The St. Louis metro area continues to produce some of the best high school track and field talent in the country. The conclusion to another exciting season came last weekend with several tremendous performances at the state championships in Missouri and Illinois.
On the team front, congratulations to the girls from McCluer South-Berkeley (back-to-back) and the boys from Cleveland Naval Jr. ROTC, John Burroughs, Rockwood Summit and Edwardsville (Illinois) on bringing home state championships. We bid farewell to some superstar individual talents, such as Rayvon Allen of Summit, Austin Hindman of Lafayette, Mariya Hudson of Cahokia and the Edwardsville duo of Travis Anderson and A.J. Epenesa, who will be moving on to the collegiate level. At the same time, we saw the spectacular prep debuts of freshmen phenoms Brandon Miller of John Burroughs and Alicia Burnett of Fort Zumwalt South, making sure that the good times will keep rolling in St. Louis track circles.
As we close the book on another season, here is the 2017 St. Louis American Track and Field All-Star Team.
Girls:
100-meter dash: Alicia Burnett (Fr.) Fort Zumwalt South
200-meter dash: Alicia Burnett (Fr.) Fort Zumwalt South
400-meter dash: Mariya Hudson (Sr.) Cahokia
800-meter run: Aly Vancardo (Sr.) Lindbergh
1,600-meter run: Madison Leigh (Sr.) Francis Howell
3,200-meter run: Mikayla Reed (Jr.) Washington
100-meter high hurdles: Valarie Whitted (Jr.) Cardinal Ritter
300-meter low hurdles: LaQwasia Stepney (Soph.) Cahokia
4×100-meter relay: O’Fallon (Kersten Douglas, Tamya Houston, Chloe Lambert, Mya Watson-Blake)
4×200-meter relay: Hazelwood Central (Brittney Johnson, Destiny Nash, Aisha Southern, Danielle Frank)
4×400-meter relay: East St. Louis (Shonjahnea Griggs, Jariah Turner, Jade Marshall, Veronica Sherrod)
4×800-meter relay: Francis Howell (Alexa Brugere, Kelly Schroeder, Erin Gilbert, Madison Leigh)
Long Jump: Zionn Pearson (Jr.) MICDS; Mariya Hudson (Sr.) Cahokia
Triple Jump: Diamond Riley (Jr.) Ritenour
High Jump: Katie Mans (Jr.) Alton
Pole Vault: Jamie Poppen (Sr.) Parkway West
Shot Put: Nia Lyles (Soph) Webster Groves
Discus: Shauniece O’Neal (Sr.) Hazelwood Central
Boys:
100-meter dash: Cameron Brown (Jr.) CBC
200-meter dash: Jayson Ashford (Sr.) SLUH
400-meter dash: Hasani Barr (Soph) Cardinal Ritter
800-meter run: Chris Conrad (Sr.) O’Fallon; Brandon Miller (Fr.) John Burroughs
1,600-meter run: Austin Hindman (Sr.) Lafayette
3,200-meter run: Austin Hindman (Sr.) Lafayette
110-meter high hurdles: Travis Anderson (Sr.) Edwardsville
300-meter intermediate hurdles: Jameson Williams (Soph) Cardinal Ritter
4×100-meter relay: CBC (Austin Malden, Brandon Douglas, Kamryn Babb, Cameron Brown)
4×200-meter relay: John Burroughs (Luke Lamb, John Harry Wagner, Brandon Miller, Xavier Miller)
4×400-meter relay: East St. Louis (Deonte Anderson, Reyondus Estes, Willie Johnson, Joshua Tolton)
4×800-meter relay: Lafayette (Harrison Brown, David Golder, Nassim Oufattole, Austin Hindman)
Long Jump: Rayvon Allen (Sr.) Rockwood Summit
Triple Jump: Rayvon Allen (Sr.) Rockwood Summit
High Jump: Lamont Allen (Sr.) DeSoto
Pole Vault: Will Drury (Jr.) Kirkwood
Shot Put: Reece Goddard (Sr.) Kirkwood
Discus: A.J. Epenesa (Sr.) Edwardsville
Javelin: Ivan Barnett (Sr.) Kirkwood
