This past week was supposed to be our first truly big week of meets of the season, but Mother Nature had other plans. With several meets being cancelled or rescheduled due to the severe storms and heavy rain, the performances from which to choose for this week's Athlete of the Week are much slimmer than we anticipated. Nevertheless, Kansas did see many more performances than our neighbors to the east, Missouri.
Coaches and meet directors: If you see your meet on the calendar from last week, please let us know if we should expect results, or update the meet name to include "cancelled." Send all results or other inquiries to kdeeken1@gmail.com.
Voting for this week's poll will close on Friday April 11th at 12:00pm.
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Shout out to Blue Valley's Maria Portela for winning our most recent poll and being crowned Female Athlete of the Week for Week 1! Portela picked up personal bests in the 100, 200, and long jump with marks of 12.02, 25.06, and 18-8.5 to win all three events at the Blue Valley-SM Northwest-SM South Triangular. Portela's long jump mark was a massive breakout performance as she closed out her freshman 2024 season with a 16-0 best.
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Miller stole the headlines all cross country season and appears ready to carry that over into her junior year of track. She stepped into the 400 last week, for the first time since 2023. She ran a personal best of 57.65 and won the Coach Beardslee Invitational. Miller also won the 3200 in 10:26.65, tops in the state so far.
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Boss won the Lyndon Spring Relays discus and javelin on Thursday. Her mark of 141-8 in the discus is the top mark in Kansas so far and just three feet behind her personal best. The javelin mark of 130-2 was a personal best and is the top mark in Class 3.
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Michaelis earned new personal bests in the 100m hurdles and triple jump en route to two of her three victories at the Ulysses Max Heibert Invitational last week. She ran 15.67, the fourth best time in Class 3, and cleared 37-2.25, the top triple jump mark in Class 3. She also won the high jump with a height of 5-0, but cleared 5-7 in 2024.
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Moore ran the fastest 800 meter time of the week - 2:20.62 - for the win at the Baldwin Invitational on Wednesday. Moore was only two seconds off her personal best from 2024.
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Last week did not provide much "sprinting weather." Nevertheless, Marshall was the top 100 meter performer on the week, running 12.68 for the win at the Leavenworth HS Invitational. She also won the 200 and 400, running personal bests of 26.20 and 1:01.57.
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