LAMAR, Mo. — College Heights Christian and McAuley Catholic were among the teams competing at Thursday’s Lamar Rotary Relays track meet.
For College Heights Christian’s boys, Colsen Dickens finished third in the 400-meter run in 52.9 seconds. Ethan Ukena placed fifth in the triple jump, while Caleb Quade took seventh in both the 800 and the high jump.
The CHC team of Zach Beaty, Dickens, Ukena and Matt Williams finished sixth in the 4×100 relay. The Cougars were also sixth in the 4×800.
McAuley Catholic’s Michael Parrigon finished third in the 1600 in 4:50 and also took sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:09.
The Warriors were eighth in the 4×200 relay, with Jacob Bracich, Jake Higginbotham, Dylan Taffner and Jack Jones competing.
The team of Armando Alberto, Phillip Motazedi, Grant Horinek and Drew Zeb took eighth in the 4×800.
Other local event winners in the boys meet were East Newton’s Chase Sorrell (800), Gabe Bergen (300H), Michael Crowe (HJ) and Dominic Shaw (discus), Monett’s Konner Poynter (100, 200, 400) and Julio Cruz (3200), Mount Vernon’s Wyatt Cordray (110H), Nevada’s Drew Beachler (LJ, TJ) and Lukas Higgins (shot put) and Lamar’s Trace Wilhite (javelin).
The top five boys teams were Lamar (109.5), East Newton (88), Nevada (78), Butler (65) and Pittsburg, Kansas (64.5).
For the McAuley girls, Kendall Ramsey won the 3200 in 13:47 and also finished fourth in the 1600 with a time of 6:07.
College Heights Christian’s Emily Winters was sixth in the 400.
For the Seneca girls, Rylee Darnell was third in the high jump, Cambry Long took fourth in the 400 and Katelyn Fyock was sixth in the long jump.
Other local event winners in the girls meet were Monett’s Karlee McCallister (100, javelin), Jasper’s Crystal Smith (200, 110 hurdles, 300H), Lamar’s Marcy Miller (HJ) and Elise Ferris (LJ), Nevada’s Lillian Hart (TJ) and Liberal’s Abby Barton (800).
Nevada and Lamar both finished with 98 points in the team standings. Monett (76), Pittsburg (56) and Butler (51) rounded out the top five teams.
There were 21 teams in attendance.
FULL RESULTS: Lamar Rotary Relays 2022 – Lamar HS Results (Raw) (milesplit.com)
