WICHITA — Marmaton Valley High’s Janae Granere and Humboldt High’s Maddox Johnson garnered personal records on Friday at the Kansas state track meet.
Granere, a junior, collected a silver medal in the Class 1A girls triple jump, clearing 37’5.5”.
Johnson, a senior, threw the javelin 175 feet, 9 inches, clinching fourth place in the Class 3A competition.
There were several highlights for area athletes Friday.
Crest High’s Josie Walter and Peyton Schmidt also kicked off their day with a bang.
The Lady Lancer freshmen both earned medals as Walter placed fifth and Schmidt eighth in the Class 1A girls 3200-meter run, the first event of the two-day track meet.
Walter completed the eight circuits around the Cessna Stadium track in a personal-best 12 minutes, 24.91 seconds. Schmidt finished in 12:38.67.
Elsewhere, Marmaton Valley High’s PB&J — that’s Piper Barney and the aforementioned Granere — are both guaranteed some state hardware with their school record times Friday.
Barney, a sophomore, had the fourth-fastest qualifying time in the Class 1A girls 3200-meter hurdles, with a school record time of 47.99 seconds.
Granere reset the Marmaton Valley school record with her time of 1:01.83 in the 400-meter dash, which was good for the eighth and final qualifying spot. The finals for both are Saturday.
Barney narrowly missed a medal in the triple jump. Her leap of 33’4” was good for ninth.
The top eight finishers receive medals.
In other action:
— Crest’s Ethan Godderz came up just shy of a state medal in the 1A boys long jump. Godderz, a senior, finished ninth with a leap of 19’7.75”, or one-half inch short of the eighth-place finisher. Godderz later took 13th in the triple jump with a leap of 41 feet.
— Iola’s Rio Lohman, as well Lady Lancer runners Brinley McGhee and Mia Coleman competed, but did not qualify for finals in the 100-meter hurdles. In Class 4A, Lohman finished her heat in 17.50 seconds, good for 14th. In their class 1A race, McGhee took 11th in 17.36 seconds, a personal-best. Coleman finished 14th at 17.70 seconds.
— Humboldt’s Mateo Miller took 15th in the 3A boys 110-meter hurdle prelims, and thus will not advance to Saturday’s finals. Miller finished in 17.71 seconds.
— Peyton Wallace, Humboldt senior, took 15th in the 3A boys 300, finishing in 11:29.17.
