She tries and she tries and she tries, but Mother Nature
just can't dampen the Seaman Relays.
Last year, it was a wicked downpour that forced a more than
one-hour delay in the meet, causing some of the teams to check it in early and
go home. This year, she sent in a chilling north wind that turned a pleasant
afternoon into a sub-40 degree evening.
It didn't matter. Kansas' track and field athletes staged
another assault on the rankings, and in fact, there was at least one new state
leader in every classification that came out of the Seaman Relays this year.
You have to start with the sprints, where Topeka's boys and
Junction City's girls stole the show. Both of those schools won the 4 X 100
relays, Topeka in a state-leading 42.37 and Junction City in 48.98, good for No.
1 in 6A and No. 2 in Kansas.
Jai'mein Berry of Topeka won the 100 in 10.81 (No. 4 in 6A)
and the 200 in 22.07 (No. 2 in 6A). Junction City's Amaya Booker followed suit
in the girls 100 (12.34)...