By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
State champions Brody Anderson of Seaman, Christian Hartman-Babb of Washburn Rural and Landen Lewis of Rossville headline the 2026 All-Shawnee County boys track and field team.
Brody Anderson posted a state championship and two runnerup finishes in the Class 5A state track meet. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural junior Christian Hartman-Babb won the Class 6A state 100 meters title and finished second in the 200. [File photo/TSN]
Rossville sophomore Landen Lewis won the 2026 Class 2A-1A state title in the javelin. [Submitted photo]
Anderson, a senior, won the Class 5A 800 meters in a 5A meet-record time of 1 minute, 52.08 seconds after finishing second in the 3,200 (9:05.70) and the 1,600 (4:12.48) earlier in the meet.
Junior Hartman-Babb won the 6A 100-meter dash in 10.59 seconds and finished second on a photo-finish in the 200 (21.40) while sophomore Lewis captured the 2A javelin championship at 181-9.
Anderson finished his season as the Shawnee County leader in the 800, the 1,600 (4:08.2 converted from mile) and 3,200 while Hartman-Babb led the county in the 100 (10.36) and 200 and Lewis had a county-best performance of 202-9 in the javelin.
Washburn Rural senior Brooks Kehoe finished second in the Class 6A 1,600 meters in last week's state meet. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural senior Brooks Kehoe was the 6A runnerup in the 1,600 (4:22.04) while the Silver Lake foursome of senior Thomas Fisher, junior Owen Rottinghaus, senior Joel Miller and senior Braxton Rupp finished second in the 4x100 relay (43.14) and the Eagles' Rottinghaus, Fisher, Miller and sophomore Jake Workman placed third in the 4x400 relay (3:28.56).
Shawnee Heights senior Jason Slay finished third in the 5A 400 (49.51) and teamed with senior Xavier Fisher and juniors Dallas Owens and Mason Haas to place fourth in 4x400 relay (3:25.32).
Anderson, Hartman-Babb, Kehoe, Miller and Rupp are all first-team All-Shawnee County repeat picks along with Seaman junior high-jump state placer Jack Esser and Washburn Rural seniors Draden Chooncharoen and Liam Morrison.
Chooncharoen and Morrison missed the postseason with injuries, but the two ran on back-to-back 4x400 state-champion relay teams in 2024 and 2025, including a 6A state meet record in '25, while Morrison also won the 300 hurdles in '25.
Washburn Rural senior Liam Morrison won three Class 6A state titles during his high school career. [File photo/TSN]
Also earning spots on the all-county first team were Rural sophomore Zach Hancock, Rossville junior Charles Chance, Cair Paravel senior Lucas Marichal, Hayden junior Kelton Meier, Highland Park senior Termaine Savage and Washburn Rural junior Cohen Thiessen.
Highland Park senior Termaine Savage earned a Class 5A state medal in the 400-meter dash. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Thiessen, Hancock, Marichal and Savage were state medalists while Meier was a state qualifier.
ALL-SHAWNEE COUNTY 2026 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Name, school Class Events
Brody Anderson, Seaman Sr. Distance
Charles Chance, Rossville Jr. Shot put
Draden Chooncharoen, Washburn Rural Sr. Sprints, relays
Jack Esser, Seaman Jr. High jump
Thomas Fisher, Silver Lake Sr. Relays
Xavier Fisher, Shawnee Heights Sr. Relays
Mason Haas, Shawnee Heights Jr. Relays
Zach Hancock, Washburn Rural So. Discus
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural Jr. Sprints, hurdles
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural Sr. Distance
Landen Lewis, Rossville So. Javelin
Lucas Marichal, Cair Paravel/Topeka High Sr. Triple jump
Kelton Meier, Hayden Jr. Javelin
Joel Miller, Silver Lake Sr. Sprints, relays
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural Sr. Hurdles, relays
Dallas Owens, Shawnee Heights Jr. Relays
Owen Rottinghaus, Silver Lake Jr. Relays
Braxton Rupp, Silver Lake Sr. Relays
Termaine Savage, Highland Park Sr. Sprints
Jason Slay, Shawnee Heights Sr. Sprints
Cohen Thiessen, Washburn Rural Jr. Distance
Jake Workman, Silver Lake So. Relays
Honorable mention
Hayden: Jackson Haas, sr. Highland Park: Rayshon Pollard, jr. Rossville: Andre Johnson, sr; Eden Thompson, sr. Seaman: Isiah Pennington, jr.; Cody Quy, sr. Shawnee Heights: Amir Bass, jr.; Blake Coffman, sr.; Sam Garner, so. Silver Lake: Bryson Burgos, sr.; Myles Fisher, jr.; Camden Kruger, jr. Topeka High: Adam Humphrey, sr.; De'Sean Lunkins, sr.; Malachi Murph, sr. Topeka West: Jayden Lindsey, sr. Washburn Rural: Luke Deering, jr.; Clayton Fink, so.; Henry Laubach, so.
