Henry Timmer-Hackert
Ivan Bryson '24 jumped 17 feet and 11.25 inches. Not quite happy, he said "I could do with some better improvement" when asked about his jump.
As the weather warms up, the boys track and field team hosted their annual Hollingsworth Relays. This year the team placed first with a total of 152 points across all events. This beat out Adel DeSoto Minburn High School at 132 points and Solon High School at 118 points, along with many others. The team also met many blue standards to qualify their runners for the Drake relays April 24-27. They hope this will mark the first of many meets to come this season.
Top three West placements by event:
100-meter dash: Izaiah Loveless ’24 placed first with a time of 10.65.
200-meter dash: Julian Manson ’26 placed second with a time of 22.6.
4×100 meter relay: Rent Todd ’24, Mason Woods ’25, Julian Manson ’26 and Izaiah Loveless ’24 placed second with a time of 42.52.
400-meter dash: Moustafa Tiea ’25 placed first and Sam Showers ’25 placed third with times of 49.5 and 52.16 respectively.
4×200-meter relay: Rent Todd ’24, Mason Woods ’25, Aidan Jacobsen ’24 and Izaiah Loveless ’24 placed first with a time of 1:27.42.
800-meter run: Moustafa Tiea ’25 placed first and Sam Showers ’25 placed second with times of 1:57.17 and 1:59.37 respectively.
4×400-meter relay: Aidan Jacobsen ’24, Izaiah Loveless ’24, Julian Manson ’26 and Moustafa Tiea ’25 placed first with a time of 3:25.31.
4×800-meter relay: Sam Showers ’25, Brice Wahe ’25, Robert Stong ’24 and Colin Wehrle ’27 placed third with a time of 8:27.77.
400-meter hurdles: Waleed Ibrahim ’26 placed second and Landon Waddilove ’26 placed third with times of 58.55 and 59.32, respectively.
4×110-meter shuttle hurdle relay: Quinn Abbott ’24, Waleed Ibrahim ’24, Ely Smock ’24 and Aidan Jacobsen ’24 placed third with a time of 1:02.29.
Long jump: Aidan Jacobsen, ’24, placed first with a jump of 22 feet and 1.5 inches.
Discus: Winner Ndjibu ’24 placed third with a throw of 142 feet and 6 inches.