Somebody must have hit a reset button on class 6A track and
field in Kansas.
The slate is mostly clean of returning state champions, as
just six of the 36 champions from last year's meet are expected to compete. And
last year's team champions - Olathe East girls and Shawnee Mission North boys -
are not among the pre-meet contenders for this year's team crowns.
That means there could be a lot of first time champs in this
year's 6A meet.
Pre-meet favorites
Boys - Topeka, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Olathe South
Girls - Junction City, Olathe Northwest, Hutchinson
Events that I'm
excited to see
Girls 400. Defending state champion Yazmine Wright of
Hutchinson and Christal Mosley of Wichita Southeast have matched up twice in
the last three weeks, and each won once by fractions of a second. They hold the
No. 1 and No. 2 times in Kansas this year; Mosley won the region 2 meet last
week with a state-best a...