thwarted fellow City League sprinter Sylvia Alexander’s run at four straight 6A 100-meter titles.
The Wichita Southeast sprinter won track’s shortest race in both her freshman and sophomore seasons before succumbing to Moore’s power and burst out of the gate as a junior.
“She’s winning races in the first 20-meters,” Wichita Heights girls track coach Bryan Chadwick said of Moore’s quick starts. “She is so powerful now. In the beginning she didn’t trust the gun. She was kind of gun shy. Now she’s teaching the younger sprinters how to get out of the blocks quicker.”
“I have to get out quickly,” Moore said. “If I don’t the race might be over. The race is so short that there is no time to make up for it (slow start) at the end. I’m just trying to get to the finish line (first).”
Although she has been able to build a lead and cruise to the finish line in both events this season, Moore has been tested. In fact, Chadwick said any time the Wichita State track recruit runs inside the city limits, there is a chance she could get beat. Running in the (Wichita) City League has a way of testing a sprinters moxie. The senior wouldn’t have it any other way.
“If you can’t compete against great competition before state, then you really shouldn’t compete at state,” she said.
Moore won last season’s 6A 100-meter race with a time of 11.95 seconds and took the 200-meters with a clocking of 24.44 seconds. Now she not only wants a repeat, she strives to break the state meet record in both events. Reestablishing those marks is not a stretch for Moore. It’s just a matter of putting it all together at the right time.
Great Bend’s Tisa Johnson owns the 6A 100-meter record of 11.80 seconds. Jocelyn Bentley (Topeka Highland Park) is in sole possession of the 6A 200-meter mark of 24.40 seconds. Both standards were set in the early 1980s.
As the end of the track season nears its stretch run, Moore has positioned herself atop the Kansas high school track and field leader board. The senior has season best times of 11.88 seconds and 24.97 seconds in the 100 and 200-meter events respectively.
Here is a look at Kansas’ top eight performers in each event:
Kansas Boys Track and Field Leaders
100 Meters
Jeremy Walker, Bonner Springs, 10.30
Evan Pierson, Olathe South, 10.50
Dominique Banks, Kansas City Turner, 10.50
Grant Loescher, Newton, 10.50
Kelvin Tiller, Topeka Highland Park, 10.60
Terrance Thomas, Shawnee Mission East, 10.60
Aaron Babbidge, Valley Center, 10.60
Bubbie Nixon, Augusta, 10.66
200 Meters
Terrance Thomas, Shawnee Mission East, 21.90
Aaron Babbidge, Valley Center, 21.96
Logan Cares, Parsons, 22.00
Dominique Banks, Kansas City Turner, 22.10
Joe Zinn, Augusta, 22.30
Mike Flores, Maize, 22.30
Field, Riley County, 22.30
Sol Jackson, Hays, 22.40
Pablo, Manhattan, 22.40
Tate, Topeka Highland Park, 22.40
400 Meters
Mike Flores, Maize, 48.79
Dylan Hartnett, Dodge City, 48.98
Clarence Anderson, Wichita Southeast, 49.80
Tyrell Everett, Wichita Heights, 50.20
Shane Torgler, Kapaun Mount Carmel, 50.21
Sol Jackson, Hays, 50.50
Steven Frankhauser, Sterling, 50.50
Kurt Pauly, Garden Plain, 50.50
800 Meters
Jacob Davies, Emporia, 1:55.60
Ben Schmitz, Olathe East, 1:56.60
Scott Gillespie, Shawnee Mission South, 1:56.70
Jeremy Carlisle, Tonganoxie, 1:58.75
Justin Ross, Central of Burden, 1:59.32
Trace Kendrick, Scott City, 1:59.83
Erick Strukel, Girard, 2:00.00
Sky Chapman, Wichita Southeast, 2:00.30
1,600 Meters
Scott Gillespie, Shawnee Mission South, 4:19.92
Josh Munsch, Hays, 4:21.99
Andrew Wagner, El Dorado, 4:24.36
Tom O’Connell, Andover, 4:25.30
Zachary Zarda, Kansas City Maranatha, 4:25.67
Jacob Davies, Emporia, 4:26.00
Robbie Martinez-Garcia, Wichita Northwest, 4:26.70
Trace Kendrick, Scott City, 4:26.90
3,200 Meters
Kaleb Humphreys, Sterling, 9:40.71
Bryce Volz, Bishop Carroll, 9:44.30
Robbie Martinez-Garcia, Wichita Northwest, 9:50.41
Kyle Hanson, St. Thomas Aquinas, 9:50.50
David Roberts, Mulvane, 9:50.60
Josh Baden, Colby, 9:51.60
Zachary Zarda, Kansas City Maranatha, 9:52.00
Tim O’Connell, Andover, 9:53.00
110 Hurdles
Keith Hayes, Wichita Southeast, 13.98
Lawson Montgomery, Bennington, 14.20
Aaron Sawyer, Shawnee Mission North, 14.39
Ryan Haswell, Andover, 14.45
Todd McKown, Valley Center, 14.54
Zach Roberts, Newton, 14.60
Johnathan Walker, Bonner Springs, 14.70
Andrew McNary, Remington, 14.70
300 Hurdles
Andrew Pennington, Shawnee Mission East, 38.99
Keith Hayes, Wichita Southeast, 39.26
Lawson Montgomery, Bennington, 39.34
Tanner Hagerman, Cheney, 39.37
Saunders, Louisburg, 39.40
Evan Mesh, Shawnee Mission Northwest, 40.00
Ryan Haswell, Andover, 40.00
Todd McKown, Valley Center, 40.11
4x100 Relay
Bonner Springs, 42.77
Olathe South, 43.01
Wichita Heights, 43.09
Hutchinson, 43.09
Wichita Southeast, 43.20
Wichita Northwest, 43.30
Garden Plain, 43.29
Derby, 43.40
4x400 Relay
Shawnee Mission East, 3:21.69
Garden City, 3:25.19
Gardner-Edgerton, 3:26.08
Dodge City, 3:28.50
Wichita Heights, 3:28.90
Maize, 3:29.20
Wichita Southeast, 3:29.20
Olathe Northwest, 3:29.30
4x800 Relay
St. Thomas Aquinas, 8:13.10
Garden City, 8:18.60
Shawnee Mission West, 8:19.70
Topeka West, 8:21.40
Dodge City, 8:22.50
Shawnee Mission East, 8:23.80
Wichita Southeast, 8:23.80
Shawnee Mission South, 8:26.50
Shot Put
Zach Puetz, Garden Plain, 55-8
Tracy Ford, Cunningham, 55-2 1/4
Jeremy Postin, Andover, 55-2
Walt Woolwine, Ashland, 54-1 3/4
Bryan Moten, Sumner Academy, 54-1
Zach Bahr, Topeka Seaman, 54-1
Justin Holmes, Shawnee Mission South, 53-5
Ryan Hershberger, Clay Center, 52-9 1/2
Discus
John Talbert, Kansas City East, 213-01
Joe Bach, Liberal, 168-11
J. Woods, Louisburg, 168-4
Justin Holmes, Shawnee Mission South, 164-10
Jordan Voelker, Newton, 164-4
Jeremy Postin, Andover, 157-10
Michael Morales, Ulysses, 157-5
Walt Woolwine, Ashland, 156-9
Javelin
Johannes Swanepool, Shawnee Mission South, 216-8
Matt Byers, Wichita East, 206-10
Jesse Vaughn, Shawnee Heights, 195-6
Chris Ronen, Newton, 193-8
Dustin Weissbeck, Topeka Hayden, 191-10
Calvin Hughes, Scott City, 190-8
Jordan Broxterman, Frankfort, 185-10
Mark Kolmer, Emporia, 185-5
Long Jump
Richard McCoy, Blue Valley West, 24-7 1/2
Matt Sittenauer, Mill Valley, 22-11
Andre Linzy, De Soto, 22-11
Jawanza Poland, Wichita East, 22-3
Mikel Bethea, Chase, 22-3
Jeremy Walker, Bonner Springs, 22-0 1/2
Kansas Mumford, Quivira Heights, 21-9 1/2
Stark, Solomon, 21-9
Triple Jump
Mikel Bethea, Chase, 46-6
Mike Flores, Maize, 45-1 1/2
Kansas Mumford, Quivira Heights, 45-0
Richard McCoy, Blue Valley West, 44-9
Cameron Taylor, Bishop Miege, 44-6 1/2
Reggie Harris, Olathe South, 44-5 1/2
Patrick Wittenbach, Topeka Seaman, 44-2 3/4
Brandon Childs, Emporia, 44-2 1/2
High Jump
Jordan Bicknell, Pittsburg, 6-9
Chase Keyser, Galena, 6-7
Cameron Taylor, Bishop Miege, 6-6
Brandon Childs, Emporia, 6-6
Marcus Calleja, Liberal, 6-6
Nick Canton, Fowler, 6-6
Curran Darling, Shawnee Mission East, 6-5
Callin Childers, Blue Valley North, 6-5
Mike Bethea, Chase, 6-5
Justin Childers, Blue Valley North, 6-5
Pole Vault
Isaac Mallory, Gardner-Edgerton, 15-0
Kyle Horsch, Andale, 14-4
Casey Bowen, Gardner-Edgerton, 14-1
Justin Hickey, Cheney, 14-1
Will Wright, Augusta, 14-0
Caydrick Bloomquist, Emporia, 14-0
Trenton Oborny, Hays, 14-0
Michael Baalmann, Andale, 14-0
Cade Hewitt, Beloit, 14-0
Scott Duesing, Garden City, 14-0
Kansas Girls Track and Field Leaders
100 Meters
Audacia Moore, Wichita Heights, 11.88
Whitney Taylor, Ellis, 11.90
Breeana Coleman, Olathe East, 12.09
Ashley Smith, Paola, 12.20
Kirsten Reichardt, Topeka Seaman, 12.28
Kim Haberman, Thomas More Prep, 12.28
Lenia Goff, Kansas City Piper, 12.30
Qashanda Boyles, Topeka High, 12.30
Morgan Armbruster, Buhler, 12.30
Ashli Dryden, Hays, 12.30
200 Meters
Audacia Moore, Wichita Heights, 24.97
Kim Haberman, Thomas More Prep, 25.28
Qashanda Boyles, Topeka High, 25.44
Jackie Jacobs, St. Thomas Aquinas, 25.52
LaShada Sims, Leavenworth, 25.70
Jodi Mundy, Santa Fe Trail, 25.80
Breanna Coleman, Olathe East, 25.80
Whitney Taylor, Ellis, 25.80
Sierra Gant, Wichita Independent, 25.80
400 Meters
Kristina Taylor, Lawrence, 58.60
Micala Jamison, Hoisington, 59.10
Kristen Gillespie, Shawnee Mission South, 59.20
Karina Expose, Leavenworth, 59.40
Emily Ballock, Eudora, 59.60
Sierra Gant, Wichita Independent, 59.80
Laura Lee Baird, Norton, 59.80
Karly Buer, Concordia, 60.00
800 Meters
Laura Roxberg, Blue Valley Northwest, 2:18.12
Laura Lee Baird, Norton, 2:19.15
Laura Nightengale, El Dorado, 2:19.38
Jennifer Taylor, Lawrence, 2:20.40
Kristen Gillespie, Shawnee Mission South, 2:20.60
Cori Christensen, Medicine Lodge, 2:20.70
Annie Martin, Riley County, 2:21.00
Laura Wolters, Rawlins County, 2:22.10
1,600 Meters
Laura Roxberg, Blue Valley Northwest, 4:59.70
Heather Garcia, Baldwin, 5:06.62
Laura Nightengale, El Dorado, 5:07.34
Annie Martin, Riley County, 5:09.20
Emilee Morris, Hutchinson, 5:09.31
Marley Crusch, Manhattan, 5:14.10
Cori Christensen, Medicine Lodge, 5:14.30
Cali George, Gardner-Edgerton, 5:15.70
3,200 Meters
Marley Crusch, Manhattan, 11:01.59
Michaela Reynolds, Emporia, 11:12.54
Cali George, Gardner-Edgerton, 11:14.65
Katie Mona, Olathe Northwest, 11:14.70
Kyra Kilwien, Lawrence Free State, 11:18.20
Lisa Imgeurd, Shawnee Mission Northwest, 11:31.00
Emilee Morris, Hutchinson, 11:31.60
Christine Nelson, Shawnee Mission Northwest, 11:32.50
100 Hurdles
Kasha McDougald, Junction City, 14.80
Kristen Fleharty, Hays, 14.81
Witney Sorrell, Concordia, 14.85
Breeana Coleman, Olathe East, 14.90
Alex Muff, Concordia, 15.00
Brittany Harding, Olathe South, 15.10
Ashley Schwemmer, Augusta, 15.10
LeTristan Pledger, Kansas City Washington, 15.10
300 Hurdles
Emily Ballock, Eudora, 44.90
Alex Muff, Concordia, 45.82
Witney Sorell, Concordia, 45.90
Cara Barnes, Douglass, 46.40
Hannah Tjaden, Clearwater, 46.60
Sierra Robinson, Derby, 46.80
Alysia Hart, Goddard, 47.00
Sydnee Crimmins, Clay Center, 47.20
4x100 Relay
Leavenworth, 49.09
Wichita Southeast, 49.13
Topeka High, 49.15
Olathe East, 49.70
Salina Central, 50.50
Sumner Academy, 50.60
Shawnee Heights, 51.00
Concordia, 51.02
4x400 Relay
Leavenworth, 3:59.83
Concordia, 4:01.04
Wichita Southeast, 4:03.50
Washburn Rural, 4:06.80
Hutchinson, 4:07.63
Shawnee Mission South, 4:08.50
Kansas City Piper, 4:08.90
Gardner-Edgerton, 4:10.20
4x800 Relay
Shawnee Mission South, 9:51.98
Shawnee Mission East, 9:52.61
St. Thomas Aquinas, 9:52.83
Manhattan, 9:57.10
Wamego, 10:01.90
Riley County, 10:05.60
Wellsville, 10:05.60
Olathe East, 10:07.00
Shot Put
Alex Hartig, Great Bend, 45-3 3/4
Micah Wesley, Topeka High, 45-3
Kearsten Peoples, Ottawa, 44-10 1/2
Jacquelyne Leffler, Northern Heights, 44-4 1/4
Roni Grizzle, Tonganoxie, 43-5 3/4
Jennna Koch, Smoky Valley, 41-5
Emily Cook, Kapaun Mount Carmel, 40-5
Allisia Ryan, Manhattan, 40-3 3/4
Discus
Jacquelyne Leffler, Northern Heights, 152-3
Alex Hartig, Great Bend, 146-0
Jenna Koch, Smoky Valley, 141-8
Cheyenne Rhoads, Nemaha Valley, 138-2
Erica Brand, Shawnee Mission Northwest, 132-1
Wood, Cheney, 130-9
Alex Richards, Shawnee Mission South, 130-9
Bailea Phelan, Quivira Heights, 130-6
Javelin
Heather Bergmann, Concordia, 165-6
Roxi Grizzle, Tonganoxie, 163-11
Katelyn Penner, Labette County, 147-3
Hailey Twietmeyer, Cheney, 144-2
Allison Mayfield, St. Thomas Aquinas, 138-10
Alex Hartig, Great Bend, 136-6
Andrea Koke, Lyndon, 133-4
Amber Kloster, Pittsburg, 130-9
Long Jump
Kim Haberman, Thomas More Prep, 18-7 1/4
Tawnya Friesen, Buhler, 18-4
Taylor Dawson, Jayhawk Linn, 17-9 3/4
Sarah Buschmann, Blue Valley West, 17-9 3/4
Kelsey Cranford, Flint Hills, 17-7 1/2
Sylvia Alexander, Wichita Southeast, 17-7
Abreanna Parker, Shawnee Heights, 17-6 3/4
Arien Cox, Salina Central, 17-5 1/4
Triple Jump
Kim Haberman, Thomas More Prep, 38-3 1/2
Sarah Buschmann, Blue Valley West, 37-2 1/4
Tawnya Friesen, Buhler, 36-11 1/2
Witney Sorell, Concordia, 36-9 3/4
Courtney Reinke, Olathe East, 36-7 3/4
Katelyn Schmidtberger, Sacred Heart, 36-3 1/2
Macy Migchelbrink, Atwood Rawlins County, 36-3
Kelsey Grimm, Chaparral, 36-1 1/4
High Jump
Colleen O’Brien, Louisburg, 5-8
Allison Mayfield, St. Thomas Aquinas, 5-7
Ashley Reid, Olathe East, 5-6
Shanise Rice, Medicine Lodge, 5-5
Paige Peltzer, Atchison, 5-4
Whitney Taylor, Ellis, 5-4
Jasa Dumontelle, Mill Valley, 5-4
Shelby Doehling, Manhattan, 5-4
J’Lynn Ladesma, Wellington, 5-4
Emily Lucas, Sublette, 5-4
Pole Vault
Jamie House, El Dorado, 11-5
Emmy Lehman, Gardner-Edgerton, 10-11 3/4
Haley Bowers, Concordia, 10-9
Abby Rowland, Andale, 10-9
Christine Botteron, Shawnee Mission Northwest, 10-8
Shalee Ratliff, Chanute, 10-8
Eli Reuben, Blue Valley Northwest, 10-7
Claire Christie, Shawnee Mission South, 10-6
Cassie Craig, Maize, 10-6
Emily Hof, Washburn Rural, 10-6
