By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Highland Park junior Tre Richardson and Topeka High senior NiJaree Canady have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Athletes of the Week for last week.
Richardson opened his track and field season with three wins and a second-place finish in Washburn Rural's Jerry Beardslee Invitational while Canady made her 2022 softball debut with a pair of pitching wins and a home run in a doubleheader sweep over Topeka West.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Richardson and Canady last week:
A four-sport standout for Highland Park, junior Tre Richardson won the long jump, triple jump and 200-meter dash in last Friday's Jerry Beardslee Invitational. [File photo/TSN]
TRE RICHARDSON, Highland Park
Richardson, a junior, made his 2022 track and field debut in last Friday's Jerry Beardslee Invitational with three individual victories and a second-place finish in Washburn Rural's Jerry Beardslee Invitational.
Richardson won the long jump with a best of 22 feet, 2 inches, the triple jump win at 43-6 and the 200-meter dash in 21.6 seconds. Richardson added a second-place finish in the 100 dash in 10.5.
Richardson, who has received All-Shawnee County recognition in football and basketball, doubles up in track and field and baseball in the spring.
Topeka High senior NiJaree Canady opened her senior softball season with a pair of pitching wins, 28 strikeouts and a home run in the Trojans' doubleheader sweep over Topeka West. [File photo/TSN]
NIJAREE CANADY, Topeka High
Canady, the reigning Kansas Gatorade Softball Player of the Year, opened her senior season last Thursday with an outstanding performance in the pitching circle and at the plate in Topeka High's 11-1, 6-1 doubleheader sweep over Topeka West.
Canady, who has committed to Stanford, picked up the pitching wins in both games, striking out a total of 28 batters while allowing just two hits and two runs on the day.
Canady hit a homer and doubled in the Trojans' first-game win.
