Wildcat track off to strong start

Marmaton Valley High School track and field team athletes continue improving their distances and times as they put their skills to the test earlier this week in Oswego.

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April 11, 2025 - 4:41 PM

Photo by Jimmy Potts / Iola Register

OSWEGO — Marmaton Valley High’s track teams went mining for precious medals Tuesday at the Oswego Invitational.

The Wildcat boys took second and the girls fourth as MV athletes captured five individual gold medals.

Marmaton Valley’s Piper Barney was a two-time winner, besting all comers in the long jump, clearing 14 feet, 7 inches, and the triple jump at 30’10”.

On the boys’ side, Marmaton Valley’s Jaedon Granere and Brendon Newman took first and third, respectively, in the 800-meter run. Granere finished in 2 minutes, 20.31 seconds. 

Bryant Uhlrich took gold in the 300-meter hurdles, finishing in 49.20 seconds.

Brayden Lawson was golden in the javelin, with a throw of 148 feet.

Marmaton Valley’s full results follow:

Girls

Team scores: 1. Northeast, 89; 4. Marmaton Valley, 42.

100 meters — 9. Kyla Sander, 14.52; 13. Khiana Haynes, 15.11

200 meters — 5. K. Sander, 30.18; 10. Evva Sander, 31.34

400 meters — 4. Piper Barney, 1:11.77

3200 meters — 3. Sophia Heim, 16:20.71

4×100 relay — 3. MV (E. Sander, Heim, Haynes, K. Sander), 59.48

High jump — 8. E. Sander, 4’2”

Long jump — 1. Barney, 14’7”; 8. Haynes, 12’11”

Triple jump — 1. Barney, 30’10”

Discus — 19. Heim, 45’7”; 23. Yareli Medrano, 38’10”

Javelin — 4. Taylen Blevins, 84’4”; 11. Heim, 62’4”

Shot put — 11. Blevins, 24’5”; 30. Medrano, 16’6”

Boys

Team  scores: 1. Pleasanton, 121; 2. Marmaton Valley, 104

100 meters — 2. Todd Stevenson, 12.33; 18. Colin Ard, 13.57; 24. Brevyn Campbell, 14.19

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