Central girls win meet in St. Louis

The Central girls track team finished first out of 16 teams at the Washington University Invitational in St. Louis on Saturday.

Central edged University City 101 to 98 in the team standings. Central was paced by individual wins from Maggie Limbaugh (pole vault), Jennifer Pancoast (1,600), Holly Shaffer (800) and the 3,200 relay team, which consisted of Pancoast, Shaffer, Linnea Woldtvedt and Stephanie Watts.

Central's boys finished third out of 15 teams. Mark Egbuka (shot put), Lance Altenthal (pole vault), Calen Wills (400) and the 1,600 relay team of Wills, Will Johnson, Zeno Walker and Allen Walker were winners.Central's girls results

Long jump -- 5. Dani Gross 15-1 1/4, 7. Jami Dement 14-4

Triple jump -- 6. Gross 31-5 1/2

High jump -- 4. Courtney Schuessler 4-6

Pole vault -- 1. Maggie Limbaugh 9-0

3,200 relay -- 1. Central 10:22.14 (Jennifer Pancoast, Holly Shaffer, Linnea Woldtvedt, Stephanie Watts)

100 hurdles -- 4. Dement 18.76

100 -- 2. Nicole Jackson 13.47

1,600 -- 1. Pancoast 5:20.45

400 relay -- 2. Central 50.88 (Gross, Jackson, Meg Yates, Courtney Elizalde)

400 -- 6. Renee Moreland 1:03.97, 7. Schuessler 1:05.78, 8. Lisa Langenfeld 1:06.68

800 -- 1. Shaffer 2:27.37

200 -- 3. Jackson 27.64

1,600 relay -- 2. Central 4:17.69 (Yates, Moreland, Shaffer, Jackson)

800 relay -- 3. Central 1:53.72 (Yates, Gross, Limbaugh, Brianna Egbuka)Central's boys results

Long jump -- 3. Xavier Delph 19-8 3/4, 5. Marcus Rice 18-8 1/2

Triple jump -- 6. Delph 39-6, 7. Tyler Terry 39-0

Shot put -- 1. Mark Egbuka 47-7, 4. Gabe Edwards 42-1

High jump -- 8. John Mosby 5-4

Pole vault -- 1. Lance Altenthal 13-0, 2. Alex Schneider 12-6, 3. Jarred Harris 12-0

3,200 relay -- 7. Central 9:44.50 (John Kipper, Paul Stone, Alex Schroeder, Dale Brannock)

110 hurdles -- 7. Edwards 19.42

100 -- 6. Allen Walker 11.72

400 relay -- 4. Central 44.32 (Brandon Twiggs, Will Johnson, Rice, A. Walker)

400 -- 1. Calen Wills 51.11, 5. Beau Jordan 53.83

200 -- 4. Rice 24.03

1,600 relay -- 1. Central 3:29.92 (Wills, Johnson, Zeno Walker, A. Walker)

800 relay -- 2. Central 1:32.14 (Twiggs, Z. Walker, Johnson, Wills)BASEBALL

Poplar Bluff 17, Central 10

The Central baseball team dropped an error-filled game on the road.

Poplar Bluff (1-2) jumped to a 7-2 lead after two innings, but Central (1-1) answered with four runs in the third to cut the lead to 7-6. Central took the lead 10-9 with a four-run fifth, before the Mules answered with a seven spot on only two hits in the bottom half of the inning.

Patrick Slattery had two hits for Central and three RBI. Zac Hudson also had two hits for Central and stole two bases.

Central 204 040 0 -- 10 10 6

PB 250 271 X -- 17 11 4

WP -- Blacwell. LP -- Cory Huskey, 0-1. HR -- Atteberry (S). 2B -- Patrick Slattery (C), Bagby (S), Patty (S). Multiple hits -- Central, Slattery 2-4; Zac Hudson 2-3; Sikeston, Patty 2-4; Atteberry 2-5. Records -- Central 1-1, Poplar Bluff 1-2.

JV -- Central 10, Poplar Bluff 5GIRLS SWIMMING

Central 645, Notre Dame 562, Rosati-Kain 529, Poplar Bluff 176

Central (5-2) picked up three wins over visiting Notre Dame, Rosati Kain and Poplar Bluff.

Cassie Kipper won the 200 individual medley and was a member of two winning relay teams. Jackie Erlacker took first in diving. Brett Ford won the 100 breastroke.

Notre Dame had several winners and finished second in the quad meet.

Janelle Essner won two individual events.

Medley relay -- 2. Notre Dame 2:08.93 (Ashly Ducharme, Lauren Bader, Maggie Glastetter, Kristin Enderle), 3. Central 2:11.24 (Brianna LeGrand, Brett Ford, Cassie Kipper, Callie Hoffman)

200 free -- 1. Janelle Essner (ND) 2:17.77, 3. LeGrand (C) 2:20.50

200 IM -- 1. Kipper (C) 2:26.35, 3. Enderle (ND) 2:48.53

Diving -- 1. Jackie Erlacker (C) 169.05.

100 free -- 1. Kipper (C) 59.32; 2. Hannah Kinder (C)1:04.90; 3. Amanda Dewrock (C) 1:05.38

50 free -- 2. Glastetter (ND) 28.76

100 butterfly -- 1. Essner (ND) 1:11.48

500 free -- 1. Ducharme (ND) 5:53.86, 2. Hoffman (C) 6:28.20

200 free relay -- 2. Notre Dame 1:54.47 (Glastetter, Bader, Mollie Mesmer, Essner), 3. Central 1:55.93 (Hoffman, Hannah Lewis, Ford, Dewrock)

100 backstroke -- 2. Ducharme (ND) 1:13.89, 3. Kinder (C) 1:14.53.

100 breastroke -- 1. Ford (C) 1:18.60 3. Glastetter (ND) 1:21.20

400 free relay -- 1. Central 4:13.18 (Dewrock, Kinder, Lewis, Kipper), 2. Notre Dame 4:20.68 (Mesmer, Essner, Bader, Ducharme) --From staff reports