Ben Naeger had some simple but lofty goals coming into Saturday’s Capital City Cross Country Challenge – win and run fast.
Marquette junior Hannah Pierson has some familiarity with the Oak Hills Golf Center course, which is the site of the Missouri state cross country meet.
Eureka senior Hannah Long ran away with Saturday’s Forest Park XC Festival title, book-ending where she began her phenomenal cross country prep career.
Sandwiched around a second-place finish by Owasso’s (OK) Haley Geisler, two Missouri freshmen girls battled for the Forest Park XC Festival White Division crown.
Seven of the state’s top 10 teams, and even more out-of-state powers, created a loaded lined up at the start of boys’ Green Division of the 2014 Forest Park XC Festival Saturday.
Craig Martin puts the finishing touches on our coverage from the Class 3-4 Championships
In all, there were 13 record-setting performances at the MSHSAA Class 3-4 Track & Field Championships at Lincoln University’s Dwight T. Reed Stadium.
CJ Jones has been targeting that state 800-meter run record for years, and it continued to elude him at his final MSHSAA championship meet.
Hannah Long simply owned the Class 4 distance races. Glendale’s Spencer Haik knew there wasn’t a next year for him, as he closed out his high school career with his third 1,600-meter title in the seventh fastest time in state history at 4:09.41.
The Class 3 boys team race turned into a contrast of the familiar against the newcomer, and in the end they found themselves locked in a tie atop the state standings.
McCluer North will surely find a place of prominence for the 2014 Class 4 girls state track championship plaque.
The Grandview girls joined their boys team atop the Class 3 podium at the state meet Saturday after racking up 63 points.
Blue Springs dethroned Hazelwood Central as the boys champions of Class 4 at the state meet, and the Wildcats did it by scoring all over the track.
Ste. Genevieve sophomore Taylor Werner finished re-writing the record books – for now.
There was so much anticipation for something special to happen that even Governor Jay Nixon made an appearance to watch Carlos and Khalil Davis throw the discus.
The winds at Dwight T. Reed Stadium picked up slightly in the afternoon, and they played havoc with the plan Spencer Haik and Stephen Mugeche had set for the Class 4 3,200-meter run.
Craig Martin interviews the winners of the Friday's field events.
It took 25 years to topple Megan Thompson’s 1,600-meter record. It took less than 10 minutes for that mark to fall again.
Cardinal Ritter senior CJ Jones is known for his 800 meters. This year he added the 400-meter run for the first time since his freshman season, and he let it be known that he was targeting the 2003 record of 46.81 held by Jefferson City’s Domenik Peterson during Friday’s prelims at the Class 3-4 MSHSAA Track & Field Championships at Lincoln University.
Hazelwood Central put the field on notice right from the gun that it meant business in the 3,200-meter relay Friday at Lincoln University’s Dwight T. Reed Stadium.
The sprints were on full display Saturday at the Class 3-4 sectional meets at Troy Buchanan High School.
There was a little drama at the Class 4 Sectional 2 meet Saturday at Troy Buchanan High School.
In the race to qualify for sectionals, a handful of teams put themselves on the short list of state championship contenders with a strong showing at Saturday’s district meets.
After the preliminaries of the 800-meter run were removed from the state meet, the possibility of the distance triple came back into play for some runners. Eureka’s Hannah Long decided she was game to tackle the three distance races as well as the 3,200-meter relay.
Eureka junior pole vaulter Tanner Scholin just keeps clearing new heights.
Even before her amputation, Katie Ladlie just wanted to be like everyone else. Since her decision to amputate her leg just above the knee when she was 12, Katie has continued to be a regular kid and found a passion for athletics.
Viburnum captured the Class 1 District 1 title Saturday at Lutheran St. Charles despite not having an overly large team. The 12-man Blue Jays squad tallied 118 points to secure the district title.
Everyone knows what Michael Wells can do in the sprints. Wells, a senior at Cleveland NJROTC, rolled to victories in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. It was the addition of the long jump that proved to be the surprise.
The Lutheran St. Charles girls began defense of their Class 2 state track title Saturday at their home track. The squad was pushed by Montgomery County, but the Cougars came out on top of the team standings 140-124 by winning eight events at the Class 2 District 2 meet. The Cougars won the state title 64-47 over Herculaneum last year.
Craig Martin's recap of the Marion Freeman Invitational.