STEAM garners girls Class 2 championship
Congratulations abound as area athletes brought home state championships and All-State medals from last weekend’s Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 2 Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City.
STEAM Academy of McCluer South-Berkeley won the girls’ team championship with a dominating performance. The Bulldogs won eight of the nine events in which they were entered. Senior twins Chelby and Cheyenne Melvin and junior Leah Thames were all double winners for the Bulldogs.
Chelby Melvin won the 100-meter-high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles. Cheyenne Melvin won the 400-meter dash, and 800-meter run and Thames won the 100- and 200-meter dashes.
The team of Thames, Safiyah Reed and the Melvin twins won the 4×200-meter relay in a Class 2 meet record time of 1 minute 41.18 seconds. The 4×400-meter team of Reed, Myah Coleman and the Melvin twins closed out the championship with a victory in 4:00.76.
The top individual performer at the meet was sophomore sprinter Issam Asinga of Principia, who won the boys 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes and set new Class 2 state records in the process. He won the 100 in 10.62 seconds, the 200 in 21.64 and the 400 in 48.17.
The Lutheran North boys came home with a team trophy after finishing fourth in the Class 2 team standings with 39 points. The Crusaders’ lone victory came in the 4×200-meter relay with the team of Jordynn Parker, Jonathan Van Hook, Ali Wells and Brian Brown clacking a 1:30.4. Parker also earned two individual All-State medals, finishing third in the 400 and fifth in the 200. Brown finished eighth in the 800.
Nicholas Bellinger was seventh in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and Bryce Oliver was seventh in the triple jump. The Crusaders also finished third in the 4×100-meter relay.
Sectional Highlights
-Senior Mason Brock of Francis Howell won the discus and javelin events and finished second in the shot put at the Class 5, Sectional 2 meet at Washington. Brock threw the javelin 198 feet – 2 ¾ inches.
-Sophomore Genesis Dixon of Kirkwood won the 100-meter high hurdles, 300-meter low hurdles and the long jump at the Class 5, Sectional meet at Washington.
-Senior Julie Crenshaw of Fort Zumwalt West won the javelin at the Class 5, Sectional 2 meet at Washington with a throw of 163 feet 5 ½ inches.
-Freshman Ryan Wingo of SLUH won the 100, 200 and anchored the 4×100-meter relay team to a victory at the Class 5, Sectional 1 meet at Northwest-Cedar Hill.
-Freshman Aniyah Brown of Cardinal Ritter won the 100, 200 and ran on two first-place relays at the Class 5, Sectional 1 meet at Northwest-Cedar Hill.
-Freshman Hannah Wallace of Cardinal Ritter won the triple jump and high jump at the Class 5, Sectional 1 meet at Northwest-Cedar Hill.
-Sophomore Maya Anderson of MICDS won the 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles at the Class 5, Sectional 1 meet at Northwest-Cedar Hill.
-Senior Myles Norwood of Trinity won the long jump, triple jump and the 110-meter high hurdles at the Class 4, Sectional 2 meet at Montgomery County.
-Junior Kayelyn Tate of Parkway Central won the 100 and 200 at the Class 4, Sectional 2 meet at Montgomery County.
-Junior Lilian Jackson of St. Charles West won the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs at the Class 4, Sectional 2 meet at Montgomery County.
-Junior Brooke Moore of Trinity finished first in the 100-meter high hurdles and the triple jump at the Class 4, Sectional 2 meet at Montgomery County.
More track Statements
The MSHSAA State Track and Field Championships will continue this weekend with Classes 3, 4 and 5 taking center stage at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City. The Class 5 meet will be held on Thursday, followed by the Class 4 meet on Friday and the Class 3 meet on Saturday. The competition begins at 10 a.m. on all three days.
