Jackson boys claim SEMO Conference North track and field title

Brannon Wright won the 200 and 400 to help lead the Jackson boys track and field team to the title at the SEMO Conference North meet Friday at Poplar Bluff.

Wright also was part of the Indians' victorious 1,600 relay team.

Clay Darnell won the discus, while Nick Keser took first in the shot put for Jackson. Teammate Ben Rushin was second in both events. Calvin Lysell won the 800 for Jackson.

Central's Billy Leighton won the 1,600 and 3,200, while Jacob Campbell took first in the 110 and 300 hurdles to pace the Tigers, who finished fourth.

Taylor Dickerson and Lindsey Seabaugh were double individual winners to help the Jackson girls team finish second with 90 points. Poplar Bluff won the title with 94 points.

Dickerson took first in the 800 and 400, while Seabaugh crossed first in the 1,600 and 3,200.

Lauren Anderson won the 100 hurdles, while Sierra Maddox took first in the pole vault for Jackson.

Paden Wachter and Brooke Whitledge nabbed the top two spots in the discus for the Indians.

Chleo LeGrand and Laura Chavez both grabbed second-place finishes to lead Central to a fourth-place finish.

BOYS

Teams -- 1. Jackson 101, 2. Sikeston 77, 3. Poplar Bluff 68, 4. Central 58

Local top three finishers

3,200 relay -- 2. Jackson, 8:32.60

110 hurdles -- 1. Jacob Campbell (C) 15.83

100 -- 2. Brannon Wright (J) 11.07

800 relay -- 2. Jackson, 1:36.50

1,600 -- 1. Billy Leighton (C) 4:33.76; 2. Nate Martin (J) 4:42.73

400 relay -- 3. Jackson 46.58

400 -- 1. Wright (J) 50.34; 2. Lowgn Wren (J) 51.23

300 hurdles -- 1. Campbell (C) 41.56

800 -- 1. Calvin Lysell (J) 2:05.32; 2. Riley Talbut (J) 2:06.39

200 -- 1. Wright (J) 22.03; 3. Campbell (C) 23.01

3,200 -- 1. Leighton (C) 10:02.73; 2. Brandon Bryant (C) 10:32.55; 3. Nate Martin (J) 10:48.34

1,600 relay -- 1. Jackson, 3:29.14

High jump -- 3. Wren (J) 5-6

Pole vault -- 2. Dylan Rush (J) 14-0; 3. Chris Reed (J) 13-0

Triple jump -- 1. Chris Martin (C) 43-10.25

Discus -- 1. Clay Darnell (J) 146-9; 2. Ben Rushin (J) 138-5; 3. Tevin Roper (C) 130-9

Shot put -- 1. Nick Keser (J) 47-5.50; 2. Rushin (J) 47-4.75; 3. Roper (C) 45-7.50

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GIRLS

Teams -- 1. Poplar Bluff 94, 2. Jackson 81, 3. Sikeston 53, 4. Cape Central 23

Local top three finishers

3,200 relay -- 1. Jackson, (Taylor Dickerson, Molly Cunningham, Zhao Ni Dirnberger, Taylor Winnick), 10:21.84

100 hurdles -- 1. Lauren Anderson (J) 17.40; 2. Courterra Stevenson (C) 17.93; 3. Aubrey Smith (J) 18.17

800 relay -- 3. Central, 1:56.77

1,600 -- 1. Lindsey Seabaugh (J) 5:39.82; 2. Laura Chavez (C) 5:51.63; 3. Winnick (J) 5:54.33

400 relay -- 3. Jackson, 55.44

400 -- 1. Dickerson (J) 1:00.95; 3. Taylor Skaggs (J) 1:06.75

300 hurdles -- 2. Smith (J) 54.09; 3. Macy McCuan (J) 54.79

800 -- 1. Dickerson (J) 2:26.85; 3. Bridget Trepasso (C) 2:34.11

3,200 -- 1. Seabaugh (J) 12:22.08

1,600 relay -- 2. Jackson, 4:23.00

Pole vault -- 1. Sierra Maddox (J) 11-6; 2. Chleo LeGrand (C) 10-0; 3. Shannon Davis (J) 9-6

Discus -- 1. Paden Wachter (J) 124-10; 2. Brooke Whitledge (J) 112-9

Shot put -- 3. Taylor McMahon (J) 31-7

-- From staff reports