A group of athletes from the St. Louis area made the trip to Lawrence, KS. to participate in the KU Relays on the campus of the University of Kansas. Those athletes did quite well in Jayhawk Land.
Cardinal Ritter College Prep standout Charles Jones was a double winner in the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run. His specialty is the 800, but he showed that he can sprint was well in winning the 400 in 47.71 seconds.
Hazelwood Central’s standout duo of Marcus Davis (48.28) and Brandon Chunn (48.86) finished second and third behind Jones, who also won the 800-meter run in 1 minute 53.36 seconds.
Michael Wells of Cleveland Naval Jr. ROTC won the 100-meter dash in a quick 10.49 seconds. Wells recently signed with the University of Oklahoma.
Maya Cody of Lutheran South finished third in the girls’ 100 with a time of 11.91. The first and second-place times ahead of Cody were 11.47 and 11.74, so it was a fast race.
Hazelwood Central won the 4×400-meter relay in a time of 3:22.43 seconds while sophomore Sophie Rivera of Brentwood won the shot put with a throw of 43 feet 6 inches.
Kristen Adams of Francis Howell won the 3,200-meter run and led the Vikings to victory in the 4×1,600-meter relay.
Good show at Rockwood SummitÂ
The girls put on a good show at the Corey Siebert Invitational at Rockwood Summit. McCluer North standout Jasmine Burge doubled in the 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles in times of 14.75 and 44.45, respectively.
Freshman Mariya Hudson of Cahokia finished first in a very good 400-meter dash in a winning time of 55.46. Hudson was followed by Rachel Culberson of McCluer North (57.82) and Chastity Franklin of Cardinal Ritter (58.4).
Hudson also finished second in the long jump with a effort of 17-9 ½. The winner of the event was Traci Mills of Soldan with a winning leap of 18-1 ½.
Another field event standout was Summit’s Aliyah Brown, who finished first in the shot put with a throw of 44-10.
McCluer South-Berkeley’s girls did quite well in the short sprints. Octavia Cato won the 100 in 12.68. The Bulldogs also won the 4×100-meter relay in 47.52 seconds and the 4×200-meter relay in 1.41.26. They have been putting down some of the top times in the area this season.
Team titles sweptÂ
Lafayette’s boys and Eureka’s girls swept the team titles at the Henle Holmes Invitational at Parkway Central last week. Dylan Quisenberry of Lafayette was a double winner in the 800 and 1,600 to lead the Lancers. Alvin Houston won the 400 while Devon Williams was first in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles.
Parkway Central’s big man duo of Khalen Saunders and Michael Slater swept the weight events. Saunders won the shot put with a heave of 59-3 while Slater won the discus with a throw of 149 feet. Slater also finished second to his teammate in the shot put.
Junior sprinter John Moten of John Burroughs won the 100 and 200 at Henle Holmes. On the girls side, freshman Lailah Elliott of John Burroughs won the long jump and triple jump while teammate Jordan McClendon won the shot put and discus.
Kicking it in KirkwoodÂ
The Dale Collier Kirkwood Invitational was held at MICDS last weekend. Sprinter Ja’lanna Williams of Sumner won the girls 400 in a time of 57.68 seconds. Jocelyn Payne of Kirkwood swept the 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles. McCluer’s Lydia Harrold won the 200-meter dash and anchored the Comets to victories in the 4×100- and 4×200-meter relays.
New school recordsÂ
Collinsville’s Martinus Mitchell is continuing his fine season in the throwing events. Mitchell won the shot put at the Granite City Invitational last week with a new school-record throw of 58 feet 1 inch. Another school record set last week came from Kirkwood’s Bryant Boyd, who cleared 6-8 to win the high jump at the Dale Collier Kirkwood Invitational at MICDS.
Big meets this weekendÂ
A couple of big meets on the schedule this weekend are the Fred Lyon Invitational at Parkway North on Thursday and Friday and the Phil Brusca/Connie Strobach Invitational at Ladue on Saturday.Â
