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JoCo Notes: SM East’s Wyatt Haughton pulls off track trifecta at state meet

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Halfway through the week, Shawnee Mission!

🌩 Today’s forecast: A 30% chance of thunderstorms, then mostly clear with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening. High: 88. Low: 65.

🚨 One thing to know today

Shawnee Mission East’s Wyatt Haughton completed his storied high school running career with a long-distance trifecta at last weekend’s Kansas Class 6A state track and field meet.

Haughton took home individual state titles in the 800-, 1600- and 3200-meter races.

“I’m still a little sore,” Haughton said in an interview with the Post on Tuesday.

It was one better than his impressive showing at last year’s state meet when, as a junior, he won the 800- and 1600-meter races.

He admitted it’s “tough” running all three distances in two days but said he’d been “training all season for it” and was prepared.

“Running is you against yourself, and it requires a lot of strength and grit,” he said. “That’s why I like it.”

His triple feat this past weekend helped propel the Lancers boys track and field team to a second place finish overall.

“It’s meant so much to me, being part of this team since my freshman year. I have such a family now with my teammates,” he said.

Haughton, who graduated from SM East this month, will attend Brigham Young University this fall and run on scholarship for the Cougars.

🗓 Public meetings Wednesday

  • Mission City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. [View agenda]

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About the author

Leah Wankum
Leah Wankum

Hi there! I’m Leah Wankum, and I’m the Post’s Deputy Editor. I’m thrilled to call Johnson County home, and I’m deeply committed to the Post’s philosophy that an informed community is a strong community.

I’m a native of mid-Missouri, and attended high school in Jefferson City before going on to the University of Central Missouri, where I earned a master’s degree in mass communication.

Prior to joining the Post as a reporter in 2018, I was the editor of the Richmond News in Ray County, Missouri. I’ve also written for several publications, including the Sedalia Democrat and KC Magazine.

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