South Barber State Track qualifiers are (from left) Miley Turner, Danielle MacKinney, Lily Schurter, Kenslea Schupbach, Reignie Coggins, Austin Swonger, Joshua MacKinney, Garen Cantrell, Leo Turner.
South Barber High School had nine students qualify for the state track meet to be held at Wichita State University Memorial weekend. The head coach is Michael Shklar, who is assisted by Matt Cantrell, Savanah Coggins, Sammi Inman and Jose Salinas. The results of students' performance at regionals qualified them for the state meet as follows:
South Barber sophomore Lily Schurter won the discus throw and shot put at the regional track meeting to qualify for state. Her discus throw was 120 feet, eight inches. The shot-put throw was 38 feet, five inches.
SBHS "A" Team Austin Swonger, Joshua McKinney, Garen Cantrell and Leo Turner ran the 4x400 with a time of 3:35.24. This placed them fifth at regionals and qualified them for state.
Freshman Reignee Coggins set a new South Barber record and qualified for state at the regional track meet. She ran the 400-meter dash and took second place with a time of 60.18. Athletic Director Michael Shklar said the previous school record was 61.1, held by Kelli Thomas.
Garen Cantrell, a South Barber freshman, placed third in the 800-meter with a time of 2:03.4. This regional performance qualified him for state.
Also a freshman at South Barber, Austin Swonger won second place in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.5. He also placed second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 40.48. He qualified for state in both events.
Freshman Kenslea Schupbach placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.8. This was at regionals, which qualified her for state.
Coach Shklar listed some other outstanding track achievements, such as: Josh MacKinney set a PR in the 3200-meter with a time of 10:56. Junior high student Lynnon Humphrey set a school record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 63.5.4 previously held by now teacher Jenny (Farney) Cantrell.
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