By John Mesh
The Hutchinson High School and Buhler High School girls swim teams competed in the Kansas Class 5-1A state championships Friday and Saturday at the Topeka-Capitol Federal Natatorium.
Hutchinson placed 16th with 41 points. Buhler tied Great Bend for 36th place with 4 points.
Hutchinson’s AJ Gooch placed seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:12.27 and 16th in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:35.41.
Hutchinson’s Alayna Wiggins placed 13th in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:04.13 and 18th in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:09.72.
Hutchinson’s Julianna Stivers placed 21st in the 200 IM with a preliminary time of 2:36.91 and 29th in the 100-yard backstroke prelims in 1:10.81.
The Hutchinson Salthawks’ 200-yard medley relay team of Stivers, Gooch, Wiggins and Morgan Most placed 11th with a time of 2:00.89.
The Salthawks’ 400-yard freestyle relay team of Wiggins, Buller, Most and Gooch placed 11th with a time of 4:04.35.
Hutchinson’s 200-yard freestyle relay team of Stivers, Avery Saenger, Most and Buller placed 21st with a time of 1:54.8.
Buhler freshman Hannah Swain placed 13th in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:46.58 and 23rd in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:14.87.
Buhler’s 200-yard relay team of Swain, Evey Brooks, Aivlynn Ehmke, and Reyne Kaufman placed 23rd with a time of 2:09.93.
Buhler’s 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ehmke, Kaufman, Grace Schmidt and Regan Walle placed 20th in the prelims with a time of 4:16.87.
Andover won the Class 5A girls team title with 304 points.
Overland Park-Blue Valley North repeated as the Kansas Class 6A state swimming champion, scoring 375 points.
Class 5-1A girls state swimming results — view here
Class 6A girls state swimming results — view here
Inman girls, boys track teams ready for state meet
The Inman High School girls and boys track teams will be well-represented at the 20-25 Kansas State Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium.
Inman girls competing are Katie Nichols, Brooklyn Black, Leah Black, Olivia Brunk, Dakota Nees, Allee Mannebach, Suttyn Harris, Addison Wedel, Ella Kate Tatro, Taylor Froese and Faith Baxter.
Managers are Sadie Carter, Cora Johnson, and Jordyn Schnable.
4×100 relay: Katie Nichols, Brooklyn Black, Leah Black, Olivia Brunk. Alternates: Dakota Nees, Allee Mannebach and Suttyn Harris.
4×400 relay: Leah Black, Brooklyn Black, Olivia Brunk, Dakota Nees. Alternates are Allee Mannebach, Ella Kate Tatro and Addison Wedel.
100: Olivia Brunk, Katie Nichols.
200: Olivia Brunk.
400: Dakota Nees.
300 hurdles: Brooklyn Black.
Shot Put: Suttyn Harris, Taylor Froese Discus: Taylor Froese.
High Jump: Katie Nichols.
Long Jump: Katie Nichols.
Wheelchair race: Faith Baxter.
Inman boys competing are Gage Sisson, Riley Roots, Cooper Wiens, Tyler Martisko, Malachi Brunk, Tyler Jerrick, Cayden Gaeddert and Bo O’Neill.
4×800 relay: Gage Sisson, Riley Roots, Cooper Wiens, Tyler Martisko. Alternates: Tyler Jerrick, Malachi Brunk, Cayden Gaeddert.
3200: Riley Roots.
800: Tyler Martisko,
300 hurdles: Malachi Brunk.
Javelin: Malachi Brunk.
Discus: Bo O’Neill.
Salt City Racing holds IMCA points season opener
Salt City Raceway at the Kansas State Fairgrounds held its IMCA points season opener Friday night.
Friday night also was the track’s annual Kids Night, which drew 211 kids.
Jayce Reimer of Hutchinson was the IMCA stock car A Feature 1 winner. Other A Feature 1 first-place finishers were Randy Wilson, Wichita, IMCA Modified; Morgan Olmstead, Overton, Neb. Hobby Stock; and Warren Huffman, Salina, Northern Sportmod.
Salt City Raceway will host the ASCS National Sprint Car Series and Super Stocks next Friday night.
Pits open at 3 p.m., gates open at 5 p.m.; hot laps begin at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.
2025 Salt City Racing Schedule
May 30 – ASCS National Sprint Car Series + TBD
June 20 – IMCA Points Race
July 18 – USAC Silver Crown Salt City 100 Qualifying Night + IMCA Points
Race, URSS Sprint Car Series
July 19 – USAC Silver Crown Salt City 100 + URSS Sprint Car Series
August 22 – Rebel Late Model Series + IMCA Points Race
August 23 – Rebel Late Model Series + TBD
September 19 – IMCA Final Points Race
October 10 – ASCS National Sprint Car Series
October 11 – ASCS National Sprint Car Series
IMCA points season opener results — https://www.myracepass.com/events/576777/media-results
Kansas Wesleyan to induct Dave Dallas, Drew Dallas into Athletic Hall of Fame
Salina Post
Kansas Wesleyan University athletics will induct five individuals and two championship teams into the Jerry Jones Kansas Wesleyan Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame, including Hutchinson Community College football coach Drew Dallas and his father Dave Dallas, who ranks second all-time in victories as Coyotes’ football coach.
Hall of Fame inductions will take place this fall during Homecoming Weekend on campus.
The Hall of Fame breakfast and induction ceremony will take place Saturday, Oct. 25, starting at 8 a.m. inside Muir Gymnasium on the KWU campus.
The 2025 inductees include Dave and Drew Dallas, women’s volleyball star Melissa (Blair) Schwieger, cross country and track and field standouts Jolene Mick and Paul Buhl.
The 1999 men’s soccer team and the 2011 women’s volleyball team will also be inducted.
Dave Dallas spent 17 seasons with the Coyotes, leading KWU from a 4-26 combined record in the three seasons before his arrival, to KCAC Champions in just five seasons.
He was instrumental in building enrollment at KWU by growing the football squad size from 55 to nearly 100 upon his arrival.
After a solid career playing football at Kansas Wesleyan, Drew Dallas moved into the coaching ranks and has built one of the best programs in the country at Hutchinson Community College.
In five seasons as head coach of the Blue Dragons, Dallas has posted a 49-5 record, winning the Jayhawk Conference four times, making three appearances in the NJCAA Championship Game, winning the NJCAA National Championship twice including this past season.
The Hall of Fame inductions will be held in conjunction with the university’s alumni awards ceremony.
Tickets are available for the 2025 Hall of Fame and Alumni Awards at www.kwu.edu/homecoming2025.