Jackson girls top Poplar Bluff Invitational

The Jackson girls track and field team outpointed Central 142-138 for the championship in the Poplar Bluff Invitational on Friday night.

The Central boys finished fourth behind the Perryville Pirates (whose results were published in Saturday's edition).

The Central 400-meter relay team set a school record in 43.26 seconds.

The Jackson boys finished ninth in the nine-team field.

GIRLS

Local event winners

3,200 relay -- Central (Holly Shaffer, Emily Ponder, Lindsey Pingel, Linnea Woldtvedt), 10:19:26.

100 hurdles-- Heather Hileman, Jackson.

100 -- Rachel Kahle, Jackson.

200 -- Roxanne Jackson, Central, 26.83.

800 relay -- Jackson (Jordan Cook, Rachel Lowes,

Rebecca Martin, Kahle).

400 relay -- Jackson (Cook, Heather Miinch, Martin, Kahle).

300 hurdles -- Hileman, Jackson.

1,600 relay -- Jackson (Martin, Lowes, Kahle, Cook).

Long jump -- Cox, Central, 16-1.

Triple jump -- Cox, Central, 33-10 1/2.

BOYS

Local event winners

800 relay -- Central (Allen Walker, Anwar Glenn, Tyler Terry, Hykeem Hammonds), 1:31.26.

400 relay -- Central (Walker, H. Hammonds, Terry, A. Glenn), 43.26.

Triple jump -- Terry, Central, 43-3 3/4.

Shot put -- Andy Glass, Jackson.

OTHER EVENTS

* Central's eighth-grade girls won the 13-team Jackson Invitational track meet with 118 points, edging the host school, which had 115 points.

Central's seventh-grade girls were fourth among nine squads with 77 points. Jackson won with 123.

Central's eighth-grade boys also won their division, finishing with 117 points.

In the seventh-grade boys division, Jackson won with Central finishing fourth.

Central winners

Eighth-grade boys

1,600 -- Jordan Sheets, 4:54

Eighth-grade girls

75 hurdles -- Janease Wright, 12.97

1,600 -- Brittany Moreland 5:29 (meet record)

800 -- Moreland, 2:30

Triple jump -- Jondrea Riley, 29-6 3/4

Pole vault -- Riley, 7-0

Seventh grade

800 relay -- Erica Childs, Jessica Harris, Sadie Pittman, Ashayla Martin, 1:57

400 relay -- Childs, Harris, Pittman, Starr Harris (time not available)

1,600 relay -- Martin, S. Harris, Diane Langenfeld, Shawna Shockley, 4:45