photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Free State’s Cameryn Thomas long jumps in the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. Thomas finished in sixth place with a jump of 17 feet two inches.

photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence High’s Evann Seratte runs the 400 meter dash preliminaries of the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. Seratte finished second in her heat and is ranked third going into finals on Saturday.

photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Free State’s Arieauna Childress triple jumps in the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. Childress finished in seventh place with a jump of 35 feet 11 inches.

photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Free State’s Arieauna Childress triple jumps in the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. Childress finished in seventh place with a jump of 35 feet 11 inches.

photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Free State’s Arieauna Childress triple jumps in the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. Childress finished in seventh place with a jump of 35 feet 11 inches.

photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Free State’s Tyler Winsor throws the javelin in the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. Winsor finished seventh with a throw of 170 feet five inches.

photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence High’s Harrison King throws the javelin in the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. King finished sixth with a throw of 170 feet six inches.

photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence High’s Hunter Krom throws the javelin in the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. Krom finished second with a throw of 204 feet two inches. Krom was only eight inches behind the leader.

photo by: Hannah Roberts/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence High’s Hunter Krom throws the javelin in the Class 6A Track and Field State Championship meet on Friday afternoon in Cessna Stadium. Krom finished second with a throw of 204 feet two inches. Krom was only eight inches behind the leader.

photo by: Chris Duderstadt

Free State senior Emily Venters distances herself from the pack during the 6A girls 3,200-meter run at the state track and field meet on Friday at Wichita State's Cessna Stadium. Venters won the race with a time of 10:35.90 — her first state title in the event since 2014.