In their final regular season outings of 2026, the Houston High School boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Waynesville Invitational on Friday and the Mountain Grove Invitational on Saturday.
HHS head coach Mike Tottingham used the 10-team meet at Waynesville and the 16-team gathering at Mountain Grove to try a few changes, putting people in events they’re not necessarily accustomed to as a means of finding the best mix for the upcoming conference and district meets.
But there were also several Houston kids competing in their regular events, including senior Kynlee Weaver, who won the javelin with at Waynesville with a school record toss of 37.39 meters.
“She has been close a couple times,” Tottingham said, “so it was an awesome moment to finally get it done.”
Dailing continued her sparkling season, winning the 100-meter dash at Waynesville, while turning in three other top-5 performances – including a runner-up finish in the 300-meter hurdles, lowering her own school record in the process.
Huffman won the 800-meter run at Mountain Grove with an incredible margin of victory of almost 8 seconds, and senior Kayla Wagner continued to place high in all kinds of events, from sprint races to shot put.
HHS HIGHLIGHTS, WAYNESVILLE
Girls
- 100-meter dash: Adyson Dailing, 1st, 12.92; Kayla Wagner, 4th, 13.30 (16 runners).
- 200-meter dash: Adyson Dailing, 4th, 27.24; Kayla Wagner, 5th, 27.66 (15 runners).
- 400-meter dash: Kayla Wagner, 3rd, 1:01.84 (14 runners).
- 100-meter hurdles: Adyson Dailing, 4th, 17.13 (11 runners).
- 300-meter hurdles: Adyson Dailing, 2nd, 46.61, school record (13 runners).
- Discus: Kynlee Weaver, 6th, 24.75m (15 throwers).
- Javelin: Kynlee Weaver, 3rd, 37.39m, school record (16 throwers).
Boys
- Javelin: Mason Dodson, 3rd, 42.23m (18 throwers).
- Long jump: Daniel Riley, 7th, 5.92m (18 jumpers).
HHS HIGHLIGHTS, MOUNTAIN GROVE
Girls
- 800-meter run: Lyla Huffman, 1st, 2:27.80 (21 runners).
- 3,200-meter run: Jessyn Allen, 2nd, 14:28.50 (4 runners).
- 100-meter hurdles: Adyson Dailing, 3rd, 16.97 (5 runners).
- Shot put: Kayla Wagner, 3rd, 8.60m (24 throwers).
- Discus: Davney Shelton, 3rd, 25.65m; Reese Wilson, 7th, 23.16m (26 throwers).
- Javelin: Kyle Weaver, 3rd, 35.78m (19 throwers).
- High jump: Hally Scheets, 1st, 1.50m; Kayla Wagner, 2nd, 1.45m (4 jumpers).
- Pole vault: Millie Manier, 2nd, 2.44m (4 vaulters).
- Long jump: Hally Scheets, 7th, 4.50m (19 jumpers).
- Triple jump: Millie Manier, 3rd, 9.18m (8 jumpers).
Boys
- 3,200-meter run: Christopher Meier, 4th, 11:54.00 (8 runners).
- 110-meter hurdles: Hudson Volk, 4th, 18.56 (8 runners).
- 300-meter hurdles: Hudson Volk, 4th, 46.43 (15 runners).
- 4X800 relay: Houston, 2nd, 8:52.99 (Jack Sawyer, Christopher Meier, Kane Crawford, Dillon Shelton – 7 teams).
- Javelin: Mason Dodson, 2nd, 40.97m (32 throwers).
- Long jump: Daniel Riley, 7th, 5.68m (29 jumpers).
- Triple jump: Garrett Allen, 4th, 11.37m (11 jumpers).
The two HHS squads are idle this week and will be back in action Monday (May 4) in the South Central Association conference championships at Mountain Grove.
The 11-team Class 3 District 5 championships meet is set for Saturday, May 9, at Cuba.
