SARCOXIE, Mo. — The Sarcoxie High School girls track and field squad captured the team championship at the Southwest Conference Meet on Thursday.
The top five girls teams were Sarcoxie (174), Pierce City (163), Stockton (87), Ash Grove (76.5) and Pleasant Hope (52).
The Sarcoxie boys finished second in the team standings with 141 points. Stockton was first with 204. Finishing third, fourth and fifth were Marionville (118), Ash Grove (84) and Diamond (52).
The Sarcoxie girls won all four relays.
Winning individual events for the Sarcoxie girls were Madison Chrisman (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles), Alexis Letts (high jump), Ariel Wilson (long jump), Jordyn Misner (triple jump) and Nikki Roth (javelin).
Wilson (400), Laney Dorris (800, 1600) and Lily Garrison (3200) all finished second in their respective events.
Stockton’s Kylie Hunter won three events, the 100, 400 and 800.
Other individual event winners in the girls meet were Pierce City’s Liliana Lasker (200) and Emma Hunt (1600, 3200), Marionville’s Olivia Hopkins (shot put), Ash Grove’s Jamalynn Atkinson (discus) and Pleasant Hope’s Gwendolyn Montle (pole vault).
Diamond’s top finishers were Jernie DeWitt and Ashlyn Daniel. DeWitt placed fourth in the 100-meter dash and the 300 hurdles, while Daniel took fourth in the 100 hurdles.
Sarcoxie’s boys won two relays, the 4×100 and the 4×200.
Winning individual events for the Sarcoxie boys were Noah Garrison (200), Jaron Malotte (110 hurdles, pole vault) and Garrett Smith (javelin).
Malotte was the runner-up in two events, the 300 hurdles and the long jump.
Marionville’s Wil Carlton won three events, the high jump, long jump and triple jump.
Other individual event winners were Diamond’s Zachary Roughton (300 hurdles), Marionville’s Braydon Bellah (100) and Stockton’s Jay Baxter (400), Braden Postlewait (800, 3200), Caden Duncan (1600) and Jayse Sharif (shot put, discus).
Diamond’s Roughton was also the runner-up in the 110 hurdles. Diamond’s Alexander Brown placed third in the discus, while Nicholas Meza finished fifth in three events, the 100, 200 and long jump.
Southwest Conference Meet
Girls team scores: Sarcoxie 174, Pierce City 163, Stockton 87, Ash Grove 76.5, Pleasant Hope 52, Marionville 51, Miller 35, Lockwood 34, Diamond 30.5.
Boys team scores: Stockton 204, Sarcoxie 141, Marionville 118, Ash Grove 84, Diamond 52, Lockwood 38, Pierce City 36, Miller 28, Pleasant Hope 3.
