McKenzie Wright Jumps for Joy at WAC Meet

Liberal sophomore McKenzie Wright is the Western Athletic Conference Female Track Athlete of the Year. She won all three jumps Thursday night in Dodge City helping LHS place 2nd in the WAC with just about 14 athletes. The LHS boys took third.

Boys- 1. Hays 173 2. Dodge City 57 3. Liberal 55 and Garden City 55 4. Great Bend 35

Girls- 1. Garden City 124 2. Liberal 98 3. Hays 67 4. Great Bend 53 5. Dodge City 33

Liberal Placers

Boys

Discus- Justin McPhail 1st 158′

Javelin- Nolan Larkin 2nd and Britton Abbott 4th

4×400- 2nd with Trenton Hammond, Michael Sena, Adebayo Braimah, and Irving Altamirano

300 Hurdles- Trenton Hammond 2nd, Adebayo Braimah 3rd, and Ayodole Braimah 4th

High Jump- Trenton Wilson and Kenlee West tie for third

3200- Angel Viveros 4th

4×100- 3rd Trenton Hammond, Christian Torres, Michael Sena, and Irving Altamirano

4×800- 3rd with Fidel Munoz, Ricardo Bustos, Eric Minjarez, and Mersheek Wiltshire

110 Hurdles- Trenton Hammond 4th

Girls

Long Jump- McKenzie Wright 1st 17′ 50"

Triple Jump- McKenzie Wright 1st 38’1"

High Jump- McKenzie Wright 1st 5’4"

300 Hurdles- Jai Chapman 1st 48.90

100- Jai Chapman 1st 12.69

1600- Destyni Lucero 1st 5:32.86, Alexandria Chandler 3rd, and Mercy Perez 4th

3200- Destyni Lucero 1st 12:11.05 and Mercy Perez 4th

Discus- Ali Stoddard 2nd and Bethany Thompson 4th

Shot Put- Bethany Thompson 2nd

4×100- 2nd Diamond W#ard, McKenzie Wright, Lyric Robinson, and Jai Chapman

100 Hurdles- Jai Chapman 2nd

4×800- 3rd Alexandria Chandler, Mercy Perez, Holly Hinkle, and Destyni Lucero

800- Holly Hinkle 4th

200- Lyric Robinson 5th

Javelin- Megan Besecker 5th