MANHATTAN, Kan. – After multiple athletes recorded personal bests on day one of action, the Kansas State track and field team saw more of the same as competition came to a close at the KT Woodman Invitational on Saturday.

The men finished the meet in fourth place with 213 total points, while the women closed out competition in fifth place with 178 total points. Wichita State swept the meet as their women scored 731 points and their men scored 588 points.

Junior Janee’ Kassanavoid opened the competition for the Wildcats with a strong results, finishing in second place in hammer throw with a mark of56.91m/186-08. Fellow thrower Tyler Merkley fell just short of the hammer throw school record he currently holds with a throw of 62.28m/204-04 to finish in third place.

Shot putter Brett Neelly recorded a personal best in the ring on Saturday, launching a throw of 51.78m/169-10 to finish in fourth place.

K-State jumpers also posted a strong day in the field. Senior Alyssa Kellyearned her first first-place finish of the season in triple jump with a leap of12.35m/40-06.25. All three high jumpers finished in the top five of the field asMorgan Coffman set a new personal best with a jump of 1.73m/5-08.00 to take second place.

Junior Rachel Proteau finished third with a jump of 1.68m/5-06.00 and newcomer Shanae McKenzie finished fifth with a mark of 1.63m/5-04.25.

On the track, Junior Kain Ellis won the men’s 800 meter run after posting a time of 1:52.51. Fellow junior Lukas Koch, who finished in 13^th place in the event, set a new personal best after posting a time of 1:57.52.

The Wildcats also saw multiple athletes record personal bests in the 400 meter dash. Senior Paige Kochuyt recorded a time of 1:03.15 for her new PR, while newcomer Rene Perla and senior Logan Smith posted PR times 50.34 and 51.34, respectively.

K-State also had a pair of athletes record personal bests in the 200 meter dash as Keiteyana Parks posted a time of 24.77 to finish in seventh place and Nick Albus finished eighth with a time of 21.78. Coffman also recorded a PR in the 100 meter hurdles, posting a final time of 16.44.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State women’s rowing team saw five boats medal, including three gold medals, on the final day of the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships (SIRAs) on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

K-State also saw its 2V4 win the silver medal and the 1V4 win the bronze medal in the Varsity 4+ final on Sunday.

“The girls raced really well. In the training outings, you could tell they were getting quicker and quicker and that showed in the finals,” head coach Patrick Sweeney said. “It was great to have nice weather and to have flat water. Overall, it was a really great weekend.”

The Wildcats’ 1N8 opened the day strong, winning the gold medal in the Novice 8+ final with a time of 7:14.84, just under seven seconds faster than second-place finisher Tennessee, whose ‘A’ boat finished with a time of 7:21.46.

Coxed by Aimee Farrell and rowers Maggie Burg, Taylor DeWeese, Kaylin Edwards, Molly Ross, Grace Reilly, Nikole Cain, SamanthaSamskey and Raine Andrews, the finish was the boat’s second first-place finish of the weekend as it won its time trial on Saturday, posting a time of 6:18.6 to qualify for Sunday’s final.

“I think the novice boat really learned a lot this weekend,” Sweeney said of the 1N8 boat. “It was good to see how they stepped up and raced really well.”

K-State’s 2V8 kept the momentum rolling in the second race of Sunday’s finals. Consisting of coxswain Courtney Faucett and rowers Chelsea Goble, Ashley Houser, Courtney Cooke, Ariana Thompson, Selena Wapelhorst, Jordan Lund, Kennedy Felice and Elaina Grantham, the boat won the team’s second gold medal of the day with a time of 6:56.98.

In a similar fashion to the 1N8, the 2V8 also recorded a first-place finish in Saturday’s time trial, posting a time of 6:04.0, three seconds ahead of Old Dominions ‘A’ boat, to qualify for the final.

The Wildcats earned two more medals in the Varsity 4+ final as the 2V4 took the silver medal with a time of 7:53.49, followed by the 1V4, which took the bronze medal with a final time of 7:56.18. Old Dominion won the race with a time of 7:48.03.

Led by coxswain Allie Kleinsmith and rowers Nicole Catloth, Kelsey Dighans, Emily Stec and Hannah Culbertson, the 2V4 qualified for Sunday’s final with a second-place finish in Saturday’s time trial, posting a time of 6:46.7.

The 1V4, coxswained by Sam Scott and rowed by Laura Clement, Jessica Kuhlman, Kelsey Eagleman and Regan Simpson finished in third place during the time trials after posting a time of 6:51.2. Old Dominion won the time trial with a time of 6:41.5.

In the final race of the day for K-State, the 1V8, consisting of coxswainMeaghan Kuzmich and rowers Marissa Butrum, Noelle Dykmann, Mary Rose Eakes, Kayla Brock, Samantha Bendrick, Courtney Winkley, Erin Roeser and Madi Haney avenged its loss against Old Dominion in San Diego by winning the gold medal in the Varsity 8+ final, beating the Monarchs by just under two seconds with a time of 6:47.94.

The boat actually placed behind Old Dominion in Saturday’s time trial, finishing in second place with a time of 5:55.6, 10 seconds behind the Old Dominion ‘A’ boat.

“Over the course of the weekend, the 1V8 really stepped up,” Sweeney said about the team’s top boat. “They raced at a better pace than it has in its previous three races.”

“I think we have a little bit of fixing left to do,” Sweeney noted. “The 1V8 and 2V8 were really solid this weekend. I was really pleased with that. I think in the 4s, we still have some work to do to find a 4 that works.”

K-State returns to action in two weeks as it travels to Kansas City, Kansas to compete against in-state rivals Kansas in the Dillon’s Sunflower Showdown.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Josh Reddick’s sacrifice fly off Joakim Soria broke an eighth-inning tie and lifted the Oakland Athletics over the Kansas City Royals 3-2 Sunday.

Soria (1-1) relieved to start the eighth, Billy Burns tripled into the right-field corner and Reddick flied to center with one out. Reddick came across the plate standing up, easily beating Lorenzo Cain’s throw.

John Axford (2-0) induced three consecutive groundouts in the eighth, and Ryan Madson pitched a one-hit ninth for his fourth save in as many chances, retiring Raymond Fuentes on a game-ending lineout to first with a runner on second.

Soria lost for the first time since July 11.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Josh Reddick and Stephen Vogt homered to back Sonny Gray’s solid effort, and the Oakland Athletics ended a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.

Gray (2-1) pitched through trouble, lasting six innings to earn his first victory against the Royals in four starts, leaving the Boston Red Sox as the only AL team he has not yet beaten.

Gray gave up two runs and seven hits, walking one and striking out six. He stranded six runners, four in scoring position.

Reddick, who hit the ball hard in every at bat, erased the Royals’ early lead with a three-run shot in the bottom of the first off Chris Young (0-3), who failed to get through five innings for the second straight start.

Wakefield Boy’s and Girl’s results from the Shocker Pre-State Challenge Track and Field Meet held in

Wichita, Ks. on Thursday and Friday April 14 and 15, 2016

Coach Ladd Braden

Boy’s Results:

Discus                           4^th Place               J.J. Judy                              128’-01”

400 M. Dash                  7^th Place               Andrew Rothfuss                   55.90

800 M. Run                    3^rd Place               Brock Barrett                        2:07.17

4 x 400 M. Relay            7^th Place               Brock Barrett                         3:49.03

Justin Carver

                                                               Kirk Iseli

                                                               Andrew Rothfuss

4 x 800 M. Relay            6^th Place               Brock Barrett                         9:17.72

                                                               Justin Carver

                                                               Kirk Iseli

                                                               Jeffrey Thompson

Girl’s Results:

Long Jump                     5^th Place               Sara Casaus                           15’-03 ¼”

200 M. Dash                  6^th Place               Sara Casaus                           28.65

4 x 400 M. Relay            7^th Place               Jo Wright                              4:48.87

                                                               Sara Casaus

                                                               Dani Sanders

                                                               Kenzy Barrett

Coach Braden, “Today the Bombers competed against 1A thru 3A competition. This meet is obviously a larger one than we usually participate in, so scoring wise we didn’t do as well as a normal meet.  This being said, we had many finishes just out of the scoring and several encouraging performances from our athletes.”

Next Friday the Bombers head west to Lincoln for their invitational meet. 

Smoky Valley 4/15

Coach Michelle Elliott

The Kansas City Royals doubled up Oakland 4-2 as Edinson Volquez combined with three relievers on a six-hitter. Eric Hosmer hit a solo homer and Kendrys (KEHN’-drees) Morales went 3-for-4 with an RBI to back Volquez, who allowed two runs and four hits.

The teams play again Saturday. The broadcast time on KJCK AM, The Talk of JC, is 2:30 p.m.