Athletes leave it all on the track

Brian Zuiss, Reporter
June 1, 2011

The track and field team traveled to Ray-Pec to participate in their districts meet. The districts meet determines which athletes will move on to the sectionals meet, which later determines who moves on to the prestigious state meet in Jefferson City. On a cool, breezy day, the Belton track and field... Read more »

Ray-Pec Tri determines varsity.

Brian Zuiss, Reporter
May 27, 2011

The junior varsity and varsity track teams traveled to Ray-Pec to participate in their practice meet.  The participating teams were Ruskin, Belton, and Ray-Pec. Athletes at this meet treated it seriously because the times they got determined if they would be eligible to run on Friday at the Blue Valley... Read more »

Ray-Pec invitational is winning

Brian Zuiss, That beast
May 27, 2011

The varsity track team participated in the track meet held by Ray-Pec on Apr. 18.  This being a meet against their rival school, Belton athletes tried extra hard to run faster, throw, and jump further than the competition. Chris Bechtel came close to winning a medal in the 800m run, but came in fourth... Read more »

Blue Valley track and field meet opens up eyes

Brian Zuiss, Reporter
May 27, 2011

The track and field team traveled to the annual Spring Classic in Blue Valley. This meet opened up some new varsity runners to the tough Kansas competition. To go to the meet, runners had to meet a certain preset time for their event.  Coach Jared Foster said that even if a runner was on the varsity... Read more »

Athletes race for time in Joe Falcon Relays

Brian Zuiss, Reporter
May 23, 2011

Belton held their second annual Joe Falcon relays, at Southwick stadium, on April 30. Athletes participated in numerous medleys and relays along with open races to earn points for their school. Junior Trevor Peery ran a time of  24.03  in the 200m dash and contributed four points to the Belton boys’... Read more »

Belton Track and Field Struggle at Conferneces

Trevor Yearout, Sports Reporter
May 10, 2010

The Belton Pirates hosted the track and field surburban league confernece championships this week, Belton placed last and the Lee’s Summit Titans took both the girls and boys championship.   Belton girls track struggled as they tried hard but just couldn’t seem to keep up with the competition... Read more »

Track and Field team hosts first annual Joe Falcon Relays

Bobby Zuiss, Editor-in-Chief
May 4, 2010

May 1, 2010 was a momentous occasion for the Belton Track and Field Team as they hoseted the first annual Joe Falcon Relays. The meet is named after Belton Alumni, Joe Falcon, who graduated back in 1984. Falcon traveled from his hometown in Bentonville, Arkansas in order to help celebrate the meet. For... Read more »