Iola High School sent track and field athletes to competitions in three venues Thursday.
A couple of schedule changes prompted the split.
The first occurred when organizers of a junior varsity track meet in Chanute pushed the event back two days to Thursday.
Another occurred when the Wichita State University Pre-State Track Meet, typically held the first week of April, was pushed back a full week.
And with Iola already committed to the Anderson County Invitational, head coach David Daugharthy opted to send athletes not going to the pre-state meet — featuring the top athletes in Kansas — to Garnett instead.
Lynsie Fehr continued her JV dominance at Chanute, winning the 3200-meter run and placing third in the 1600 meters. She also ran the first leg on Iola’s gold medal-winning 4×800-meter relay team along with teammates Estella DeClara, Mariah Jelinek and Cara Porter.
Other highlights include Ari Ramirez taking fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and fifth in the 100-meter hurdles, LeiLani Keanaaina taking fifth in the 100-meter dash and Mahala Burris taking fifth in the high jump.
On the boys’ side, Iola’s James Hunt took second in the 1600 meters, Griffin Westervelt took fourth in the 200 meters and Kaeden Vega placed fourth in the 1600 race.
THE WICHITA meet, which continued Friday, saw Iola athletes get off to a strong start in distance running and throwing events. Keegan Hill brought home seventh in the 3200 and 11th in the 1600. Jaydon Morrison took 14th in the javelin.
Results were not immediately available from the Anderson County meet.
Chanute JV Invitational
Girls
100 meters — 5. LeiLani Keanaaina, 14.45
200 meters — 6. Keanaaina, 31.57
400 meters — 7. Mariah Jelinek, 1:21.83; 8. Estella DeClara, 1:28.58
