BUFFALO – A total of 10 middle schools were represented when the annual Frank Kennedy Track and Field Invitational was held here Monday on the campus of Altoona-Midway High School and Middle School.
Top finishes for the host AMMS Jet squad were a trio of silver medal performances by Eliot Ard, Allison Lockhart, and Hunter Reaves.
Ard placed second in the Boys “A” 1600 run with a time of 5:58.76, finishing just more than a second after the first-place runner.
Lockhart secured the runner-up spot in the Girls “A” high jump by clearing 4-0, while Reaves notched second place in the Boys “B” 800 meter run, completing that distance in a time of 3:31.14.
Lockhart and Reaves were joined by Altoona-Midway teammates Caden Sicka and Haden Buchanan as those placing in two separate individual events at the home invitational.
Lockhart added a fifth-place finish in the Girls “A” 1600 meter run, finishing in 8:05.01, while Reaves also grabbed fourth place in the Boys “B” discus with a toss of 54-8.
Sicka picked up points for AMMS in two Boys “A” events, placing fifth in the discus (76-10) and sixth in the high jump (3-6). Buchanan’s points came in the Boys “B” bracket, as he finished fifth in the shot put (23-6) and sixth in the javelin (59-7).
Sicka actually placed in three events, as he also ran the anchor for the Jets’ 4x400 relay squad which finished third in the Boys “A” Division (5:20.81). Ard grabbed his second medal of the day by running the opening leg of that event, while Toryn Elsworth and Zach Good handled the middle legs.
Emily Burch also added to the Lady Jets point total in the Girls “A” Division, placing sixth in the 800 meter run (3:39.90).
Other Top 10 finishes by the Jets that were just out of the point standings were turned in by Ard, 7th in the Boys “A” 3200 meters (13:57.28) and 10th in the 400 meters (1:16.32); Good, 10th in the Boys “A” long jump (12-7); and Reaves, 7th in the Boys “B” javelin (59-4).
Other performances turned in by the AMMS track squad included:
Boys “A” – Sicka, 400 meters (1:16.40); Good, 100 meters (15:29); and Oliver Salas, javelin (27-0), shot (16-8), and discus (49-10).
Girls “A” – Burch, 400 meters (1:30.02) and discus (36-10).
Boys “B” – Elsworth, 100 meters (17.83) and long jump (8-8); Buchanan, 100 meters (17.83); and Alexander Lockhart, discus (38-2) and shot (13-1).
Final team standings for the 2025 Frank Kennedy Invitational were as follows:
Boys “A” Division
1, Thayer (118)
2. Owego (94)
3. Yates Center (56)
4. Elk Valley (37)
5. Chetopa (36)
6. Liberty HSA (32)
7. St. Paul (29)
8. St. Patrick (29)
9. Bartlett (24)
10. Altoona-Midway (17)
Girls “A” Division
1. Yates Center (121)
2. Oswego (119)
3. St. Paul (81)
4. St. Patrick (57)
5. Thayer (34)
6. Altoona-Midway (11)
6. Bartlett (11)
8. Elk Valley (7)
8. Chetopa (7)
10. Liberty HSA (6)
Boys “B” Division
1. St. Paul (84)
2. Thayer (78)
3. Yates Center (74)
4. Oswego (49)
5. Liberty HSA (44)
6. Chetopa (18)
7. Altoona-Midway (15)
8. Elk Valley (4)
9. Bartlett (1)
Girls “B” Division
1. Oswego (108)
2. Chetopa (88)
3. Thayer (64)
4. Bartlett (27)
5. Yates Center (24)