Wellington’s regional winning 4×100 relay team: Christian Buckman, De’Andre Washington, Grey Hatfield, and Blake Rausch. (Photo was taken by Carmen Hatfield)

Sumner Newscow report — The Wellington track and field team will be bringing its largest contingency of state qualifiers in years to next week’s Kansas State Track and Field Championships in Wichita.

Wellington will have 17 boys and girls entries in the Class 4A state competition, including two relay teams, after a tremendously successful day at the regional held in Circle yesterday afternoon.

As a team, the Wellington b0ys finished second with 85 points in the nine-team regional, getting outdistanced only by Andale that had 161. The Wellington girls placed sixth with 34 points. The full results of the Circle Regional can be found here. The top four teams qualify.

Wellington had four first-place qualifiers. They were: •Camryn Ricke – long jump, 16:05.5.

•Eric Kop – 110m hurdles, 14.5.

•Kop – 300m hurdles, 38.82.

•4×100 relay team – (Grey Hatfield, Blake Rausch, Christian Buckman, DeAndre Washington), 43.8.

There were several multiple state qualifiers from Wellington.

De’Andre Washington qualified in all four of his events, placing first in the 4×100 meter relay team, second in the 100, third in the 200 and fourth in the long jump.

Kop not only finished first in both hurdles events, but he is on the state qualifying 4×400 meter relay team.

Christian Buckman is a triple state qualifier. He finished fourth in the 400, helped the 4×100 relay team to victory, and is part oft he fourth-place winning 4×400 relay team.

The full list of Wellington state 4A individual qualifiers, their regional placing and the time they are performing in the state meet:

Elise LeGrand: 100M Hurdles (4th) Pole Vault (4th)
100M Hurdles Girls Prelims 2:10 p.m. Friday // Finals 9:30 a.m. Saturday
Pole Vault Girls 8 a.m., Saturday.

Sadie Glover: 4x100M Relay (4th)
4x100M Girls Prelims 2:55 p.m. Friday // Finals 3 p.m. Saturday

Jordan Young: 4x100M Relay (4th)
4x100M Girls Prelims 2:55 p.m. Friday // Finals 3 p.m. Saturday

Camryn Ricke: 4x100M Relay (4th) / Long Jump (first).
Long Jump Girls 1:15 p.m., Friday.
4x100M Girls Prelims 2:55PM Friday // Finals 3 p.m., Saturday

Jennifer Jensen: 4x100M Relay (4th)
4x100M Girls Prelims 2:55 p.m., Friday // Finals 3 p.m., Saturday

4×100 Girls Alternate Skyler Troutman

Brooke McCorkle: Discus (4th)
Discus Girls 4:45 p.m., Friday

Taylor Meyer: Javelin (4th)
Javelin Girls 9:45 a.m., Saturday

DeAndre Washington: 100M Dash (2nd) / 200M Dash (3rd), 4x100M Relay (1st), Long Jump (4th)
4x100M Boys Prelims 3:15 p.m., Friday // Finals 3:20 p.m. Saturday
200M Dash Boys Prelims 5:35 p.m., Friday // Finals 6:10 p.m. Saturday
100M Dash Boys Prelims 9 a.m. Saturday // Finals 1:05 p.m., Saturday
Long Jump Boys 3 p.m., Saturday

Christian Buckman: 400M Dash (4th), 4x100M Relay (1st), 4x400M Relay (4th)
4x100M Boys Prelims 3:15, p.m., Friday // Finals 3:20 p.m., Saturday
400M Dash Boys Prelims 3:55 p.m., Friday // Finals 4:05 p.m., Saturday
4x400M Boys 6:25 p.m., Friday // Finals 7 p.m., Saturday

Tyler Brown: 3200M run, 4th
3200M Run Boys 7 p.m., Friday

Eric Kop: 110M Hurdles (1st), 300M Hurdles (1st), 4×400 Relay (4th)
110M Hurdles Boys Prelims 2:30 p.m. Friday
300M Hurdles Boys Prelims 4:45 p.m. Friday
4x400M Boys 6:25PM Friday // Finals 7 p.m., Saturday

Gavin York: 110M Hurdles (2nd), 300M Hurdles (3rd)
110M Hurdles Boys Prelims 2:30 p.m., Friday
300M Hurdles Boys Prelims 4:45 p.m., Friday

Grey Hatfield: 4x100M Relay (1st)
4x100M Boys Prelims 3:15 p.m., Friday // Finals 3:20 p.m., Saturday

Blake Rausch: 4x100M Relay (1st), 4x400M Relay (4th)
4x100M Boys Prelims 3:15 p.m., Friday // Finals 3:20 p.m., Saturday
4x400M Boys 6:25 p.m. Friday // Finals 7 p.m., Saturday

Chase Pfalzgraf: 4x400M Relay (4th)
4x400M Boys 6:25 p.m. Friday // Finals 7 p.m., Saturday

4×400 alternate Dylan Dickinson

Michael Ledbetter: Long Jump (3rd)
Long Jump Boys 3 p.m., Saturday