Fisher, Grimes win for Mexico boys in Boonville

Charlie Fisher and Tyler Grimes gave the Mexico boys a pair of event wins late last week.

Fisher won the 200 with a time of 22.96, and Tyler Grimes won the 800 with a time of 2:04.88 at the McCush Invite in Boonville on Thursday. 

The boys medalists who finished in the top six individually and in the top three for relays were Marquise Anyaeto in second for the 200 and sixth for the 100, Fisher in second for the 100, Davontae Frame in fourth for the 400, Brady McCoy in sixth for the 1600, Andrew Peuster in third for the 3200, Hunter Bickell in fourth for the 3200, the 4x100 relay in second, the 4x200 relay in third, the 4x400 relay in second and Jiles Williams in fifth for the triple jump. The girls medalists included Alexandra Terry in second for the pole vault and sixth for the 200, Maggie Ramsey in second for the 3200, Emma Seibert in third for the 300 hurdles and in the 4x400 relay in third.

On April 16 at North Callaway Thunderbird Invite, the boys won six events including Frame in the 400 with a time of 55.00, Peuster in the 1600 with a time of 4:54.15, Kyle Lewis in the 3200 with a time of 12:17.62, and the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams with respective times of 45.33, 1:37.67 and 3:53.53. The girls won four events including Ramsey in the 800 and 1600 with respective times of 2:37.63 and 5:45.82, Seibert in the 300 hurdles with a time of 51.76 and Terry in the pole vault with a mark of 2.75 meters.

The boys medalists in North Callaway who finished in the four individually and top two for relays included Ahmad Alverez in second for the 100, Potter in second for the 200, Kalvin Smith in third for the 200, Landon Higgins in second for the 800, Darwin Mena Lopez in third for the 800, Bickell in second for the 1600, Israel Hernandez in second for the 3200, Braiden Bock in second for the 300 hurdles, Damarion Williams in second for the high jump, Jacob Quinlan in third for the triple jump, Marshall Ball in second for the pole vault, Taz Norton in fourth for the pole vault and Marcos Matuz in fourth for the discus. The girls medalists included the 4x400 relay in second.

Centralia’s Ross breaks own 100 record again at home, teams sweep at home, Boonville

Ethan Ross set the Centralia boys 100-meter dash school record yet again.

Ross broke his own record for the second time this season by running a 10.79 to finish first in the boys 100 on April 15 at the Centralia Invitational. The Panthers and Lady Panthers each finished first in their home meet and then swept the team honors two days later at the McCush Invite in Boonville. 

The boys event winners in Centralia were Ross in the 100 and also the 200 and 400 with respective times of 22.65 and 50.75 and the long jump with a mark of 6.25 meters, Dryst Bostick in the 1600 with a 4:50.94, Wesley Robertson in the 3200 with a 9:54.94, the 4x800 relay with a 8:36.17, Jacob Beard in the pole vault with at 3.94 meters, Josh Russell in the discus with a throw of 44.91 meters. The girls event winners were Katelynn Asbury in the 300 hurdles with a time of 51.14, Becca Erisman in the long jump with a mark of 4.72 meters, Kassena Ridgel in the discus with a throw of 35.74 meters, Addison Reynolds in the javelin at 34.57 meters, Sadie Bohlmeyer in the triple jump with a 9.5 meters and Cora King in the shot put at 10.74 meters.

Other boys medalists in the top six at Centralia included Nolan Spickert in second for the 800, Jensen Decker in fifth for the 1600, Carter Moss in the second for the 3200, the 4x100 relay in sixth, the 4x200 relay in fourth, the 4x400 relay in fifth, Peyson Bryson in third for the high jump, and Logan Rosenfelder in third for the long jump and fifth for the triple jump. Also, Jameson Cooper came in third for the discus, fifth for the javelin and fifth for the shot put, and Tilmon Sontheimer came in third for the shot put and fourth for the discus and Dryst Bostick was third for the javelin. The girls medalists included Erisman in second for the 200 and 400, Kenedee Moss in second for the 800 and 1600, the 4x100 relay in fourth, the 4x200 relay in third, the 4x400 relay in fourth, the 4x800 relay in second, Claire Brinkman in second for the high jump, Asbury in fourth for the triple jump, Claire Page in second for the pole vault, King in second for the discus and Emery Auck in third for the javelin and sixth for the shot put.

In Boonville, the boys event winners included Ross in the 100 with a time of 10.95 and long jump with a mark of 6.45 meters, Robertson in the 1600 with a time of 4:40.18, Spickert in the 3200 with a time of 9:46.49, the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:34.22, the 4x800 relay with a time of 8:34.08, Bryson in the high jump at 1.85 meters and Beard in the pole vault at 3.8 meters. The girls winners included Moss in the 1600 with a time of 5:49.07, Bodine in the pole vault with a throw of 2.45 meters and Ridgel in the discus at 33.86 meters.

The boys medalists in Boonville by finishing in the top six individually and top three for relays were Bryson in second for the 400 and fifth for the 200, Moss in third in the 800, Zane Deckerd in fourth for the 1600, Bostick in second in the 3200 and fourth for the javelin, Bradyn Cook in sixth for the 110 hurdles, Sontheimer in third for the discus and third for the shot put and Cooper in third for the javelin, fifth for the discus and sixth for the shot put. The girls medalists included  Erisman in third for the 400, fourth for the 200 and third for the long jump; Asbury in second for the 400, third for the 800 and fourth in the triple jump; Moss fourth for the 3200; the 4x100 relay in third; Brinkman in fourth for the high jump; Page in third in the pole vault; King in second for the discus and second for the shot put; Reynolds in third for the javelin; and Auck in fifth for the javelin and sixth for the shot put.

Community R-6 earns medals at North, South Callaway

One day Community R-6 was at North Callaway and the next the track and field team was at South Callaway.

On April 16, Community R-6 competed in the North Callaway Thunderbird Invite and then were in the South Callaway Invitational on Thursday. 

The only Community medalists in South Callaway were Kat Meyer in fifth in the girls 400 and Adriana Woodson in sixth for the girls 100 hurdles. 

The girls medalists at North Callaway for the top four individually and top three relays were Woodson in fourth for the 100 hurdles, Lydia Hoyt in third for the long jump, Kate Robnett in fourth for the long jump and Chloe Johnson in second for the javelin. The boys medalists included Nicholas Henke in fourth for the 200, Colton Peak in fourth for the 400, Clayton Crum in fourth for the 3200, Layton Wright in third for the 300 hurdles, Drake Welch in third for the discus and shot put and fourth for the javelin and Rett Curtis in second for the shot put.

McBride, Bond medal for MMA at South Shelby

On April 14 at the South Shelby Invitational, Alex McBride finished third in the 200 with a time of 24.81 to medal for Missouri Military Academy. Erick Bond also finished in the top four with a third-place throw of 12.7 meters, and the 4x200 relay team was fourth with a time of 1:41.13.