Lathrop hosts Class 1 and 2 sectional track meet, with state trips to Jefferson City up for grabs

The Lathrop High School Sports Complex, after hosting Class 3, District 16 baseball action on Friday night, remained busy on Saturday, with numerous area athletes converging on the “Home of the Mules” for the combined Class 1 and 2, Section 4 track and field meet.  Top four finishers, in each event, qualified for the state track meet, this coming Friday and Saturday, at Jefferson City High School.

Here are the final results for all four competitions (top four area finishers only) – district champions highlighted in BOLD:

The Richmond Spartans hosted the Class 3, District 8 track and field meet on Saturday afternoon, with top four finishers in each individual event advancing to the Class 2, Section 4 meet this coming Saturday, May 19th.

The Chillicothe boys continued their strong track season with a district championship, amassing 118 points to outlast Maryville’s 115.  The Trenton Bulldogs, with 51 points, finished in seventh place.

The Blue Tigers of Lincoln College Prep won the girl’s team title with 110 points, just three more than the runner-up Trenton Lady Bulldogs.  Lawson was third with 87 points, with Chillicothe, at 60 points, in the fifth position. 

Here are the AREA top 4 finishers (local only) for each event from Class 3, District 8 track (at Richmond H.S.) – 1st place finishers in BOLD

Class 1:

High Jump:

BOYS: Mack Anderson (So- SW Livingston) 6’2″ – 1st (Brett Curtis – Pattonsburg – 2nd, Jason Kelso – Stanberry – 3rd)

GIRLS: Marissa Jensen (Jr- Stanberry) 5’6″ – 1st (Elizabeth Lyle – Worth County – 3rd, Anna Gladstone – Worth County – 4th)

Pole Vault:

BOYS: Nathan Adwell – Worth County – 4th

GIRLS: Regan Allee (So- Worth County) 9’0″ – 1st (Jessica Badell – Worth County – 3rd)

Long Jump:

BOYS:  Mack Anderson (So – SW Livingston) 20’3″ – 1st (Tevin Cameron – Worth County – 2nd, Peyton Jones – Pattonsburg – 3rd, Cameron Jones – Pattonsburg – 4th)

GIRLS:  Anna Gladstone (So- Worth County) 16’10.5″ (Marissa Jensen – Stanberry – 2nd, Colee Webb – SW Livingston – 3rd)

Triple Jump:

BOYS:  Peyton Jones (Sr-Pattonsburg) 43’3″ – 1st (Cameron Jones – Pattonsburg – 2nd, Devin Fields – Green City – 3rd, Cameron Conner – Green City – 4th)

GIRLS:  Colee Webb – SW Livingston – 3rd, Brooke Littrell – Green City – 4th

Discus:

BOYS: Drake Kinsella (Sr- Worth County) 141’9″ – 1st (Mason Hawk – Worth County – 2nd)

GIRLS: Merrideth Spiers (So – Worth County) 120’8″ – 1st (Jessica Brush – Osborn, 2nd, Kaylie Campbell – SW Livingston – 3rd, Emma Craig – North Harrison – 4th)

Shot Put:

BOYS: Drake Kinsella (Sr- Worth County) 48’3.75″ (Mason Hawk – Worth County – 3rd, Michael Peavler – Green City – 4th)

GIRLS: Kaylie Campbell (Sr- SW Livingston) 36’11.5″ (Merrideth Spiers – Worth County – 2nd, Camie Vaughn – East Harrison – 3rd)

Javelin:

BOYS: Conner Fletcher – Meadville – 3rd, Tevin Cameron – Worth County – 4th

GIRLS: Payton Craig – North Harrison – 2nd

4 by 800 Relay:

BOYS: Princeton (Logan Dunkin, Tyler Richter, Preston Thomas, Clayton Sweeten) 8:41.51 – 1st (Meadville (Jacobs, Burton, Berry, Seckington) – 4th)

GIRLS: Stanberry (Ellis, Marticke, Pappert, Peterson) – 3rd

100/110 Hurdles:

BOYS: Bryant McCord – Worth County – 2nd

GIRLS: Anna Gladstone (So- Worth County) 16.45 – 1st (Katelyn Conner – Green City – 2nd)

100 Dash:

BOYS: Mack Anderson – SW Livingston – 2nd, Colton Coburn – Albany – 3rd, Jaxon Anderson – Worth County – 4th

GIRLS: Jaelyn Thomas (Jr-Princeton) 13.15 – 1st (Kaylie Campbell – SW Livingston – 3rd)

4 by 200 Relay:

BOYS: Stanberry (Kameron Wallace, Rueben Gage, Trey Schieber, Cole Durbin) 1:34.97 – 1st (King City (Moen, States, Gilbert, Bracken) – 4th)

GIRLS: King City (Gilbert, Rapp, Saunders, Schottel) – 3rd

1600 Run:

BOYS: Dillon Seckington – Meadville – 2nd, Preston Thomas – Princeton – 3rd

GIRLS: Allison Marticke – Stanberry – 3rd

4 by 100 Relay:

BOYS: Worth County (Tevin Cameron, Caleb Parman, Andrew Alarcon, Bryant McCord) 45.66 – 1st (King City (Moen, States, Gilbert, Bracken) – 2nd, Princeton (Hanson, Gittings, Sweeten, Berwanger) – 3rd)

GIRLS: No local top four finishers

400 Dash:

BOYS: Caleb Schreiner (Jr-Linn County) 51.35 – 1st (Kameron Wallace – Stanberry – 3rd, Christopher Barto – Green City – 4th)

GIRLS: Grace Schottel (Sr- King City) 59.90 – 1st (Jaelyn Thomas – Princeton – 2nd, Peyton Gage – Stanberry – 3rd)

300 Hurdles:

BOYS: Cameron Conner – Green City – 3rd, Bryant McCord – Worth County – 4th

GIRLS: Katelyn Conner (Sr- Green City) 46.73 – 1st (Anna Gladstone- Worth County – 4th)

800 Run:

BOYS: Dillon Seckington – Meadville – 2nd, Tyler Richter – Princeton – 3rd, Nathaniel Reith – SW Livingston – 4th

GIRLS: Hailey Wilmes (Sr- Stanberry) 2:31.04 (Shae Gilbert – King City – 2nd)

200 Dash:

BOYS: Caleb Schreiner (Jr- Linn County) 24.00 – 1st (Colton Coburn – Albany – 2nd)

GIRLS: Jaelyn Thomas (Jr- Princeton) 27.27 – 1st (Grace Schottel – King City – 2nd)

3200 Run:

BOYS: Preston Thomas – Princeton – 2nd, Logan Dunkin – Princeton – 3rd

GIRLS: No local top four finishers

4 by 400 Relay:

BOYS: Stanberry (Trey Schieber, Rueben Gage, Cole Durbin, Kameron Wallace) 3:36.03 – 1st 

GIRLS: Stanberry (Gage, Peterson, Jensen, Wilmes) – 2nd, Green City (Littrell, Tipton, Murphy, Conner) – 3rd

Class 2:

High Jump:

BOYS: LaTroy Harper – Penney – 2nd, Carson Quint – Putnam County – 4th

GIRLS: Jaylea Bixenman (Jr- Marceline) 5’1″ – 1st (Mackenzie Brown – Carrollton – 3rd)

Pole Vault:

BOYS: Drew O’Connor (So – Lathrop) 13’6″ – 1st (Hayden Dorrell – Marceline – 2nd, Brendan Bertoncino – Maysville – 3rd)

GIRLS: Jaylee Knowles (Sr- Putnam County) 9’6″ – 1st (Summer Beaty – South Harrison – 2nd)

Long Jump:

BOYS: Brock Lewis – Lathrop – 2nd, Justin Burns – Lathrop – 4th

GIRLS:  Mackenzie Brown – Carrollton – 2nd, Bailey Piper – Lathrop – 3rd, Madison Simmons – Putnam County – 4th

Triple Jump:

BOYS:  Brock Lewis (Sr- Lathrop) 44’11” (Darius Rawlings – Plattsburg – 2nd, Ethan Lowe – Plattsburg – 3rd)

GIRLS:  Mackenzie Brown – Carrollton – 2nd

Discus:

BOYS: Thomas Macomber (Jr- Lathrop) 138’10” 1st (Evan Fay – Brookfield – 2nd, Dustin Kelly – Marceline – 3rd, Colton Nichols – Lathrop – 4th)

GIRLS: Baylee Jobson – Marceline – 2nd, Graycen Prothero – Penney – 3rd

Shot Put:

BOYS: No area top four finishers

GIRLS: Emily Brown (So- Maysville) 38’6.25″ (Sydney Stephens – Plattsburg – 2nd, Keagan Madison – South Harrison – 4th)

Javelin:

BOYS: Owen Dobbins (Sr- Carrollton) 168’0″ (Jeremy Williams – Brookfield – 3rd, Ryan Dabney – Milan – 4th)

GIRLS: Katheryn Ewing (So-Brookfield) 123’11” (Kelsie Lewis – Plattsburg – 2nd, Baylee Jobson – Marceline – 3rd, Sydney Stephens – Plattsburg – 4th)

4 by 800 Relay:

BOYS: Penney (Landon Huff, Cale Whitt, Ryan Cook, Derek Dixon) 8:37.45 – 1st (Marceline (Swanson, Duff, Terrell, Cain) – 2nd, Gallatin (Adkison, Stout, Gibson, Baker) – 3rd))

GIRLS: Marceline (Stahl, Edgar, Darling, Wheeler) – 2nd

100/110 Hurdles:

BOYS: Austin Davis – Lathrop – 2nd, Brandon Anderson – Lathrop – 3rd

GIRLS: Hannah Ballard (Jr – Lathrop) 16.67 – 1st (MacKinzie Cantrell – Lathrop – 2nd, Renee Sinclair – Marceline – 3rd)

100 Dash:

BOYS: Carson Quint – Putnam County – 2nd, Dominic Dabney – Milan – 4th

GIRLS: Malia Termini – Plattsburg – 2nd, Jacque Gentzell – Lathrop – 3rd

4 by 200 Relay:

BOYS: Lathrop (Tyler Paul, Justin Burns, Brock Lewis, Hunter Sloan) 1:32.70 – 1st (Putnam County (Quint, Brundage, Sands, Hurley) – 2nd, Plattsburg (Rawlings, Roberts, Lowe, Kennedy) – 4th)

GIRLS: Lathrop (Jacque Gentzell, Madelyn Vonderfecht, Hannah Ballard, Lindsey Jones) 1:46.19 – 1st (Marceline (Bixenman, Fields, Stahl, Kussman) – 2nd, Plattsburg (Dow, Straight, Wendel, Termini) – 4th)

1600 Run:

BOYS: Aiden Wayne (Jr- Gallatin) 4:53.42 – 1st (Logan Swanson – Marceline – 4th)

GIRLS: Claire Hemry (Fr- Gallatin) 5:33.32 – 1st (Hannah Graham – Penney – 4th)

4 by 100 Relay:

BOYS: Lathrop (Tyler Paul, Brock Lewis, Justin Burns, Hunter Sloan) 44.58 – 1st (Putnam County (Quint, Brundage, Sands, Hurley) – 4th)

GIRLS: Lathrop (Vonderfecht, Jones, Ballard, Gentzell) – 2nd, Marceline (Bell, Fields, Darling, Stahl) – 4th)

400 Dash:

BOYS: Derek Dixon (Sr- Penney) 52.10 – 1st (Timothy Izard – Brookfield – 2nd, Dominic Dabney – Milan – 3rd, Noah Baker – Gallatin – 4th)

GIRLS: Abbey Kussman (So- Marceline) 1:00.42 – 1st

300 Hurdles:

BOYS: Nicholas Cain – Marceline – 2nd, Austin Davis – Lathrop – 3rd, Colten Fordyce – Milan – 4th

GIRLS: Brighton Swindler (Fr- Penney) 48.15 – 1st (Madison Simmons – Putnam County – 3rd)

800 Run:

BOYS: Derek Dixon (Sr- Penney) 2:08.25 (Michael Hascall – Lathrop – 2nd)

GIRLS: Allie McEntee – Lathrop – 2nd, Claire Hemry – Gallatin – 3rd, Jaylea Bixenman – Marceline – 4th

200 Dash:

BOYS: No local top four finishers

GIRLS: Madelyn Vonderfecht – Lathrop – 2nd, Madison Simmons – Putnam County – 3rd, Malia Termini – Plattsburg – 4th

3200 Run:

BOYS: Ayden Wayne (Jr- Gallatin) 10:57.88 (Logan Swanson – Marceline – 3rd, Andrew Rote – Plattsburg – 4th)

GIRLS: Maycee Edgar – Marceline – 3rd, Leslie Dean – Brookfield – 4th

4 by 400 Relay:

BOYS: Lathrop (Tyler Paul, Austin Davis, Aidan Turner, Hunter Sloan) 3:32.32 – 1st (Milan (Dabney, Shaw, Dabney, Fordyce) – 2nd)

GIRLS: Marceline (Abbey Kussman, Makenzie Stahl, Heather Darling, Jaylea Bixenman) 4:14.28 – 1st (Lathrop (Vonderfecht, Jones, Wright, McEntee) – 3rd)