Hosting the first track meet of the season, SM East won with 98 points for the boys and 96 points for the girls; with SM North placing second with 74 points for the boys, and BV Southwest scoring second with 90 points. Blue Valley Southwest then came in third with 73 points for the girls, and SM North came in third with 71 points.
1st place individual finishers of the meet included: junior Lauren Gahagan in the 400, junior Lida Padgett in the 1600, freshman Cate Conrad in Pole Vault, senior Tillie Feigenbaum in Shot Put, senior Ike Sheets in the 200, senior Wyatt Haughton in the 400, senior Blair Ptacek in the 800 and 1600, senior Evan Whittington in the 300 Hurdle and junior Austin Merchant in the Javelin.
Top relay finishers included the Girls 4×800, Boys 4×400, Girls 4×400 and the Boys 4×800. The Girls 4×800 consisted of senior Rowan Divadeenam, senior Scarlett Pearlman, sophomore Mae Bledsoe and freshman Catherine Beltrame. The boys 4×800 consisted of senior Evan Whittington, junior Rowan Gibson, sophomore Jack Broghammer and sophomore Walt Jones. The boys 4×400 consisted of senior Wyatt Haughton, senior Caden Peters, senior Evan Whittington and sophomore Jack Broghammer. The Girls 4×400 consisted of senior Khloe Kowalik, junior Lauren Gahagan, junior Lida Padgett and freshman Catherine Beltrame.
The next track and field meet will be on Thursday, Mar. 30 at Gardner Edgerton for junior varsity, beginning at 3:45 P.M. The next varsity meet will be on Sat., April 1 at SM South beginning at 9 A.M.
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3.25.23 Track and Field Varsity Quad
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Junior Greyson Imm warms up before his two mile race. Photo by Alex Sajna
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Senior Kyle Peters runs toward the mat as he launches himself up into the air. Peters got fourth place in the event, soaring to a height of 10’6″. Photo by Mason Sajna
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Junior Beck Jones high fives sophomore Liam Titus before their two mile race. “Okay, well Beck was like, we should high five and I was like bet, you know?”, Titus said. “Then he [said] we should do this before every race we had together. And I [said] that sounds really fun. [We] did it at our race, and I think it absolutely had [an effect] on the race, [we] were at least ten percent faster.” Photo by Alex Sajna
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Sophomore Brady Haughton leaps for the long jump. Photo by Audrey Condon
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Sophomore Walt Jones reaches his hand out as he receives the baton from sophomore Jack Broghammer. As a team, they placed first with a final time of 8:46.38. Photo by Mason Sajna
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Sophomore Ellen Bowser braces to land her triple jump. Photo by Audrey Condon
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Senior Luke Konkel practices pole vaulting without the bar prior to his official jump. Photo by Audrey Condon
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Senior Brayden Reynolds jumps for the high jump event. Photo by Audrey Condon
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Junior Will Norris runs ahead of an opponent in the 800 meter dash. Norris finished in ninth place with a final time of 2:15.62. Photo by Mason Sajna
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Freshman Toby Oyetunji reaches back to grab the baton and begin his leg of the relay. Photo by Audrey Condon
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Senior Caroline Gorman jumps for a personal record of 8 feet to place third. Photo by Audrey Condon
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Sophomore Liam Titus and junior Beck Jones cheer for the girl’s 800 as they run by. Photo by Mason Sajna
