Through the wind, injuries and mistakes on Friday, Mexico track and field earned several all-conference athletes.
The Bulldogs had two North Central Missouri Conference champions in the meet …
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Through the wind, injuries and mistakes on Friday, Mexico track and field earned several all-conference athletes.
The Bulldogs had two North Central Missouri Conference champions in the meet hosted at Marshall as Tyler Grimes won the boys 800 and Thomas Peuster won the 3200.
Also earning all-conference honors were second-place finishers Maggie Ramsey in the girls 3200, Dante Kelley in the boys triple jump with a personal-best 1.7 meters, the girls 4x800 relay team of Viviana Benjamin, Sidney Turlington, Ramsey and Emma Seibert, the boys 4x100 team of Grimes, Taye Potter, Alex Rowan and Anthony Shivers, the boys 4x400 team of Grimes, Davontae Frame, Shivers and Charlie Fisher, and the boys 4x800 team of Grimes, Thomas Peuster, Andrew Peuster and Mekhi Owens. Shivers finished third in the boys 100 to earn all-NCMC honors in that race.
Head coach Bucky Green said the team felt “snakebit” as Seibert almost finished third for all-conference in the girls 300 hurdles only to trip on the last hurdle to finish fifth. Morgan Grubb had to be pulled out of boys relay events because of recurring injuries. Rowan, though he finished fourth in the boys 200, ran to a personal-best time of 22.63.
DiSalvo, other Community R-6 athletes going to sectionals
Victoria DiSalvo qualified for sectionals in several events on Saturday.
In the Class 1 District 2 meet hosted by South Callaway in Mokake, DiSalvo finished fourth in the girls 100 hurdles, third in the 300 hurdles and was fourth in the 4x100 relay along with Sarah Angel, Adriana Woodson and Alyssa Beamer to go to sectionals this Saturday in New Haven.
Gavin Allen was the lone boy to make it to New Haven with a fourth-place throw in the javelin. Lane Carter and Aaron Carter were one place short of sectionals as they were respectively fifth in the 200 and long jump.
Powell, Canonico win district titles for MMA, Van-Far’s Gibson hurdling to sectionals
Bryson Powell took a big first step in his quest to return to the state meet.
Powell won the 1600 district title for Missouri Military Academy on Saturday at the Class 2 District 3 meet at Putnam County in Unionville, advancing in the event in which he competed at state last year, and will compete in the 800 after finishing second. Gabe Canonico also won a MMA district title after winning the 300 hurdles, while also advancing to sectionals this Saturday at South Shelby in Shelbina with a second-place in the 110 hurdles.
Kellan Mugisha will also compete in sectionals for the Colonels after taking fourth in the 1600.
Ky-Mani Erskine just missed sectionals after finishing fifth in the high jump.
On Van-Far’s side, Gage Gibson was the only Van-Far athlete to make it to sectionals after finishing second in the 300 hurdles. Gibson was close to advancing in the long jump too with a sixth-place mark. For the Lady Indians, nobody advanced, but Brooke-lynn Forman and Hailey Lowry each had the highest finish at seventh place in the 800 and javelin, respectively.
Paris bringing list of competitors to sectionals track
Paris had a nice day Saturday in Glasgow.
The Coyotes and Lady Coyotes qualified many for sectionals this Saturday at South Shelby in Shelbina after finishing in the top four of events in the Class 1 District 3 meet.
For the Coyotes, Drew Williams won the 800, the 4x800 relay team of Williams, Clayton Duncan, Brayden DeOrnellas and Landen Chapman finished first, Evan Smothers was third in the 100 and 200, Colton Kendrick was third in the pole vault, Chapman finished second in the 1600, Alex Williams took fourth in the 400, and the 4x400 team of Drew Williams, Alex Williams, Mason Edwards and Duncan finished third.
The Lady Coyotes were led by the second-place finish from the 4x800 relay team of Sophia Crusha, Kaylee Johnson, Emma Ashenfelter and Mairyn Kinnaman. Kinnaman was third in the 3200 to qualify for sectionals in that event, Alexandria Tullius was third in the 1600, Crusha finished fourth in the 100 hurdles, and the 4x400 team of Crusha, Ashenfelter, Khloee Hendren and Rachel Shoemyer was fourth.
Centralia sweeps home meet, collects 19 first-places
Centralia didn’t run out its full team on Thursday but still decisively defended its home turf.
The boys and girls won the Centralia Open, with the Lady Panthers winning with 139 points (Macon was second with 117) and the Panthers taking first with 210 points (Macon was second with 144).
Among the girls’ first-places were Tilly Fox in the 200, high jump and long jump, Kyla Spickert in the 800, Kaylie Ensor in the pole vault, Bailey Schuering in the triple jump, Annie Robinson in the javelin, and the 4x200 and 4x800 relays.
The boys’ first places were Dryst Bostick in the 800, Wesley Robertson in the 3200, Jesse Shannon in the pole vault, Shane Mitchell in the long jump, Boen Zimmerman in the shot put, Josh Russell in the discus, Evan Brumback in the javelin, and the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x800 relays.
