Palatine's Kuksa, Fremd's Konopka Lead Strong Sectional Showing: VIDEO

Palatine and Fremd High Schools competed at the Buffalo Grove 3A Track and Field sectional Thursday, May 16.

Fremd's Kevin Winberg and Palatine's Adam Poklop each qualified for state in the high jump with jumps of six feet five inches (Winberg's qualifying jump is the second video in the gallery).

Palatine's Cam Kuksa also earned a trip to state with a win in the triple jump. Kuksa also will go to state in the 110 meter hurdlers. Kuksa finished second to Fremd's Matt Konopka.

Konopka also won the 300 meter hurdles with Fremd's Josh Yamamoto also qualifying for state with a third-place finish.

Fremd's 4x200 meter relay team – Kyle Lewis, Jake Lewis, Jawan Gaines, Darius Burchett – finished second and qualified for state (See third video in gallery).

Palatine and Fremd each also had a strong showing in the 1600 meter run with Graham Brown, Christian Zambrano of Palatine and Harry winter of Fremd all qualifying for state.

Palatine's 4x400 relay team – Derrick Gaines, Josh Yamamoto, Garret Groot, and Jawan Gaines – finished second.

Complete Sectional Results