Class 3 track and field: Barber wins 400 at sectional, advances to state meet

Multiple runners from the Notre Dame track and field team posted state-qualifying finishes at Saturday's Class 3 Sectional 1 at Rockwood Summit High School in Fenton, Mo.

Jordan Barber led the Bulldogs with a first-place time of 49.12 seconds in the 400. Barber joined teammates Tyler Schumaker, Nick LeGrand and Devin Ross as the Bulldogs took second in the 1,600 relay with a time of 3 minutes, 28.71 seconds. Barber, LeGrand and Schumaker were also on the 3,200 relay team, along with freshman Rudy McClellan, that took fourth place. McClellan also posted a fourth-place time of 4:27.28 in the 1,600. Jordan Caruso added a third-place finish for Notre Dame in the 110 hurdles with a time of 16.16 seconds. In the field events, Collin Boner and Bobby Jansen finished third and fourth, respectively, in the high jump for the Bulldogs.

Notre Dame tied Lutheran South with 50 points for third place in the overall team standings.

On the girls' side, Marissa New was the lone Notre Dame athlete to qualify for state with her fourth-place throw of 131 feet, 5 inches in the discus.

The Bulldogs will compete at the Class 3 state meet Friday and Saturday at the Dwight T. Reed Stadium on the campus of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Festus 95; 2. John Burroughs 79; 3. (tie) Lutheran South, Notre Dame 50; 5. DeSoto 47; 6. University City 46; 7. Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS) 40; 8. Sikeston 38; 9. Bishop DuBourg 31; 10. Potosi 28

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Lutheran South 94; 2. Ste. Genevieve 77; 3. John Burroughs 75.5; 4. Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS) 70; 5. Villa Duchesne 56.5; 6. Sikeston 47; 7. Festus 44; 8. DeSoto 41; 9. Westminster Christian Academy 35; 10. (tie) Dexter, University City 29; 12. Windsor (Imperial) 19; 14. Notre Dame

Top four/state qualifiers

100 -- 1. John Moten (JB) 10.84; 2. Ronnell Perkins (UC) 11.19; 3. Malik Parker (K) 11.23; 4. Xavier Miller (JB) 11.35

200 -- 1. John Moten (JB) 22.29; 2. Lezoghia Meneh (LS) 22.57; 3. Malik Parker (K) 22.99; 4. Zach Harrison (S) 23.09

400 -- 1. Jordan Barber (ND) 49.12; 2. Lezoghia Meneh (LS) 49.50; 3. Aaron Bell (LFLA) 49.92; 4. Deterio Newman (S) 51.86

800 -- 1. Vicente Blanco (BD) 1:58.52; 2. Tilman Bartelsmeyer (MICDS) 1:59.56; 3. Brendan Yaeger (WCA) 2:00.69; 4. Aaron Bell (LFLA) 2:00.75

1,600 -- 1. Michael Karls (Fes) 4:25.40; 2. Tyler Gilliam (Fes) 4:25.67; 3. Austin King (Pot) 4:25.94; 4. Rudy McClellan (ND) 4:27.28

3,200 -- 1. Michael Karls (Fes) 9:28.26; 2. Jacob Schweiss (Fes) 9:28.96; 3. Tyler Gilliam (Fes) 9:29.45; 4. Ben Naeger (SG) 9:32.89

110 hurdles -- 1. Emmai Brown (UC) 15.27; 2. Hunter Cary (DeS) 15.81; 3. Stafford Green (BD) 16.03; 4. Jordan Caruso (ND) 16.16

300 hurdles -- 1. Emmai Brown (UC) 40.55; 2. Hunter Cary (DeS) 40.62; 3. Ronald Smith (JB) 41.22; 4. Bryan Hodges (C) 41.44

400 relay -- 1. John Burroughs (Perry Julien, Charlie Plax, Xavier Zavy Miller, John Moten) 43.42; 2. University City (Emmai Brown, Ronnell Perkins, Keeson Taylor, Thompson Brown) 44.27; 3. Clayton (Bryan Hodges, Frank May, Demetrius Norman, Cortez Stewart) 44.51; 4. Priory (Drew Callahan, Stephen Hattrick, Matt Kovac, Tucker Hively) 44.71

800 relay -- 1. John Burroughs (Perry Julien, Xavier Zavy Miller, Ronald Smith, John Moten) 1:31.18; 2. Sikeston (Zach Harrison, Darnell Butler, Chase Davis, Deterio Newman) 1:31.68; 3. Lift for Life Academy (Aaron Bell, Marlon Lawson, Brieon Randle, Trevon Moorehead) 1:33.81; 4. Potosi (Austin Cooley, Garrett Johnson, Blaine Riddle, Jon Thompson) 1:33.83

1,600 relay -- 1. Sikeston (Zach Harrison, Dylan Baragar, Javeon Bonner, Deterio Newman) 3:27.69; 2. Notre Dame (Jordan Barber, Tyler Schumaker, Nick LeGrand, Devin Ross) 3:28.71; 3. John Burroughs (Zach Lamb, Ethan Mathew, Zane Norton, Ronald Smith) 3:28.94; Lift for Life Academy (Aaron Bell, Marlon Lawson, Rodney Pearson, Brieon Randle) 3:29.50

3,200 relay -- 1. Festus (Hunter Darnell, Noah Hunter, Max Manansala, Andrew Whitener) 8:10.53; 2. MICDS (Tilman Bartelsmeyer, Joshua Zoeller, Peter Condie, Tommy Ristevski) 8:10.72; 3. John Burroughs (Zach Lamb, Ethan Mathew, Jeremy Pinson, Zane Norton) 8:16.31; 4. Notre Dame (Jordan Barber, Nick LeGrand, Rudy McClelland, Tyler Schumaker) 8:25.76

High jump -- 1. Vincente Blanco (BD) 6-4; 2. Lamont Allen (DeS) 6-3; 3. Collin Boner (ND) 6-3; 4. Bobby Jansen (ND) 6-2

Pole vault -- 1. Gianni Cook (UC) 14-9; 2. Mark Govero (Fes) 14-0; 3. Charlie Gillis (MICDS) 13-9; 4. Garrett Johnson (Pot) 13-6

Long jump -- 1. Lezoghia Meneh (LS) 20-11 1/4; 2. Brendan Roland (DeS) 20-6 1/4; 3. Jordan Siegel (A) 20-5; 4. Jon Thompson (Pot) 19-10

Triple jump -- 1. Dan Watson (Pri) 43-2 1/4; 2. DeVontae Burse (A) 43-0 3/4; 3. Treyvon Bradford (K) 42-5; 4. Richard James (LS) 41-11

Shot put -- 1. Sam Stewart (JFK) 51-7 1/4; 2. Stephen Valentine (MICDS) 49-9; 3. Nathaniel Cummings (Fes) 48-7 1/2; 4. Ed Meixner (W) 48-4 3/4

Discus -- 1. Nathaniel Cummings (Fes) 157-1; 2. Andrew Ryan (LS) 151-0; 3. Ed Meixner (W) 137-7; 4. Sam Stewart (JFK) 134-5

Top four/State qualifiers

100 -- 1. Maya Cody (LS) 12.18; 2. Saenea Williams (WCA) 12.43; 3. Jordan Jennings (UC) 12.60; 4. Leketor Meneh (LS) 12.62

200 -- 1. Maya Cody (LS) 25.05; 2. Saenea Williams (WCA) 25.59; 3. Antravia Green (S) 26.13; 4. Jordan Jennings (UC) 26.14

400 -- 1. Maya Cody (LS) 56.08; 2. Caitlyn Peters (MICDS) 59.09; 3. Alexis Boyd (S) 59.62; 4. Aimie Marshall (DeS) 59.89

800 -- 1. Taylor Werner (SG) 2:14.41; 2. Annalise Wagner (JB) 2:15.88; 3. Carolyn White (F) 2:16.50; 4. Jamie Kempfer (F) 2:17.29

1,600 -- 1. Taylor Werner (SG) 4:56.60; 2. Jamie Kempfer (F) 5:00.49; 3. Mia Jerman (SG) 5:11.29; 4. Mallory Koller (SG) 5:28.82

3,200 -- 1. Taylor Werner (SG) 10:47.36; 2. Jamie Kempfer (F) 10:47.55; 3. Mia Jerman (SG) 11:03.00; 4. Amy Huck (SG) 11:35.92

100 hurdles -- 1. Kendra Perren (DeS) 15.32; 2. MaKayla Waldner (Dex) 15.66; 3. Lailah Elliott (JB) 15.67; 4. Annie Price (VD) 15.81

300 hurdles -- 1. MaKayla Waldner (Dex) 45.55; 2. Kendra Perren (DeS) 45.67; 3. Gabrielle Ivy (JB) 46.19; 4. Sara Ory (MICDS) 46.30

400 relay -- 1. Lutheran South (Leketor Meneh, Catherine Hopkins, Taylor Kissel, Maya Cody) 49.55; 2. Sikeston (Antravia Green, Alexis Boyd, Zayteanna Williams, Brandy Peet) 49.67; 3. Westminster Christian Academy (Makaylah Merideth, Bailey Hiatt, Leah Votava, Saenea Williams) 50.40; 4. University City (LaShe Tomlin Wilks, Jasmin Pointer, TreNiyah Gray, Jordan Jennings) 50.84

800 relay -- 1. Sikeston (Antravia Green, Tyra Bonner, Ailena Stovall, Brandy Peet) 1:45.00; 2. University City (Jordan Jennings, Jasmin Porter, TreNiyah Gray, LaShe Tomlin Wilks) 1:45.94; 3. MICDS (Rachel Thompson, Sara Ory, Caitlyn Peters, Paige Glover) 1:46.20; 4. DeSoto (Aimie Marshall, Kendra Perren, Katelyn Theiss, Kacie Tripp) 1:46.67

1,600 relay -- 1. MICDS (Katherine Laughlin, Geneva Lee, Sara Ory, Caitlyn Peters) 4:01.26; 2. Villa Duchesne (Hannah Deines, Kate Franey, Annie Price, Alicia Moellering) 4:03.82; 3. Westminster Christian Academy (Emily Adkisson, Leah Votava, Alyssa Freiner, Saenea Williams) 4:07.00; 4. John Burroughs (Lailah Elliott, Oona Gaffney, Gabrielle Ivy, Annalise Wagner) 4:07.05

3,200 relay -- 1. Ste. Genevieve (Mia Jerman, Mallory Koller, Shelby Werner, Taylor Werner) 9:32.12; 2. MICDS (Katherine Laughlin, Geneva Lee, Caroline Goldberg, Lexi Walsh) 9:34.27; 3. Festus (Kaitlin Elbl, Carolyn White, Katie Holmes, Lily Uding) 9:42.25; 4. Villa Duchesne (Hannah Billings, Hannah Deines, Elise Marker, Kate Franey) 9:43.33

High jump -- 1. Jordan Small (VA) 5-2; 2. Alicia Moellering (VD) 5-2; 3. (tie) Lailah Elliott (JB), Kendra Hercules (VD) 5-1

Pole vault -- 1. Georgia Richardson (CPH) 11-6; 2. Alexa Smith (MICDS) 10-4; 3. Monica Inman (SG) 10-3; 4. Ashley Dickey (NC) 10-0

Long jump -- 1. Leketor Meneh (LS) 18-7 3/4; 2. Ruth Selipsky (JB) 16-2 3/4; 3. Kelly Barnes (W) 16-0 3/4; 4. Kristen Schmutzler (W) 15-11 3/4

Triple jump -- 1. Lailah Elliott (JB) 36-7 3/4; 2. Leketor Meneh (LS) 36-2 3/4; 3. Ravon Lingard (MICDS) 35-0; 4. Jasmin Pointer (UC) 34-4 1/2

Shot put -- 1. Jordan McClendon (JB) 42-4 1/2; 2. Emily Eller (LS) 42-4 1/4; 3. Sarah Weidner (F) 42-1 1/2; 4. Rashaunda Summers (NMCC) 40-3 3/4

Discus -- 1. Cecilya Johnson (LS) 143-3; 2. Jordan McClendon (JB) 138-11; 3. Jan Steinbrueck (LS) 134-6; 4. Marissa New (ND) 131-5