WICHITA — Crest High’s Hanna Schmidt and Marmaton Valley High’s Brayden Lawson picked up some hardware Friday morning.
Schmidt, a sophomore, took fourth place in the girls Class 1A long jump at the state track meet, with a distance of 16 feet, 8.75 inches, while Lawson, a senior, ended his decorated high school career with a fifth-place medal in the 1A boys javelin with a top throw of 167’10”.
The medals were part of a frenetic day at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium.
Iola High’s Mahalie Genoble narrowly missed out on being guaranteed a medal in the Class 3A girls 300-meter hurdles.
Genoble, a junior, finished with a time of 48.07 seconds, to finish 10th, or .13 seconds out of a top-eight qualifying position. (All eight who qualify for finals are guaranteed a state medal.)
Humboldt High senior Trevion Franklin came agonizingly close to qualifying for the finals in the 3A boys 200-meter dash. His time of 22.68 seconds was .02 slower than the final qualifying spot. Franklin will get another shot at a medal when he competes in the 100-meter dash.
Hanna Schmidt will not get a chance at a second medal. Her qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles race of 16.66 seconds put her in 13th.
OTHERS competing Friday: Marmaton Valley’s Piper Barney ended her high school career with a 12th-place finish in the 1A girls long jump. Peyton Schmidt, Hanna’s older sister, took 14th in the 1A girls 3200-meter run, while Crest’s Summer Valentine finished 14th in the 1A girls discus.
On the boys’ side, Crest’s Xander Fuller and Gentry McGhee took 14th and 16th, respectively, in the 1A boys long jump
Jayda Rice, a Yates Center sophomore, took 13th in the Class 2A girls shot put.
SATURDAY’S action for local athletes will run entirely on the track.
Hanna Schmidt will return for her final event, the 100-meter dash.
Humboldt’s Karingten Hall will compete in the 3A girls 100, as will Franklin on the boys’ side.
Marmaton Valley’s Cooper Scharff will compete in the 1A boys 100.
Crest’s Gunner Ellington will run in the 1A boys 1600 meter, and will be a part of the Lancers 4×800-meter relay team, alongside his fellow runners Elijah Taylor, Lane Yocham and Kole Walter.
Friday’s full results follow.
