KHS girls, Hennessey boys take 3rd at Chisholm meet
HENNESSEY’S Camdyn Richardson flies through the air during the long jump competition at Chisholm last Friday. Richardson won the event, one of three medals on the day.
Both the Kingfisher girls and Hennessey boys took third place overall in last Friday’s Chisholm Invitational track and field meet.
KHS scored 89.5 points despite being without one of its most prolific athletes of the season.
Sophomore Scout Snodgrass was out due to sickness, forcing coaches Kerri Lafferty and Shiloh Kannady to make multiple lineup adjustments throughout the day.
Addison Price filled Snodgrass’ role in the 3,200 meter relay and Hannah Francis did so in the 800 relay.
Joining Price was Kinley Taylor, Lily Lunsford and Mattie Slezickey as the team took second behind Chisholm.
The 800 relay team of Francis, Slezickey, Taylor and Abbie Myers was fourth.
There were wholesale changes to the mile relay team as Slezickey was the lone regular to run the race. Joining her were Francis, Chesni Newkirk and Talor Mecklenburg.
KHS was fifth in that race, one that was one by Cashion.
The Lady Wildcats’ quartet featured Sierra McCracken, Abby Hobgood, Chevy Eubanks and Reese Williams.
That gold medal was the lone one won by a female county athlete at the meet, though other medals were abundant.
For Kingfisher, Taylor took second in the 800 meter run and Lunsford was the runner-up in the mile.
Lady Jackets earning bronze medals were Harper Evans in the two-mile run and Myers in both the 400 meter dash and the long jump.
Cashion’s Hobgood, Eubanks, Madison Westerhoff and Williams were third in the 400 relay.
Sierra McCracken was the bronze medalist in the 800, just behind Kingfisher’s Taylor; Williams was third in the 300 hurdles; and Megan Shafer took bronze in the shot put.
Cashion was fifth in the team standings with 65.5 points.
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The Hennessey boys notched 71 points and Camdyn Richardson played a big part in that.
The Eagle junior placed in all four events and medaled in three of them, including winning the long jump.
He leapt 20 feet, 5 1/2 inches for a gold medal.
He was also a part of two silver medal relay teams.
Joining him in the 800 meter relay were Gunnar Holder, Weston Smith and Kevin Trillo.
The mile relay team of Holder, Smith, Camdyn Richardson and Braedyn Richardson was also second.
The 400 relay team of both Richardsons, Smith and Trillo placed fifth overall.
Also claiming individual silvers for Hennessey were Holder in the 300 hurdles and Brenden Mainard in the discus.
Cashion’s Gage Bedick claimed gold when he topped the field in the two-mile run.
Cashion scored 26 points overall. Bedick was also third in the mile run and fourth in the 800.
Kingfisher got a medal out of Jayden Vinot as the freshman was third in the long jump, one spot ahead of teammate Kasen Blair.