WICHITA — Marmaton Valley, Crest and Southern Coffey County were among the smallest contingents to compete Saturday in the Class 1A State Track Meet.
But they sure made it count.
Each of the four athletes who appeared — Marmaton Valley’s Janae Granere and Kristyna Snyrychova, Crest’s Ursula Billings and Southern Coffey County’s Aiden Voorhees — brought home some state hardware in the process.
Leading the way was Granere, a freshman at Marmaton Valley, who leapt to a bronze medal in the girls long jump, with a leap of 16 feet, 4.5 inches, and fifth in the triple jump at 33’5.25”.
Snyrychova, meanwhile, nabbed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at 15.80 seconds, and narrowly missed out on a medal in 300-meter hurdles, placing ninth. (The top eight finishers get medals).
Billings ended her junior year by placing seventh in the girls 3200-meter run, completing eight circuits around the Cessna Stadium track in 12 minutes, 26.64 seconds. Billings also ran in the 1600-meter run, finishing 11th.
Voorhees, a junior at Southern Coffey County, cleared the bar at 5’8” in the boys high jump on his third and final attempt, vaulting him from 11th to seventh in the final standings.
Voorhees also competed in the triple jump, taking 13th overall.
Results for the area schools follow.
Class 1A State Track Meet
Crest
Girls
1600 — 11. Ursula Billings, 5:54.06
3200 — 7. Billings, 12:26.64
Marmaton Valley
