Buhler High School’s duo of Corbin Starkweather and Jenna Lackey helped get the Crusader girls off to a good start at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships Friday morning with first-place gold medal performances.
The state track meet took place Friday and Saturday at Crossland Stadium on the Wichita State University campus.
The Buhler girls team placed second with 75 points. Andale won the 4A girls state title with 98 points.
Starkweather, a junior, captured the first-place gold medal in the Kansas Class 4A girls 3200 with a Kansas Top 10 time of 10 minutes, 55.81 seconds.
Isabella Friesen, a sophomore, placed fourth with a Kansas Top 50 time (11:15.71). Buhler sophomore Lauren Welch placed 15th (107-3).
The Buhler girls squad’s second gold medal on Friday morning came when senior Jenna Lackey finished first in the 4A girls pole vault. She cleared 11-6, setting a personal record and a posting a Kansas Top 10 effort.
Buhler’s Sabella Regier tied for ninth place in 4A girls pole vault with a personal record and Kansas Top 50 mark (10-0). Buhler’s Khloe Blackwell placed 13th (9-6).
Buhler senior Jessa Losew, who signed a track letter of intent with Wichita State University, placed third in the 4A girls high jump (5-4, personal record at Buhler).
Buhler freshman Bayleigh Miller placed fifth in the 4A girls 100-meter finals (16.24) and sixth in the preliminaries (16.13). She also placed ninth in the 300 hurdles (50.2).
Buhler senior Aidan Howard placed 12th in the 4A girls discus (108-6) and sophomore Addysyn Keller paced 13th in the 4A girls long jump (15-8.5).
The Buhler girls 4×800-meter relay team of Laney Reiff, Isabella Rivera, Friesen and Starkweather placed second with a time of 9:30.22.
Buhler’s Sofia Spies placed sixth in the 100-meter dash (12.55) and eighth in the 200 (26.09).
