By RORY MOORE
Tiger Media Network
The KSHSAA State Track and Field Championships kicked off Friday in Wichita.
Here is a look at some of the action on the first day of the state meet at Wichita State University.
A runner rounds the turn during a race Friday. 
Friday’s events concluded with 3200m Run Finals. 
Piper Erdwien jumping for Circle High School. 
2A Boys 3200 Meter Run Finals won by Gavin Hickert of Smith Center. 
300m Low Hurdles for the 4A, 5A, and 6A Girls. 
A shot landing in the dirt. 
KSHSAA officials assiting an exhausted runner. 
Running Events for Friday began at Cessna Stadium with 3200m finals for 4A, 5A, and 6A Boys and Girls. 
Alana Mitchell of Topkea Hayden High School placed sixth in the 4A Girls Long Jump with a mark of 17-1.75. 
Passing the baton in the backstretch. 
The 6A Boys 400m Dash prelims won by Ryan Hartz of Olathe East High School. 
4A Girls Pole Vault won by Jenna Lackey of Buhler High School. 
Olathe High School winning a heat in the 6A Boys 4x400m Relay prelims. 
1A Girls High Jump won by Riley Hubert of Sedan High School. 
Handing medals to numerous athletes. 
Pole Vault Finals in the backstretch. 
Maddie Williams throwing for Hugoton High School. 
Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School passing the baton in the 5A Boys 4x400m Relay. 
Crossing the finish line. 
5A Girls Shot Put won by Klyn Curtis of St. Thomas Aquinas High School. 
Zachary Hancock throwing for Wasburn Rural High School. 
Lauren DeGroot of Bishop Carroll took first in her prelim with a time of 43.98 in the 5A Girls 300m Hurdles. 
Field events for the 2026 KSHSAA State Championship beginning outside Koch Arena with Girls Shot Put. 
Completing a lap in the 6A Boys 3200m Final. 
Girls 4 x 100m Relays. 
Taking off in the boys 4x100m Relays. 
4A Girls Javelin won by Braelyn Hinman-Mitchell of Parsons High School. 
Three-way race in the 4A Boys 4x400m Relay prelims won by Prat High School. 
Posing for pictures with medals. 
Boys 300m Intermediate Hurdles.