The Centralia girls and boys were victorious on their home track on April 14.

In an 11-school field for the Centralia Invitational, the girls won with 322 points to finish ahead of Montgomery County’s 220 points, and the boys had 302 points to finish ahead of Moberly’s 242 points. Among nine schools at the McCush Invitational in Boonville, the girls won with 185.5 points and the boys won with 142 points. 

In Centralia, Kenedee Moss ran season-best times to win the girls 800 and 1600 with 2:33.14 and 5:44.08. Kassena Ridgel threw a personal-best 38.86 to win the discus, Becca Erisman won the 300 hurdles with a time of 48.83 and the long jump with a distance of 4.76 meters, Claire Page won the pole vault with a height of 3.35 meters, Addison Reynolds won the javelin with a throw of 34.4 meters, and the 4x800 relay team won with a time of 10:29.64.

Wesley Robertson ran a personal-best time of 2:03.83 to win the boys 800. Tilmon Sontheimer won the shot put with a personal-best throw of 15.36 meters and also won the discus with a throw of 43.18 meters, Nolan Spickert won the 1600 and 3200 with respective times of 4:30.04 and 10:02.24, Ethan Ross won the javelin with a throw of 46.18 meters, and the 4x800 relay team won with a time of 8:45.64.

In Boonville, Erisman won the girls 200 with a time of 28.2 and the long jump with a distance of 5.16 meters, Moss won the 1600 and 3200 with times of 5:40.68 and 12:32.22, Katy Asbury won the 800 with a personal-best time of 2:30.59, Cora King won the shot put with a throw of 10.25 meters, Ridgel won the discus with a throw of 34.86, Reynolds won the javelin with a throw of 31.24 meters, and Page won the pole vault with a height of 3.2 meters. 

The boys were led in Boonville by Robertson’s personal-best 800 time of 2:01.76 to win the event and he was first in the 1600 with a time of 4:37.91. Jensen Decker won the 3200 with a time of 10:35.68, Sontheimer won the shot put with a throw of 14.63 meters and the discus with a throw of 39.65 meters, Ross won the javelin with a personal-best throw of 49.46 meters, and Peyson Bryson won the triple jump with a distance of 12.22 meters. The mixed 4x100 throwers relay team of Sontheimer, King, Reynolds and Chris Brown finished second.

Chapman breaks Paris boys 400 record

Landen Chapman added his name again to the Paris record books.

On April 13 at the South Shelby Invitational, the senior won the boys 400 with a time of 51.21. That’s better than the 51.54 set in 2004 and is now the fifth record Chapman owns.

Chapman also won the 1600 with a time of 4:44.06 and was second in the 3200. Jackson Davis was third in the 100 and 200, and Case Morgan was third in the 800.

For the girls, Mia Kendrick won the 100 and 200 with respective times of 12.90 and 26.49 and was third in the 400. The 4x200 relay team won with a time of 1:54.17. Edie Wormington was third in the 3200.

Missouri Military Academy at South Shelby

Missouri Military Academy was also among the 16-school field at the South Shelby Invitational.

Grayson Hanson was third in the 400, Erick Bond was third in the shot put and the 4x100 relay team finished third.