UPDATE: TRACK & FIELD: After scoring errors corrected, team standings change – SoMo Sports (somo-sports.com)
For the second straight year, College Heights Christian’s boys captured the team championship at the Ozark 7 Conference Track Meet.
Competing on Wednesday at Thomas Jefferson Independent School’s J. P. Humphreys Track & Field Complex, the College Heights boys compiled 183 points.
When the meet concluded, the Cougars were posing for photos with the conference championship plaque.
“Our boys ran well and we’re very pleased,” College Heights coach Daniel Lewis said. “We ran last night at Monett, so I was really pleased to see them come back and run well today. I was very proud we were able to get three of the four conference titles today (boys, two middle school). We wanted all four, but we’ll set our sights on districts next week.”
Thomas Jefferson (131.5) and McAuley Catholic (126) were second and third, respectively, in the team standings.
“Our boys had a great day,” Cavaliers coach Junior Joseph said. “We’re smaller in numbers. Elias Rincker practiced triple jump for a week and finished second today. Jay Ball is primarily a basketball player, and he comes out and wins the discus and takes fourth in the shot put. And everybody knows what Kip Atteberry can do…he takes first in everything. He’s definitely our anchor.”
“Today exceeded my expectations,” McAuley coach Andy Youngworth said. “We knew College Heights had the numbers game. Our goal was to be second and then try to be a spoiler by taking away as many points from other teams as we could. Our boys were only five points behind Thomas Jefferson for second place. We just need more numbers. We’re trying to do things right. Our goal is to build something like College Heights has. You’re always looking to raise your level of competition to the best in the conference.”
Verona (63), Wheaton (48), Exeter (38.5) and Golden City (25) rounded out the team standings.
COLLEGE HEIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
The Cougars won eight events.
Sophomore Ethan Ukena won three events for the Cougars. Ukena crossed the line first in the 400-meter run in 53.88 seconds and also won the long jump (5.59m) and the triple jump (11.5m).
Caleb Quade placed first in the high jump (1.77m), with Ukena third.
Colsen Dickens won the javelin (27.16m). In a busy day for the sophomore, Dickens also placed second in the 400, fourth in the 200 and sixth in the 100.
CHC’s Matt Williams won the 200-meter dash in 24.75 seconds and also took fourth in the 100.
Gavin Doll was the runner-up in the shot put, while Quade finished third in the 1600.
Quade and Derrick McMillan placed third and fourth in the 800, while Brayden Youngberg was third in the 300 hurdles and fourth in the 110 hurdles.
Andrew Williams finished fourth in the javelin, while Elijah Moss finished fifth in the 3200.
CHC’s boys won the 4×200 and 4×800 relays and took second in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGHLIGHTS
The host Cavaliers won four events.
Junior standout Kip Atteberry won two events for the Cavaliers. Atteberry won the 800-meter run in 2:09 and crossed the line first in the 1600 with a school record time of 4:42.
Elias Rincker was first in the 300 hurdles in 45.8 seconds. Rincker finished second in the triple jump, third in the high jump and fifth in the 100.
Jay Ball (28.85m) and Benjamin Carroll (26.38m) took first and second in the discus. Joseph said Ball set a school record in the discus.
The duo also finished fourth and fifth in the shot put, while Carroll also took second in the javelin.
TJ’s Levi Triplett and Sheraz Anis took second and third in the 110 hurdles, while Layton Green was fourth in the 400, Sheraz Anis was fifth in the 300 hurdles and Shayaan Anis took sixth in the javelin.
The Cavaliers were third in the 4×100, fourth in the 4×200 and fourth in the 4×400.
MCAULEY CATHOLIC HIGHLIGHTS
The Warriors won three events, including two relays.
McAuley freshman Michael Parrigon won the 3200-meter run in 11:28. Parrigon was also the runner-up in both the 800 (2:10) and 1600 (4:52).
Jacob Bracich was second in three events, the 100-meter dash (12.21), the 200 (24.85) and the long jump (5.57m).
Jack Jones took second in the high jump after clearing 1.58m.
Jake Higginbotham finished third in the 400, while Drew Zeb and Armando Alberto placed third and fourth, respectively, in the 3200.
Joe Staton placed fourth in the 300 hurdles and Phillip Motazedi took fifth in the 800.
The Warriors won the 4×100 relay in 48.6 seconds, with Ethan Staab, Bracich, Dylan Taffner and Higginbotham competing.
McAuley also won the 4×400 in 3:55, with Jones, Taffner, Higginbotham and Parrigon competing. McAuley was second in the 4×800 relay and third in the 4×200.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Other event winners in the boys meet were Verona’s Isaac Alvarado (100) and Marco Castillo (shot put) and Wheaton’s Fernando Gonzalez (110 H).
