Tigers win relay with team effort
BY JIM MISUNAS
WICHITA – St. John Tiger Quincy Smith trailed Beloit St. John’s Adam Bates, but he was prepared for the moment in the 1A 3,200-meter boys relay.
Smith clocked a career-best split of 2:00.2 to run down Bates (2:03.7) for the Tigers’ gold medal in the 3,200 meters. Teammates Trey Fisher (2:01.5), Cashe McVey (2:07.3) and Mason Osborne (2:07.1) gave Smith the baton with a small deficit.
“I was behind, but I just wanted to stay close,” Smith said. “The second lap, I could hopefully outkick him. I came around him with about 100 meters left.”
The Tigers finished with a season-best 8:16.26 to cut another 12 seconds off their previous best time.
“When we ran 8:28 at the Central Prairie League meet, we cut 20 seconds off,” Smith said. “We knew we had the pieces together to put a good time together.”
Smith and Osborne were part of four state qualifying teams this year in cross country, basketball, golf and track. The Tigers won a state basketball championship when Smith was a ninth-grader. They won state cross country when Smith was a junior.
Smith enjoyed a strong day with a third place in the 400 (51.9), a fourth in the triple jump (41-8) and a third-place in the 1,600-meter relay (3:31.02) with Trey Fisher, Cashe McVey and Mason Osborne.
The Tigers scored 27 points to place eighth in 1A, won by South Gray (77 points).
1A ST. JOHN RESULTS
300m hurdles—9—Torre Fisher, 49.43
400m Q—2—Smith, 51.74
400m FINAL—3—Smith, 51.9
800m—11—Trey Fisher, 2:07.86
400m relay—14—St. John, 46.9 (Eddy Calleros, Halling, Chase Fisher, Osborne)
1,600m relay Q—2—St. John, 3:31.87 (Trey Fisher, McVey, Osborne, Smith)
1,600m relay FINAL—3—St. John, 3:31.02 (Trey Fisher, McVey, Osborne, Smith)
3,200m relay—1—St. John, 8:16.26 (Trey Fisher, McVey, Osborne, Smith)
High jump—14—Chase Fisher, SJ, 5-8
Triple jump—4—Smith, 41-8
Triple jump—14—Crissman, SJ, 32-11/4
Javelin—10—Nelson, SJ, 113-3
Javelin—16—Cashe McVey, SJ, 137-5
Pole vault—10—Doran, 9-0
