Rushin leads Jackson boys track and field team to title

Jackson's Ben Rushin matched his older sister's impressive feat.

The senior earned the outstanding field athlete award at Saturday's Jackson Invitational meet.

Rushin's sister Jill, who now competes at the University of Missouri, earned the same award in 2009 and 2010.

Ben Rushin won the shot put and discus to help the Indians win the team title with 119 points Saturday. It was the first time the Jackson boys team won the title at its own meet.

Scott City standout Brandon Shemonia shared the outstanding runner award. He shared it with Poplar Bluff's Nick Pattillo. Shemonia won the 1,600 in a meet record 4 minutes, 24.07 seconds. He also won the 3,200.

Scott City's Brandon Shemonia races to victory in the 3,200 meters Saturday at the Jackson Invitational. (TONI HAMMES ~ Special to the Southeast Missourian)

Jackson's Brannon Wright barely edged Kirkwood's Chris Taylor to win the 400.

Central's Chris Martin won the triple jump while taking third in the 100. Central's Jacob Campbell finished second in the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles to help the Tigers grab sixth with 67 points.

Jackson senior Taylor Dickerson shared the outstanding runner award on the girls side after a pair of victories. She won the 1,600 in a meet record 5:08.40 and added a victory in the 800. Teammate Lindsey Seabaugh was second in the 800.

The Indians finished second with 126 points behind champion Kirkwood, which scored 206.

Jackson sophomore Sierra Maddux snared the outstanding field athlete award by winning the pole vault with a meet-record vault of 10 feet, 6 inches.

Jackson's Brannon Wright, left, and Kirkwood's Chris Taylor lead the pack during the 400 meters Saturday at the Jackson Invitational. Wright won the event. (TONI HAMMES ~ Special to the Southeast Missourian)

Jackson's Paden Wachter won the discus and took third in the shot put. Teammate Lauren Anderson was second in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles.

Jackson and Kirkwood shared the combined title. Kirkwood won it last year, and Jackson took it in 2010.

BOYS

Team standings -- 1. Jackson 119; 2. Kirkwood 111; 3. Sikeston 95.5; 4. Poplar Bluff 88; 5. Murphysboro 78; 6. Central 67; 7. Fox 52; 8. Scott City 50; 9. Farmington 34.5; 10. Fredericktown 5; 11. Dexter 2

Local top-eight finishers

3,200 relay -- 3. Jackson, 8:30.48; 4. Scott City, 8:31.64; 6. Central, 8:39.51

110 hurdles -- 2. Jacob Campbell, C, 15.76

100 -- 3. Chris Martin, C, 11.68

800 relay -- 2. Jackson, 1:30.74; 6. Scott City, 1:38.66

1,600 -- 1. Brandon Shemonia, SC, 4:24.07; 7. Noah Weatherby, J, 4:52.98

400 relay -- 6. Jackson, 45.23; 7. Scott City, 48.14

400 -- 1. Brannon Wright, J, 49.93; 4. Austin Atchley, SC, 53.50; 7. Nick Barnes, C, 55.54

300 hurdles -- 2. Campbell, C, 41.92; 5. Ty Crowden, J, 44.23; 6. Colton Johnson, J, 44.35

800 -- 3. Billy Leighton, C, 2:03.25; 4. Eric Essner, SC, 2:05.94; 8. Tyler Adams, SC, 2:09.14

200 -- 2. Wright, J, 22.49; 3. Lowgn Wren, J, 23.43

3,200 -- 1. Shemonia, SC, 9:36.63; 4. Nate Martin, J, 10:33.44; 5. Matt Gibson, J, 10:34.08; 6. Riley Duncan, C, 10:36.42

1,600 relay -- 2. Jackson, 3:28.75; 7. Central, 3:39.65; 8. Scott City, 3:42.61

Dicus -- 1. Ben Rushin, J, 135-6; 5. Meshach Thomas, C, 126-10; 8. Tevin Roper, C, 118-0

Long jump -- 4. Martin, C, 19-6 1/2; 7. Colton Proffer, J, 17-11 1/2

Triple jump -- 1. Martin, C, 45-4 3/4; 2. Atchley, SC, 42-9 1/2; 6. Jack Jeffers, J, 39-1 1/2

Shot put -- 1. Rushin, J, 49-0 1/2; 2. Nick Keser, J, 45-0; 6. Roper, C, 44-0; 8. Thomas, C, 40-3

High jump -- 5. Blake Reimann, J, 5-6; 8. Jackson Rushin, J, 5-4

Pole vault -- 2. Tyler Rush, J, 12-6; 3. Chris Reed, J, 12-6; 6. Alex Bess-Rhodes, C, 11-0; 7. Martin, C, 10-0

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GIRLS

Team standings -- 1. Kirkwood 206; 2. Jackson 126; 3. Sikeston 76; 4. Poplar Bluff 73; t-5. Farmington 57; t-5. Murphysboro 57; 7. Dexter 50; 8. Central 31; 9. Scott City 15; 10. Fredericktown 8; 11. Fox 0

3,200 relay -- 2. Jackson, 10:13.73; 6. Scott City, 12:24.87

100 hurdles -- 2. Lauren Anderson, J, 16.62; 4. Aubrey Smith, J, 17.76; 6. Courterra Stevenson, C, 18.68

800 relay -- 5. Scott City, 1:53.49; 8. Jackson, 2:07.30

1,600 -- 1. Taylor Dickerson, J, 5:08.40; 4. Lindsey Seabaugh, J, 5:36.76; 5. Laura Chavez, C, 5:39.77

400 relay -- 6. Scott City, 54.89; 7. Jackson, 55.96

400 -- 6. Sierra Jones, C, 1:05.27

300 hurdles -- 2. Anderson, J, 49.96; 3. Stevenson, C, 51.73; 6. Smith, J, 53.56

800 -- 1. Dickerson, J, 2:22.08; 2. Seabaugh, J, 2:28.60

3,200 -- 4. Zhou Ni Dirnberger, J, 13:13.42; 6. Taylor Winnick, J, 13:18.14

1,600 relay -- 3. Jackson, 4:23.12; 6. Central, 4:34.17

Pole vault -- 1. Sierra Maddux, J, 10-6; 3. Chleo LeGrand, C, 9-6; 4. Nancy Mardanova, C, 9-0; 7. Lauren Johnson, J, 8-0

Shot put -- 3. Paden Wachter, J, 35-0 1/4; 5. Taylor McMahon, J, 33-4; 6. Andrea Gray, SC, 30-9 1/2; 8. Brittany Kiefer, SC, 30-4

High jump -- 8. Stevenson, C, 4-6

Long jump -- 5. Cheyenne Lingle, J, 14-10

Triple jump -- 6. Lingle, J, 30-6 1/2

Discus -- 1. Wachter, J, 124-2; 4. Brooke Whitledge, J, 111-3; 8. Jessica Boswell, SC, 88-9

-- From staff reports