Van-Far track and field opens season at home meet

The Van-Far Open Meet was the first meet on the Van-Far track and field schedule for the third straight year.

Van-Far competed against eight schools and had many finish high in their events.

On the boys side, Slade Keller placed second in the 800-meter run and also claimed first in pole vault while Garrett Hopke secured second in the 3200-meter run. The 4x800 relay team of Keller, Hopke, Jaydon Hug-Hernandez and Tyler Carlyle also earned a second-place finish, and the 4x200 relay team of Keller, Haden Lynn, Roger Preston, and Corbin Roed took third. 

In field events, Evan Utterback led the way with a first-place finish in javelin and was fourth in shot put while Jackson Fischer added a third-place finish in javelin. Additional contributions for the boys included Cayden Douglas placing third in long jump and fifth in both the 100 and 200 dashes. Corbin Roed added a third-place finish in high jump.

On the girls side, Van-Far captured a major highlight with a first-place finish in the 4x800 relay by Trinity Skwirtz, Mylee Keller, Faith Griffith and Khloe Wallace. Wallace also earned second in the 1600, Emily Smith took second in the 400 and Skwirtz was second in the 800.The 4x400 relay team of Skwirtz, Keller, Griffith and Smith to a third-place finish. 

In the field, Kenya Jones placed second in the javelin, and Makayla Jackson added a third-place finish in the high jump.

Centralia track and field opens season at home

Centralia track and field found some comfort when it opened the season on March 24.

The Lady Panthers and Panthers held its first open meet of the season and won 17 events, setting a bunch of personal-bests in the process. Both girls and boys were first in the team standings of four schools, with the girls having 235 points and the boys having 276 points.

For the Panthers winners, Daxton Deckerd ran to a personal-best 12.32 in the 100 meters, Nolan Spickert ran 2:04.62 in the 800 and 4:32.96 in the 1600, Jensen Decker ran to a personal-best 10:34.02 in the 3200, the 4x400 relay team won with a time of 3:56.82, Tilmon Sontheimer threw a personal-best 15.02 meters in the shot put and 44.29 meters in the discus, Ethan Ross threw a personal-best 49.21 meters in the javelin and Peyson Bryson reached 1.85 meters in the high jump.

For the Lady Panthers winners, Claire Page ran to a personal-best 14.06 in the 100 meters and reached 3.35 meters in the pole vault, Becca Erisman ran to a personal-best 2:32.59 in the 800 and reached a personal-best 5.01 meters in the long jump, Cora King threw 10.31 meters in the shot put, Kassena Ridgel threw 38.33 meters in the discus, Addison Reynolds threw a personal-best 36.95 meters in the javelin, and Katie Asbury reached 9.85 meters in the triple jump.

Siegel wins girls triple jump for North Callaway at New Bloomfield

For the second straight Friday, Jocelyn Siegel won the girls triple jump for North Callaway.

Siegel jumped 9.96 meters to win the event at the New Bloomfield High School Wildcat Invitational one week after winning the event in Hermann. 

Braelyn Kuda was third in the girls 100 meter hurdles, and Camrey Green was behind her in fourth. Alex Craighead finished fourth in the 300 hurdles, Icey Tomlinson was fifth in the shot put, and Madyson Gordon was sixth in the pole vault.

For the boys, Hunter Jansen was fifth in the 800 meters, Maxton Cross-Ferguson was sixth in the 200, and Kyle Cook was seventh in the high jump.