Kansas' class 4A track and field is dripping with star
power. The girls' division truly takes a back seat to no other division in the
state, with state champions returning in 12 of the 18 events, and 4A girls
holding state-best marks in five events.
The 4A meet also has a chance to see a rarity: Cailie Logue
of Girard is going for her fourth straight title in the 3200 meter run, which
will make a nice senior-year bookend to the fourth straight cross country title
she won in the fall. She is a huge favorite to do so, having run the nation's
sixth-best time of 10:09 in winning the Kansas Relays earlier this season.
Class 4A newcomer Maize South won the boys and girls cross
country titles in the fall and seemingly will make their mark in track and
field, as well.
Noticeably missing from this year's meet: Bishop Miege's
Jafar Armstrong, who won the 100 and 200 meters at last year's ...