Hays High qualified five boys and seven girls while TMP-Marian qualified two boys and two girls for next week’s state track and field meet in Wichita. The Indian girls finished in fourth place at Friday’s Holcomb 4A regional, scoring 46 points while the Indian boys finished seventh with 34 points. The Monarch boys finished ninth with 26 points while the girls finished 12th with 17.
Hays High had one first place finish. The 4×800 meter relay team of Summer Smith, Marie Reveles, Courtney Green and Haley George brought home gold. Smith also qualified in the 800 meters (2:32.50) with a fourth place finish. Kali Pitcock qualified in two events, finishing third in both the 100 meters (12.80) and 100 meter hurdles (15.70). Lexi Summers finished third in the triple jump (35-03.75) and Mattie Schlaefli was fourth in the javelin (116-6).
Maddux Winter and Hayden Kreutzer led the Hays High boys with second place finishes. Winter in the 110 meter hurdles (15.40) and Kreutzer the pole vault (14.06.00). Shane Berens finished third in the discus (154-6) and Brandon Hardwick was third in the shot put (49-1). Peyton Harris also qualified in the discus with a fourth place finish (147-0).
Melissa Pfeifer led the TMP-Marian girls, winning the 800 meters (2:26.50). Alicia Lechman finished second in the 3200 meters (13:13.6). Eduardo Gonzales led the TMP boys with a second place finish in the 100 meters (11.00). Andrew Hess was third in the 3200 meters (10:27.6).