Kansas Relays 2024 Preview

WYCO high school and college athletes on a big stage this weekend in Lawrence

Piper grad Grant Lockwood, now a member of the KU track and field team, raced in the 2023 Kansas Relays. He’s scheduled to compete for the Jayhawks this weekend at 2024 Relays.

Some of Wyandotte County’s best athletes will face the Midwest’s best competition this weekend at the Kansas Relays, taking place this Thursday through Saturday at Kansas University’s Rock Chalk Park.

The highly-anticipated 93rd edition of the Relays will include competitors from Bishop Ward, Bonner Springs, Sumner, Turner, and Wyandotte high schools, along with several local track stars who have gone on to compete at the collegiate level.

Since the Kansas Relays’ first running in 1923, the event has featured top-level athletes from across the Midwest and around the country. See below for a full schedule of the events with Wyandotte County athletes entered.

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Piper’s state champion hurdler Jayden Henry is scheduled to compete in the 110- and 300-meter races along with teammate Shinji Pollard. Max Clark, fresh from setting a new Piper javelin record, will be throwing at the Relays.

Piper distance champ D.J. Thomas is taking on a new challenge, racing in the 2000-meter steeplechase, an event that combines endurance running with hurdles and a water obstacle.

Pirates’ middle-distance master Grant Lockwood, now a KU sophomore, will race for the Jayhawks in the 800-meter run and the 4×400-meter relay.

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Bonner Springs senior McKenzie Campbell, a state placer in the shot put, is the lone entrant for the Braves, but Bonner fans should also keep an eye out for 2021 grad Samson Selleck, racing for William Jewell College in the 1500- and 5000-meter runs on Thursday and the 4×800-meter and distance medley relays on Friday.

Wyandotte senior speedster Jaquelyn Perez-Vela will run in the 100- and 400-meter dashes, and the Bulldogs’ girls’ and boys’ 4×100-meter relay teams will compete. Wyandotte alumna Kennise Anderson will throw for Park University in the hammer and discus events.

Bishop Ward’s speedy sprinters will be running as a team in the 4×100- and 4×400-meter relays, with Tyler Holmes also on the runway in the long jump.

Nahshon Houston jumped for the Sumner Sabres in this photo from the 2019 Kansas Relays. He is scheduled to compete again this weekend, now as a member of the UMKC Kangaroos.

The Sumner Academy boys’ 4×100- and 4×400-meter relay teams will both compete at the Relays, and Sabres’ alumnus Nahshon Houston is entered in the mens’ long jump for UMKC.

The girls’ 300-meter hurdles will include the top two finishers from the Bobcat Relays, Piper’s Nora Turney and Turner’s Alyasia Ollie.

Turner sophomore Alyasia Ollie will race in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles this weekend at the Kansas Relays.

Event Schedule

Thursday

4:30 p.m.

• Women's hammer throw

  • Kennise Anderson, Park University/Wyandotte

6:00 p.m.

• Mens' 1500-meter

  • Samson Selleck, William Jewell/Bonner Springs

7:30 p.m.

• Mens' 5000-meter

  • Samson Selleck, William Jewell/Bonner Springs

Friday

9:55 a.m.

• Girls' 100-meter hurdles prelims

  • Nora Turney, Piper

10:00 a.m.

• Boys' high jump

  • Devin Kerr, Piper

• Girls' shot put

  • McKenzie Campbell, Bonner Springs

10:15 a.m.

• Boys' 110-meter hurdles prelims

  • Jayden Henry, Piper

  • Shinji Pollard, Piper

10:35 a.m.

• Girls' 100-meter prelims

  • Anneliese Lockwood, Piper

  • Jaquelyn Perez-Vela, Wyandotte

11:30 a.m.

• Mens' 4×800-meter relay

  • Samson Selleck, William Jewell/Bonner Springs

11:45 a.m.

• Girls' 400-meter prelims

  • Jaquelyn Perez-Vela, Wyandotte

2:05 p.m.

• Girls' 300-meter hurdles

  • Nora Turney, Piper

  • Alyasia Ollie, Turner

2:25 p.m.

• Boys' 300-meter hurdles

  • Jayden Henry, Piper

  • Shinji Pollard, Piper

3:00 p.m.

• Mens' triple jump

  • Miles Lockridge, Emporia/Piper

4:00 p.m.

• Mens' distance medley

  • Samson Selleck, William Jewell/Bonner Springs

4:50 p.m.

• Girls' 4×100-meter relay prelims

  • Bishop Ward

  • Piper

  • Wyandotte

5:10 p.m.

• Boys' 4×100-meter relay prelims

  • Bishop Ward

  • Piper

  • Sumner

  • Wyandotte

6:25 p.m.

• Boys' 2000-meter steeplechase

  • D.J. Thomas, Piper

7:20 p.m.

• Girls' 4×400-meter relay prelims

  • Piper

8:10 p.m.

• Boys' 4×400-meter relay prelims

  • Bishop Ward

  • Piper

  • Sumner

Saturday

9:00 a.m.

• Boys' javelin

  • Max Clark, Piper

• Boys' long jump

  • Tyler Holmes, Bishop Ward

9:20 a.m.

• Boys' 1600-meter sprint medley

  • Bishop Ward

10:00 a.m.

• Boys' shot put

  • Alec Tyler, Sumner

11:00 a.m.

• Boys' 4×800-meter relay

  • Piper

11:30 a.m.

• Girls' 4×100-meter Sunflower Showdown (top Kansas teams not in the final)

11:35 a.m.

• Boys' 4×100-meter Sunflower Showdown (top Kansas teams not in the final)

11:39 a.m.

• Girls' 4×100-meter final

11:43 a.m.

• Boys' 4×100-meter final

12:08 p.m.

• Girls' 100-meter hurdles final

12:22 p.m.

• Boys' 110-meter hurdles final

12:30 p.m.

• Girls' 400-meter final

• Mens' Long Jump

  • Nahshon Houston, UMKC/Sumner

12:42 p.m.

• Girls' 100-meter final

12:59 p.m.

• Mens' 800-meter final

  • Grant Lockwood, KU/Piper

1:00 p.m.

• Women's discus

  • Kennise Anderson, Park/Wyandotte

3:10 p.m. and rolling start to follow

• Girls' 4×400-meter relay Sunflower Showdown (top Kansas teams not in the final)

• Boys' 4×400-meter relay Sunflower Showdown (top Kansas teams not in the final)

• Girls' 4×400-meter relay final

• Boys' 4×400-meter relay final