A ‘Meck’ of a Day for KHS trio
Yellowjackets’ Mecklenburgs claim 6 medals, lead team to runner-up finish
KINGFISHER’S BRAXTON Mecklenburg clears the bar during a high jump attempt at last week’s KHS Track and Field Invitational. He won first place in the event On the right is Mason Mecklenburg running a relay earlier this season. He won four medals, incl
It was a good day to be a Mecklenburg.
The trio of Mason Mecklenburg, Braxton Mecklenburg and Maddox Mecklenburg combined to win six medals - including three golds - on Saturday to help the Kingfisher High School boys team to a second-place finish in their own meet.
Mason Mecklenburg swept the 100 and 200 events and Braxton Mecklenburg won the high jump to help boost their team to 132 points in the 10th annual KHS Track and Field Invitational.
“I’m so proud of all of them,” said KHS track coach Kerni Lafferty “Not only are they doing great in individual events, but our guys are also working together really well as we try to figure out some of our relays.
“I think this team has a chance to surprise some people this year.”
Casady won the boys team title with 170.5 points. Weatherford was third with 114.
Despite battling a hip flexor strain, Mason Mecklenburg was able to post a 11.65 in the 100 and a 23.67 in the 200 to win his golds.
The senior also joined Connor Hine, Dynton Townsend and Max Washington to take second in the 800 meter relay.
He ended his four-medal day with Hine, Townsend and Matthew Stone as they took home second in the mile relay.
Meanwhile, Maddox Mecklenburg, a sophomore, got his silver medal in the two-mile relay as he teamed up with Hine, Stone and Jayden Newkirk.
Braxton Mecklenburg - a cousin to brothers Mason and Maddox did his damage in the field.
The junior won the high jump with a leap of 6 feet. He barely missed his final attempt at 6-2.
Braxton Mecklenburg was a regional champ and state qualifier in the event as a freshman in 2019.
On top of running the relays, Stone was second in the long jump as he leapt 20 feet, 6 1/4 inches.
Ben Reherman won bronze in both the 110 and 300 hurdles while Kale Hart was second in the 400 and Newkirk third in the 800.
Following are team scores and events in which local athletes scored points for their respective teams at the KHS Track and Field Invitational.
(Note: As of press time, team totals for the girls had not been posted.)
Boys
Casady 170.5
Kingfisher 132
Weatherford 114
OCS 47
Crossings 45.5
Woodward 27
Cashion 25
Chandler 20
OKC Storm 18
OKC Knights 17
Individual/relay points:
Girls
Kingfisher
400 relay - (Demi Roden, Hannah Francis, Ashley Casillas, Makina Frost) 4th, 54.37
3,200 relay - (Zoey Evans, Jacee Mueggenborg, Emmy Lunsford, Andrea Becerra) 2nd, 10:52.87
100 hurdles - Emily Myers 2nd, 18.12; Frost 5th, 18.64; Roden 6th, 18.91
3,200 - Evans 2nd, 12:48.30; Mueggenborg 4th, 13:38.72
800 relay - (Myers, Becerra, Frost, Ally Stephenson) 3rd, 1:52.73
800 - Katon Lunsford 6th, 2:40.50; Chesni Newkirk 7th, 2:41.75; Emmy Lunsford 8th, 2:45.00
400 - Newkirk 6th, 1:10.26
300 hurdles - Myers 3rd, 52.65; Frost 4th, 53.08; Roden 5th, 53.19
1,600 - Evans 3rd, 6:00.24; Newkirk 5th, 6:18.85
1,600 relay - (Myers, Becerra, Casinos, Stephenson), 3rd, 4:22.58
High jump - Stephenson 1st, 5-2
Pole vault - Dani Rios-Ramirez 3rd, 6-6
Long jump - Stephenson 1st, 16-6
Discus - Addy Matthews 7th, 66-9
Shot put - Allison Green 7th, 25-0
Cashion
400 relay - (Reese Williams, Lawson Mason, Bella Woody, Lauren Lamb) 3rd, 54.01
3,200 relay - (Sydney Owens, Heather Wade, Neeley Tilley-Bedick, Cheyanne Martinez), 4th, 12:31.70
800 relay - (Williams, Mason, Woody, Lamb) 4th, 1:54.68
100 - Reese Williams 4th, 13.57
200 - Lauren Lamb 4th, 29.13
1,600 relay - (Williams, Mason, Woody, Lamb) 6th, 4:44.67
Long jump - Cassie Cook 6th, 13-7.5
Boys
Kingfisher
400 relay - (Max Washington, Dynton Townsend, Cason Matthews, Kale Hart) 3rd, 47.76
3,200 relay - (Connor Hine, Matthew Stone, Maddox Mecklenburg, Jayden Newkirk) 2nd, 8:48.31
110 hurdles - Ben Reherman 3rd, 17.48 -
800 relay - (Hine, Townsend, Washington, Mason Mecklenburg) 2nd, 1:34.59
800 - Newkirk 3rd, 2:10.20
100 - Mason Mecklenburg 1st, 11.65; Washington 7th, 12:21
400 - Hart 2nd, 52.89 -
300 hurdles - Reherman 3rd, 44.11
200 - Mason Mecklenburg 1st, 23.67
1,600 - Newkirk 3rd, 4:58.34
1,600 relay - (Stone, Hine, Mason Mecklenburg, Townsend) 2nd, 3:37.69
High jump - Braxton Mecklenburg 1st, 6-0
Long jump - Stone 2nd, 20-6.25; Braxton Mecklenburg 7th, 17-7.5
Discus - Harrison Evans 7th, 99-5.5
Shot put - Evans 5th, 38-7
Cashion
3,200 relay - (Jake Branson, Bodie Beutler, Gage Bedick, Seth Gilbert) 3rd, 9:44.25
110 hurdles - Bodie Beutler 5th, 20.42
100 - Max Brown 6th, 12.12
300 hurdles - Beutler 5th, 48.12
200 - Brown 3rd, 24.54
1,600 relay - (Branson, Bedick, Gilbert, Brown) 6th, 3:55.32