The Sabetha Bluejay track team competed at 3A Regionals on Friday, May 20, at Royal Valley. Both the boys and girls put forth a great effort to be able to send six girls and four boys to the state championship meet in Wichita next weekend.

“We had a good regional meet and competed about as well as we could,” said Head Coach David Remmers. “We are taking 10 different athletes in six different events. As always, we are disappointed we can’t take everyone that competed in that meet, but the level of competition we faced will help prepare those that are going with what they will face in Wichita. Our kids performed very well, and some that got a personal record, didn’t qualify. We told them that when the meet was over and they got back on the bus, to not have any regrets about how they performed. I believe they did that.”

BOYS

The 4×800 relay team had a great performance that earned them a fourth-place state bid with a time of eight minutes, 32 seconds. Included in that race were Nate Menold, Kalvin Evans, Brody Deters and Tyrese Bishop. Freshman Tyse Frazee also will go to state as an alternate for the 4×800 relay team.

Also, Bishop will be competing in a second event – the 800-meter run – at state. Bishop finished in third place at Regionals with a time of two minutes, five seconds.

GIRLS

The Lady Jays also found tremendous success in the 4×800 relay race. They finished with an impressive time of 10 minutes and 16 seconds, which got the gold for the Lady Jays. Included on that team were Leah Lukert, Aubrey Schmelzle, Laura Metzger and Mary Lukert. Lauren Bowles will travel as alternate with the 4×800 team to state.

Senior Olivia Saner also earned first place with an incredible outing in the pole vault. Saner was able to clear a height of nine feet, six inches, which will send her to the state championship meet. Junior Halle Scoby launched the discus far enough to earn third place and a trip to state. She threw the discus 113 feet, five inches.

The Bluejay state bound qualifiers will be heading south to Wichita State University to compete at the Cessna Stadium this Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28.

Schedule of Events

The girls’ pole vault will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 27.

The girls’ discus will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 27.

The girls 3200-meter run will take place at approximately 7:40 p.m. Friday, May 27.

The girls’ 4×800 meter relay race will take place at approximately 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 28.

The boys’ 4×800 meter relay race will take place at approximately 11:40 a.m. Saturday, May 28.

The boys’ 800-meter race will take place at approximately 5:35 p.m. Saturday, May 28.