Kelly, Woodland track and field teams fare well at district meet

Several members of the Kelly and Woodland track and field teams moved one step closer to the state meet following sectional-qualifying performances at Saturday's Class 2 District 1 meet at Central High School.

The top four finishers in each event advanced to Saturday's sectional at Park Hills Central High School in Park Hills, Missouri. The top four finishers in each event there will advance to the state championships at Dwight T. Reed Stadium on the campus of Lincoln University in Jefferson City on May 22 and 23.

Woodland sophomore Logan Thomsen posted a first-place time of 2 minutes, 7.75 seconds in the 800 run to lead the Cardinals to a third-place finish overall in the team standings. Thomsen was also a member of the Cardinals' pack that won the 3,200 relay. Kelly senior Dalton Huffman swept the three jumping events to help lead the Hawks to a fourth-place finish. Junior Maurice Davis swept the 100 and 200 dashes for Kelly, which finished five points behind Woodland and four points ahead of St. Vincent. Junior Levi Strauss had two second-place finishes in the 1600 and 3200 runs for the Indians.

On the girls' side, seniors Dakaria Johnson and Samantha Ratledge each placed first in two events to lead the Hawks to third place overall in the girls standings. Johnson won the 100 and 200 dashes and Ratledge captured first in the long and triple jumps for Kelly. The two seniors joined with Taylor Lasater and McKynlee Neumeyer to add another first-place finish for the Hawks in the 400 relay.

Woodland junior Delaney Vawter won the 100 hurdles to lead the Cardinals to a fourth-place team finish.

St. Vincent senior Makenzie Graham won the pole vault and freshman Jackie Verseman clinched first in the discus as the Indians placed fifth overall.

Junior Bella Bowers took second place in the 800 and 1600 runs for Scott City, which finished sixth. Chaffee junior Julia Sutterfield won the shot put event for the Red Devils, who placed seventh overall.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Valle Catholic 109; 2. Malden 108; 3. Woodland 73; 4. Kelly 68; 5. St. Vincent 64; 6. Hayti 51; 7. East Prairie 47; 8. Caruthersville 38; 9. Scott City 35; 10. Charleston 34; 11. (tie) Chaffee, Jefferson (Festus) 29; 13. Saxony Lutheran 6

Local sectional qualifiers

100 -- 1. Maurice Davis (K) 11.54; 3. Logan Chapman (Chaf) 11.99

200 -- 1. Maurice Davis (K) 24.17

400 -- 4. Nathan Ruark (SL) 54.97

800 -- 1. Logan Thomsen (W) 2:07.75; 2. John Lipe (SV) 2:08.72; 4. Andrew Lipe (SV) 2:09.76

1600 -- 2. Levi Krauss (SV) 4:49.05; 4. Garret Reynolds (W) 4:52.51

3200 -- 2. Levi Krauss (SV) 10:54.60; 4. Garret Reynolds (W) 10:59.15

110 hurdles -- 3. Tyler Golden (W) 16.92

300 hurdles -- 3. Alec Brewer (SV) 45.99

400 relay -- 3. Kelly (Maurice Davis, Kade Proctor, Matt Burford, Dalton Huffman) 45.92

800 relay -- 2. Scott City (Nick Bickings, Austin Spriggs, Caleb Sykes, Isaac Pennington) 1:37.16

1,600 relay -- 3. Scott City (Nick Bickings, Austin Spriggs, Caleb Sykes, Isaac Pennington) 3:38.34

3,200 relay -- 1. Woodland (Brandon Sitzes, Logan Thomsen, Evan Grindstaff, Garret Reynolds) 8:36.03; 2. St. Vincent (Isaac Baer, Levi Krauss, Andrew Lipe, John Lipe) 8:40.68; 3. Scott City (Brock Uelsmann, Jeremiah Tims, Austin Spriggs, Tyler Rhyne) 8:59.37

High jump -- 1. Dalton Huffman (K) 5-10; 3. Kade Proctor (K) 5-6

Long jump -- 1. Dalton Huffman (K) 21-2; 2. Zach Beel (W) 19-7 1/2; 4. Isaac Pennington (SC) 19-2 1/4

Triple jump -- 1. Dalton Huffman (K) 42-5 3/4; 2. Zach Beel (W) 40-5 1/2

Discus -- 3. Zach Beel (W) 128-10

Shot put -- 2. Auggie Knutson (Chaf) 46-2; 3. Trevor Morehead (Chaf) 45-1

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Jefferson (Festus) 157; 2. Valle Catholic 115; 3. Kelly 74; 4. Woodland 66; 5. St. Vincent 59; 6. Scott City 43; 7. Chaffee 38; 8. Hayti 37; 9. Charleston 36; 10. East Prairie 32; 11. Malden 31; 12. Saxony Lutheran 2; 13. Caruthersville 1

Local sectional qualifiers

100 -- 1. Dakaria Johnson (K) 13.12

200 -- 1. Dakaria Johnson (K) 27.60

400 -- 2. Krista Rhodes (W) 1:03.00; 4. Kassidy Kassel (SV) 1:05.38

800 -- 2. Bella Bowers (SC) 2:39.70

1600 -- 2. Bella Bowers (SC) 6:02.38; 3. Hannah Shemonia (SC) 6:9.11; 4. Cheyenne Wells (W) 6:15.67

3200 -- 2. Cheyenne Wells (W) 13:46.36; 3. Hannah Shemonia (SC) 13:51.16; 4. Lyndsey Statler (Chaf) 13:57.40

100 hurdles -- 1. Delaney Vawter (W) 18.48

300 hurdles -- 4. Delaney Vawter (W) 55.99

400 relay -- 1. Kelly (Dakaria Johnson, Taylor Lasater, Samantha Ratledge, McKynlee Neumeyer) 52.27

1,600 relay -- 3. St. Vincent (Madison Hoehn, MaKayla Schumer, Katie Verseman, Jordin Wingerter) 4:40.79

3,200 relay -- 3. Woodland (Cheyenne Wells, Heidi Green, Krista Rhodes, Rebekah Page) 11:19.89; 4. Chaffee (Lyndsey Statler, Katie Glueck, Hannah Glueck, Mattison Cline) 11:32.60

Pole vault -- 1. Makenzie Graham (SV) 8-6

Long jump -- 1. Samantha Ratledge (K) 15-7 1/2

Triple jump -- 1. Samantha Ratledge (K) 32-10

Discus -- 1. Jackie Verseman (SV) 95-9; 3. Rachel Perry (SC) 88-9

Shot put -- 1. Julia Sutterfield (Chaf) 34-5 1/2; 2. Rachel Perry (SC) 31-1 1/4; 3. Shelby Sawyer (W) 31-0