See which Shawnee County track and field athletes qualified for 2026 State Championship

TOPEKA — The Kansas high school state track and field championships will begin on Friday, May 29. The two-day event will showcase the best athletes in the state at the largest track and field championship in the country. After a strong day at regionals, Shawnee County will be represented in almost every event this year.

Here are the athletes qualified for the state championship in individual events. Cair Paravel Lucas Marichal, long jump, triple jump Hayden Connor Baldwin, 1600 Jackson Haas, javelin Sofia Harper, 200, 400 Alana Mitchell, long jump Kelton Meier, javelin Nick Newark, 1600 Highland Park Jurnee Cole, 100, 200 Tremaine Savage, 400 Rossville Charles Chance, shot put Rylee Dick, 100 H Andre Johnson, javelin Landen Lewis, javelin Leni Lewis, javelin Eden Thompson, discus KSHSAA: KSHSAA makes changes to high school state basketball tournament Golf: Previewing the 2026 KSHSAA boys golf state championship Seaman Brody Anderson, 800, 1600, 3200 Baylee Ayres, high jump Jack Esser, high jump Isiah Pennington, 110 H, 300 H Cody Quy, triple jump Kinley Robinson, 800 Brynn Scheid, high jump Brynn Spencer, 1600, 3200 Shawnee Heights Amir Bass, shot put Alexis Burns, high jump Blake Coffman, javelin Sam Garner, discus Jillian Goetz, discus Tanesia Johnson, 100, 200 Addison Kemp, discus Jason Slay, 400 Silver Lake Rayleigh Alonso, discus Bryson Burgos, triple jump Karys Deiter, 100, 100 H Ali Gerber, 400, triple jump Myles Fisher, discus Kailyn Hanni, javelin Addy Just, long jump Camden Kruger, triple jump Kayleigh Kruger, discus Journey Manhart, high jump Joel Miller, 200, 400 Owen Rottinghaus, 100, long jump Jaylie Whitehead, 200 Jaiden Wise, javelin Topeka High Ciera Hartz, 100 Adam Humphrey, discus De'sean Lunkins, 110 H Malachi Murph, 100 Jayana Washington, long jump Topeka West Alyssa Babcock, discus Jayden Lindsey, 200 Washburn Rural Brynn Anderson, high jump Jaxson Adams, 3200 Aria Edgar, discus Giselle Foster, triple jump Emily Graf, 3200 Zachary Hancock, discus Christian Hartman-Babb, 100, 200 Alyson Hinck, 800 Brooks Kehoe, 1600, 3200 Kenzie Maddox, 3200 Kailyn Peterson, discus, shot put Morgan Ray, javelin Sam Scott, shot put Dylan Tajchman, javelin Cohen Thiessen, 1600 Lilliana Watkins, javelin Liam Keating covers high school sports and Washburn University for The Topeka Capital-Journal. Send stats or information to him at Lkeating@gannett.

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