Spring sports season wrapped up this past weekend with school getting out for the summer and state competitions. Many area high school athletes competed in this years Kansas High School Track and Field Champioships in Wichita at Cessna Stadium with 75 medalists, nine state titles, 10 silver medals, 10 bronze medals won by Kanzaland area athletes, with 19 multi-medal winners (31 other Delaware Valley, Big Seven or Twin Valley League athletes also won medals, including two state titles, four silver's six bronze's and 7-multi-medallists).

The most dominating performance of the state track meet of the Kanzaland area athletes came at the hands of a junior at Centralia. Lukas Koch, paced his way to three state titles winning gold in the 800-meter (1:59.34), 1600-meter (4:29.29) and 3200-meter runs (9:50.60). He defended his state title in the 1600 and 3200-meter runs, actually best his 1600-meter state time from last year.

While, Koch took home three gold medals he was joined by a few other Twin Valley League track athletes on the winner stand in Class 1A. For Baileyville-B&B it was a sweep of the high jump as Cody Heiman took the boys high jump crown and Haley Strathman won the girls. Heiman won his state title with a leap of 6'06", while Strathman won her's with a leap of 5'04". Both Heiman and Strathman each won other medals on top of their state titles, too. Heiman was part of B&B's boys 4x100-meter relay bronze medal team (44.98); while Strathman earned a pair of sixth place finishes in both the long jump (16'00.75") and the triple jump (35'00").

The other state title won in Class 1A was by Frankfort's, Jacob Broxterman, who won the shot put by a half of an inch with a toss of 48'06.5", he was part Frankfort's Class 1A-DII state championship basketball team.

In Class 2A in the last event of the state track meet it was the Jefferson County North boys 4x400-meter relay team inching out a state title by less than five tenths of a second (3:30.93). Boys relay team also finished third plcae in the 4x800-meter relay (8:15.45).

The other two Kanzaland area athlete's to capture state titles were in Class 3A and both came in field events as Jacob Lott, Horton and Dylan Piorier, Riverside won state crowns. Lott captured the Class 3A state title in the discus throw with a toss of 164'10", while Piorier vaulted his way to a victory in the pole vault (14'00").  Lott also tallied a silver medal in the shot put (51'06.5"). Piorier walked away with two medals, also earning a fifth place on top of his state title, earning fifth in the 300-meter hurdles (47.98).

The other state titles won by other schools in the area leagues came in Class 1A and 2A. In 1A Hanover's Courtney Jueneman, won the 800-meter run (2:25.96), while in 2A Washington Counties, Jordyn Alexander won the discus throw (127'08").

Full list of medalists list below:

Class 4A:

Class 3A:

 Class 2A:

 Class 1A: