Four Crusaders earn seven medals, Zeka becomes State Champ twice-over

Four Crusaders earn seven medals, Zeka becomes State Champ twice-over

Sun, 05/26/2024 - 21:35
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A whopping 24 Crusaders qualified in various events for the 4A State Track Meet held this past weekend, and four of those athletes (Kylan Gregory, Dru Zeka, Isabelle Cullens, and Cooper Hatfield) earned a total of seven medals in their individual events.

Dru Zeka, a freshman, is the 2024 4A STATE CHAMPION in both High Jump and the 400m Dash, and she earned 5th place in Long Jump.  Senior Isabelle Cullens is the Runner-Up in Triple Jump and took 6th Place in Pole Vault.  Sophomores Kylan Gregory and Cooper Hatfield earned 6th in High Jump and 7th in the 400m Dash, respectively.  

The girls team ended up earning enough points to place 6th in 4A competition, as well.

Below are the full results from Day 1 and Day 2 of the KSHSAA All-Classes State Track Meet held over this past weekend at WSU's Cessna Stadium.

 

Friday:

 

GIRLS HIGH JUMP

Dru Zeka - 5’4’’ - CHAMPION

Kylan Gregory - 5’2” - 6th Place Medalist

 

BOYS 110M HURDLES

Kayden Martin - 16.52

 

GIRLS DISCUS

Kylan Gregory - 100’6”

 

GIRLS 4x100 PRELIMINARIES

Claire Ginter, Dru Zeka, Tatum Edwards, Addy Wilson - DNF

 

BOYS 4x100 PRELIMINARIES

Jalik Armstrong, Cooper Hatfield, Grady Norris, Malachi Holloway - 44.17

 

GIRLS 400M PRELIMINARIES

Dru Zeka 1:00.92 (Qualified for Finals)

 

BOYS 400M PRELIMINARIES

Cooper Hatfield 51.17 (Qualified for Finals)

 

GIRLS 4x400 PRELIMINARIES

Tatum Edwards, Claire Ginter, Lyndi Barton, Maddie Fullerton - 4:25.67

 

BOYS 4x400 PRELIMINARIES

Morice Ayers, Kaleb Hamilton, Zander Strader, Cooper Hatfield - 3:40.56

 

GIRLS TRIPLE JUMP

Isabelle Cullens - 37-9.50 - 2nd Place Medalist

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Saturday:

 

BOYS HIGH JUMP

Morice Ayers - 6’2” - 9th

 

GIRLS POLE VAULT

Isabelle Cullens - 10’6” - 6th Place Medalist

Claire Ginter - 9’0”


GIRLS 4x800

Maddie Fullerton, Taylor Earl, Wesleigh Davis, Presley Metcalf - 11:08.71

 

BOYS 4x800

Kaleb Hamilton, Luke Wylie, Rome Hunt, Conner Walker - 9:05.07

 

GIRLS LONG JUMP

Dru Zeka - 17-4.50 - 5th Place Medalist


GIRLS SHOT PUT

Natalie Burnett - 34-8.50 - 9th

Mikayla Ybarra - 30-0


GIRLS 400M DASH

Dru Zeka - 58.35 - CHAMPION

 

BOYS 400M DASH

Cooper Hatfield - 51.23 - 7th Place Medalist

 

GIRLS 800M RUN

Presley Metcalf - 2:40.48

 

BOYS 800M RUN

Kaleb Hamilton - 2:13.31

 

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