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Pirates’ Lockwood and Lindstrom top podium at state meet

Piper senior Grant Lockwood leaned across the finish line in the 5A boys’ 400-meter dash finals at the KSHSAA state track and field meet. Lockwood set a meet record with his time of 47.86 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

The Piper Pirates track and field team competed in the KSHSAA state track meet at Cessna Stadium in Wichita on Friday and Saturday.

Piper’s student-athletes brought home medals in 12 events, including first place awards in the boys’ 400-meter dash, girls’ pole vault, and boys’ 4×100-meter relay.

Senior Grant Lockwood set a meet record in the 5A boys’ 400-meter dash with his preliminary time of 47.86 seconds on Friday, and he matched that time in Saturday’s final to win the event. Lockwood was also on the 4×100-meter relay team and anchored the 4×400-meter relay team that took fifth place.

Senior Kaitlin Lindstrom won the girls’ pole vault with a height of 11-feet, 6-inches. Conditions were intermittently gusty, frustrating most of the vaulters and making it difficult for the event crew to even keep the crossbar on the standards.

Lindstrom passed on the early rounds until the bar reached 10 feet, and she needed only one attempt at each subsequent height. Reece Baker of Lansing, who beat Lindstrom at the regional meet, matched her vault for vault up to 11 feet, but Baker and two other competitors failed their three attempts to match the Piper vaulter at 11-feet, 6-inches.

Lindstrom tried for a personal record at 12-feet, 0-inches, but the unpredictable wind foiled her attempt to find the right approach and settings for the conditions.

The boys’ 4×100-meter relay team (Dominique Herrig-Brittian, Grant Lockwood, LaMar Lynch, Divante Herrig-Brittian) tied the meet record of 41.64 seconds in the preliminaries on Friday. Off their record pace on Saturday, they still took first place over half a second ahead of second-place De Soto in the finals.

As a team, Piper earned 6th place in the boys’ meet standings, and 7th place in the girls’.

Other Piper state medalists:

Divante Herrig-Brittian, 2nd, Boys’ 100-meter Dash
Grace Hanson, 2nd, Girls’ 1600-meter Run
Kylie Brockman, 2nd, Girls’ Javelin
Jayden Henry, 3rd, Boys’ 100-meter Hurdles
Grace Hanson, 4th Girls’ 3200-meter Run
Ryann Clark, 5th, Girls’ 400-meter Dash
Aaron Henson, 5th, Boys’ Shot Put
Boys’ 4×400-meter Relay (Jahnye Jamison, Jack Bakarich, JamarReiAir Jarrett, Grant Lockwood), 5th
TyJanae Hooks, 7th, Girls’ Shot Put

Senior Kaitlin Lindstrom won the 5A girls’ pole vault with a height of 11-feet, 6-inches.(Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Senior Dominique Herrig-Brittian sprinted into the first leg of the boys’ 4×100-meter relay. The Piper team won with a time of 42.18 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Piper sophomore Kylie Brockman got a high-five from her coach after a successful throw. Brockman took 2nd in the event with a throw of 128-feet, 0-inches.(Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Junior Grace Hanson bided her time in the pack until making a late push to the front. She took 2nd place in the girls’ 1600-meter run with a time of 5-minutes, 10.52-seconds.(Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Sophomore Jayden Henry ran in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles. He placed 3rd in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.10 seconds.(Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Junior Ryann Clark placed 5th in the girls’ 400-meter dash with a time of 1-minute, 0.82-seconds.(Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Freshman Jack Bakarich took the handoff from senior Jahnye Jamison to start the second leg of the boys’ 4×100-meter relay. The team took 5th place with a time of 3-minutes, 26.97-seconds.(Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Sophomore Aaron Henson’s personal-best throw of 48-feet, 5 1/4-inches earned him 5th place in the boys’ shot put.(Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Junior TyJanae Hooks placed 7th in the girls’ shot put with a throw of 36-feet, 1 1/4-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Pirates, Braves track and field athletes qualify for state meet

Piper junior Grace Hanson had plenty of speed left to put a gap between herself and the field at the end of the girls’ 1600-meter run. Hanson won both the 1600- and 3200-meter races after competing in the KSHSAA state swim meet in the morning. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

Bonner Springs and Piper high schools competed Friday in the KSHSAA 5A track and field regional meet at De Soto, one of four regional meets around the state. The top four finishers in each event advance to the state meet in Wichita May 27 and 28.

The Piper Pirates took third place in the boys’ and girls’ team competitions, trailing Mill Valley and De Soto in both. Bonner Springs finished eighth in the girls’ standings and ninth in the boys’.

Here are the qualifiers for each event, with their qualifying position, school and grade.

Girls’ 100-meter Hurdles
2 Jenna Knight, Bonner Springs 11
3 Sophia Derks, Piper 11
4 Genevieve Kulas, Piper 10

Boys’ 110-meter Hurdles
1 Jayden Henry, Piper 10

Boys’ 100-meter Dash
1 Divante Herrig-Brittian, Piper 12

Boys’ 4×800-meter Relay
1 Piper

Girls’ 1600-meter Run
1 Grace Hanson, Piper 11

Boys’ 4×100-meter Relay
1 Piper
2 Bonner Springs

Girls’ 400-meter Dash
3 Ryann Clark, Piper 11

Boys’ 400-meter Dash
1 Grant Lockwood, Piper 12

Boys’ 800-meter Run
3 Grant Lockwood, Piper 12

Girls’ 300-meter Hurdles
2 Jenna Knight, Piper 11
4 Genevieve Kulas, Piper 10

Boys’ 300-meter Hurdles
4 Jayden Henry, Piper 10

Girls’ 3200-meter
1 Grace Hanson, Piper 11

Girls’ 4×400-meter Relay
3 Piper

Boys’ 4×400-meter Relay
2 Piper

Boys’ High Jump
3 Cooper McWilliams, Bonner Springs 12

Girls’ Pole Vault
2 Kaitlin Lindstrom, Piper 12

Boys’ Long Jump
4 LaMar Lynch, Piper 10

Boys’ Shot Put
4 Aaron Henson, Piper 10

Girls’ Shot Put
3 TyJanae Hooks, Piper 11
4 McKenzie Campbell, Bonner Springs 10

Boys’ Discus
4 Camden Beebe, Piper 11

Girls’ Javelin
2 Kylie Brockman, Piper 10

Girls’ Discus
2 Mariyah Noel, Bonner Springs 11

Piper senior Grant Lockwood ran in the boys’ 400-meter dash. Lockwood won the event with a time of 49.31 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Bonner Springs junior Jenna Knight, right, and sophomore Esther Solomon Holland ran in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles. Knight placed second in the event, and Solomon Holland placed fifth. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

The Piper boys’ 4×100-meter relay team (Dominique Herrig-Brittian, Grant Lockwood, LaMar Lynch, Divante Herrig-Brittian) posed together after winning the race. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Piper senior Divante Herrig-Brittian leaned across the line ahead of Highland Park’s Tyrell Reed. Herrig-Brittian won the event with a time of 10.92 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Piper sophomore Jayden Henry ran in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles finals. Henry won the event and also qualified in the 300-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Piper sophomore Kylie Brockman threw in the girls’ javelin. Brockman finished second in the event with a distance of 124-feet, 5-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Bonner Springs junior Mariyah Noel placed second in the girls’ discus with a throw of 122-feet, 7-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Piper senior Ryann Clark burst out of the blocks to start the girls’ 400-meter dash. Clark placed third in the event with a time of 1:00.59. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Piper junior Grace Hanson posed with Mill Valley’s Katie Schwartzkopf after the two finished the girls’ 3200-meter run. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

The Piper girls’ 4×400-meter relay team (Addisyn McCarty, Ryann Clark, Kylie Rice, Genevieve Kulas) posed together after taking third place to advance to the state meet. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Piper freshman Malia Martin ran in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Bonner Springs junior Jason McConico ran in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Ella Buff passed the baton to Genevieve Kulas in the girls’ 4×100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

PIper junior Camden Beebe threw in the boys’ discus. Beebe placed fourth with a throw of 136-feet, 1-inch. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Top times and broken records at the 70th Shawnee Mission North Relays

Piper senior Kaiti Lindstrom won the girls’ pole vault at the Shawnee Mission North Relays with a height of 11-feet, 6-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

The 70th Shawnee Mission North Relays were held Friday afternoon, featuring elite high school track competition from the Kansas City area and around northeast Kansas.

Athletes from several Wyandotte County high schools qualified for the competitive meet, including Piper, Harmon, Wyandotte, Washington, Sumner Academy, Bishop Ward and Turner high schools.

The Piper Pirates figured heavily in the competition, winning two events and placing second in two others. The Piper boys placed fourth in the team competition, and the girls placed 12th.

Piper’s Kaiti Lindstrom won the girls’ pole vault with a vault of 11-feet, 6-inches, beating out Reece Baker, her 5A rival from Lansing. Lindstrom narrowly missed a follow-up attempt at 12 feet.

The Piper boys’ 4×100-meter relay team, the fastest in the state this season, also took first place at the meet. The team beat its own school record with a time of 41.87 seconds, less than a tenth off the meet record set by Schlagle in 1993.

Piper softball star Kylie Brockman placed second in the girls’ javelin throw and beat her own school record with a distance of 124-feet, 9-inches.

Grant Lockwood placed second and bettered his previous Piper school record time in the boys’ 800-meter dash at 1-minute, 54.04-seconds.

Wyandotte’s Jaquelyn Perez-Vela brought home some meet points for the Bulldogs by placing seventh in the girls’ 400-meter dash with a time of 59.86 seconds. She also placed 11th overall in the girls’ 100-meter dash.

A’luel Miller of Harmon and Mikayla Henry of Washington tied for ninth in the girls’ long jump with identical marks of 16-feet, 4 1/2-inches.

Seven meet records were broken at this year’s event, and a new Kansas record was set in the boys’ 400-meter run by William Jones of Blue Valley High School. Jones’s time of 46.29 seconds was also the second-best in the country this season.

The North Relays cap the regular season for most teams. League meets start this week, then regionals the following week. The state meet in Wichita will take place May 27 and 28.