WRAPUP: Kansas Athletes Dot the National Performance Lists

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Kansas' track and field athletes continued to riddle the state-best lists with outstanding performances, while a handful went way beyond that by putting their names up high on the national lists.


Tops among those was Olathe North junior Dana Baker, who surged to No. 1 on the U.S. MileSplit performance list with a throw of 159-4 to win the javelin at the Olathe East Invitational. Baker was the state champion in the event last year. Her win this weekend was a career-best throw and puts her within just a few feet of the state record of 162-5 set by Maize's Keiryn Swenson two years ago.


Manhattan freshman javelin thrower Sam Hankins got into the act, too. He increased his state-leading mark to 185-0 to win the Lansing Invitational, and is the No. 1 freshman in the United States right now. He's also No. 24 overall on the U.S. Milesplit listings.


Dighton's Jordan Speer was pretty impressive at the Greeley County Invitational. She won the shot put with a career best th...