Track & Field

Special to Kansas PregameBrotherly love prevails here in the Hanna household, but make no mistake. Competition between Jacob and younger brother Alan fuels an inferno that can be seen for miles.“As a brother, he's the closest to age to me so I think I can relate to him,” Alan said.

Special to Kansas Pregame Destiny greeted recent Lincoln High graduate Bentley Smith this spring and she welcomed it with open arms and sprinter’s legs.Smith, who had never gone out for track, answered destiny’s call, and just in time, too.

Special to Kansas PregameHe surpassed 10-feet in pole vault in just his second high school meet as a freshman. Bryce Barkdull and his ascension to heights still unknown hasn’t stopped since.

Special to Kansas Pregame Brogan Rowley has admired watching Tyus Wilson jump. The admiration began when Wilson was a Sterling Black Bear and now Nebraska Cornhusker. Later this week, the Ell-Saline junior attempts to break Wilson’s Class 2A high jump record in a regional meet at Jeff County North.

Special to Kansas PregameJust call Mayce Russell the Mean Macksville Machine.And that machine will be steamrolling northward towards Salina next August when she begins her collegiate track career as a Kansas Wesleyan Coyote.

Special to Kansas Pregame MANHATTAN - It took 27 years for the Manhattan High girls 100-meter dash record to fall. It took junior Hanna Pellant just 20 minutes to break the 1997 mark twice between prelims and finals.

Special to Kansas Pregame Like Timex watches, Hillsboro Trojan junior Seth Driggers takes a licking but more importantly keeps on ticking as the Timex commercials once said.Last year he injured his hip in the back half of the track season while triple jumping. That injury only worsened by regionals.

Special to Kansas PregameThe most decorated distance runner in Salina Central history has committed to be a Tar Heel.

Special to Kansas Pregame One of Isaac Kane’s biggest fans continues to provide inspiration even five years after her death. “I’ve always lived to run and have always wanted to be the fastest kid from middle school till now,” the Jefferson County North senior standout said.

Special to Kansas PregameSay “Hey!” to Devin the Dominator, Master Matthew, Brady Bunch Kid and the Sterling Stud. Together they literally raised the bar for high jumpers across the Midwest at NCAA conference track and field championships one week ago.