JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson senior Kip Atteberry concluded his stellar prep career by making one final trip to the awards podium at the MSHSAA Track and Field Championships.
Competing in Class 1 on Saturday at Adkins Stadium, Atteberry finished fourth in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:15.
Atteberry earned a pair of medals on Friday after finishing fourth in the 1600 and fifth in the 800. With that, Atteberry earned all-state honors in three events.
At last year’s state meet, Atteberry took third in the 3200, fourth in the 1600 and seventh in the 800.
Atteberry wasn’t the only local state medalist.
McAuley Catholic junior Kendall Ramsey finished sixth in the girls 1600 with a time of 5:39 to earn a spot on the podium.
On Friday, Ramsey finished ninth in the 3200. The top eight in each event are medalists.
It was Ramsey’s second straight year competing at state, as she finished 10th in the 3200 in ’22.
In other boys events, McAuley Catholic senior Joe Staton finished 14th in the pole vault (9-5.25) and McAuley sophomore Tripp Miller finished 16th in the javelin (115-4).
In other girls action, Thomas Jefferson’s Lannah Grigg was 13th in the discus (98-7) and teammate Avery Hocker finished 16th in the triple jump (29-6).
On Friday, Thomas Jefferson’s Macie Shifferd took 13th in the 3200 (13:13) and Nico Carlson placed 13th in the high jump (4-9). TJ’s Gabriella Hiebert finished 14th in two events, the long jump (15-2.75) and the high jump (4-7).
LIBERAL FARES WELL IN CLASS 1
Liberal’s Wyatt Pryor finished third in the discus and teammate Kale Marti was fifth in the high jump.
On the girls side, Liberal’s Taylor Swarnes was sixth in the girls 400, Abby Barton was sixth in the 800 and Kylee Melton finished seventh in the pole vault. Liberal’s girls were fifth in the 4×400.
COLLEGE HEIGHTS COMPETES IN CLASS 2
College Heights Christian junior Caleb Quade just missed a spot on the podium after finishing ninth in the triple jump (40-7.75).
On Friday, Quade finished 10th in the long jump (19-8.25).
The Cougars finished 12th in the prelims of the 4×200 relay on Friday, with Logan Decker, Levi Durling, Quade and Colsen Dickens competing.
JASPER’S SMITH CAPTURES GOLD, FOUR MEDALS
Jasper sophomore Crystal Smith won the girls 100-meter hurdles in 15.27 seconds.
Smith earned a medal in four events in Class 2. In addition to capturing gold in the 100 hurdles, Smith finished fourth in the high jump (5-2.5), seventh in the 200 (26.98) and eighth in the 300 hurdles (49.16).
OTHER CLASS 2 HIGHLIGHTS
Sarcoxie’s 4×200 relay team of Jocelyn Benito, Madison Chrisman, Jordyn Misner and Abbey Lawyer finished fifth.
Pierce City’s Hayden Kramer was third in the discus and teammate Emma Hunt finished fifth in the 3200 and sixth in the 1600.
On the boys side, Sarcoxie’s Jaron Malotte placed third in the 110 hurdles and Diamond’s Zachary Roughton placed fourth in the 300 hurdles.
