It was another big year for Shawnee County at the Kansas High School Track and Field State Championship on Saturday, May 30.
The top athletes from around the state converged on Wichita State’s track and competed for glory. Many Topeka-area athletes performed well.
Here are the medalists from Shawnee County. The top eight athletes were medalists at the state met.
Shawnee County medalists from KSHAA State Track and Field Championship
Cair Paravel
Class 2A
- Triple jump: Lucas Marichal, seventh place, 42-9.25
Hayden
Class 4A
- 400: Sofia Harper, second, 59.43
- Javelin: Jackson Haas, eighth, 169-9
- Long jump: Alana Mitchell, sixth, 17-1.75
Highland Park
Class 5A
- 400: Tremaine Savage, sixth, 50.43
Rossville
Class 2A
- Discus: Eden Thompson, eighth, 139-6
- Javelin: Landen Lewis, first, 181-9
- Shot put: Charles Chance, fifth, 48-7
Seaman
Class 5A
- 800: Brody Anderson, first, 1:52.08
- 1600: Brody Anderson, second, 4:12.48
- 3200: Brody Anderson, second, 9:05.70
- High jump: Baylee Ayres, fourth, 5-2
- High jump: Jack Esser, fifth, 6-2
Shawnee Heights
Class 5A
- 100: Tanesia Johnson, sixth, 12.37
- 200: Tanesia Johnson, sixth, 25.88
- 400: Jason Slay, third, 49.51
- 4×400: Xavier Fisher, Dallas Owens, Mason Haas, Jason Slay, fourth, 3:25.32
- Discus: Sam Garner, seventh, 153-8
- Javelin: Blake Coffman, eighth, 161-9
Silver Lake
Class 3A
- 400: Ali Gerber, fourth, 58.48
- 400: Joel Miller, seventh, 51.13
- 4×100: Thomas Fisher, Owen Rottinghaus, Joel Miller, Braxton Rupp, second, 42.95
- 4×400: Jake Workman, Owen Rottinghaus, Thomas Fisher, Joel Miller, third, 3:28.56
- 4×400: Kinley Weber, Jaylie Whitehead, Karys Deiter, Ali Gerber, fifth, 4:09.64
- Discus: Kayleigh Kruger, sixth, 120-3
- Javelin: Kailyn Hanni, third, 129-7
- Long jump: Addy Just, seventh, 16-11
Washburn Rural
Class 6A
- 100: Christian Hartman-Babb, first, 10.59
- 200: Christian Hartman-Babb, second, 21.40
- 800: Alyson Hinck, fifth, 2:18.43
- 800: Cohen Thiessen, seventh, 1:56.96
- 1600: Brooks Kehoe, second, 4:22.04
- 4×800: Alyson Hinck, Clara Dillon, Kenzie Maddox, Emily Graf, sixth, 9:44.80
- Discus: Kailyn Peterson, fourth, 133-2
- Discus: Zachary Hancock, seventh, 160-6
- Javelin: Morgan Ray, second, 145-1
Liam Keating covers high school sports and Washburn University for The Topeka Capital-Journal. Send stats or information to him at Lkeating@gannett.com
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