Wyandotte, Sumner open track season with team wins

Wyandotte sophomore Jaquelyn Perez-Vela crossed the line with a big lead on her rivals in the girls’ 400-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

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.

Full team results:

Boys
1st Wyandotte, 102 points
2nd Bishop Ward, 95 points
3rd Northeast Kansas City, 69 points
4th Sumner Academy, 65 points
5th Turner, 56 points
6th Harmon, 51 points
7th Southeast Kansas City, 38 points
8th Washington, 25 points
9th Schlagle, 20 points

Girls
1st Sumner Academy, 122 points
2nd Washington, 84.5 points
3rd Wyandotte, 76 points
4th Northeast Kansas City, 58 points
5th Harmon, 39.5 points
6th Southeast, 19 points
7th Schlagle, 10 points

Bishop Ward’s boys’ 4×100-meter relay team (Smith, Holliday, Johnson, Roach) won the event with a time of 45.69 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Turner’s David Taylor rounded the turn at the start of the boys’ 400-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Washington junior Kwantriece Reeves threw the shot put. Reeves placed in all three throwing events — shot put, javelin and discus. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Harmon junior A’luel Miller landed her long jump. Miller won the event with a jump of 15-feet, 10-inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Schlagle’s Gideon Ngenzirabona and Brandon Lopez ran in the boys’ 400-meter dash. Lopez finished second in the event with a time of 54.67 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Wyandotte sophomore Jaquelyn Perez-Vela cleared the high jump bar at 4-feet, 8 inches. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bishop Ward senior K.J. Smith won the boys’ 100-meter dash with a time of 11.26 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Harmon junior A’luel Miller won the girls’ 100-meter dash with a time of 13.55 seconds. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Wyandotte senior Kamari Murray cleared the bar at 6-feet, 0-inches to win the boys’ high jump event. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)