In last week’s track and field roundup, the outstanding teams that brought home championships from the recent state meets in Missouri and Illinois were honored.
Added to the list are the Ladue Rams, who won the Class 4 boys state championship in Jefferson City. This week, we are going to take a look at the other individual state champions.
Class 5 Girls
Senior A’laji Bradley of Pattonville won state championships in the 200- and 400-meter dashes. She won the 200 in 23.51 seconds and the 400 in 54.51. She also finished second in the 100-meter dash.
Senior Natalie Banard of Lafayette won both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs. She won the 1,600 in 4 minutes 49.4 seconds and the 3,200 in 10 minutes 32.66 seconds.
Class 4 Girls
Senior Skyye Lee of Parkway Central finished her fabulous career by winning three gold medals. She won the 200 in 23.94 seconds and swept the titles in the 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles. Her winning time in the 100-meter hurdles was 13.34 and the 300-meter hurdles was 42.63. She also finished second in the 100 in 11.75.
Senior Aaliyah Elliott of John Burroughs finished first in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet 5 ¼ inches. She also finished third in the triple jump.
Senior Madison Fowler of Cor Jesu won the shot put with a heave of 46 feet 3 ¼ inches. Senior Avery Foster of Fort Zumwalt North won the pole vault with a clearance of 12-0.
Class 4 Boys
The Ladue Rams won the state championship with 62 points. Senior Shaun Roberts won the 100 in 10.8 seconds. The Rams also finished first in the 4×100 in 41.88 and 4×400 in 3:17.78. They also finished second in the 4×200 and seventh in the 4×800. Senior Gavin Via finished second in the 400. Senior Dwayne Foley finished third in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump.
Senior Tristan Williams won state titles in the 200 and 400. He posted winning times of 21.52 in the 200 and 47.71 in the 400. He also anchored the Rams’ 4×200-meter relay to a first-place finish.
Senior Brandon Johnson of McCluer finished first in the high jump with a clearance of 6 feet 6 inches.
Sophomore Carson Drimeier of Festus won the 3,200 in a time of 9:17.46.
Senior Nick Marchetti of Hillsboro finished first in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 38.95 second.
St. Charles won the state championship in the 4×800-meter relay.
*Quenton Parker commits to UMSL
Cardinal Ritter basketball standout Quenton Parker has given a commitment to UMSL. A 6’4” guard, Parker helped lead the Lions to the Class 6 state championship. He averaged 10.6 points and 5.2 rebounds a game. He was also one of the most explosive athletes in the state as he had a number of crowd pleasing dunks during the season. He scored a game-high 20 points in the Lions victory over Springfield Central in the semifinals of the Class 6 state tournament.
