East Buchanan wins first district title in 36 years

For the first time since 1987, the East Buchanan Bulldogs track and field team has won a district championship.

The East Buchanan boys team earned 14 sectional qualifications and racked up 120.5 team points to win the Class 2, District 8 championship on Saturday, May 6, at West Platte High School in Weston, Mo. The East Buchanan girls earned six sectional qualifications, finishing fifth with 59 points. North Platte won the district title in the girls standings.

The East Buchanan boys received contributions from throughout its line-up on Saturday, which included three individual district championships. Trevor Klein won the triple jump (12.75 meters) while placing second in the long jump (6.18 meters). Trey Johnson won the javelin with a throw of 50.3 meters, was second in the triple jump (12.34 meters) and was fourth in the long jump (6.12 meters).

The 4x800M relay team (White, Paxton, Conroy, Hensley) was also first with a time of 8:30.

Seth Spencer was second in both the 110M hurdles (15.74 seconds) and 300M hurdles (42.14 seconds). Thrower Chase Meers placed fourth in both the shot put (14.63 meters) and the discus (39.18 meters). Parker Conroy took second in the 800M (2:07), Aidan Hensley was third in the 3200M (11:06) and Carson White was fourth in the 800M (2:10) to advance to sectionals. The 4x400M relay (White, Johnson, Conroy, Paxton) added a fourthplace finish at 3:41.

For the Lady Bulldogs, Rilyn Sherwood collected

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