Blu-Jays send seven to the Class 1A state meet in Wichita
- Roger Sims, Journal Staff
- May 29
- 2 min read
By Roger Sims, Journal staff
Update: Pleasanton officials have posted that the girls 4x400 team set a new school record with a time of 52.13 seconds. We will post official results when they are available.
Seven Pleasanton High School athletes will be headed to the Class 1A state championship track and field meet on Friday and Saturday, May 29-30, at Wichita State University.
Junior Aiden Patrick will be competing in both the 100-meter dash and the high jump. Patrick tied for first place in the high jump at the regional meet on May 22 at Waverly. His leap of 6’-2” tied with a jumper from Axtell.
Patrick placed third in the high jump a week earlier at the Three Rivers League meet with a 6-2 jump.
Patrick was regional runner-up in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.50 seconds. That was more than half a second faster than his time at league, where he was league champion with a time of 12.11.
Senior Mario Davis will also compete in the high jump at state. His 5-10 jump at regionals earned him a tie for fourth place and a ticket to state. Davis placed second at the league meet with a jump of 6-2.
Senior Ashlan George placed third in the pole vault at the regional meet with a vault of 8-6 and will compete at state in that event. At the league meet, her vault at that same height gave her a second place finish.
George is also part of the girls relay team that includes sprinters Maria Neal-Cox, Willow Skipper, Makaya Neal-Cox, and Makaila Thomas.
At regional, the team placed third in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 52.73. That qualified them for state. The team was league champion at event with a time of 53.22.
The team also competed in the 4x400 relay and came in seventh with a time 4:50.74, out of the running for the state race.
Here are some of the other placings of Blu-Jay athletes at the regional event:
• Sophomore Antonio Bustillos tied for fourth in the long jump with a leap of 18-7.5.
• Sophomore Braydon Hutchinson placed ninth in the long jump with a jump of 16-5.
• Sophomore Owen Miller was 16th in the shot put with a put of 35-3.5.
• The boys relay teams placed fourth in the 4x100 relay and fifth in the 4x400 relay.
• Freshman Willow Skippers placed eighth in the 100-meter with a time of 14.22, and ninth in the long jump with a jump of 14.5.
• Senior Mia Meik placed ninth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 57.07 and fifth in the pole vault with a vault of 7-6.
• Junior Maria Neal-Cox tied for seventh in the high jump with a leap of 4-8.
• Sophomore Jovee Lusher was ninth in the triple jump with 28-7.75.
• Freshman Alexandra Meik placed 11th in the javelin with a throw of 83-5.
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