Four golds and a record
KHS boys bring all that, a runner-up finish and more home from conference meet
KINGFISHER’S Ben Reherman competes in the 110 meter hurdles during the Western Conference Track & Field Meet at Elk City. Reherman took first place in the event, one of four gold medals won by the KHS boys. [Photo by Chris Simon/www.simon-sports-pho
Four conference champs were crowned and a new Kingfisher High School boys record was set Monday at the Western Conference Track & Field Meet.
The 800 meter relay team of Max Washington, Dynton Townsend, Connor Hine and Mason Mecklenburg brought home the bronze medal from the 13-team event held in Elk City.
However, the quartet’s time of 1:32.64 will get their names put on the school record board displayed at the APB.
The finish beat the old mark of 1:33.12 set in 2014 by Ben Reid, Jace Sternberger, Landon Nault and Connor Vincent.
It was one of three medals won by Mecklenburg, which helped KHS to a runner-up finish in the team standings.
Cache won the team title with 151 points.
The Yellowjackets were second with 109 and Weatherford a distant third with 56 points.
Mecklenburg notched a conference championship in the 200 and was also runner-up in the 100.
His 200 time of 22.66 edged Cache’s Robert Frost and Alexander Daly by .21 and .22, respectively.
He set a PR in the 100 with an 11.28. Cache’s Jacoby Gardner was first in 11.03.
Matthew Stone was a two-time champ at the meet.
The senior took gold in both the 400 and the long jump.
He bested Blanchard’s Gavin McKenna by more than two seconds in the quarter-mile.
His jump of 20 feet, 11 inches was 10 inches fur ther than the runner-up.
Ben Reherman was also able to stake his claim to gold as he won the 110 hurdles.
Reherman crossed the finish line in 17.00, just .15 second faster than Major Sharp of Tuttle.
Kase Simon set a PR in the pole vault when he cleared 7 feet, 6 inches. That tied him with Brayden Castro of Cache and Jeron Seymore of Elk City.
Simon ultimately finished second in the event.
Jayden Newkirk and Braxton Mecklenburg also won silver in their respective individual events.
Newkirk was runner-up in the 800.
Mecklenburg set a PR in the high jump when he cleared 6-2.
The junior just missed another PR, but his heels caught the bar at 6-4.
Sam Cheap of Woodward also missed all three attempts at 6-4, but was awarded gold with fewer misses at 6-2.