OSWEGO — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s track team competed in a mammoth track meet in Oswego Thursday, wth 17 different schools from Kansas and Oklahoma participating.
That made the Wildcats’ top finishes even sweeter.
Dierks Kegler led the way in the boys division, winning the long jump and the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. Kegler finished in front of teammate and runner-up Brayden Lawson in the long jump.
On the girls side, Kylah Sander took third in the 200, while she teamed with Braelyn Sutton, Jacee Mattox and Piper Barney to take third in the 4×200-meter relay.
“We had lots of personal bests,” head coach Byron Marshall said. “It was a great meet.”
MARMATON Valley also competed April 22 at Northeast-Arma, where Kegler won the 100, 200, 400 and long jump.
Barney won the eighth-grade girls long jump and took third in the 100-meter hurdles.
MVJH results at Northeast:
Seventh-grade girls (third overall)
Mattox, fourth in the shot put.
Sutton, second in the long jump and 100-meter hurdles.
Sander, second in the 200 and fourth in the 100.
Shelby Sprague, second in the 1600-meter run, and third in the 400.
The 4×200 team, Sprague, Sander, Mattox and Sutton, took second.
The medley relay team of Sprague, Mattox, Sutton and Sophia Heim, took second.
