Piper’s Dominique Herrig-Brittian raced in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Herrig-Brittian won the event with a school-record time of 10.72 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
by Brian Turrel
Piper, Bonner Springs, Turner and Bishop Ward high schools participated this Friday in the De Soto Relays, held this year at Basehor-Linwood High School due to ongoing construction of a new athletics complex in De Soto.
Piper’s Dominique and Divante Herrig-Brittian won the boys’ 100- and 200-meter dashes, both setting school records.
Davis Capps won the 800-meter run for the Pirates, also breaking his own previous school record. The boys’ 4×800-meter relay took 1st place, and Tony Cobbs won the boys’ shot put. Logan Ladish set a school record in the boys’ javelin.
The Piper girls finished second in team competition, behind Eudora. The Lady Pirates won the 4×100 and 4×400-meter relays. Grace Hanson won the 800-meter run. Kaitlin Lindstrom took first place in the girls’ pole vault. Kinley Brown finished 2nd in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes.
Bishop Ward’s K.J. Smith’s fourth place finish in the boys’ 100-meter dash highlighted the afternoon for the Cyclones.
Turner’s M’Liyah Anderson finished sixth in the girls’ 400-meter dash and ninth in the 100-meter dash.
For Bonner Springs, Esther Solomon-Holland finished fifth in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles.
Official meet results have not been posted, and we will update as additional results become available.
Turner’s Arianna Ortiz crossed the finish line in the girls’ 800-meter run. Ortiz finished sixth with a time of 2 minutes, 37.08 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs senior Cortland Hervey cleared the bar in the boys’ high jump. Hervey finished second in the event. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bishop Ward’s K.J. Smith ran in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Smith finished fourth with a time of 11.19 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
The Piper girls’ 4×100-meter relay team (Ella Buff, Evelyn Vazquez, Ryann Clark, and Kinley Brown) posed together after the winning the race. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper senior Evelyn Vazquez leaned across the finish line to earn her team first place in the girls’ 4×100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper’s Grace Hanson led the pack in the girls’ 800-meter run. Hanson won the event with a time of 2 minutes, 26.90 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs’ freshman Esther Solomon-Holland raced in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs’ Jason McConico cleared the first hurdle in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles race. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper’s Divante Herrig-Brittian cruised to the finish line of the boys’ 200-meter dash. Herrig-Brittian won the event with a time of 22.31 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper’s Davis Capps ran down the home stretch in the boys’ 800-meter run. Capps won the event with a time of 2 minutes, 0.23 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper’s Sophia Derks raced in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper senior Kinley Brown crossed the finish line in the girls’ 100-meter dash. Brown finished second in the event with a time of 12.60 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs senior Cortland Hervey sailed over the bar in the boys’ high jump at the Bonner Springs Invitational track meet. Hervey won the event with a jump of 6 feet, 4 inches. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
by Brian Turrel
Bonner Springs High School held the Bonner Springs Invitational track meet on Thursday evening, with several local schools, including Washington and Schlagle high schools from the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools.
The Lansing Lions won first place in both the girls’ and boys’ team competitions.
The hosts picked up second place in the boys’ competition, while the Bonner girls placed fourth.
In the girls’ competition, Jenna Knight won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles, and Sailor Herron took first in the 1600-meter run.
For the boys, Jacob Deichert won the 800- and 1600-meter races. Cortland Hervey won the high jump and finished second in the long jump, and Charlie Sanders won the triple jump.
Washington finished fifth in the boys’ competition and eighth in the girls’. Jason Black won the boys’ 200-meter dash, and finished second in the 100-meter.
Schlagle brought a limited squad and finished out of the points in both team competitions.
Bonner Springs sophomore Jenna Knight started down the home stretch of the girls’ 300-meter hurdles. Knight won the race with a time of 50.64 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Washington junior Jason Black crossed the line in the boys’ 200-meter run. Black won the event with a time of 23.65 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs freshman Carley Conrad raced in the girls’ 200-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs senior Monet Ratliff jumped in the girls’ high jump. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Washington freshman Jaquarey Williams crossed the finish line in the boys’ 800-meter run. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs junior Antonio Caballero threw in the boys’ javelin event. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Washington senior Anderson Jones threw in the boys’ shot put. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Washington sophomore Amarian Holliday ran in the girls’ 200-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs junior Jacob Deichert won the boys’ 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 10.44 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs senior Sailor Herron held a big lead on her rivals as she crossed the finish line of the girls’ 1600-meter run. Herron won the event with a time of 6 minutes, 3.55 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Senior athletes on the track team were honored during a ceremony at the meet. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Schlagle sophomore Kahliek Rainey ran in the boys’ 100-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper junior Divante Herrig-Brittian ran the anchor leg of the boys’ 4×100-meter relay. The team (Macon, Griffin, Lynch, Herrig-Brittian) finished first with a time of 44.92 seconds and the Pirates won the team competition. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
by Brian Turrel
Basehor-Linwood High School held the Bobcat Relays track and field meet on Friday evening, including athletes from Bonner Springs, Piper, Turner and Washington high schools.
The Piper boys took home the team trophy, notching wins in several events. On the girls’ side, Piper took second, just behind the host team.
Bonner Springs placed fifth in both the girls’ and boys’ team scoring. The Turner Golden Bears placed eighth on the boys’ side and tenth on the girls’. Washington placed ninth on the girls’ and boys’ standings.
Piper’s boys’ relay teams took first in the 4×100, 4×400, and 4×800-meter relays. Divante Herrig-Brittian was first in the boys’ 100-meter dash and triple jump.
Grant Lockwood and Davis Capps won the boys’ 400- and 800-meter races. Tony Cobbs won the shot put, and Logan Ladish won the javelin throw.
Piper got a standout performance from senior Kinley Brown, who won the girls’ 100-, 200- and 400-meter distances. Grace Hanson continued the Lady Pirates’ domination into the longer races by winning the 800- and 1600-meter runs.
For Bonner Springs, Emmalee Foya won the 3200-meter run, and the girls’ 4×800-meter relay team took first place.
Turner’s evening ended on a high note, with the boys’ 4×400-meter relay team taking third place in the meet’s final event. Cyra Chronister finished second in the girls’ 1600-meter run, and David Taylor placed second in the boys’ 800-meter run.
For Washington, Jessica Robinson earned fourth in the girls’ 100-meter dash, and Hendre Benton took fourth in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles. The girls’ and boys’ 4×100-meter relay teams placed fifth and sixth.
The well-attended meet started bright and warm, but took a chilly turn midway as clouds, wind and light rain moved through.
Piper senior Kinley Brown hit her stride in the opening turn of the girls’ 400-meter dash. Brown won the event with a time of 1 minute, 2.76 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Piper senior Davis Capps raced out to the lead in the boys’ 4×800-meter relay. The team (Capps, Huisman, Thomas, Lockwood) won the event with a time of 8 minutes, 52.15 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Piper sophomore Grace Hanson led the pack in the girls’ 800-meter run. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Bonner Springs sophomore Amanda Hill celebrated as she crossed the finish line in the girls’ 4×800-meter relay. The team (Herron, Knight, Foya, Hill) finished first with a time of 11 minutes, 13.10 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Bonner Springs freshman Emmalee Foya had a big lead as she ran down the final straightaway of the girls’ 3200-meter run. Foya finished first with a time of 13 minutes, 28.15 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Bonner Springs junior Noah Doss ran the first leg of the boys’ 4×100-meter relay. The team (Doss, Hervey, McWilliams, Andrewjeski) finished fourth with a time of 46.67 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Turner junior Tyzhaun Cole, foreground, raced against senior teammate Mareyion Holmes in the boys’ 100-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Turner junior David Taylor bided his time in the field before making a strong move to finish second in the boys’ 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 9.29 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Turner junior Ma’Liyah Anderson sprinted around the first turn of the girls’ 400-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Washington sophomore Sharis Rush burst out of the blocks at the start of the girls’ 400-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Washington freshman Michael Lee raced in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Lee finished eighth with a time of 12.03 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)Washington senior Alvin Dupree crossed the finish line in the boys’ 100-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs sophomore Jenna Knight ran in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles. Knight finished second with a time of 50.58 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
