Kansas high school state boys track champions: Wichita Collegiate wins team title

There was no hesitation when Collegiate track and field coach Clark Ensz was asked how his boys team pulled off just its second team championship in school history. It was the performance of one athlete, A.J. Batiste, a star freshman basketball player whose speed has translated immediately on the track, in one event, the 100-meter dash, that swung things in the Spartan’s favor. Batiste, who entered with the ninth-fastest time in Class 3A, finished with the silver medal in the race with a personal-best time of 11.01 seconds. Not only...