Senior Ross Stephens won three state titles and set two Division II records to lead the ConVal boys track and field team to a fifth-place finish at the Division II Championships on May 30 at Londonderry High School.

Ross Stephens and Whitney Adair finished an excellent track season. Credit: Courtesy

Stephens captured championships in the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash and the 4×400-meter relay. His winning time of 48.46 seconds in the 400 set a new Division II record. He also finished third in the 100-meter dash.

The 4×400 relay team of junior Griffin Schultz, sophomore Walter Stephens, junior Bretton Davies and Ross Stephens set a Division II record and a new school record with a winning time of 3:25.19.

Walter Stephens earned second place in the triple jump with a personal-best leap of 40 feet, 4.25 inches. Schultz finished fourth in the 400 and fifth in the 200, while junior Jack Telofski placed fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 17.96 seconds.

For the girls, senior Whitney Adair placed sixth in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 2:26.57. Adair also helped lead two relay teams to season-best performances. The 4×100 relay team of Adair, freshman Stella Arnone, sophomore Amelie Davis and sophomore Larianna Trudel finished in 55.14 seconds, while Adair, Davis, Trudel and senior Alia Dodge ran the 4×400 relay in a season-best 4:34.89.

Ryann Brooks is the Ledger-Transcript editor. She was the 2023 Kansas Press Association Journalist of the Year. You can contact her at rbrooks@ledgertranscript.com.