W.P. Lady Jays Victorious at Bishop LeBlond Invitational​

The West Platte Girls Track & Field Team took 1st Place honors at the Bishop LeBlond Golden Eagle Invitational held on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.  The team competed against 10 other schools and scored a total of 116 points.

Finishing in the top eight places of their events and earning team points were:
Girls 100 Meter Dash – 5th Place - Sophie Grier
Girls 200 Meter Dash – 3rd Place – Sam Baker
Girls 400 Meter Dash – 8th Place – Hailey Peters
Girls 800 Meter Run – 4th Place – Leah Jacobs, 6th Place – Avery Holmes
Girls 1600 Meter Run – 2nd Place – Julia Pattison, 3rd Place – Leah Jacobs
Girls 3200 Meter Run – 3rd Place – Payton Reeber, 4th Place – Maggie Howard
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles – 1st Place – Hailey Peters, 4th Place – Hana Hoover
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles – 4th Place – Addison Bailey
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay – 2nd Place – Hailey Peters, Sophie Grier, Klaira Groom & Sam Baker
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay – 2nd Place – Hailey Peters, Sophie Grier, Avery Holmes & Sam Baker
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay – 1st Place – Avery Holmes, Julia Pattison, Maddison McMillan & Sam Baker
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay – 2nd Place – Avery Holmes, Leah Jacobs, Maddie McMillian & Julia Pattison
Girls Long Jump – 8th Place – Addison Bailey
Girls Triple Jump – 3rd Place – Addison Bailey, 6th Place – Kaelyn Eades
Girls High Jump – 8th Place – Klaira Groom
Girls Shot Put – 8th Place – Rylee McClung
Girls Javelin – 3rd Place – Sophie Grier

The Boys Track Team & Field Team came in 2nd place with 105 points competing against 10 other schools.  Those finishing in the top 8 places of their events and earning points were:

Boys 100 Meter Dash – 3rd Place – Brady McMillan, 5th Place - William Shafer
Boys 200 Meter Dash – 2nd Place – William Shafer
Boys 400 Meter Dash – 1st Place - Jonah McGivern
Boys 800 Meter Run – 7th Place - Colton 
Boys 1600 Meter Run – 4th Place – Noah Rees
Boys 3200 Meter Run – 5th Place – Noah Rees, 

6th Place - Benjamin Pendergast
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles – 3rd Place - Alex Kinslow, 4th Place - Miles McHenry
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles – 2nd Place – Alex Kinslow, 4th Place – Miles McHenry
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay – 1st Place - Colton Depetre, Alex Kinslow, Jonah McGivern & Brady McMillan
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay – 1st Place - Brady McMillan, Will Shafer, Colton Depetre & Miles McHenry
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay – 1st Place – William Shafer, Alex Kinslow, Brady McMillan & Jonah McGivern
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay – 4th Place – Noah Rees, Colton Depetre, Gus Goodwin & Ryan Handgen
Boys Long Jump – 2nd Place – Jonah McGivern
Boys High Jump – 6th Place – Johnny Jackson
Boys Javelin Throw – 2nd Place - Miles McHenry, 8th Place

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WP Boys Track & Field Takes 2nd Place –

KCI Conference Track Meet

The West Platte Boys Track team Hosted Conference this past Saturday with a second place finish in the KCI. 
Several boys contributed to this runner up conference plaque of 146 points on the day placing second to East Buchanan who scored a 176 points. 
Anyone that scores in the top 8 of their event scores points for the track team and anyone in the Top 4 medal and are considered to be on the All KCI Team for Track and Field with 1st Place having the honor of being a KCI CHAMPION!
Augie Hill
Boys Take 2nd
The Blue Jay Boys ended the day with 10 boys earning All KCI Conference Honors and 15 boys scoring points for the team. 
Alex Kinslow
Lots of great performances, some school records and one KCI Conference record was recorded. Here is the list of accomplishments on the day:
All Conference Individual events:
Augie Hill (3 all conf individual medals)
1st in 100 m and 200 m Dash, 3rd in High Jump
Miles Mchenry (3 all conf individual medals)
3rd in 110 Hurdles and 300 m Hurdles, 2nd in Javelin
Alex Kinslow (2 all conf individual medals)
4th in 110 Hurdles and 2nd in the 300 Hurdles
*New school record with a time of 40.85
Will Shafer (2 all conf individual medals)
4th in 100 m Dash and 3rd in the 200 m Dash
Jonah McGivern (2 all conf individual medals)
1st in 400 m Dash and 3rd in Long Jump
Brady McMillan (1 all conf individual medal)
3 rd in 400 m Dash
Jonah McGivern
All Conference Relay Teams:
4 x 800 Relay 3rd place 
Noah Reese--Colton Depetre--Brendan Sullivan--Jonah McGivern
4 x 400 Relay 2nd place 
Brady McMillan--Will Shafer--Brendan Sullivan--Alex Kinslow
4 x 200 Relay 1st Place
Brady McMillan--Will Shafer--Colton Depetre--Miles McHenry
4 x 100 Relay 1st Place
Brady McMillan--Augie Hill--Jonah McGivern--Alex Kinslow
*New school record with a time of 43.67 and also a new KCI Conference Record
The following athletes placed between 5th place through 8th place. Even though they are not considered All Conference their point help contribute to the Blue jays runner up success and are just as important when it comes to the team concept of the day:
Noah Reese 5th in 1600 m Run and 7th in the 3200 m Run
Khysen Heskins 7th in Javelin
Matthew Haynes 6th in Discus
Joe Blake 5th in Long Jump
Blaze Masoner 5th in 110 Hurdles and 7th in the 300 m Hurdles
Colton Depetre 8th in the 800 m Run
Ben Pendergrast 8th in the 3200 m Run
Proud of all the boys’ efforts Saturday. We knew that we had a good chance to do well and most boys competing at a level of a conference Championship team we just couldn’t keep up with a very deep East Buch team. A performance like this gives the team and coaches great confidence going into the postseason next Saturday at Plattsburg.
Other School records broken in the 2024 season but not at this meet are:
Augie Hill 100 m dash 10.84 and the 200 m dash 22.24
Miles McHenry Javelin with a throw of 52.61 meters
Girls Score!
The West Platte Track teams hosted Conference this past Saturday with a second place finish in the KCI. The girls scored 116.3 points for a 2nd place finish in the meet. Points were scored in every single event of the meet. The top 4 in each event medal and are considered to be All-Conference. 
All Conference Individual events:
Maddie McMillan - Javelin 2nd Place
Addi Bailey - Triple Jump 2nd Place
Julia Pattison - 1600 3rd Place, 3200 3rd Place
Avery Holmes - 800 4th Place
Sam Baker - 200 3rd Place *New School Record of 25.56*
Hailey Peters - 100 Hurdles 2nd Place, 300 Hurdles 3rd Place
Hana Hoover - 100 Hurdles 4th Place
All Conference Relay Teams:
4 x 800 Relay - KCI Conference Champions!
Avery Holmes, Blair McHenry, Maddie McMillan, Julia Pattison
4 x 400 Relay 3rd Place 
Avery Holmes, Julia Pattison, Maddie McMillan, Sam Baker
4 x 200 Relay 2nd Place
Hailey Peters, Sophie Grier, Avery Holmes, Sam Baker
4 x 100 Relay 3rd Place
Hailey Peters, Sophie Grier, Klaira Groom, Sam Baker
The following athletes placed between 5th place through 8th place. Even though they are not considered All Conference their point help contribute to the Blue jays runner up success and are just as important when it comes to the team concept of the day:
Rylee McClung - Shot 7th Place
Maizie French - Shot 6th Place
Cambrie Swope - Discus 8th Place
Tatum Worden - Pole Vault 7th Place
Kaelyn Eades - Long Jump 8th, Triple Jump 7th
Klaira Groom - High Jump 8th Place
Payton Reber - 3200  7th Place
Leah Jacobs - 800 6th, 1600 6th 
Blair McHenry - 400 8th
Sophie Grier - 100 7th
Addi Bailey - 300 Hurdles 7th

The girls have done a great job all season competing through adversity and we’re excited to see what they can accomplish when we hit postseason meets this Saturday at Plattsburg. 

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