Speedy Pirates sweep Bobcat Relays

Grant Lockwood, Divante Herrig-Brittian and LaMar Lynch took the top three places in the boys’ 200-meter dash at the Bobcat Relays at Basehor-Linwood High School. Herrig-Brittian won the event with a time of 22.70 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

The Piper High School track and field won both the boys’ and girls’ team competitions at the Bobcat Relays, held at Basehor-Linwood High School on Friday afternoon.

Bonner Springs, Turner and Washington high schools were also among the 10 schools competing in the meet.

The Piper boys won with 210 points, outpacing the hosts, who scored 148.5. The Pirates dominated the sprints, winning the 100-, 200-, and 400-meter dashes, and even sweeping the top three places in the 200- and 400-meter events.

Piper’s boys’ relay teams took first place in the 4×100-, 4×400-, and 4×800-meter relays. The 4×100-meter relay team (Dominique Herrig-Brittian, Grant Lockwood, LaMar Lynch and Divante Herrig-Brittian) set a school record at 42.36 seconds.

The competition among the girls’ teams was closer. The Lady Pirates scored 160 points, edging out the Lady Bobcats’ 145.5. Grace Hanson won both the 800- and 1600-meter runs, well outpacing the field in both.

Pole vaulter Kaitlin Lindstrom successfully completed a personal-record vault of 11-feet, 6-inches — three feet higher than the second place finisher and the highest mark in the state this year.

Piper’s other individual event winners were LaMar Lynch in boys’ long jump, TyJanae Hooks in girls’ shot put, and Genevieve Kulas in girls’ 100-meter hurdles. The girls’ 4×400-meter relay team also took first place.

Bonner Springs finished fourth in the boys’ competition and fifth in the girls’. Last years’ 5A state discus champion Mariyah Noel won the girls’ discus throw in Basehor and was also on the winning 4×100-meter relay team. Cooper McWilliams won the boys’ high jump, and Jenna Knight won the girls’ 300-meter hurdles.

Washington finished eighth in the girls’ standings and 10th in the boys’. Turner finished eighth in the boys’ team competition.

No one was close to catching up with Piper junior Grace Hanson in the girls’ 1600-meter run. Hanson won the race with a time of 5:38.75, over 40 seconds ahead of the second place runner. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper senior Grant Lockwood ran in the boys’ 400-meter dash. Lockwood won the event with a time of 51.88 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper hurdlers Sophia Derks, Genevieve Kulas and Malia Martin raced in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. Kulas, center, won the race with a time of 18.90 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper sophomore LaMar Lynch won the boys’ long jump with a distance of 21 feet. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper junior Deanna Jones competed in the girls’ high jump. Jones placed fifth with a height of 4-feet, 4-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs junior Mariyah Noel threw in the girls’ discus event. Noel placed first with a distance of 111-feet, 10-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs’ girls’ 4×100-meter relay team (Carly Conrad, Stasia Sambol, Mariyah Noel, Jenna Knight) posed together after their winning run with a time of 53.85 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs senior Cooper McWilliams ran the first leg of the boys’ 4×100-meter relay. McWilliams also placed first in the high jump, clearing 6-feet, 0-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs sophomore Caden Campbell tried to hold off Basehor’s Marc Farris for the win in the boys’ 1600-meter run, but Farris edged past him at the line by 4-hundredths of a second. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs senior Alex Amayo jumped in the boys’ long jump. Amayo took fourth place with a distance of 19-feet, 8.5-inches.

 

Washington freshman Makayla Henry competed in the girls’ long jump. Henry placed fifth with a distance of 14-feet, 8.5-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Washington junior Chaddrick Jones rounded the first corner in the boys’ 400-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Washington freshman Paulina Mercado Amado held off Maranatha’s Jessie Alexander for seventh place in the girls’ 1600-meter run with a time of 7:20.84. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Turner junior Peyton Waldo took 6th place in the boys’ shot put with a throw of 39-feet, 11.75-inches. He also placed 5th in the discus throw. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)