KEYSTONE HEIGHTS - Keystone Heights High distance runners Ryder Thomas and Hunter Sheppard finished with a late-season flurry with Thomas winning district titles in the 1600 and 3200 and both runners getting top 20 finishes at their region championships.

For region 1-2A, Keystone Heights got a 12th in 3200 from James Thomas in 10:14.24; 9th in 100 hurdles from Kaylee Park in 16.72; 15th in 1600 from Hunter Sheppard in 4:48.92; 18th in 1600 from James Thomas in 4:53.17; 15th in 800 from Olivia Griffin in 2:32.27; 14th in girls 4 x 400 in 4:27.20.
Thomas' district double titles came via a 4:43.34 split in the 1600 with a 10 second win over teammate Hunter Sheppard while, in the 3200, Thomas was top finisher in 11:06.25 with teammate Jason Parales 10th, Alexander Mahaffey 12th and Oliver Miller 13th.
Keystone Heights got top five finishes at the district 4-2A meet from Jamari Turner in the high jump with a 5'-9.75" jump and Luke Lewis in the pole vault, fifth at 6'-4.75". Lewis also finished third in javelin at 105'-5" with teammate Tyler Kerner fifth. Turner was seventh in 400 hurdles.

In the long jump, Baylor Ford was fourth at 19'-11.5" with Ford also getting sixth in triple jump at 38'-8.25".
Other finishers included Aaron Wiley, 15th in 100 at 11.37; Aaron Wiley, 13th in 200 at 23.76; Baylor Ford, eighth in 400 at 54.25; Ryeland Wahl, seventh in 800 in 2:13.64 with Hunter Sheppard ninth in 2:19.87; DeShawn Williams, sixth in 100 hurdles in 19.57; Tyler Kerner, 17th in shot put at 9.76 meters and 11th in discus at 10.46 meters.

For the girls at districts, Olivia Griffin took third in the 800 at 2:30.77 with sprinter Kaylee Park third in the 100 hurdles at 16.93. Park was also eighth in the 400 hurdles.
In triple jump, Laura Herndon was fifth at 31'-7.5" with Xana Briley fifth in discus and javelin with throws of 69-5" and 73'-5".