Cape Girardeau Central girls relay team finishes third at state track and field championships

The Cape Girardeau Central girls relay team of Kylie Lane, Jaleria Dent, Brittnee Blackmon and Alexus Walker picked up a third-place finish in Class 4 with a time of 49.72 seconds, leading the way for the Tigers at the state track and field championships on Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Jackson's Dakota Maddox tied for third in the Class 5 boys pole vault. His leap of 15 feet tied with KC Lightfoot of Lee's Summit. It's the second straight year Maddox has placed third in the event.

The Indians also received a solid finish from the 3,200-meter relay team of Caleb Bess, Gabriel Dudley, Alex Philipps and Joseph Reed, who finished fourth in 7:59.41, while Justin Crane took fifth for Jackson in the discus (159-00).

On the Class 5 girls side, Jackson placed fourth in the 3,200 relay. The team of Megan Barnum, Chelsea Drum, Carli Knott and Kaylee Wilson finished the race in 9:29.64. Katherine Schumer took fifth to lead the Indians in the pole vault (10-9).

Perryville's Eric Roth finished fifth in the Class 4 boys 300 hurdles with a time of 39.30.

Other top-10 finishers from around the area were Perryville's boys 800 relay team of Payton Besand, Kyle Wood, Emilio Mattingly and Eric Roth (Class 4, 10th, 1:31.94), Central's Patrick Buck in the boys discus (Class 4, 10th, 151-8), Notre Dame's Courtney Jones in the girls high jump (Class 4, 8th, 5-1), Jackson's Carli Knott in the girls 800 (Class 5, 7th, 2:18.87) and Jackson's Nicole Humphreys (Class 5, 9th, 122-8) and Olivia Brown (Class 5, 10th, 117-5) in the girls discus.

In Class 3, John Burroughs took the boys title with 73 points while McCluer South-Berkeley notched 69 points to take the girls crown.

Grandview won the Class 4 boys title with 60 points, and MICDS claimed the Class 4 girls championship with 74 points.

Lafayette (Wildwood) ran away with the Class 5 boys crown with 81 points while Lee's Summit West finished with 96 points to win the Class 5 girls title.

CLASS 4

Boys

200 -- 15. Eric Roth (Perryville) 23.69

300 hurdles -- 5. Eric Roth (Perryville) 39.30

400 relay -- 16. Perryville (Payton Besand, Pablo Mattingly, Emilio Mattingly, Eric Roth) 44.92

800 relay -- 10. Perryville (Payton Besand, Kyle Wood, Emilio Mattingly, Eric Roth) 1:31.94

1,600 relay -- 5. Perryville (Peyton Besand, Pablo Mattingly, Caleb Hadler, Kyle Wood) 3:26.11

3,200 relay -- 16. Notre Dame (Matt Gibbs, Rudy McClellan, Tyler Schumacker, Weiguo Wu) 8:30.45

High jump -- 12. Rico Flye (Cape Girardeau Central) 6-4

Shot put -- 13. Christian Mitchell (Cape Girardeau Central) 48-5

Discus -- 10. Patrick Buck (Cape Girardeau Central) 151-8

Girls

100 -- 14. Alexus Walker (Cape Girardeau Central) 12.88

400 relay -- 3. Cape Girardeau Central (Kylie Lane, Jaleria Dent, Brittnee Blackmon, Alexus Walker) 49.72

800 relay -- 13. Cape Girardeau Central (Kylie Lane, Jaleria Dent, Brittnee Blackmon, Alexus Walker) 1:47.78

1,600 relay -- 11. Notre Dame (Lilly Edwards, Katie Hanners, Claire Morrill, Megan Jansen) 4:09.79

High jump -- 8. Courtney Jones (Notre Dame) 5-1

Long jump -- 14. Alexus Walker (Cape Girardeau Central) 15-4

Shot put -- 13. Quetaja Martin (Cape Girardeau Central) 34-7.50

Pole vault -- t-14. Jaden Barnes (Notre Dame) J9-9

CLASS 5

Boys

800 -- 13. Caleb Bess (Jackson) 2:02.63

3,200 relay -- 4. Jackson (Caleb Bess, Gabriel Dudley, Alex Philipps, Joseph Reed) 7:59.41

Shot put -- 14. Dane Evans (Jackson) 47-11

Discus -- 5. Justin Crane (Jackson) 159-00

Pole vault -- t-3. Dakota Maddox (Jackson) 15-00

Girls

800 -- 7. Carli Knott (Jackson) 2:18.87

3,200 relay -- 4. Jackson (Megan Barnum, Chelsea Drum, Carli Knott, Kaylee Wilson) 9:29.64

Shot put -- 14. Nicole Humphreys (Jackson) 34-11

Discus -- 9. Nicole Humphreys (Jackson) 122-8; 10. Olivia Brown (Jackson) 117-5

Pole vault -- 5. Katherine Schumer (Jackson) J10-9