HUMBOLDT — This week’s rainy weather parted in time for a spectacular showing from local track and field athletes at Thursday’s Humboldt Invitational.
Twenty-seven schools from across eastern Kansas took part in the activities:
Among the highlights:
Iola High’s Mahailie Genoble was dominant in the girls 300-meter hurdles, winning gold in a blistering 49.57 seconds, nearly a second and a half better than her nearest pursuer.
Marmaton Valley High’s Brayden Lawson and Todd Stevenson both picked up gold in field events. Lawson won the javelin with a throw of 179 feet, 9 inches, while Stevenson was tops in the triple jump with a leap of 40’4.5” — a scant 1.5 inches beyond runner-up Ben Matthews of Caney Valley.
Humboldt’s Karingten Hall continued her domination in the 200-meter dash, winning with a time of 26.75 seconds, a full quarter-second ahead of runner-up Emmah Henson of Galena.
Peyton Schmidt of Crest romped to victory in the girls 3200-meter run, finishing in 13 minutes, 40.38 seconds, or a full 16 seconds better than Halo Hurd of Caney Valley.
Yates Center High’s Jayda Rice got into the act with her shot put-winning throw of 33’1”: a full 3 inches better than Harlie Owings of Eureka.
Crest’s 4×800-meter boys relay team — names were not available — won by 7 seconds.
Full results follow:
Boys
Team scores: 1. Frontenac, 115; 6. Marmaton Valley, 28; 8 (tie). Iola, 20, and Humboldt, 20; 21. Yates Center, 2.
100 meters — 3. Trevion Franklin, 11.10; 7. Gentry McGhee, Crest, 11.67; 11. Henry White, Crest, 11.74; 12. Todd Stevenson, MV, 11.76; 13. Konner Larney, Iola, 11.78; 18. Cooper Scharff, MV, 11.82; 22. Xander Fuller, Crest, 12.15; 25. Adriel Pina, Iola, 12.19; 30. Ben Cook, YC, 12.34; 32. Gavin Busteed, YC, 12.40. 40. Corbin Bowers, Humboldt, 12.78; 43. Jack Works, Humboldt, 12.87 48. Jeremiah Jones, YC, 13.15; 49. Cyrus Nickel, SCC, 13.15; 50. Colin Ard, MV, 13.18
200 meters — 3. Franklin, 22.33; 17. Cook, 24.87; 19. Mason Lampe, Iola, 25.20; 28. Isaac Velazquez, Iola, 26.08; 30. Works, 26.36; 35. Ard, 26.49; 38. Alex Smail, Iola, 26.86; 41. Daylan Nicholas, Crest, 27.50; 44. Avion Seamster, Humboldt, 32.33
400 meters — 10. Kevon Loving, Iola, 56.58; 17. Caden Coltrane, Iola, 59.00; 23. Lane Yocham, Crest, 1:00.18; 28. Ard, 1:01.60; 30. Kameren McClenning, MV, 1:02.58; 31. Kaden Vega, Iola, 1:03.10; 34. Nickel, 1:05.07; 35. Seamster, 1:27.29
800 meters — 8. Cole Moyer, Iola, 2:18.76; 10. Kole Walter, Crest, 2:20.57; 11. Jakolby Hill, Iola, 2:21.42; 15. Elijah Taylor, Crest, 2:26.51; 22. Clayton Culver, YC, 2:34.23; 23. Grady Allen, Crest, 2:35.41
1600 meters — 4. Gunner Ellington, Crest, 4:54.99; 6. Kale Godfrey, Iola, 5:07.69; 9. Keith Gomez, Humboldt, 5:21.37; 17. Grady Allen, Crest, 5:33.51; 20. Alejandro Escalante, 5:42.66; 24. Ricky Rowe, Iola, 5:57.41; 25. Culver, 5:57.44
3200 meters — 2. Keegan Hill, Iola, 10:23.46; 4. Godfrey, 11:56.45
110m hurdles — 8. Marcus Cummings, YC, 18.70; 10. Ryan West, Crest, 20.22; 14. Brady Burton, MV, 21.50; 19. McClenning, 27.91
