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Weather forces high school state track meet to third day

WICHITA – With just a handful of events left severe weather forced officials to push the reminder of the KSHSAA State Track and Field meet to Sunday morning.

After the meet was delayed Friday morning for nearly three hours and then postponed in the afternoon they were able to get in most of the remaining events on Saturday before another round of storms moved into the Wichita area Saturday night.

In the events they were able to get in the Osborne Bulldogs won but the high hurdles races. Afftin Conway won the girls 100 meters hurdles and Darrien Holloway won the boys 110-meter hurdles. Holloway also won the 300 high hurdles.

The TMP girls finished seventh in the 3A girls 4×800 relay with a time of 10:16.76.

The TMP boys finished fourth in the boys 3A 4×800 relay with a time of 8:20.51.

Trego’s Helen Giefer claimed the title in the 2A girls 1600 meters with a time of 5:18.36.

In the girls 2A 400 meter dash Plainville’s Aubree Dewey earned a first place finish with a time of 58.31. Ellis’ Cassie Waldschmidt finished second in a time of 59.36. Waldschmidt also placed fourth in the 2A girls 200.

The TMP girls’ high jumpers all recorded a height of 5 feet. Jenna Romme finished third by tiebreaker with Kassidy Yost right behind Romme in fourth and Makinsey Schlautman finished tied for sixth.

Gavin Meyers placed third for the Hays High boys in the 5A boys javelin with a throw of 167 feet 1 inch.

Hays High’s Brooklyn Schaffer placed seventh in the 5A girls 300 low hurdles.

In class 2A Ellis’ Grace Eck placed second in the girls 800 meters.

Hays High’s Tucker Veach earned a sixth-place finish in the 5A boys pole vault clearing a height of 13 feet.

On Sunday the remaining field events will start at 10 a.m. with the running events starting at 11 a.m.

Tune into 101.9 The Bull for updates beginning in the 12:00 p.m. hour.

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