Jayson Ashford, SLUH – Boys Track and FieldÂ
The senior sprinter was one of the top individual performers at last weekend’s Dale Collier Invitational at Kirkwood.
Ashford earned a sweep of the sprints by winning the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. His winning times were 10.65 seconds in the 100, 21.49 in the 200 and 49.21 in the 400. He capped off his big day by anchoring the Jr. Billikens to a victory in the 4×400-meter relay with a spectacular anchor leg.
As a junior, Ashford led SLUH to a second-place finish at the Class 5 state championships in Jefferson City. He won the state championship in the 200-meter dash while finishing third in the 100 and fifth in the 400. He also anchored SLUH to a fourth-place finish in the 4×400.
Jakeel Suber, Parkway North – Boys Track and FieldÂ
The junior hurdler/sprinter enjoyed a big day at the Henle Holmes Invitational at Parkway Central.
Suber won two individual events and was part of two first-place relay teams. Suber won the 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 14.27 seconds and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 38.93. He also ran legs on the Vikings’ 4×200- and 4×400 relay teams that took home first place. The 4×200 team won in a meet record time of 1 minute 28.17 seconds.
As a sophomore, Suber earned two all-state medals at last year’s Class 5 state championships in Jefferson City. He finished third in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and was part of the Vikings’ 4×200 relay team that finished sixth.
