The 2026 State Track & Field Championships continued Saturday at Cessna Stadium on the campus of Wichita State University. KVOE will provide hourly reports on 1400 AM & 96.9 FM KVOE throughout the day starting in the 9:00 hour both mornings. This story will be updated with results throughout the day. All events will be listed in chronological order with the events starting earliest in the day at the top of the story. Scroll down to find events from later in the day. This story will also be updated with audio and pictures as we get them.
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State Track & Field went into a lightning delay at 6:00 p.m. and resumed at 7:45 p.m. The championship was delayed again by lightning at 8:30 p.m. and resumed at 10:00 p.m.
FINAL RESULTS:
Top 5 Team Finishes
2A Girls
1. Hoxie – 44 pts
1. Inman – 44 pts
3. Smith Center – 40 pts
4. Ellinwood – 37 pts
5. Northern Heights – 34.2 pts
The 100m dashes for the boys and girls are the only events with preliminaries on Saturday. All other event results are finals.
1A Girls 100m Dash – 8:30A
FR Harper Schmidt – Olpe – 12.81 (PR) – qualifies 7th to 12:45P final
3A Girls 100m Dash – 8:30A
FR Jayla Jenkins – Osage City – 13.06 (PR) – 16th
5A Girls 100m Dash – 8:30A
SR Harley Smith – Emporia – 12.63 – 11th
Missed qualification by less than .1 second
1A Boys 100m Dash – 9A
SO Mason McDonald – Madison – 11.32 (PR) – qualifies 7th to 1:05P final
McDonald 100M
2A Boys 100m Dash – 9A
SR Asher Edington – Lyndon – 11.25 – qualifies 8th to 1:05P final
SO Austin Andersen – Chase County – 11.33 – 10th
Missed qualification by less than .1 second
Saturday Finals – bold signifies medal winner (Top 8)
2A Boys Triple Jump – Field Session 8
FR Cason Rhoads – Lyndon – 41-1 3/4 – 14th
SR James Marcotte – Lyndon – 41-3/4 – 16th
2A Girls Javelin – Field Session 8
SO Vonda Danford – Chase County – 124-3 – 5th
Delaney Davis of Conway Springs won with a 140-1, a new PR and she was the only to throw over 140
3A Girls High Jump – Field Session 8
FR Amelia Stark – Osage City – 5-0 – T-12th
5A Boys Discus – Field Session 8
JR Chance Duncan – Emporia – 159-3 – 5th
Klyn Curtis of St. Thomas Aquinas won with a throw of 177-11, only two threw over 170
5A Girls 100m Hurdles – 9:30A
SO Allison Aeschliman – Emporia – 16.2 – 9th
Aeschliman 100H
1A Boys 110m Hurdles – 10A
SR Octavian Dean – Madison – 15.39 – 4th
Landon Schmitz of Axtell won by .7 seconds, only to go under 15 seconds
5A Boys 110m Hurdles – 10A
JR Ben Collins – Emporia – 15.09 – 7th
Shinji Pollard of KC Piper won with a PR of 13.69, the only runner that was under 14
2A Girls Pole Vault – Resumed from 6:15P Friday
SR Lexi Totty – Lyndon – 10-6 – 4th
1A Girls Javelin – Field Session 9
FR Molly Dannels – Madison – 106-4 – 16th
2A Girls 4x800m Relay – 10:30A
Northern Heights – Josie Tiffany, GraceAnn Cathcart, Laura Cathcart, Ellei McCrory – 9:56.53 – 2nd
St. Mary’s Colgan led after the first lap and never trailed again winning by 9 seconds
3A Girls 4x800m Relay – 10:30A
Osage City – Harper Koenig, Kaiden Bosse, Jaiton Bosse, Amelia Stark – 9th
Missed medal by 3 seconds
1A Boys 4x800m Relay – 11:40A
Olpe – Isaac Arnold, Haiden Ziglar, Drew Ritchie, Kaleb Arnold – 8:26.72 – 4th
Ness City took first and led the last 4 laps of the race
2A Boys 4x800m Relay – 11:40A
Lyndon – Cameron Weston, Owen Edington, Lawson Moon, Kendall Wine – 8:46.63 – 13th
3A Boys 4x800m Relay – 11:40A
Osage City – Tate Smith, Julian Ferrer, Holden Vaughn, Alex Dawdy – 8:24.64 – 7th
1A Girls 100m Dash – 12:45P
FR Harper Schmidt – Olpe – 12.86 (PR) – 8th
Taegin Liggett of Ness City won breaking her own state record
1A Boys Triple Jump – Field Session 10
SO Jae’Mykel Hall – Lebo – 40-11 1/4 – 11th
1A Boys 100m Dash – 1:05P
Mason McDonald – Madison – 11.17 (PR) – 5th
Karsyn Wright of Weskan won in 10.84 seconds
2A Boys 100m Dash – 1:05P
SR Asher Edington – Lyndon – 11.22 – 7th
Edington 100M
Kyson Proffitt of Jackson Heights won in a state-record time of 10.75 seconds
5A Girls Long Jump – Field Session 10
SR Paige Newland – Emporia – 18-1 1/2 – 2nd
Newland Long Jump
Kimberlee Scott of Basehor-Linwood won and was the only other girl to jump over 18 feet
3A Girls Discus – Field Session 10
SO Kaelyn Boss – Osage City – 132-11 – 1st
Only girl to throw over 130 feet
1A Girls 1600m Run – 1:25P
SR Lillian Skalsky – Olpe – 5:28.60 – 5th
Avery Boydston of Ellis won by 8 seconds with a PR
2A Girls 1600m Run – 1:25P
JR Ellei McCrory – Northern Heights – 5:15.77 – 3rd
Madison Howland of Smith Center won by 3 seconds
3A Girls 1600m Run – 1:25P
SR Emory Speece – Osage City – 5:42.96 – 12th
5A Girls 1600m Run – 1:25P
JR Emma Beatty – Emporia – 5:28.26 – 12th
JR Madison Evans – Emporia – 5:29.30 – 13th
3A Boys Long Jump – Field Session 11
JR Syied Smith-Jenkins – Council Grove – 19-8 3/4 – 13th
2A Boys Shot Put – Field Session 11
SR Guthrie Danford – Chase County – 44-4 1/2 – 12th
Danford Shot Put
SR James Chauncey – Lyndon – 41-4 – 14th
1A Boys 1600m Run – 2:10P
SR Kaleb Arnold – Olpe – 4:39.34 – 7th
Eli Gaeddert of Goessel won by 5 seconds
3A Boys 1600m Run – 2:10P
SR Alex Dawdy – Osage City – 4:37.55 – 14th
5A Boys 1600m Run – 2:10P
SO Xaden Delgado – Emporia – 4:39.05 – 14th
2A Girls 4x100m Relay – 3P
Lyndon – Lexi Totty, Charleigh Bean, Jaedyn Segrist, Trysten Sowers – 51.01 – 4th
Inman won and was the only team under 50 seconds
5A Girls 4x100m Relay – 3P
Emporia – Allison Aeschliman, Harley Smith, Kaylee DeWitt, Paige Newland – 49.65 – 4th
Smith and Aeschliman 4x100M
Bonner Springs won in 48.88 seconds
1A Boys 4x100m Relay – 3:20P
Madison – Cory Yowell, Mason McDonald, Cruz Leiser, Octavian Dean – 44.83 – 4th
Dean Final Stretch of 4x100M
Little River won in 43.65 seconds and was only team under 44 seconds
3A Boys 4x100m Relay – 3:20P
Osage City – Will Brown, Quenten Stark, Colton Collins, Dylan Theel – 44.32 – 8th
Holcomb won and was the only team under 43 seconds in the field
2A Girls Long Jump – Field Session 12
SR Kiya Cahoone – Chase County – 15-5 3/4 – 12th
SO Ava Wilson – Chase County – 14-11 1/4 – 17th
2A Girls 400m Dash – 3:45P
SR Trysten Sowers – Lyndon – 58.6 (PR) – 4th
Julia Kilgore of Sterling won by .7 seconds
3A Girls 400m Dash – 3:45P
JR Harper Koenig – Osage City – 1:01.09 – 9th
1A Boys 400m Dash – 4:05P
FR Jett Edwards – Lebo – 51.85 (PR) – 5th
Jericho Mawhirter won with his own PR of 50.69 seconds
2A Boys 400m Dash – 4:05P
SR Zach Criqui – Lyndon – 50.17 (PR) – 3rd
FR Cason Rhoads – Lyndon – 51.87 – 9th
Peyton Hare of Eureka won in 49.0 seconds
3A Boys 400m Dash – 4:05P
SR Quenten Stark – Osage City – 47.84 (PR) – 2nd
Tommy Ritchie of Wichita Collegiate won by 1.35 seconds
1A Boys Shot Put – Field Session 12
SR Brock Moon – Burlingame – 45-4 1/2 – 14th
5A Girls 300m Hurdles – 4:30P
JR Kaylee DeWitt – Emporia – 45.41 (PR) – 3rd
2A Girls Discus – Field Session 12
SR Jaitlyn Johnson – Northern Heights – 136-6 – 1st
Won by over 12 feet
SR Madelyn Wilson – Chase County – 111-1 – 9th
FR Grace Welsh – Chase County – 101-3 – 14th
3A Boys 300m Hurdles – 4:50P
Logan Stockwell – Council Grove – 41.07 – 8th
Jordan Jones of Colby won in 38.69 seconds
1A Girls 800m Run – 5:10P
SR Ally Peek – Lebo – 2:29.68 (PR) – 12th
JR Kinley Heins – Olpe – 2:38.18 – 17th
Grace Keller won setting a new state record of 2:13.75
1A Boys 800m Run – 5:35P
SR Kaleb Arnold – Olpe – 2:01.43 (PR) – 3rd
Top 3 finishers all had PRs, Dylan Wark of Golden Plains was only runner under 2:00
2A Boys 800m Run – 5:35P
SO Kendall Wine – Lyndon – 2:07.37 – 14th
Tyler Martisko for Inman was only runner under 2 minutes
3A Boys 800m Run – 5:35P
SR Tate Smith – Osage City – 2:03.07 – 13th
Jacob Bircher of Southeast of Saline ran a PR of 1:52.02 and won by a second and was one of two to break the previous state record
3A Girls Javelin – Field Session 12
SO Kaelyn Boss – Osage City – 122-7 – 6th
Autumn Lorenz of Beloit won state title, one of only two throwers over 130 feet
1A Girls 200m Dash – DELAYED
FR Harper Schmidt – Olpe – 26.73 (PR) – 8th
5A Girls 200m Dash – DELAYED
SR Harley Smith – Emporia – 25.93 – 7th
Smith 200M
Ellie Wurtenberger won with a 25.19
1A Boys 200m Dash – DELAYED
SO Mason McDonald – Madison – 22.78 – 6th
Skyler Thimesch won in 22.18 seconds.
2A Boys 200m Dash – DELAYED
SR Asher Edington – Lyndon – 22.34 – 4th
Kryson Proffitt of Jackson Heights won by .09 seconds.
2A Boys Javelin – SUSPENDED FROM FRIDAY
SO Lyric Medina – Lyndon – 155-9 – 11th
Medina Javelin
SR Kelton Bish – Northern Heights – 155-5 – 12th
Bish Javelin
2A Girls 4x400m Relay – DELAYED
Lyndon – Lexi Totty, Charleigh Bean, Jaedyn Segrist, Trysten Sowers – 4:04.2 – 1st
4×400 Lyndon
4th after first lap, moved up three spots in 2nd lap and didn’t trail again
2A Boys 4x400m Relay – DELAYED
Lyndon – DNF
Dropped the baton on second exchange
3A Boys 4x400m Relay – DELAYED
Osage City – Tate Smith, Lucas Gantenbein, Reed Silver, Quenten Stark – 3:25.15 – 2nd
Scott Community won by .11 seconds
