BURLINGTON — Youth was served in a big way Friday as a number of area track and field athletes qualified for the upcoming state track meet.
Marmaton Valley High’s thinclads will be represented by freshmen Piper Barney and Jaedon Granere, sophomore Janae Granere and junior Kaitlyn Drake, each of whom qualified by placing in the top four of their respective events at the Class 1A Regional Track Meet held at Burlington High School.
Leading the charge is Janae Granere, who hopes to add to her state hardware haul, by competing in three events.
Granere, who took third at state in the triple jump a year ago, claimed triple jump gold at regionals, clearing 34 feet, 3 inches. Granere also finished second in both the long jump at 16’6.5” and 400-meter dash at 65.4 seconds.
Barney, meanwhile, netted a silver medal in the 300-meter hurdles, finishing in 49.10 seconds. She also will join Granere in the triple jump, after placing third at regionals with a mark of 31’10.75”.
Jaedon Granere, Janae’s younger brother, will represent MV in the 200-meter dash. He took second at regionals, finishing in 23.58 seconds. The younger Granere’s qualification bid for the 100-meter dash was short-circuited after he was flagged for a false start, and thus unable to run the finals.
Drake — the only upperclassmen of the Wildcat quartet — will be at WSU’s Cessna Stadium to compete in the high jump, after she took third at regionals, clearing 4’10”.
CREST High sophomores Mia Coleman and Brenton Edgerton will join junior Ethan Godderz at the state meet.
Godderz nabbed second in the triple jump at regionals with a leap of 41’6” and third in the long jump with a distance of 19’9.75”. Coleman, who narrowly missed out on a state bid in the 200-meter dash as a freshman, found a bit of redemption this year in the 100-meter hurdles. Her time of 17.6 seconds was good for second at regionals, earning her a trip to Wichita for her efforts.
Edgerton took fourth in the 100 meters at regionals, with a time of 11.75 seconds.
SOUTHERN Coffey County junior Josie Weers will compete in Wichita in the javelin. She placed third at regionals with a throw of 117’9”. This is her first state bid.
Class 1A Regional
Boys
100 meters
4. Brenton Edgerton, Crest, 11.75; 15. George Moore, MV, 12.97; 16. Gentry McGhee, Crest, 19.97
200 meters
2. Jaedon Granere, MV, 23.58; 9. Edgerton, 24.73
800 meters
9. Zach Allee, MV, 2:27.69; 10. Brayton Lind, SCC, 2:40.48
1600 meters
7. Gunner Ellington, Crest, 5:35.32
3200 meters
7. Ellington, 12:02.28
Long jump
3. Ethan Godderz, Crest, 19’9.75”; 6. Edgerton, 18’9.5”
Triple jump
2. Godderz, 41’6”; 7. Edgerton, 38’8.25”; 18. Cody Brite, SCC, 34’3”
