Here are some of the top individual highlights from last week’s Class 3, 4 and 5 district meets around the St. Louis area.
*Jaylon Ashford of SLUH was first in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes and anchored the 4×400-meter relay to a first-place finish at the Class 5, District 2 boys’ meet at Ladue.
*Rayvon Allen of Summit was first in the long jump, triple jump and 300-meter intermediate hurdles at the Class 4, District 2 boys meet at Summit.
*Alicia Burnett of Fort Zumwalt South was first in the 100, 200 and 400 at the Class 4, District 4 girls’ meet at Westminster Christian.
*Valarie Whitted of Cardinal Ritter finished third in the 100-meter high hurdles, 300-meter low hurdles and javelin at the Class 3, District 2 girls meet at Principia.
*Zionn Pearson of MICDS finished first in the long jump, triple jump and ran legs on the Rams’ first-place 4×100 and 4×200 relays at the Class 4, District 3 girls’ meet at Parkway Central.
*Austin Hindman of Lafayette finished first in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs and anchored the 4×800 relay to first place at the Class 5, District 2 boys’ meet at Ladue.
*Charles McIntyre of Parkway Central finished first in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs while anchoring the 4×400 relay to a first place finish at the Class 4, District 3 boys’ meet at Parkway Central.
*Nia Lyles of Webster Groves finished first in the shot put and discus at the Class 4, District 2 girls meet at Summit.
*Courtney Williams of Nerinx Hall finished first in the 100, 400, second in the 200 and ran a leg on the first-place 4×400 relay team at the Class 5, District 2 girls’ meet at Ladue.
*Diamond Riley of Ritenour finished first in the long jump and triple jump at the Class 5, District 3 girls’ meet at Parkway Central.
*Sectionals on tap this weekend
Missouri Class 5 sectional meets involving area teams will be held at Marquette and Montgomery County. Class 4 sectionals involving area teams will be held at Hillsboro and Mexico. The top four finishers in each event will advance to next week’s state championships in Jefferson City.
*Illinois Boys Sectionals
The boys IHSA sectional meets will be held on Thursday with the top qualifiers head to Charleston next weekend for the state championships at Eastern Illinois University. The six-time state-champion Cahokia Comanches will highlight the Class 2 sectional meet at Mascoutah. The metro-east Class 3 schools will be competing at Moline. Defending state champion East St. Louis and contending rival Edwardsville will highlight the field. Edwardsville won the Southwestern Conference championship last weekend.
