Chilly Wyandotte Relays opens track season

Sumner boys, Wyandotte girls take top honors

Bishop Ward sophomore Jailen Jefferson competed in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles at the Wyandotte Relays on Friday. Jefferson won the event with a time of 13.50 seconds.

The Wyandotte Relays took place on Friday with the brisk early-spring weather that often marks the opening of the track and field season.

The Sumner boys won the team competition with 144.5 points, ahead of the Bishop Ward Cyclones at 113. The Sabres got a big boost from their distance runners. Uziel Yepez-Espinoza and Lucas Rietema won the 1600- and 3200-meter runs, and Sumner placed three runners in the top six of both races.

The Lady Sabres were dominant in the longer events as well. Angie Mensah won the 1600-meter run and Adiella Holland and Coral Luna placed in the top five. All three are freshmen, giving the Academy a bright future in the distance events. Karyssa Furgarino captured the 3200-meter run for Sumner.

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The Lady Bulldogs won the girls’ team competition, with 155 points, ahead of Sumner at 146. Wyandotte dominated the sprint races. Jaquelyn Perez-Vela repeated last year’s wins in the 200 and 400-meter dashes, and with teammates Jaylynn Hunt and Germya Sanford locked out the top three spots in the 200-meters and won the 4x100-meter relay.

The Bishop Ward sprinters showed that they’ll continue to be competitive this year. Steven Mills won the boys’ 100- and 200-meter dashes, bettering his 100-meter time from last year’s Wyandotte meet by nearly half a second. Mills was also part of the relay teams that won the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Sophomore Jailen Jefferson won both the 110- and 300-meters hurdles for the Cyclones.

In honor of the retirement of Wyandotte High School head custodian Eugene Rodriguez, the Relays added a weightmans’ relay — sometimes called a throwers’ relay. The Turner boys and Schlagle girls throwers won the event, each splitting a large pizza as the prize.

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Turner senior Chris Flores competed in the boys’ high jump at the Wyandotte Relays. Flores won the event with a jump of 6-feet, 0 inches.

Team Placement and Results

Boys

• 1st, Sumner, 144.5 points

• 2nd, Bishop Ward, 113

• 3rd, Turner, 111.5

• 4th, Wyandotte, 109

• 5th, Harmon, 57

• 6th, Washington, 51

• 7th, Schlagle, 48

Girls

• 1st, Wyandotte, 155 points

• 2nd, Sumner, 146

• 3rd, Washington, 85

• 4th, Turner, 65

• 5th, Harmon, 46

• 6th, Schlagle, 21

Washington senior Breanna Neal competed in the girls’ discus throw at the Wyandotte Relays. Neal won the event with a distance of 79-feet, 10 inches.

Event Winners by School

Wyandotte

• Jaquelyn Perez-Vela, girls' 200m, 26.75s

• Jaquelyn Perez-Vela, girls' 400m, 1:03.38s

• Nir Darjee, girls' 800m, 2:55.87s

• Kamiya Murray, girls' 100m hurdles, 20.20s

• Girls' 4×100m relay (Hunt, Perez-Vela, Looney-Cooper, Sanford), 53.08s

• Jaylynn Hunt, girls' high jump, 4' 10"

• C.J. Anderson, boys' long jump, 17' 0"

• Kamiya Murray, girls' long jump, 15' 1.5"

• Micaela Patrick, girls' triple jump, 31' 5"

Sumner

• Uziel Yepez-Espinoza, boys' 1600m, 5:21.10s

• Angie Mensah, girls' 1600m, 7:00.37s

• Lucas Rietema, boys' 3200m, 12:11.27s

• Karyssa Furgarino, girls' 3200m, 14:59.50s

• Boys' 4×800m relay (Olivas, Ontiveros Castro, Yepez-Espinoza, Pierce), 9:36.18s

• Girls' 4×800m relay (Furgarino, Hairson, Kantor, Mensah), 12:19.02s

• Alec Tyler, boys' shot put, 44' 7"

• Jaslyn McKinzy, girls' shot put, 30' 4.75"

• Mea Ybarra, girls' javelin, 84' 4"

Bishop Ward

• Steven Mills, boys' 100m, 11.41s

• Steven Mills, boys' 200m, 23.26s

• Jailen Jefferson, boys' 110m hurdles, 16.81s

• Jailen Jefferson, boys' 300m hurdles, 44.32s

• Boys' 4×100m relay (Mills, Anaya, Neely, Holmes), 45.85s

• Boys' 4×400m relay (Mills, Holmes, Hernandez, Jefferson), 3:52.63s

• Steve Wilson, boys' javelin, 125' 8"

Turner

• Alyasia Ollie, girls' 100m, 13.50s

• Alyasia Ollie, girls' 300m hurdles, 50.24s

• Chris Flores, boys' high jump, 6' 0"

• Kevin Corral, boys' triple jump, 39' 7"

• Darnell Hamilton, boys' discus, 101' 6.75"

Washington

• Xayver Powell, boys' 400m, 55.11s

• Girls' 4×400 relay (Johnson, Lawrence, Johnson, Mercado Amado), 4:56.28s

• Brenna Neal, girls' discus, 79' 10"

Schlagle

• Pierson Miller, boys' 800m, 2:21.18s