April will roar into May in the Kansas track and field
scene, if the past week's meets are any indication.
Nearly half of the state's top marks for boys and girls - 17
of 36 events - were put up in the past few days, many of them at the Seaman
Invitational, a meet that is well-known for producing excellent competition
over the years.
Aarika Lister of Leavenworth threw down 24.28 in the 200
meters to grab the top mark in Kansas in that event this season. She is nearly
six-tenths of a second faster now than Newton's Kalli Anderson - her main rival
in the 100 and 200 in class 5A this season. Lister had already run the state's
top time of 24.73 in the prelims of the 200, then lowered it even further in
the finals.
Lister also won the 100 in 11.92, after running 11.97 in the
prelims.
Clyde King, Jr. of Manhattan and Hayden Goodpaster of
Shawnee Mission Northwest thrilled the Seaman crowd, as well.
King, Jr. outd...