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Lawrence high track and field

Firebirds girls win regional track title; city athletes qualify for state
By Benton Smith
May 18, 2013
For some high school track and field athletes, earning a trip to state with a top-four regional finish is nothing new. The state veterans from Free State and Lawrence knew nothing would be guaranteed Friday at a Class 6A regional at LHS, and showed no lack of satisfaction upon getting back to the ultimate meet next weekend in Wichita. Still, the Firebirds and Lions who became first-time state qualifiers made it clear the bliss of that moment is unique. By Benton Smith
Young LHS relay teams emerging as state contenders
By Benton Smith
May 17, 2013
The Lawrence High girls 4x800 and 4x400 relay teams have emerged as a force to be reckoned with this season, despite the relative inexperience of the Lions’ runners. By Benton Smith
Free State girls second at league track
By Benton Smith
May 11, 2013
If the Sunflower League created a multitasking medal for track and field athletes, Free State High’s Alexa Harmon-Thomas would have no problem winning it. By Benton Smith
More high school sporting events postponed Friday
Staff Reports
12:09 p.m., May 3, 2013 Updated 05:20 p.m.
Boys tennis regional tournaments are just some of the Friday high school sporting events called off due to the ongoing cold and wet spring weather in northeast Kansas.
Thursday high school sporting events called off
Staff Reports
12:51 p.m., May 2, 2013 Updated 02:15 p.m.
Unseasonably cold weather and precipitation that is expected to turn into snow caused officials at Free State and Lawrence high schools to call off all sporting events for Thursday.
Free State girls track wins meet at Topeka Seaman
Staff Reports
April 28, 2013
Free State High’s girls track team totaled 96 points for a resounding first place at Friday’s Topeka Seaman Relays.
‘Little Relays’ gives other high school track athletes a chance
By Benton Smith
April 23, 2013
With so many runners, throwers and jumpers competing at a varsity track meet, the successes of some high school athletes get overlooked or cast aside as minutiae when other teammates are scoring most of the points and collecting all of the medals. By Benton Smith
Free State’s Harmon-Thomas named Kansas Relays’ top female athlete
By Jesse Newell
April 21, 2013
Free State junior Alexa Harmon-Thomas added to her accomplished track-and-field career Saturday, tying a Kansas Relays high school meet record with a long jump of 19 feet, 4 1/4 inches. It was part of a historic day for Harmon-Thomas, who was named the Kansas Relays’ Outstanding Female Athlete of the Meet. By Jesse Newell
Kansas Relays results (Friday)
Staff Reports
12:29 a.m., April 20, 2013 Updated 08:25 a.m.
Results from the Kansas Relays on Friday.
Ailing Alexa Harmon-Thomas wins high jump
By Jesse Newell
12:13 a.m., April 20, 2013 Updated 08:27 a.m.
Though Alexa Harmon-Thomas had to miss the 300-meter hurdles because of a bout of the stomach flu, she found the strength to defend her high-jump title at the Kansas Relays. By Jesse Newell
Lawrence High’s Grace Morgan signs to walk on to KU
By Benton Smith
April 19, 2013
Like many high school track athletes this week preparing for the Kansas Relays, Lawrence High senior Grace Morgan has had Kansas University on her mind. By Benton Smith
FSHS track meet, other prep events canceled
Staff Reports
April 17, 2013
Rainy weather has wiped out Wednesday’s high school athletic events.
FSHS track wins but loses at Barrier Breakers
By Benton Smith
April 13, 2013
Only once a year during track season can a 12th-place finish carry as much weight as a victory. That was the format Friday at Free State High’s Barrier Breaker meet. By Benton Smith
LHS track 3rd, 8th at Topeka
Staff Reports
April 6, 2013
Rebecca Finley and Matia Finley placed 1-2 in the discus, and the 4X400 relay team of Marissa Pope, Kyleigh Severa, Leah Gabler and Jensen Edwards won to help Lawrence High’s girls track and field team place third of 12 teams at the Topeka Relays on Friday at Hummer Park.
FSHS track tops LHS
By Benton Smith
March 28, 2013
Generally, when the track and field athletes at Lawrence and Free State high schools are competing at the same venue, there is a throng of other teams with which to contend, too. Not on Thursday at LHS. By Benton Smith

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