POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. — College Heights Christian, Thomas Jefferson and McAuley Catholic had athletes qualify for the state track meet with their performances at their respective sectional meets on Saturday at School of the Ozarks.
College Heights’ boys were among the teams competing at the Class 2 Sectional 3 meet, while Thomas Jefferson and McAuley competed in Class 1.
The top four finishers in each event advanced to the state meet.
COLLEGE HEIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
The College Heights boys won the Class 2 4×200-meter relay in 1:35, with Logan Decker, Levi Durling, Caleb Quade and Colsen Dickens competing.
A junior, Quade advanced to state in two individual events, as he was the runner-up in both the triple jump (12.16m) and the long jump (6.03m).
Also of note, the CHC girls competed at a Class 3 district meet on Saturday. See a related story.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGHLIGHTS
Thomas Jefferson senior Kip Atteberry advanced to the Class 1 state meet in three individual events—the 800, 1600 and 3200.
Atteberry finished fourth in all three events. He recorded a time of 2;03 in the 800 in 2:03, finished the 1600 in 4:39 and the 3200 in 10:41.
Tyler Brouhard advanced in two events, as the senior was fourth in both the 100-meter dash (11.87) and the 200 (23.93 seconds).
TJ’s Jay Ball just missed advancing in both the discus (fifth) and shot put (sixth).
Like the TJ boys, Thomas Jefferson’s girls advanced in five events.
The Cavaliers fared well in the field events. Nico Carlson won the high jump (1.48m), Gabriella Hiebert took second in the long jump (4.63m) and tied for second in the high jump (1.4m), while Lannah Grigg placed third in the discus (29.96m) and Avery Hocker finished fourth in the triple jump (9.52m).
Also advancing was Macie Shifferd, who was second in the 3200 (13:59).
The TJ girls just missed qualifying in the 4×800 after finishing fifth. The Cavaliers were also sixth in the 4×100.
Thomas Jefferson’s girls finished fourth in the team standings, while the TJ boys were sixth.
MCAULEY CATHOLIC HIGHLIGHTS
McAuley Catholic junior Kendall Ramsey won two events in the girls meet, the 3200 in 12:27 and the 1600 in 5:50.
On the boys side, McAuley senior Joe Staton finished fourth in the pole vault (2.87m) and sophomore Roscoe Miller placed fourth in the javelin (36.06m) to give the Warriors a pair of individual qualifiers.
McAuley’s boys finished fifth in three relays, as the 4×100, the 4×400 and the 4×800 all just missed qualifying. Also, Michael Parrigon just missed advancing in two events, as he was fifth in the 1600 and sixth in the 800.
McAuley’s boys were 11th in the standings and the McAuley girls were 13th.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
The Class 1 team champions were the Appleton City girls and Hermitage boys.
Sarcoxie’s girls and Stockton’s boys won the team titles in Class 2.
In Class 2, Diamond’s Zachary Roughton won the 300 hurdles and was the runner-up in the 110 hurdles.
Jasper’s Crystal Smith won four girls events in Class 2 — the 200, the 100 hurdles, the 300 hurdles and the high jump.
Winning events for Sarcoxie were Ariel Wilson (girls 400) and Jaron Malotte (boys 110 hurdles).
