The Wheatridge Track team had great weather for their meet in Paola on Tuesday, April 18th.
The seventh grade girls tied for second place! Kiersten Markos was a top place finisher in both the Discus and the Shot Put, with throws of 73’3 and 31’0, respectively and Ryanne Ham took first place in the Pole Vault with a height of 6’0. The 4x200 relay team (Bojanski, Ham, Shipps, Velasquez) also took first place with a time of 2:08.45. Second place finishers were Emma Brooks in the Pole Vault and and the 4x100 relay team (Brooks, Leggett, Shipps, Velasquez). Third place finishers were Jillian Velasquez in the 200 Meter Dash, Tynee Leggett in the 400 Meter Dash, Zoey Edwards in both the 800 Meter Run and the 1600 Meter Run. Hailey Sullivan took fourth place in both the Pole Vault and the 400 Meter Run.
The seventh grade boys missed second place by only four points! First place finishers were Charlie Kuzma in the Long Jump with a distance of 14’5.5, Alek Stevanov in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 27.97, and Jake McClure in both the 100 Meter Hurdles and the 1600 Meter Run with times of 18.55 and 5:35.83, respectively. Second place finishers were Jake McClure in the Long Jump, Alek Stevanov in the 100 Meter Dash, and the 4x200 relay team (Kuzma, LeCluyse, McClure, Stevanov). Charlie Kuzma was a third place finisher in the 200 Meter Dash.
The eighth grade girls had a great day of performances! Ashton Keith took first in the Discus with a distance of 78’4, Kelly Smith took first in the 100 Meter Hurdles and the 200 Meter Dash, with times of 19.44 and 29.88, respectively. Individual second place finishers were Maddy Burnett in the Discus, Ashton Keith in the Shot Put, Kelly Smith in the 100 Meter Dash, and Mallory Boden in the 1600 Meter Run. Three relay teams earned second place finishes, the 4x100 relay team (Beharry, Haulmark, Hotchkiss, Smith), the 4x200 relay team (Dulku, Gust, Haulmark, Pipkin), and the Medley relay team (Beharry, Bell, Boden, Hotchkiss). Third place finishers were Avery Hotchkiss in the High Jump, Maddy Pipkin in the 100 Meter Hurdles, and Ashlyn Bell in the 1600 Meter Run. Fourth place finishers were Sabrina Dulku in the High Jump and Ashlyn Bell in the 800 Meter Run.
The eighth grade boys had a great day of performances as well! Hunter Meyer took first place in the Pole Vault with a height of 7’6. Second place finishers were Christian Gomez in the 3200 Meter Run, Blaine Leon in the 1600 Meter Run, Masen Kindler in the 800 Meter Run , Trey Hullum in the 400 Meter Run, and Ethan Reynolds in the High Jump, the Long Jump, and the 200 Meter Dash. Jude Graham took third place in the 400 Meter Run and fourth place in the 800 Meter Dash, and Trey Hullum took fourth place in the 200 Meter Dash.
The Mustangs are looking forward to their fourth meet of the season which will be next Tuesday, April 25th at TRMS in Gardner.