WICHITA — An abundance of Allen County area track and field athletes will participate in the Kansas All Class State Track and Field Championships set in Wichita Friday and Saturday.
Leading the way this year with the highest number of state qualifiers is Crest High with 11 total athletes set to compete in the Class 2-1A division this weekend. Humboldt takes eight track and field athletes to compete in Class 3A while Iola will field seven for Class 4A.
Iola
Seven athletes will represent Iola High School in 4A competition, including seniors Eli Adams, Jake Skahan, Jesse Taylor and Jessica Kroenke.
Adams will compete in the boys 800-meter run, Skahan in the boys javelin, Taylor in the boys 3200-meter run and Kroenke in the girls pole vault.
Mahailie Genoble will test her talents in the girls 300-meter hurdles, sophomore Karingten Hall will compete in the girls 200-meter dash and junior Rio Lohman will run in the 100-meter hurdles.
Humboldt
The Cubs will send eight to state.
Seniors Javyn Hess, Maddox Johnson and Peyton Wallace lead the squad while junior Mateo Miller, sophomores Anna Heisler and McKenna Jones and freshmen Skylar Hottenstein and Ricklyn Hillmon round out the competitors.
Hess will compete in the boys 800-meter run and Johnson in the boys javelin. Wallace will compete in the 1600- and 3200-meter runs and Miller in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles.
The Lady Cubs 4×800 meter relay team consists of Hottenstein, Heisler, Hillmon and Jones.
Crest
The Lancers will field 11 athletes in the Class 2-1A division.
For the boys, Gunner Ellington will be competing in the 1600-meter run while Ethan Godderz competes in the long jump. Jerry Rodriguez, Gentry McGhee, Godderz and Ellington will compete in the 4×100 meter relay race.
Leading the Lady Lancers will be Mia Coleman and Brinley McGhee in the 100-meter hurdles, Peyton Schmidt in the 800- and 3200-meter runs and Josie Walter in the 1600- and 3200-meter runs.
Kaelin Nilges, Kinley Edgerton, Coleman and McGhee will run in the 4×100 and the 4×400 relay races.
Aubrey Allen, Nilges, Walter and Schmidt will race in the 4×800 meter relay.
Marmaton Valley
Jaedon Granere, Evan Kent, Piper Barney and Janae Granere will compete for Marmaton Valley in the Class 2-1A division.
Jaedon Granere will compete in the 100-meter dash and Kent in the discus and shot put. Barney will match up in the 300-meter hurdles and girls long jump and triple jump. Janae Granere will compete in the 400-meter, long jump and triple jump.
Southern Coffey County
Southern Coffey County takes Emily Ludolph and Thomas Nickel to the Class 2-1A state meet.
