Hazelwood Central’s girls rolled to a second-place finish at the Class 5 state championships in Jefferson City last season.
With several key performers returning, the Hawks are poised and ready to make another run to a team trophy, and possibly the state championship. The Hawks dominated the competition as last weekend’s Northwest Invitational, winning the meet with 156 points.
Hazelwood Central won 10 events en route to the meet championship while recording some impressive times in the process. Deja Ingram and Brittany Johnson finished first and second in the 100-meter dash. Ingram’s winning time was 11.82 seconds while Johnson was right behind at 11.92. Ingram also won the 200-meter dash in 23.81 while Danielle Frank won the 400 in 58.44.
The Hawks also swept the hurdles as Aisha Southern won the 100-meter high hurdles and Destiny Nash finished first in the 300-meter low hurdles. Central swept the sprint relays with some impressive performances. The Hawks won the 4×100-meter relay in 47.78 seconds, the 4×200 relay in 1:41.59 and the 4×400 in 3:57.11.
In the field events, Shauniece O’Neal won the shot put and discus with winning throws of 38 feet 11 inches in the shot put and 136 feet 10 in the discus. Kasandra Sanders finished first in the high jump while Taylor Ramsey was second in the long jump.
Edwardsville wins Norm Armstrong InvitationalÂ
The Edwardsville Tigers took home the team title at the very competitive Norm Armstrong Invitational at Belleville West. Defending state champion Travis Anderson won the 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 14.1 seconds. A.J. Epenesa won the discus with a throw of 187 feet 10 inches. Devonte Tincher won the long jump with an effort of 23 feet 4 ½ inches while Blake Neville won the pole vault by clearing 14-1.
Weekly HighlightsÂ
Valarie Whitted of Cardinal Ritter finished first in the 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter low hurdles at the Skippy Keefer Relays at John Burroughs.
Sophomore Lance Long of McCluer North won the 100, 400 and ran a leg on the Stars’ first-place 4×200 at the Timberland Wolfpack Invitational.
Sophomore Jade Moore won the 100 and 400 at the Timberland Wolfpack Invitatonal.
On tap this weekÂ
The two-day Henle Holmes Invitational will be held at Parkway Central. The final day of competition will be held today, beginning at 4 p.m. The Fort Zumwalt East Relays will be held on Friday, beginning at 4 p.m. The Dale Collier Invitational will be held at Kirkwood on Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. The Corey Siebert Invitational will be held on Saturday at Rockwood Summit.
