Bonner Springs senior Noah Doss won the boys’ 100-meter dash with a time of 11.22 seconds at the Bonner Springs Invitational track meet on Thursday. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
by Brian Turrel
Bonner Springs High School played host to 10 other local track and field teams, including Bishop Ward, Schlagle and Wyandotte, at the Bonner Springs Invitational on Thursday.
A passing thunderstorm delayed the meet for a half-hour due to lightning, but once the storm passed, weather conditions were beautiful for the athletes and spectators.
The Basehor-Linwood Bobcats won both the boys’ and girls’ team competitions, while Bonner Springs took third in the boys’ standings and fourth in the girls’.
Bonner’s Mariyah Noel, last year’s 5A state champion in girls’ discus, made a throw of 132-feet, 9-inches, the best 5A throw and second-best overall in Kansas this season. Jenna Knight won the girls’ 100- and 300-meter hurdles.
The Braves’ Noah Doss took first in the boys’ 100-meter dash, and Jason McConico won the boys’ 110-meter hurdles. Cooper McWilliams won the boys’ high jump and set a personal best jump of 6-feet.
K.J. Smith led the Bishop Ward Cyclones to a seventh place showing, winning the boys’ long jump and taking second in the 100-meter dash. Smith’s jump of 21-feet, 9-inches is the best by a 3A athlete this year.
Washington finished eighth in the girls’ standings and 10th in the boys’. Freshman Kylnn Lawrence took third in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles, and the girls’ 4×100-meter relay team also placed third.
Bonner Springs junior Jenna Knight won the girls’ 300-meter hurdles with a time of 50.80 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Bishop Ward senior K.J. Smith won the boys’ long jump with a distance of 21-feet, 9-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs senior Cooper McWilliams won the boys’ high jump with a personal best of 6-feet, 0-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs junior Jason McConico ran in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles. McConico won with a time of 17.65 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Bishop Ward sophomore Ezekiel Hernandez won his heat in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles with a time of 19.80 seconds and finished third overall in the event. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Basehor-Linwood junior Brant Wilson narrowly edged out Bishop Ward senior K.J. Smith in the boys’ 200-meter dash. Smith finished with a time of 22.91 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Washington freshman Treyvion Tibbett won his heat of the boys’ 300-meter hurdles with a time of 50.17 seconds and finished fifth overall in the event. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Washington senior Markayla Bowens led off the girls 4×100-meter relay. Washington took third place in the event with a time of 53.26 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Washington freshman Kylnn Lawrence placed third in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles with a time of 58.11 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
Bishop Ward freshman Olivia Marshal competed in the girls’ javelin throw. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
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)
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)
