Platte County senior Sisely Mitchell broke the program record in the 800 with a time of 2:16.18 en route to winning the individual title at the Kansas City Suburban Conference White Division Track and Field Meet on May 3.
PLATTE CITY – It took two postponements over a course of 72 hours for the Kansas City Suburban Conference White Division Track and Field Meet and Platte County took the crown.
The meet was originally scheduled to take place at Platte County High School on May 1, but was rescheduled for April 30 due to an anticipated storm. A majority of the events finished before a lightning delay postponed it once again, finishing up on May 3.
The 300-meter hurdles, 800, 200, 2-mile and 4x400 were the running events that took place, along with boys’ discuss. When the day was over, Platte County swept the White Division.
Platte County did some damage in the long-distance on both sides – including two first-place finishes in the 4x800 – with Sisely Mitchell coming away with the most hardware. The senior took first place in all three individual races she ran in.
In the mile, Mitchell won with a time of 5:30.53, followed immediately by Carmen Gentilia in 5:51.79. Mitchell kept the dominance going in the 800, setting the school record in 2:16.18 and notching another conference title on her belt.
In the 2-mile, Mitchell crossed the finish line ahead of the pack in 12:05.05 and Gentilia took third place in 12:30.98. In the 800, Gentilia claimed second place with a time of 2:23.75, followed by Addison Ayers in third place in 2:27.15.
Andrew Johnson was the conference champion in the mile and 2-mile with times of 4:32.77 and 9:28.79, respectively. In the mile, Kade Meinke finished in third place with a time of 4:35.51 and Blake Herron missed all-conference status by around four seconds, crossing the finish line in 4:48.63 for fifth place.
Meinke was the runner-up in the 2-mile in 9:36.99. Tanner Jenks crossed the finish line in 9:56.45 to claim fourth place.
Connor Currence ended the 800 in 1:55.59, ahead all the runners and setting the Platte County record. Johnson and Herron ran tight together in the 800, crossing the finish line with times of 1:59.04 and 2:02.99, respectively, in third and fourth places.
The Lady Pirates went one-two-four in the 100-meter hurdles led by Adi Benninghoff in 15.56 seconds. Ava Filger ended in 16.99 seconds and Heaven Jale crossed the finish line in 17.41 seconds.
That success translated in the 300 and Filger earned another individual conference title in 48.94 seconds. Benninghoff ended in second place in 52.82 seconds.
The Platte County boys nearly had three all-conference 110-meter hurdlers as well led by Jack Johnson who was a conference champion with a time of 15.64 seconds before taking second place in the 300 with a time of 41.17 seconds. In the 110, Isaiah Seymour claimed third place in 16.33 seconds and Maurice Bass missed out on all-conference status by two places and 0.75 seconds with a time of 17.08 seconds.
Adilynn Kern shined in her conference debut as the freshman took third place in the 100 in 12.94 seconds, while Charley Sims ended the 200 in 27.56 seconds to claim fourth place.
In the 400, Alexia Myer was the conference champion in 1:02.29 ahead of fourth-place Madison Palmer in 1:06.71.
Braiden Stevens was the conference champion in the 100 with an impressive time of 10.89 seconds. Following the 400 conference champion Raytown senior Jacob Bowles were three straight Pirates: Joshua Fraker (51.64), Jackson Goodale (53.31) and Brayden Eschliman (53.63).
The Lady Pirates’ 4x200 was the runner-up in 1:51.31 and finished in third place in the 4x100 with a time of 51.99 seconds. The boys won the 4x100 and 4x400 with times of 43.36 seconds and 3:22.55, respectively, and claimed second place in the 4x200 in 1:31.21.
Addyson Schlake claimed second place in the discus with a 35.86-meter toss and threw the shot put 10.5 meters to take third place. Schlake was also all-conference in the high jump – clearing 1.42 meters and earning fourth place – trailing freshman Adilynn Kern, who had a second-place jump of 1.47 meters
Quinn Lightle took fourth place in the javelin with a 36.2-meter throw. Gage Fulk tossed the shot put 14.56 meters for second place and freshman Kyler Parker walked away with a fourth-place throw of 13.37 meters.
Augustus Keeton and Fulk were all-conference in the discus. Keeton ended in second place with a 42.92-meter throw and Fulk ended in fourth place with a 42.13-meter throw.
Sophomore Andrew Tyson high jumped 1.7 meters for third place and Kevin Taylor pole vaulted 3.81 meters for third place. Platte County will hope this success continues into the postseason, starting with the Class 5 District 8 Meet at Liberty High School on May 11.