Blu-Jays have two athletes with top-10 finishes at state
By Roger Sims, Journal staff
Pleasanton High School athletes turned in good performances at the Kansas State Championship Track and Field Meet on Friday and Saturday, May 29-30. Two boys had top-10 finishes in three events and the girls relay team broke a school record.
junior Aiden Patrick accounted for two of those finishes, placing third in the high jump and sixth in the 100-meter dash.
Patrick’s leap of 6 feet 4 inches was 2 inches higher than his jump of 6-2 at the Class 1A regional meet that earned him a tie for the championship.
He turned in a 11.21 second time in the finals of the 100-meter dash. That was 0.29 seconds faster than his 11.50 time at regional a week earlier.
Senior Mario Davis was in a three-way tie for 10th in the high jump after clearing the bar at 6-0. That jump was higher than his 5-10 leap at regional.
The girls 4x100 relay team of Makaila Thomas, MaKya Neal-Cox, Maria Neal-Cox, and Willow Skipper set a new school record at the state meet with a time of 52.13. However, they needed to beat the time of 51.63 to qualify for finals.
Senior Ashlan George cleared 8-6 in the pole vault with five other competitors but needed a vault of at least 9-0 to make the final round.
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