The St. Louis area was well represented at last week’s KU Relays on the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
St. Louis area contenders Hazelwood Central, Francis Howell and Eureka performed well in bringing home several top finishes.
Central’s Marcus Davis turned in a winning time of 48.74 seconds in the 400-meter dash, which is the fastest time in the state so far. Davis also Brandon Chunn, Matt Quarells and Kendall Preston to win the 4×200-meter relay in 1 minute 28.73 seconds. Chris Wright of Central also finished second in the 110-meter high hurdles and fourth in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles.
Hazelwood Central’s girls also took first place in the 4×200 as Devyn Torbert, Prenecia Ponds, Marcya Spivey and Ashley Henderson turned in a winning time of 1 minute 41.96.
Eureka distance running standout Hannah Long swept both the 800- and 1,600-meter runs. She won the 800 in 2:12.81 and the 1,600 in 4:49.95. She also anchored the Wildcats to a victory in the 4×880-meter relay.
Francis Howell took home first place in the 4×400-meter relay in a winning time of 4:00.90. Standout Whitney Adams anchored the Vikings to the victory. Adams also finished second in the 400-meter dash in 55.81.
Cahokia wins invitational
The Cahokia boys continued to look sharp in winning the Winston Brown Invitational at Edwardsville. The Comanches won five individual events and three relays in winning the meet. Freshman jumper Ja’Mari Ward swept the long and triple jumps with winning efforts of 23 feet 2 ½ and 47 feet 4 inches.
Talent in Kirkwood
The Dale Collier Invitational at Kirkwood featured some of the best individual talent in the area.
Cardinal Ritter College Prep junior standout Charles Jones won the 800 in 1:54.16 seconds. Jones is just getting back into the swing of things after battling some early injuries this season.
Junior Michael Wells of Cleveland Naval Jr. ROTC also is back after some early injuries. He won the 200-meter dash.
Junior Raymond Wingo of SLUH won the 100.
Danyelle Kates of Gateway Tech had a nice day in winning the 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles. She also finished third in the long jump.
Kirkwood’s Elisa Steele won the high jump, finished second in the 400 and ran legs on the Pioneers’ first-place 4×200 and 4×400-meter relays.
Big boy meet
One of the big boys meets this week will be the Marion Freeman Clayton Invitational. The finals will be held on Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. The girls will be running at Parkway South at the Victoria Reeves Invitational on Saturday.
