After winning three events two days prior in Fulton, Mexico won three events on Thursday in Eldon.

At the Maroon and Gold Invitational, Jacob Quinlan won the boys triple jump with a mark of 12.31 meters, Tyler Grimes won the boys 800 meters with a time of 2:05.12 and Emma Seibert won the girls 300 hurdles with a time of 52.06. Ethan Ross swept the dash events for Centralia by winning the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dash events while breaking his 100 school record time of 10.90 set earlier this year with a new time of 10.81. Ross also won the boys long jump with a mark of 6.45 meters to account for four of Centralia 13 wins.

Maggie Ramsey finished second in the girls 800 and 1600 to finish in the top four and medal in both events, posting respective personal-best times of 2:41.09 and 5:57.01. Charlie Fisher set two new personal-bests by finishing second in the boys 100 with a time of 10.99 and second in the 200 with a time of 22.92. The boys 4x200 relay team of Houston Fowler, Taye Potter, Damarion Williams and David Richards finished second with a time of 1:40.05. 

The third-place finishes for Mexico included the boys 4x400 relay team of Potter, Grimes, Williams and Davontae Frame with a time of 3:40.19, the boys 4x100 relay team of Frame, Richards, Fisher and Marquise Anyaeto with a time of 45.59, and Anyaeto in the boys 200 with a season-best time of 23.84. Finishing in fourth were Raegan Frappier in the girls 400 with a time of 1:10.47, the girls 4x400 relay team of Seibert, Ramsey, Frappier and Jordyn Gipson with a season-best time of 4:35.48, Anyaeto in the boys 100 with a season-best time of 11.58 and Andrew Peuster in the boys 3200 with a time of 10:50.17.

Centralia’s other winners included Nolan Spickert in the boys 3200 with a time of 4:35.67, Wesley Robertson in the boys 3200 with a time of 10:08.58, Josh Russell in the boys discus with a mark of 47.02 meters, Becca Erisman in the girls 200 with a time of 28.21, Kenedee Moss in the girls 1600 with a time of 5:51.74, Katelynn Asbury in the girls triple jump with a mark of 9.94 meters, Claire Page in the girls pole vault with a mark of 2.9 meters, Kassena Ridgel in the girls discus with a mark of 37.75 meters, and Addison Reynolds in the girls javelin with a mark of 29.27 meters.

Centralia’s second-place finishers included Carter Moss in the boys 3200 with a time of 10:25.23, the boys 4x800 relay team with a time of 9:05.81, Peyson Bryson in the boys high jump with a mark of 1.82 meters, Logan Rosenfelder in the boys long jump with a mark of 5.95 meters, Jacob Beard in the boys pole vault with a time of 3.66 meters, Tilmon Sontheimer in the boys discus with a mark of 40.07 meters, Erisman in the girls 200 with a time of 28.21 and Asbury in the girls 300 hurdles with a time of 52.46. 

Coming in third place for Centralia were Bryson in the boys 400 with a time of 53.28, Moss in the boys 1600 with a time of 4:47.42, Jensen Decker in the boys 3200 with a time of 10:46.42, the boys 4x200 relay team with a time of 1:41.38, Dryst Bostick in the boys javelin with a mark of 41.8 meters, the girls 4x800 relay team with a time of 11:27.12, Claire Brinkman in the girls high jump with a mark of 1.47 meters, Erisman in the girls long jump with a mark of 4.85 meters, Cora King in the girls discus with a mark of 35.08 meters and the girls shot put with a mark of 10.41 meters, and Emery Auck in the girls javelin with a mark of 27.59 meters. 

Centralia’s fourth-place finishers were Bostick in the boys 800 with a time of 2:07.23, Bradyn Cook in the boys 110 hurdles with a time of 19.33, the boys 4x100 relay team with a time of 47.24, Carson Hill in the boys triple jump with a mark 11.31 meters, Sontheimer in the boys shot put with a mark of 13.23 meters, the girls 4x100 relay team with a time of 55.95, the girls 4x200 relay team with a time of 2:02.02 and Raleigh Dutton in the girls javelin with a mark of 25.61 meters.

Mexico wins three events in Fulton, MMA’s McBride wins 400

Mexico was at the top of the podium close to home on April 8.

The team won three events on Tuesday at the Don Dobson Invitational in Fulton. Tyler Grimes, Charlie Fisher, Marquise Anyaeto and Davontae Frame won the boys 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.74, Grimes, Fisher, Frame and Damarion Williams won the boys 4x400 relay with a time of 3:39.80, and Maggie Ramsey won the girls 3200 with a personal-best time of 12:57.68. 

For Missouri Military Academy, Alex McBride won the 400 with a time of 54.11 and finished second in the 200 with a 24.28 to finish in the top four in each event to medal. Deonte Kerns was second in the 300 hurdles with a time of 47.08, the 4x400 relay team was second with a time of 3:54.76, Kyran Carter was fourth in the 200 with a time of 24.68, Luis Sass-Zaragoza was fourth in the 400 with a time of 57.44, Ryan Miles was fourth in the 1600 with a time of 5:10.10, the 4x800 relay team was fourth with a time of 10:23.66, and Erick Bond was fourth in the discus and shot put with respective marks of 29.62 meters and 12.77 meters.

Mexico had several finish second in their respective events, including Jacob Quinlan in the boys triple jump with a personal-best 12.53 meters, Emma Seibert in the girls 300 hurdles with a time of 52.92, Frame in the boys 400 with a time of 54.70, Fisher in the boys 100 with a time of 11.49 and Seibert, Alexandra Terry, Jordyn Gipson and Raegan Frappier in the girls 4x400 relay with a time of 4:38.85. Anyaeto was third in the boys 200 with a time of 24.32, and Uriel Jarquin-Vasquez was third in the boys 3200 with a time of 11:45.18. Coming in fourth were Jiles Williams in the boys triple jump with a mark of 11.31 meters, Luke Fowler in the boys pole vault with a mark of 2.9 meters, Dylan Akeman in the boys javelin with a mark of 32.47 meters, Caitlyn Spurling in the girls 100 hurdles with a time of 21.09, and Alexandra Terry in the girls pole vault with a mark of 2.59 meters.

Welch wins javelin for Community R-6 at Cairo

At the Cairo High School Relays on April 8, Drake Welch won the boys javelin with a throw of 44.18 meters and was fifth in the shot put. Layton Wright was sixth in the boys 300 hurdles, Lane Carter was seventh in the boys 100 with a time of 12.25, and Kat Meyer was sixth in the girls 400 with a time of 1:12.12.

At the Bowling Green Mini-Medal Meet on April 7, Community R-6 was led by a ninth-place finish by Wright in the boys 300 hurdles with a time of 52.34 and an 11th-place by Chloe Johnson in the girls javelin with a throw of 22.68 meters. 

Van-Far at Harrisburg Eaton Relays, Bowling Green

At the Harrisburg Eaton Relays on Friday, Khloe Wallace was second in the girls 1600 with a time of 6:02.97, and Garrett Hopke was third in the boys 3200 with a time of 10:53.10 and was seventh in the 800. 

Wallace was third in the girls 800 earlier in the week on April 7 at Bowling Green Mini-Medal Meet, finishing with a time of 2:48.99. At the same meet, Evan Utterback was third in the boys javelin with a throw of 41.15 meters and fourth in the shot put with a throw of 12.17 meters.

Gordon, Siegel win for North Callaway at Bowling Green

The North Callaway girls picked up a pair of wins during the Bowling Green Mini-Medal Meet on April 7, including Madyson Gordon in the pole vault with a mark of 2.3 meters and Jocelyn Siegel in the triple jump with a mark of 9.97 meters. Lia Bondurant was second in the high jump, Grace Rasmussen was third in the 1600 and Cora Tripp was fourth in the 100 hurdles.

For the boys, Gunnar Wenneker finished eighth in the shot put and ninth in the discus and Cade Miller was ninth in the 200.

Paris wins seven events in Cairo

At the Cairo High School Relays on April 8, Paris won seven events including Ava Crain in the girls 400 with a time of 1:05.21, Sophia Crusha in the girls 800 with a time of 2:37.26, the girls 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams, Landen Chapman in the boys 1600 and 3200 with respective times of 4:47.28 and 10:03.36, and boys 4x200 relay team. In second place were Mia Kendrick in the girls 100 and 200, Crain in the girls 1600, the girls 4x200 relay team, Kaleb Romans in the boys 100 and the boys 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams. Third-place finishers included Ella Totten in the girls 400, Kaylee Johnson in the girls 3200, Addie Crain in the girls 100 and 300 hurdles, Raymond Richards in the boys 110 hurdles and Jackson Davis in the boys 300 hurdles. Coming in fourth were the girls 4x100 relay team, Hayden DeOrnellas in the boys 3200, the boys 4x100 relay team and Brady Shivers in the boys javelin.

Paris won three events at Friday’s Harrisburg Eaton Relays, including Chapman in the 1600 with a time of 4:45.27, the boys 4x800 relay team with a time of 8:49.63 and the girls 4x200 relay team with a time of 1:52.22. The boys 4x200 relay team was second, Kendrick was third in the girls 200 and fourth in the 100, Crusha was third in the girls 800, Ava Crain was fourth in the girls 400, Addie Crain was fourth in the girls 100 hurdles, the girls 4x400 relay team was third and the girls 4x800 relay team was fourth.

MMA at Russellville Invitational

At the Russellville Invitational on Saturday, Missouri Military Academy had Jesus Robinson finish second in the 3200, the 4x100 and 4x800 relay teams each finish second, Kyran Carter take third in the 200 and Levi Foster finish fourth in the 100.