Steady improvement by the Mustang and Filly track teams continued Thursday at Osawatomie with both teams taking fourth overall.
Elysia Kunkler led the way with three first-place finishes and a second-place finish.
Kunkler took first in the high hurdles with a time of 15.07 which was her best time this season by a second and a half before setting a season-best time in the 100 with a time of 12.94. Then, to top it off, she jumped 1710.5 in the long jump, a personal best and a meet record.
To close things out, Kunkler ran anchor for the 4×100 team along with Kassy Shelby, Ella Taylor and Elanie Sturgeon. The team took second with a time of 54.48.
Joining Kunkler atop the podium was Christine Helman who won the discus with a throw of 1016. She also took second in the shot put with a throw of 295 and fifth in the javelin with a throw of 7611.
Rachel Bycroft won the 3200 with a time of 13:34.93 in a race where she finished 40 seconds ahead of the next runner.
Ella Taylor took second in the pole vault with a height of 86 which was a personal record. Averie Sharon took third in the 3200 with a time of 13:11.90 and the 4×800 team of Audrey Coltrane, Sturgeon, Taelyn Maley and Josie Plumlee took fourth with a time of 11:58.73.
Plumlee took sixth in the 1600 with a time of 6:25.84.
ON THE BOYS side, Mat Karr made a huge breakthrough in the shot put, throwing a winning distance of 407 which was the first time that hes thrown over 40 feet.
Cole Regehr took second in the 800 with a time of 2:14.23 and Jack Adams took second in the 3200 with a time of 10:41.59.
The 4×100 team of Brett Willis, IJ Badders, Evan Casner and Kolten LaCrone took second despite a bad baton exchange between Casner and first time-4×100 runner LaCrone with a time of 10:41.59.
The 4×800 team of Tavon Bass, Adams, Regehr and Riley Jay also took second with a time of 9:17.87 which was a season-best.
Logan Brown took third in both the shot put (386.75) and the discus (1108). The discus distance was a personal record.
Brett Willis took third in the 100 with a time of 11.86 which was a personal best. He also finished fifth in the long jump with a distance of 184.5 which was also a personal record for him.
Casner took third in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.33, a personal record by three seconds.
LaCrone took fourth in the discus (1073) and Badders took fourth in the triple jump (3511).
