WICHITA — Yates Center’s track and field team competed in the Pre-State Challenge in Wichita on Saturday and came away with several top-five finishers — including an individual champion — and set a new school record.
The school record came in the 2000-meter steeple chase. The Wildcats had never had an athlete attempt the event in competition so Brett Holloway’s fourth-place finish in 6:55 will go down in the school record book.
They earned their first-place finisher in the 3200-meter run where Hadley Splechter continued his stellar freshman campaign. He finished the race with a time of 10:23.
Splechter also took a second-place finish in the 1600-meter run.
Levi Cooper took second in the 200-meter dash and the relay team of Mikey Bruner, Jordan Smith, Holloway and Splechter took second in the 4×800.
Makayla Jones was the top finisher on the girls side of the action, earning a second-place mark in the discus.
Top Results:
(all 1A-3A Division unless noted)
Boys
100 — 14. (Elite division) Levi Cooper 11.82; 5. Thayne Smith 11.82; 200 — 2. Cooper 23.45; 400 — 6. Nolan Jones 55.65; 800 — 19. Mikey Bruner 2:17.84; 1600 — 2. Hadley Splechter 4:47; 3200 — 1. Splechter 10:23; 4×100 — 4. Smith, Quin Lowder, Kobe Forsyth, Cooper 46.50 4×400 — 4. Bruner, Cooper, Jones, Brett Holloway 3:40; 4×800 — 2. Bruner, Splechter, Jordan Smith, Holloway 8.37; Long Jump — 11. Smith 17-11; Triple Jump — 5. Holloway 39-7; Shot Put — 13. Tyler Harris 37-2; Discus — 15. Harris 108-11; 110 Hurdles — 13. Austin Crabtree 20.29; 300 Hurdles — 13. Crabtree 50.83; High Jump — 4. Aaron King 5-10; 2000 Steeple Chase — 4. Holloway 6:55.
Girls
800 — 12. Andrea Vining 2:54; Long Jump — 13. Vining 12-1; Shot Put — 9. Makayla Jones 29-6; Discus — 2. Makayla Jones 100-9; 300 Hurdles — 13. Vining 55.36.
