All-Metro boys track and field team: Wichita Eagle honors top athletes from 2023 season
The Wichita area featured some of the best high school boys track and field athletes in Kansas this season and that star power is highlighted on The Wichita Eagle’s 2023 All-Metro boys track and field team.
The All-Metro squad consists of the top athletes spread out in all different events and a top coach from Sedgwick, Butler and Harvey counties, based on season-long performance with a heavy emphasis on state finishes.
Trinity Academy junior Clay Shively, who won two gold medals at the state track meet, was selected Most Outstanding Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year on the All-Metro team.
Below is the complete list of selections.
2023 Wichita Eagle All-Metro boys track and field team
Bryce Barkdull, Andover Central junior pole vaulter
5A state: Champion in pole vault, 17-1.
Luke Brock, Kapaun Mt. Carmel senior distance
5A state: Champion in 1600, 4:15.03; third in 800, 1:56.47.
Teagan Cobb, Rose Hill senior hurdler
4A state: Champion in 110 hurdles, 14.67; fifth in long jump, 21-1.75.
Bryce Cohoon, Maize senior sprinter
5A state: Champion in 200, 22.05; fourth in 100, 10.87.
Dejuan Colbert, Southeast sophomore sprinter
6A state: Second in 100, 10.76; fourth in 200, 22.62.
Samuel Ferguson, Trinity Academy junior distance
3A state: Champion in 3200, 9:20.23; second in 1600, 4:18.70.
Jack Guthridge, Kapaun Mt. Carmel sophomore sprinter
5A state: Third in 200, 22.43; fourth in 400, 49.46; sixth in 100, 10.98.
Alan Hanna, Maize sophomore jumper
5A state: Second in high jump, 6-6; seventh in 300 hurdles, 41.13.
Luke Hillman, Garden Plain senior thrower
2A state: Champion in shot put, 53-0.25; fifth in discus, 137-8.
Luke Holthusen, Bishop Carroll junior hurdler
5A state: Champion in 300 hurdles, 39.42; second in 110 hurdles, 14.96.
Jackson Kraus, Andale senior thrower
4A state: Champion in shot put, 56-3.5; sixth in discus, 149-0.
Riley Marx, Andale senior thrower
4A state: Champion in javelin, 206-11; second in discus, 166-9.
Jonah Meyer, Andale senior thrower
4A state: Second in javelin, 202-6.
Grant Pierce, Heights senior sprinter
Wheelchair: Champion in 100, 16.21; champion in 400, 55.64.
Tyler Rewerts, Hesston senior jumper
3A state: Champion in long jump, 21-11.25.
Clay Shively, Trinity Academy junior distance
3A state: Champion in 1600, 4:12.60; champion in 800, 1:54.50.
Brandt Stupka, Andover Central sophomore jumper
5A state: Fifth in triple jump, 44-8.75; eighth in high jump, 6-0; 15th in long jump, 19-11.25.
Nate Thengvall, Kapaun Mt. Carmel junior distance
5A state: Second in 800, 1:55.20; third in 400, 49.14.
Collegiate 400 relay team
Members: Carson Phelps, James Shackelford, Peyden Chronister, A.J. Batiste.
3A state: Champion in 400 relay, 42.41.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel 1600 relay team
Members: Jude Porter, Jack Guthridge, Luke Brock, Nathan Thengvall.
5A state: Second in 1600 relay, 3:24.04.
Bishop Carroll 3200 relay team
Members: Christian Rottinghaus, Thomas Martin, Connor McKinney, Logan Prichard.
5A state: Second in 3200 relay, 8:02.69.
Clark Ensz, Collegiate coach
Members: A.J. Batiste, Peyden Chronister, C.J. Meyer, Will Meyer, Jaden Mitchell, Carson Phelps, James Shackelford, Brett Wetta.
3A state: Champions, 60 points.
All-Metro second team
Isaiah Blackwell, Augusta junior jumper
Tristen Cross, East sophomore jumper
D.J. Dingle, Heights senior hurdler
Matrix Eames, Goddard junior thrower
Mikell Hamilton-Thompson, East senior hurdler
Keaton Hansard, Bishop Carroll senior sprinter
Gabe Harp-Jackson, El Dorado senior sprinter
Micah Johnson, Goddard junior sprinter
Zach Johnson, Maize senior distance
Gage Lee, Garden Plain junior thrower
Blake Logan, Circle junior distance
Cooper Marx, Andale sophomore thrower
Noah McGregor, Garden Plain senior jumper
C.J. Meyer, Collegiate senior distance
Will Meyer, Collegiate sophomore distance
Ryan Son, East junior distance
Marcus White, East junior hurdler
Rylan White, Andale junior pole vaulter
Heights 400 relay team
Maize 400 relay team
Bishop Carroll 1600 relay team
Maize South 3200 relay team
Tyler Ryan, Andale coach
All-Metro third team
A.J. Batiste, Collegiate freshman sprinter
Jalil Cooper, Northwest junior sprinter
Leshaon Davis, Derby senior thrower
Kelby Eck, Andale senior jumper
Philip Eck, Bishop Carroll senior hurdler
Daniel Enriquez, Kapaun Mt. Carmel freshman distance
William Hopson, Derby sophomore sprinter
Brody Joachims, Kapaun Mt. Carmel senior thrower
Braden Lipgens, Eisenhower senior sprinter
Will Niederee, Kapaun Mt. Carmel sophomore distance
Landen O’Neil, Andover Central senior distance
Mason Regier, Berean Academy senior jumper
Justus Reynolds, Eisenhower sophomore hurdler
James Shackelford, Collegiate junior sprinter
Drew Tolar, Cheney junior hurdler
Caleb Tofteland, Trinity Academy sophomore distance
Jack Voth, Cheney junior thrower
Caleb Wehrman, Cheney senior pole vaulter
Colt Williams, Valley Center junior jumper
Garden Plain 400 relay team
Collegiate 1600 relay team
Kapaun Mt. Carmel 3200 relay team
John Kornelson, Kapaun Mt. Carmel coach
