Area athletes from Columbus, Highland, Lone Tree, and Winfield-Mt. Union kicked off their outdoor track season at the Columbus Early Bird Invitational on Monday.

Columbus/Lone Tree won the boys’ title with 236 team points. Top five finishers for the Wildcats included:

• 100m: Domonic Garcia (1st, 11.69), Djamar Exantus (3rd, 11.91)
• 200m: Lamar Ceant (2nd, 22.30), Domonic Garcia (3rd, 23.20)
• 400m: Lando Garza (3rd, 56.53), Victor Tovar (4th, 57.17)
• 800m: Cade Storm (2nd, 2:11.10), Drake Marin (4th, 2:20.70)
• 1600m: Ryan Villa (1st, 4:58), Victor Tovar (2nd, 4:59), Kevin Villa (4th, 5:06)
• 3200m: Drake Marin (2nd, 11:28.23), Elias Gonzalez Bravo (3rd, 11:47.34)
• 110m Hurdles: Lamar Ceant (1st, 14.95), Alexander Rees (2nd, 15.13)
• 400m Hurdles: Alexander Rees (1st, 58.87), Dante Orozco-Gutierrez (5th, 1:03.95)
• 800m Sprint Medley: Djamar Exantus, Fritz Massillon, Mario Perez, Lando Garza (2nd, 1:42.15)
• Distance Medley: Angel Ineichen, Dakota Aney, Mario Perez, Elias Gonzalez Bravo (3rd, 4:11.62)
• 4x100m Relay: Djamar Exantus, Alexander Rees, Domonic Garcia, Lamar Ceant (1st, 44.86)
• 4x200m Relay: Tyson Kaalberg, Tyson Corneille, Fritz Massillon, Djamar Exantus (1st, 1:37.39)
• 4x400m Relay: Lando Garza, Tyson Corneille, Tyson Kaalberg, Cade Storm (2nd, 3:48.24)
• 4x800m Relay: Kevin Villa, Ryan Villa, Cade Storm, Victor Tovar (1st, 8:47.10)
• 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle: Lamar Ceant, Tyson Kaalberg, Donovan Rees, Alexander Rees (2nd, 1:06.27)
• High Jump: Gray Spillman (2nd, 5’06”), Tyson Corneille (2nd, 5’06”)
• Shot Put: Ronaldo Villegas (1st, 44′), Fritz Figaro (3rd, 38’03”)
• Long Jump: Dakota Aney (5th, 17’09”)
• Discus Throw: Fritz Figaro (2nd, 134’08”), Ronaldo Villegas (3rd, 126’03”)

Winfield-Mt. Union’s boys’ finished fifth with 61 team points. Top five finishers for the Wolves were:

• 110m Hurdles: Gavin Prior (5th, 17.59)
• 800m Sprint Medley: Graham Haines, Channing Norcross, Gunnar Wibstad, Kai Ball (4th, 1:50.22)
• 4x100m Relay: Jaxton Jones, Tayson Samuels, Kade Sweezer, Kale Kerr (4th, 49.08)
• 4x200m Relay: Kai Ball, Channing Norcross, Kale Kerr, Kade Sweezer (5th, 1:44.76)
• 4x800m Relay: Brayden Cline, Jaiden Beeding, Bowen Thomson, Jagger Thomson (4th, 10:03.80)
• 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle: Gavin Prior, Tayson Samuels, Jaxton Jones, Cruz Hagmeier (1st, 1:05.65)
• Shot Put: Colin Anderson (4th, 36′)
• Discus Throw: Colin Anderson (4th, 115’09”)

Highland’s boys’ took sixth with 38 team points. Top five finishes for the Huskies came from:

• Distance Medley: Dawson Bell, Caleb Wheeler, Noah Hartzler, Brock Nebergall (2nd, 4:08.67)
• 4x200m Relay: Elvin Hernandez, Dawson Bell, Brody Beinhart, Caleb Wheeler (3rd, 1:43.02)
• 4x400m Relay: Elvin Hernandez, Brody Beinhart, Noah Hartzler, Brock Nebergall (4th, 3:55.77)
• 4x800m Relay: Noah Hartzler, Elvin Hernandez, Jacob Schneider, Brock Nebergall (3rd, 9:15.10)

Meanwhile, Van Buren secured first place on the girls’ side with 148 team points. Highland’s girls’ finished third with 128 team points, and were the highest ranking team of the KCII listening area. The Huskies were led by:

• 100m: Kamryn Fink (2nd, 13.52)
• 200m: Alexa Hahn (2nd, 27.74)
• 800m: Aubrey Hahn (3rd, 2:47.63)
• 3000m: Grace Bombei (2nd, 12:34.56)
• 100m Hurdles: Maiya Singbeil (1st, 18.10), Sienna Bell (2nd, 18.53)
• 400m Hurdles: Maiya Singbeil (1st, 1:16.03)
• 800m Sprint Medley: Kamryn Fink, Hailey Brun, Maiya Singbeil, Kinzie Ruess (2nd, 2:04.19)
• Distance Medley: Ava Sexton, Brena Hazelett, Aubrey Hahn, Grace Bombei (3rd, 5:03.25)
• 4x100m Relay: Hailey Brun, Kamryn Fink, Alexa Hahn, Kinzie Ruess (1st, 53.50)
• 4x200m Relay: Kamryn Fink, Hailey Brun, Kinzie Ruess, Alexa Hahn (1st, 1:53.31)
• 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle:
• High Jump: Kinzie Ruess (2nd, 4’08”), Maiya Singbeil (4th, 4’04”)
• Shot Put: Chloe Sexton (5th, 29′)
• Long Jump: Alexa Hahn (1st, 16’05”)

Columbus finished fourth with 100 team points. The Wildcats got top five performances from:

• 100m: Ella Howell (3rd, 13.64)
• 200m: Ella Howell (3rd, 28.23)
• 400m: Ella Howell (1st, 1:02.66), Ellie Valencia (5th, 1:20.53)
• 800m: Gabriela Duran (2nd, 2:44.51)
• 1500m: Iris Garza (2nd, 5:26)
• Distance Medley: Daniela Diaz, Ivy Dennler, Naveiah Garza, Iris Garza (2nd, 4:47.68)
• 4x100m Relay: Jocelyn Hernandez, Deira Grommet, Ivy Dennler, Daniela Diaz (4th, 59.68)
• 4x200m Relay: Jocelyn Hernandez, Deira Grommet, Jessica Del Rio, Daniela Diaz (5th, 2:10.27)
• 4x400m Relay: Gabriela Duran, Rozlynn Garza, Iris Garza, Naveiah Garza (1st, 4:39.80)
• High Jump: Naveiah Garza (3rd, 4’06”)
• Shot Put: Isabella Forbes (1st, 32’02”)
• Discus Throw: Isabella Forbes (3rd, 92’04”)

Lone Tree finished sixth with 52 team points. Top five finishers for the Lions included:

• 100m: Ava Christofferson (1st, 13.25)
• 200m: Ava Christofferson (1st, 27.56)
• 3000m: Lydia Hartman (5th, 13:53)
• 800m Sprint Medley: Addison McCullough, Lindsay Baltazar, Addyson Eiben, Jazmine Nino (4th, 2:09.82)
• 4x200m Relay: Addison McCullough, Jazmine Nino, Addyson Eiben, Ava Christofferson (2nd, 1:57:51)
• Long Jump: Ava Christofferson (2nd, 16′), Addison McCullough (3rd, 14’07”)

Winfield-Mt. Union finished seventh with 32.5 team points. Leading the Wolves with top five finishes were:

• 100m Hurdles: Kaelyn Townsley (3rd, 18.83)
• Distance Medley: Josslyn Roen, Madisen Kellogg, Kaelyn Townsley, Maycei Venghaus-Phelps (5th, 5:23.61)
• 4x100m Relay: Josslyn Roen, Madisen Kellogg, Lydia Meeker, Kaelyn Townsley (3rd, 58.94)
• High Jump: Quin Smith (5’02.25″)