Holcomb boys, Garden City girls win team titles at Mike Smith Invitational

Posted May 5, 2026

Garden City, Kan.–(westernkansasnews.com)–It was a cold Tuesday afternoon and evening for a track meet, as the annual Mike Smith Invitational took place among nine schools from the GWAC and WAC at Buffalo Stadium in Garden City.

Holcomb would take the boys title, edging Dodge City by less than four points, while Garden City was third. The Garden City girls would dominate the field, winning by 54 points over runner-up Dodge City, and Liberal took third.

The boys saw some impressive results, highighted by the top 800M Run in the state by Holcomb’s Brody Deniston, running in a time of 1:53.02. Scott City’s Michael Hermosillo won the 1600 and 3200-Meter Runs, and Holcomb’s Cooper Cranston was a winner in the 110M High Hurdles and Javelin.

Individually on the girls side, Aja Ysac of Ulysses took the 100 and 200-Meter Dashes, while Garden City’s ThayLee Powers took the 300M Hurdles in a deep field.

Boys
Team Scores

Holcomb 110.5; Dodge City 107; Garden City 95; Hugoton 71; Scott City 58.5; Ulysses 46; Colby 34; Liberal 24; Goodland 9

Top 6 Results
100M Dash
1. Avery McVey Holcomb, 10.68; 2. Trage Pike, Dodge City, 10.84; 3. Clay Tolbert, Holcomb, 11.28; 4. Eli Camacho, Hugoton, 11.33; 5. Adrian Adigun, Hugoton, 11.42; 6. Rijah’el Charles, Dodge City, 11.44
200M Dash
1. Trage Pike, Dodge City, 22.22; 2. Alexander Rodriguez, Dodge Citiy, 22.61; 3. Sergio Tinoco, Hugoton, 22.96; 4. Eli Camacho, Hugoton, 23.12; 5. Jagger Owens, Goodland, 23.38; 6. Rijah’el Charles, Dodge City, 23.46
400M Dash
1. Peyton Bergner, Scott City, 51.08; 2. Jonathan Standley, Garden City, 51.13; 3. Juan Carlos Torres, Ulysses, 51.87; 4. Jayton Rush, Colby, 52.52; 5. Sergio Tinoco, Hugoton, 52.95; 6. Chris Marin, Liberal, 53.66
800M Run
1. Brody Deniston, Holcomb, 1:53.02; 2. Trevor Fry, Garden City, 1:59.57; 3. Diego Pavia, Liberal, 2:02.90; 4. Preston Hittle, Ulysses, 2:03.43; 5. Roman Mai, Goodland, 2:05.82; 6. Jeb Stoppel, Holcomb, 2:06.94
1600M Run
1. Michael Hermosillo, Scott City, 4:45.90; 2. Gabriel Martinez Acosta, Garden City, 4:47.97; 3. Jeb Stoppel, Holcomb, 4:50.86; 4. Jeremiah Gonzalez, Holcomb, 4:52.62; 5. Alexander Covarrubias, Dodge City, 4:56.23; 6. Roman Mai, Goodland, 4:57.39
3200M Run
1. Michael Hermosillo, Scott City, 10:28.97; 2. Elmer Argueta, Garden City, 10:42.17; 3. Derick Hoff, Garden City, 10:47.84; 4. Rylan Johnson, Dodge City, 10:50.17; 5. Domingo Lorenzo Ramos, Dodge city, 11:02.52; 6. Trell Baker, Garden City, 11:08.21
110M High Hurdles
1. Cooper Cranston, Holcomb, 14.16; 2. Jordan Jones, Colby, 15.09; 3. Brendan Cook, Scott City, 15.76; 4. Jose Moya Perez, Dodge City, 16.01; 5. Jaxson Meyers, Holcomb, 16.06; 6. Yaasir Mohammed, 16.37
300M Intermediate Hurdles
1. Jordan Jones, Colby, 38.53; 2. Cooper Cranston, Holcomb, 39.28; 3. Mason Phelps, Dodge City, 40.87; 4. Jose Moya Perez, Dodge City, 41.35; 5. Yaasir Mohammed, Dodge City, 41.93; 6. Brendan Cook Scott City, 42.11
4x100M Relay
1. Holcomb, 42.98; 2. Dodge City, 44.34; 3. Scott City, 44.37; 4. Colby, 45.54
4x400M Relay
1. Holcomb, 3:27.38; 2. Dodge City, 3:29.58; 3. Liberal, 3:31.89; 4. Scott City, 3:32.02; 5. Ulysses, 3:35.26; 6. Garden City, 3:43.85
4x800M Relay
1. Scott City, 8:26.05; 2. Ulysses, 8:31.88; 3. Holcomb, 8:39.15; 4. Dodge City, 8:42.31; 5. Garden City, 8:47.26; 6. Hugoton, 9:15.10
Long Jump
1. Juan Carlos Torres, Ulysses, 20-0.5; 2. Jacoby Sutton, Dodge City, 19-2; 3. Maverick Davenport, Colby, 18-11; 4. Braydon Lamm, Holcomb, 18-7; 5. Prince Collins, Liberal, 18-5.5; 6. Jayson Jorde, Hugoton, 18-3
Triple Jump
1. Adrian Adigun, Hugoton, 43-1; 2. Quinten Kott, Garden City, 37-5; 3. Braydon Lamm, Holcomb, 36-7; 4. Alvin Amador, Liberal, 36-0.8; 5. Steele Schroeder, Colby, 36-0.4; 6. Jose Monarrez, Garden City, 35-10.5
High Jump
1. Cameron Rosas, Hugoton, 5-10; 2. Landon Moquett, Garden City, 5-8; 3t. Jagger Owens, Goodland; Malikah Garcia, Ulysses & Tripp Allen, Hugoton, 5-6; 6. Yaasir Mohammad, Dodge City, 5-6
Pole Vault
1. Isaac Guerrero, Garden City, 13-0; 2. Quinten Kott, Garden City, 12-6; 3. Jayce Caldwell, Ulysses, 12-0; 4. Jaxsen Salinas, Ulysses, 11-6; 5t. Kevin Wiebe, Scott City & Braylon Wilson, Holcomb, 11-0
Shot Put
1. Aldo Reyes Romero, Dodge City, 51-6.5; 2. Adam Kisner, Dodge City, 49-5; 3. Landon Smith, Dodge City, 43-11; 4. Trenton Holmes, Liberal, 43-9.5; 5. Matt Rosen, Holcomb, 43-6.5; 6. Autry Sullivan, Hugoton, 43-5.5
Discus
1. Zachary Kitch, Garden City, 137-3; 2. Aquiles Aguilera, Hugoton, 127-3; 3. Kevin Jaco, Garden City, 125-8; 4. James Bishop, Holcomb, 122-11; 5. Alvaro Moya, Ulysses, 114-11; 6. Yahir Guerrero, Dodge City, 112-7
Javelin
1. Cooper Cranston, Holcomb, 167-11; 2. Van Yoder, Hugoton, 150-3; 3. Von Grubbs, Hugoton, 146-6; 4. Autry Sullivan, Hugogon, 144-7; 5. Landon Moquett, Garden City, 141-9; 6. Xavier Tafoya, Liberal, 140-5

Girls
Team Scores

Garden City 188; Dodge City 134; Liberal 54.5; Ulysses 42; Colby 40.5; Scott City 40.5; Goodland 37.5; Holcomb 16; Hugoton 4

Top 6 Results
100M Dash
1. Aja Ysac, Ulysses, 12.35; 2. Natalie Brown, Garden City, 12.67 (12.667); 3. Miah Janko, Liberal, 12.67 (12.669); 4. Adda Gossman, Scott City, 12.95 (12.941); 5. Tinsley Wolf, Colby, 12.95 (12.946); 6. Maleah Shinette, Goodland, 12.99
200M Dash
1. Aja Ysac, Ulysses, 26.04; 2. Natalie Brown, Garden City, 26.17; 3. Shamari Lewis, Liberal, 26.82; 4. Katie Rouse, Dodge City, 26.85; 5. Denise Aguilar-Cano, Ulysses, 26.93; 6. Jazmyn Branch, Goodland, 26.95
400M Dash
1. Kinleigh Wren, Scott City, 59.97; 2. Ava Luna, Garden City, 1:02.64; 3. Rory Gamblin, Dodge City, 1:03.19; 4. Kale Culwell, Dodge City, 1:04.17; 5. Trinity Olvera, Liberal, 1:04.18; 6. Bailey McCorkle, Colby, 1:04.54
800M Run
1. Krishna Perez Martinez, Dodge City, 2:31.29; 2. Cara Wiese, Garden City, 2:36.77; 3. Janelle Barragan, Dodge City, 2:37.68; 4. Olivia Springer, Dodge City, 2:38.21; 5. Jade Ardery, Holcomb, 2:42.77; 6. Amiley Lewis, Hugoton, 2:45.62
1600M Run
1. Cruz Ramos Grave, Dodge City, 6:08.91; 2 Alondra Macias-Reyes, Garden City, 6:11.23; 3. Liliana Romero, Garden City, 6:13.51; 4. Liyanna Bencomo, Garden City, 6:14.65; 5. Yesaira Terrazas, Garden City, 6:14.88; 6. Kenzi Pike, Hugoton, 6:14.95
3200M Run
1. Anna Clevenger, Dodge City, 12:14.69; 2. Belle Trout, Scott City, 12:25.05; 3. Julianne Baca, Garden City, 13:27.87; 4. Liyanna Bencomo, Garden City, 13:40.18; 5. Kenzi Pike, Hugoton, 14:01.10; 6. Yesaira Terrazas, Garden City, 14:01.62
100M High Hurdles
1. Emma Bell, Dodge City, 15.59; 2. Lily Pfaff, Dodge City, 15.62; 3. Brooke Savolt, Garden City, 16.01; 4. Gracyn Doll, Garden City, 17.45; 5. Yazlin Martinez, Liberal, 17.51; 6. Italia Contreras Ortiz, Dodge City, 17.78
300M Low Hurdles
1. ThayLee Powers, Garden City, 46.30; 2. Lily Pfaff, Dodge City, 46.76; 3. Emma Bell, Dodge City, 49.78; 4. Gracyn Doll, Garden City, 50.65; 5. Madison Mink, Dodge City, 51.01; 6. Libby Cure, Goodland, 51.05
4x100M Relay
1. Ulysses, 50.46; 2. Liberal, 50.65; 3. Goodland, 51.11; 4. Scott City, 51.13; 5. Dodge City, 51.36; 6. Holcomb, 54.26
4x400M Relay
1. Garden City, 4:10.63; 2. Dodge City, 4:12.38; 3. Scott City, 4:19.27; 4. Goodland, 4:23.07; 5. Ulysses, 4:27.03
4x800M Relay
1. Dodge City, 10:11.68; 2. Scott City, 10:18.36; 3. Goodland, 10:23.55; 4. Garden City, 10:47.34; 5. Holcomb, 11:15.44; 6. Ulysses, 11:46.54
Long Jump
1. Brooke Savolt, Garden City, 18-4.75; 2. Bailey McCorkle, Colby, 17-8.5; 3. Charly Vollertsen, Garden City, 17-3.5; 4. Shamari Lewis, Liberal, 16-11; 5. Erin Finch, Garden City, 16-8.5; 6. Klaire Anderson, Liberal, 16-4.75
Triple Jump
1. Erin Finch, Garden City, 35-5; 2. Brooke Savolt, Garden City, 34-9.5; 3. Shamari Lewis, Liberal, 34-5.5; 4. Charly Vollertsen, Garden City, 34-0; 5. Madison Mink, Dodge City, 33-4; 6. Zoey Cranston, Holcomb, 33-2
High Jump
1. Brittany Swartz, Colby, 5-0.5; 2. Charly Vollertsen, Garden City, 5-0; 3t. Lauren Linton & Danica Dautel, Goodland; Tatum Odell, Colby, 4-8; 6. Kinlie Hill, Ulysses, 4-6
Pole Vault
1. Korrynne Duffey, Colby, 9-6; 2. Ailynn Anderson, Garden City, 9-0; 3. Piper Schultz, Ulysses, 8-6; 4. Alondra Macias-Reyes, Garden City, 8-0; 5. Allison Leatherman, Holcomb, 8-0; 6t. Kamryn Kough, Scott City & Avery Weibel, Goodland, 8-0
Shot Put
1. Mary Condo, Garden City, 34-6.5; 2. D’Anna Ultreras, Dodge City, 33-4; 3. Stella Mueller, Garden City, 32-11.5; 4. Maliyah Mullens, Liberal, 32-7.5; 5t. Kalyssa White, Colby & NaZiah Williams, Liberal, 32-5
Discus
1. NaZiah Williams, Liberal, 128-2; 2. Lily Koksal, Garden City, 105-11; 3. Harper Vaughn, Colby, 100-10; 4. Maliyah Mullens, Liberal, 100-0; 5. Breckyn Lucas, Garden City, 96-1; 6. D’Anna Ultreras, Dodge City, 92-6
Javelin
1. Jersey Bogner, Dodge City, 113-3; 2. Libby Cure, Goodland, 112-2; 3. Zoey Cranston, Holcomb, 110-9; 4. Emily Gutierrez, Dodge City, 107-8; 5. Bella Galliart, Holcomb 106-7; 6. Sophie doll, Garden City, 96-3

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