MOUND CITY — Marmaton Valley High’s track team continues to rack up medals aplenty as the 2024 season hits the home stretch.
On Monday, the Wildcat athletes were at the Jayhawk-Linn Invitational, where a cast of familiar faces once again led the charge.
Janae Granere was golden in the long jump while taking second in the 400-meter dash. Teammate Piper Barney brought home another gold in the 300-meter hurdles, took second in the triple jump and third behind Granere in the long jump. Sophia Heim was runner-up in the 3200-meter run.
On the boys side, Jaedon Granere brought home silver in the 100-meter dash and third in the high jump. Cooper Scharff took third in the long jump and fourth in the 100, while Brayden Lawson finished third in the javelin and fourth in the shot put.
Marmaton Valley’s full results follow:
Girls
Team scores: 1. Prairie View, 137; 4. Marmaton Valley, 67
100 meters — 4. Kylah Sanders, 13.92; 15. Khiana Haynes, 15.13; 18. Kaya Boone, 15.56
200 meters — 5. Maria Forero, 29.97; 7. Sanders, 30.07
400 meters — 2. Janae Granere, 1:05.25; 7. Forero, 1:08.90; 11. Yareli Medrano, 1:51.34
800 meters — 9. Sophia Heim, 3:14.56; 11. Zafirah Fajri, 3:38.75
1600 meters — 9. Fajri, 8:57.01
3200 meters — 2. Heim, 15:09.69
300m hurdles — 1. Piper Barney, 49.34
4x100m relay — 4. Marmaton Valley (Sanders, Payton Scharff, Boone, Haynes), 58.04
Long jump — 1. Granere, 16’5.75”; 3. Barney, 15’10”; 6. Haynes, 13’9”
Triple jump — 2. Barney, 34’4”
Discus — 15. LesLeigh Cary, 63’1”; 21. Myleigh Eslick, 56’7”; 23. Elizabeth Lewis, 51’5”
Javelin — 5. Scharff, 92’1”; 14. Taylen Blevins, 63’6.5”; 19. Cary, 53’5”
Shot put — 14. Lewis, 24’6.5”; 21. Eslick, 19’10”; 24. Medrano, 18’.5”
Boys
Team scores: 1. Jayhawk-Linn, 133; 6. Marmaton Valley, 43
