State track and field 2008 May 29, 2008
Baldwin High School competed at the 2008 state track and field meet in Wichita May 23-24. BHS came home with four gold medals and two school records.
Baldwin High School won the Class 4A boys' 1,600-meter relay Saturday night to end the state meet. BHS ran 3:25.42. Team members were, from left, freshman Carson Barnes, junior Ryan Kennedy, senior Dustin Schiller and senior Kyle Smith.
Baldwin High School won the Class 4A girls' 3,200-meter run Saturday morning at the state meet. BHS set the school record by running 9:41.09. The team members are shown here on the awards' stand. Front row, from left, are junior Calleigh Durr and senior Heather Garcia. Back row are junior Corinna Papps and sophomore Connor Twombly.
Baldwin High School senior Heather Garcia crosses the finish line as she wins the 1,600-meter run Saturday afternoon. She won the race for the third straight year as she ran 5:05.97 to easily win her third gold medal in the event. She also ran the 3,200-meter run on Friday, running 11:09.45, to win that event for the third consecutive year also. Garcia also finished runner-up in the 800-meter run Saturday and set a school record of 2:15.29.
Tony Weiss, Baldwin High School freshman, competed in the Class 4A boys' 3,200-meter run at the state meet. Weiss finished seventh, running a personal-best time of 10:02.63.
Baldwin High School freshman Allison Howard finished sixth in the Class 4A discus with a toss of 120 feet, 10 inches. Here she collects her medal on the awards stand Friday.
Logan Schiller, junior at Baldwin High School, clears 12 feet in the Class 4A pole vault. He went on to clear 12 feet, 6 inches to tie his season-best mark and place 10th in the event.
Courtney Harris, Baldwin High School senior, launches the javelin during the finals of the Class 4A event. Harris threw 123 feet, 4 inches to finish eighth in the event.
Baldwin High School freshman Lyndsey Lober competes in the 100-meter hurdles Friday morning. Lober finished 14th in a time of 16.28.
Baldwin High School senior Heather Garcia, right, leads the pack of runners during the first lap of the 3,200-meter run. Garcia went on to win her third straight 3,200 state championship. She finished second as a freshman to Clearwater's Mallory Champa, who set the Class 4A record that year.
Baldwin High School senior Kyle Smith, right, slaps hands hands with junior Sam Beecher after the boys' 1,600-meter rela won the Class 4A state title Saturday.
Dustin Schiller, Baldwin High School senior, starts the 400-meter dash. Schiller placed fourth in the event, running 50.58.
Baldwin High School freshman Ramie Burkhart competes in the 300-meter hurdles preliminaries.
Baldwin High School junior Corinna Papps starts the third leg of the girls' 3,200-meter relay after receiving the baton from sophomore Connor Twombly. Junior Calleigh Durr led the Bulldogs off.
Baldwin High School senior Heather Garcia, left, passes Wamego's Beth Neilsen down the home stretch of the Class 4A 3,200-meter run. Garcia trailed by nearly 75 meters but won the race in a school-record time of 9:41.09.
Baldwin High School senior Heather Garcia celebrates winning the girls' 3,200-meter relay state championship Saturday morning.
Members of the Baldwin High School girls' 3,200-meter relay team act silly and hold up "peace signs" while waiting on the awards stand for their gold medals after winning the race in a school-record time of 9:41.09. Pictured, from left, are junior Calleigh Durr, junior Corinna Papps, senior Heather Garcia and sophomore Connor Twombly.
Baldwin High School senior Kyle Smith, right, hands off the baton to junior Ryan Kennedy after running the leadoff leg for the Bulldogs' 1,600-meter relay.
Ryan Kenndy, right, Baldwin High School junior, passes several opponents during the end of lap in the finals of the 1,600-meter relay Saturday.
Carson Barnes (No. 1902), Baldwin High School freshman, competes with other runners during the 1,600-meter relay final.
Dustin Schiller, left, Baldwin High School senior, out sprints all opponents during the final stretch of the Class 4A 1,600-meter relay Saturday night. Baldwin won the race in a time of 3:25.52.
Members of the Baldwin High School boys' 1,600-meter relay team stand in the center of the awards podium after winning the race.
Allison Howard, Baldwin High School freshman, placed sixth at the Class 4A state meet in the discus with a throw of 120 feet, 10 inches. Howard is shown here throwing at the Frontier League meet.
Baldwin High School senior Courtney Harris competes in the javelin at the state meet. The Class 4A event will filled with three of the top throwers in the nation. Harris finished eighth.
Baldwin High School senior Heather Garcia leads the 3,200-meter run Friday morning. She won the event by 23 seconds to earn her third consecutive Class 4A state title in the race.
Carson Barnes, freshman at Baldwin High School, runs his leg of the boys' 3,200-meter relay Friday morning. Baldwin placed sixth in the event.
Baldwin High School sophomore JaBryanna Wellington, left, takes the baton from senior Courtney Harris during the finals of the 1,600-meter relay Saturday evening.
The Schiller brothers talk after senior Dustin, sitting, finished the 400-meter dash. Junior Logan was competing in the pole vault at the same time.
Heather Garcia, left, Baldwin High School senior, helps De Soto freshman Shelbi Petty after the 1,600-meter run Saturday.
Heather Garcia, left, Baldwin High School senior, attempts to pass El Dorado's Laura Nightengale on the second lap of the 800-meter run Saturday.
Heather Garcia, senior at Baldwin High School, talks with a Kansas State High School Activities Association judge after the 800-meter run. Garcia was pushed during the race, but no action was taken by any officials.
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