The Star’s All-Metro girls’ track and field team 20 weeks ago
FIRST TEAM: Breeana Coleman, Olathe East, junior. She won the Kansas 6A state championship with a time of 12.03 seconds. Also finished first at Kansas Relays (12.19), Sunflower League meet and regional meet. SECOND... more...
The Star’s selection process 20 weeks ago
THE STAR’S SELECTION PROCESS The Kansas City Star’s All-Metro selections were made by members of the high school sports staff, who consulted coaches’ ballots. An athlete must participate in at least... more...
All-Metro girls track athlete of the year: Breeana Coleman 20 weeks ago
This year’s Kansas 6A state track and field meet couldn’t have gone much better for Olathe East junior Breeana Coleman. Coleman, The Star’s All-Metro girls track athlete of the year, captured the... more...
Olathe East girls relish Kansas 6A track and field team title 24 weeks ago
Parents snapped photos while the members of Olathe East High School girls track team posed on the top of the awards stand. But this moment would not last very long. After all, the Hawks, who won the Class 6A team title... more...
NKC junior wins girls triple jump; other track notes 24 weeks ago
A second-place finish last Friday was the only motivation North Kansas City junior Morgan Reid needed to bring home a championship on Saturday at the Missouri Class 4 girls triple jump event in Jefferson City. On... more...
Olathe East’s Reid wins 6A high jump on last attempt 25 weeks ago
WICHITA | There was plenty on the line for the final attempt of Olathe East high jumper Ashley Reid’s high school career. Well, mainly a state title. But her legacy was at stake, too. Another gold medal at the... more...
Lawson track and field athlete achieves rare feat 25 weeks ago
Jasmine Kassanavoid of Lawson had cause for refection last Saturday after concluding her high school track and field career with a second-place finish in the shot put event in the Missouri Class 2 state track and field... more...
Lutheran long-jumper Michelle Persich wins at state 26 weeks ago
JEFFERSON CITY | Confidence came early for Lutheran junior long-jumper Michelle Persich. In March, when Persich competed in the long jump at the Central Missouri Mule Relays, her first track and field event of the... more...
Menk’s heart is heavy, but his feet are still swift 26 weeks ago
Forgive Dustin Menk if he lacked focus on Saturday afternoon while competing at the Missouri Class 3 Sectional 4 track meet at Kearney. Menk, a Platte County senior, qualified in both the 300-meter hurdles and as a part... more...