Josie Hickerson secures school record to lead LHS girls track to victory

Lawrence High senior Josie Hickerson on Friday, March 22, 2019, at Free State High School.

A school record went down, as the Lawrence High girls track and field team secured a victory at the Bob Camien-Claudia Welch Invitational Friday night at Seaman High School.

Senior Josie Hickerson cleared 12-foot-0 to win the pole vault competition and set a school record. Hickerson claim one of the seven event victories by an area athlete at the 22-team event, six of which came on the girls side.

Amaya Harris won the javelin competition with a throw of 124-10, while Evann Seratte won the 800-meter run with a 2:21.2 for the Lions. LHS also claimed a victory in the 4×400, as the team scored 103 points to win the girls contest.

For Free State, Laila Robinson won high jump with a leap of 5-foot-2 and Auna Childress won triple jump with a leap of 40-5.5. As a team, FSHS girls claimed fifth with 56 points.

On the boys side, Free State’s quartet of Brock Cordova, Charlie Johnson, Ethan Sharp and Ben Shrycok won the 4×800-meter relay with a time of 8:17. Free State placed ninth with 36 points, while the Lawrence was in a tie for 14th with 21 points.

BOB CAMIEN-CLAUDIA WELCH INVITATIONAL

Friday on April 27 at Topeka-Seaman High school

Team Scores

Girls: 1. Lawrence, 103; 2. Olathe-North 79.5; 3. Leavenworth, 69; 4. Bishop Carroll, 61; 5. Free State, 56; 6. Junction City, 55.5; 7. Manhattan, 38; 8. Washburn Rural, 35; 9. SM North, 29; 10. Emporia, 28; 11. SM Northwest, 24.5; T-12. Seaman, 18; T-12. Wamego, 18; 14. SM South, 17.5; 15. Silver Lake, 16.5; 16. Topeka, 15; 17. Topeka-West, 12; 18. Santa Fe Trail, 11; T-19. Rossville, 5; T-19. Winchester-Jefferson, 5; 21. Perry-Lecompton, 3.5; 22. Holton, 2.

Boys: 1. Bishop-Carroll, 78.5; 2. Manhattan, 71.5; 3. Leavenworth, 58; 4. Wamego, 49; 5. Junction City, 45; 6. Washburn Rural, 44.5; 7. SM North, 42; 8. Olathe North, 38.5; 9. Free State, 36; 10. Silver Lake, 32; 11. Santa Fe Trail, 31; 12. SM Northwest, 30; 13. Emporia, 21.5; T-14. Seaman, 21; T-14. Lawrence, 21; 16. Perry-Lecompton, 20; 17. Topeka, 18; 18. Topeka-West, 16.5; 19. SM South, 14; 20. Bishop-Seabury, 7.

Area results

Girls

Shot put: 6. Chisom Ajekwu, LHS, 37-foot-1.75; 7. Krissy Howard, LHS, 36-foot-3.75; 11. Abby La Tessa, LHS, 34-foot-0; 21. Ally Nally, P-L, 32-foot-3.5; 28. Samantha Worthington, P-L, 30-foot-2.75; 29. Katelin Hollinshed, FS, 29-foot-10.5.

Discus: 11. Tracy Allen, LHS, 103-foot-6; 14. Haley Hippe, FS, 98-foot-8; 15. Kala Ewing, FS, 97-foot-1; 11. Ella Stewart, LHS, 92-foot-9; 22. Isabell Coria, P-L, 91-foot-5; 26. Destiny Vongphachanh, LHS, 87-foot-11; ND. Katelin Hollinshed, FS; ND. Samantha Wormington, P-L.

Javelin: 1. Amaya Harris, LHS, 124-foot-10; 13. Haley Hippe, FS, 110-foot-6; 15. Michaela Cordova, LHS, 107-foot-6; 19. Morgan Coyle, P-L, 104-foot-1; 29. Courtney Hannah, LHS, 90-foot-1; ND. Kiara Jadlow, FS; ND. Haylee Kern, FS.

High jump: 1. Laila Robinson, FS, 5-foot-2; 2. Liliana King-Wilson, FS, 5-foot-0; 3. Cassidy Johnson, LHS, 5-foot-0; 5. Talisa Stone, P-L, 4-foot-10; 13. Mariah Reed, LHS, 4-foot-8.

Pole vault: 1. Josie Hickerson, LHS, 12-foot-0; 5. Lilliana King-Wilson, FS, 10-foot-0; 14. Ilaria Nichelatti, LHS, 8-foot-0; 16. Gabby Gonzalez, P-L, 8-foot-0; NH. Brooke Wright, FS.

Long jump: 2. Bella Kirkwood, LHS, 17-foot-10; 3. Auna Childress, FS, 17-foot-3; 6. Cassidy Johnson, LHS, 16-foot-6.5; 11. Ashley Wildeman, LHS, 15-foot-7.5.

Triple jump: 1. Auna Childress, FS, 40-foot-5.5; 4. Josie Hickerson, LHS, 36-foot-5.5; 8. Haley Kellum, P-L, 33-foot-9; 10. Chloe McNair, LHS, 32-foot-4.

100-meter hurdles prelims: 10. Liliana King-Wilson, FS, 16.98; 12. Caitli McAndrew-Beckman, FS, 17.95.

100-meter dash prelims: 5. Bella Kirkwood, LHS, 12.64q; 8. Ashley Wildeman, LHS, 13.11q; 19. Campbell Keller, P-L, 13.51; 28. Lauren Sinclair, FS, 13.85; 29. Laila Robinson, 14.02.

200-meter dash prelims: 3. Bella Kirkwood, LHS, 26.75Q; 6. Ashley Wildeman, LHS, 27.21q; 22. Allyson Baker, P-L, 29.04; 26. Lauren Sinclair, FS, 30.26; 27. Talisa Stone, P-L, 31.28.

4-x-800-meter relay: 2. Free State (Emma Hertig, Mackenzie Thomas, Emily Stone, Ella Marshall), 10:05.

100-meter dash finals: 3. Bella Kirkwood, LHS, 12.54; 6. Ashley Wildeman, LHS, 12.90.

1600-meter run: 9. Delaney Rockers, FS, 5:45; 10. Erin Fagan, FS, 5:45; 13. Sophie DeWitt, LHS, 5:48; 23. Allison Babbit, FS, 5:58.

4-x-100-meter relay: 2. Lawrence (Ashley Wildeman, Amaya Harris, Bella Kirkwood, Siana King), 50.42; 11. Perry-Lecompton (Allyson Baker, Campbell Keller, Rylee Paramore, Haley Kellum), 53.06; 15. Free State (Ana Holladay, Laila Robinson, Lauren Sinclair, Ta’Mya Douglas), 54.04.

400-meter dash: 3. Evann Seratte, LHS, 59.21; 5. Brenna Schwada, LHS, 1:02.44; 6. Ozi Ajekwu, LHS, 1:02.60; 16. Campbell Keller, 1:05.17; 19. Anna Holladay, FS, 1:05.96; 21. Samantha Whittlesey, FS, 1:06.12; 26. Emily Stone, FS, 1:08.91.

300-meter hurdles: 4. Liliana King-Wilson, FS, 49.16; 11. Caitli McAndrew-Beckman, FS, 53.31.

800-meter run: 1. Evann Seratte, LHS, 2:21.2; 6. Anna Riley, FS, 2:29.8; 12. Mackenzie Thomas, FS, 2:33.3; 19. Rylee Paramore, P-L, 2:32.6; 17. Jolie Hirsch, P-L, 2:35.5; 19. Sophie DeWitt, LHS, 2:36.5; 22. Jayden Wilson, LHS, 2:37.

200-meter dash finals: 4. Bella Kirkwood, 26.85; 8. Ashley Wildeman, 27.82.

3200-meter run: 7. Julia Larkin, FS, 11:45; 19. Erin Liston, FS, 12:44.71; 20. Noel White, FS, 12:44.73.

4-x-400-meter relay: 1. Lawrence (Brenna Schwada, Siana King, Ozi Ajekwu, Evann Seratte), 4:10; 9. Free State (Samantha Whittlesey, Miah Cheatham, Emma Hertig, Ta’Mya Douglas), 4:22; 14. Perry-Lecompton (Allyson Baker, Jolie Hirsch, Haley Kellum, Rylee Paramore).

Boys

Shot put: 5. Bryce Tibke, LHS, 49-foot-2; ND. Dylan Gillespie, LHS; ND. Scott Urban, P-L; ND. Collin Rossillon, P-L.

Discus: 4. Bryce Tibke, LHS, 149-foot-4; 20. Scott Urban, P-L, 126-foot-5; 22. Chris Boyden, P-L, 124-foot-2; ND. Dylan Gillespie, LHS.

Javelin: 4. AJ Powell, LHS, 162-foot-2; ND. Ben King, LHS; ND. Bryce Tibke, LHS; ND. Ryan Lutz, FS; ND. Kameron Lake, FS; ND. Zach Pitts, FS.

High jump: 12. Ntense Obobo, LHS, 5-foot-8.

Pole vault: 10. Declan Oberzan, LHS, 11-foot-6; 12. Carnell Douglas, FS, 11-foot-6; NH. Marquis Jones, LHS; NH. Sun Rolf, FS.

Long jump: 7. Caden Dean, P-L, 20-foot-6.5; 12. Avion Nelson, 20-foot-1.5; ND. Ntense Obono, LHS; ND. Chris McGee, LHS; ND. Tyrese Brooks, FS.

Triple jump: 12. Chris McGee, LHS, 41-foot-4; 19. Ntense Obono, LHS, 39-foot-11.

110-meter hurdles prelims: 14. Cole Wenger, FS, 16.54; 20. Yoav Gillath, FS.

100-meter dash prelims: 2. Graham Hough, LHS, 11.11Q; 10. Dre Bridges, LHS, 11.35; 15. Dalton Kellum, P-L, 11.47; 17. LJ Mack, FS, 11.52; 19. JaBrandion Douglas, FS, 11.55;25. Caidon Quinlan, P-L, 11.84.

200-meter dash prelims: 1. Graham Hough, LHS, 22.66Q; 4. Shane Quinlan, P-L, 23.03Q; 18. Dre Bridges, LHS, 23.76; 27. Caden Dean, P-L, 24.24; 33. Tyrese Brooks, FS, 25.14.

4-x-800-meter relay: 1. Free State (Brock Cordova, Charlie Johnson, Ethan Sharp, Ben Shryock), 8:17; 7. Perry-Lecompton (James Bartlett, Jessye Schumann, Calvin McPherson, Thad Metcalfe), 8:30.

100-meter dash finals: 6. Graham Hough, LHS, 11.05.

1600-meter run: 6. Henry Nelson, BS, 4:35; 13. Jack Keathley-Helms, FS, 4:43.2; 26. Jack Ryan, LHS, 4:52; 28. Christopher Stone, FS, 4:54; 39. Connor Bewley, LHS, 5:24.

4-x-100-meter run: 2. Perry-Lecompton (Dalton Kellum, Colton Mallonee, Caidon Quinlan, Shane Quinlan); 5. Free State (LJ Mack, Cole Phillips, Tyler Bowden, Malachi Starr), 44.07; 15. Lawrence (Avion Nelson, Chris McGee, Deshon Lewis, Graham Hough), 46.19.

400-meter dash: 2. Malachi Starr, FS, 50.47; 8. Cole Phillips, FS, 52.58; 17. Trey Hulse, LHS, 53.77; 22. Elijah Gaines, FS, 55.00; 29. Colby Otting, LHS, 56.11; 35. Avion Nelson, LHS, 58.49.

300-meter hurdles: 14. Cole Wenger, FS, 44.28; 20. Yoav Gillath, FS, 43.08.

800-meter run: 7. Ethan Sharp, FS, 2:02.5; 12. Ben Shryock, FS, 2:05.12; 23. James Bartlett, P-L; 25. Calvin McPherson, P-L, 2:09.5; 29. Christopher Stone, FS, 2:13; 35. Trevor Johnson, LHS, 2:23.4; 36. Connor Bewley, LHS, 2:25.7.

200-meter dash finals: 2. Shane Quinlan, P-L, 22.47; 3. Graham Hough, LHS, 22.72.

3200-meter run: 4. Charlie Johnson, FS, 9:45.4; 5. Henry Nelson, BS, 9:45; 16. Brock Cordova, FS, 10:08; 21. John Loos, FS, 10:22; 25. Jack Ryan, LHS, 10:23; 34. Joshua Mitts, P-L, 11:05.

4-x-400-meter relay: 3. Free State (Elijah Gaines, Cole Phillips, Tyler Bowden, Malachi Starr), 3:29.7; 9. Perry-Lecompton (James Bartlett, Caidon Quinlan, Shane Quinlan, Dalton Kellum); 14. Lawrence (Trey Hulse, Colby Otting, Jakoby Masters, Graham Hough), 3:43.9.

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