Several Wyandotte County high schools opened their track season at the Wyandotte Invitational track meet on Friday.
Bishop Ward, Harmon, Schlagle, Sumner, Turner, Washington and Wyandotte high schools all took part.
The Wyandotte boys won the team competition with 102 points, besting Bishop Ward’s 95. The Bulldogs got event wins from Robert Hill (long jump), Keyon Anderson (discus), and Shaun Carter (200 meters), while the Cyclones picked up wins in the 100 meters (K.J. Smith) and the 4 x 100-meter relay (Smith, Holliday, Johnson, Roach).
The Sumner Academy Lady Sabres won the girls’ team competition, led by Janae McKelvy’s wins in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles. They also won the 4 x 100-meter relay (Burdette, McCleary, Smith-Nash, McKelvy).
Washington’s Lady Wildcats finished second as a team, with a strong performance in the throwing events by Kwantriece Reeves, Breanne Neal and Neveah Peters Keith.
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.