SE Missourian Track Roundup: Notre Dame Track & Field hosts, places second in C3D1 and C4D1

Notre Dame hosted the Class 4 District 1 and Class 3 District 1 championship meet on Saturday, May 13. The boys finished second in C3D1 and the girls finished second in C4D1.

Lauren Eftink highlighted the girls’ efforts by setting a new school record in the 1600m with a time of 5:09.11. The junior also placed first in the 3200m with Molly Turner finishing right behind her. Jenna Givens won the triple jump and Emma Duenne took first place in the discus.

On the boys' side, Cole Bruenderman finished in first place in the triple and long jump. Greg Dennis competed for the first time all year due to an injury from the basketball season and placed third in the high jump to advance to sectionals. Davis Dow advanced to sectionals in the 300m hurdles.

Jacob Brown finished second in both the 100m and 200m dash. Mason Morris won the district title in both the 1600m and 3200m. The Bulldogs finished second in the 4x100m and 4x200m relay and finished third in the 4x800m.

Cape Central advanced every one of its relay teams to the Class 4 Sectional 1 meet. The Tigers took district titles in the girls' 4x100m, 4x200m, and 4x400m relay.

“Pretty sure that's the first time I can remember that every single one of our relays (advanced),” Tigers head coach Collin Sheridan said. “We typically had been getting the majority of them out but to get both of the 4x800s out all of our spring relays and both 4x400s, that's it's definitely a really nice feeling. We got a lot of kids that are grouping together pretty well and coalescing.”

“I think our kids exceeded a little bit of the expectations,” said Tigers coach Stephen Hemby. “We put our kids in the spot to be successful throughout the year to be able to compete when they get here.”

Normally, the Tigers would have senior star Ryan Seabaugh anchoring the 4x400m. However, he maxed out his events by running in the 4x800m and placing third in the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m.

“We had Jamauri Brooks-Davis step up in a spot and he competed really well, had a good split,” Tigers coach Ty Crowden said. “Just a good effort all around, it’s why we're able to move forward.”

Amiyah Mackins won the only individual district championship for the Tigers by taking gold in the girls’ 400m. Freshman Kent Sheridan finished second in pole vault and Brooks-Davis took second in the long jump.

Perryville sent three girls and the boys 4x100m relay to sectionals. The 4x100m finished in fourth with a time of 44.39. Hallee Wengert placed third in both the 100m and 200m. Tegan Bishop placed second in the 1600m and third in the 3200m. Ellie Gerler finished second in the girls' shotput.

“I think all of them have a good chance to to get through (sectionals),” Perryville coach Tyson Brown said. “They just have to perform. If they all PR and they all perform, they can get through.”

Both sectional meets will take place at Hillsboro on Saturday, May 20.

__Class 5 District 1__

The Jackson girls' track and field won the Class 5 District 1 championship on Saturday in St. Louis. Annika Barks won the district title in the girls' 3,200m with a time of 11:38.38. Senior Lillian Gibbs won the district title in the girls' javelin and discus. Hunter Wendel won the district title in the boys' 3,200m with a time of 9:36.16.

Poplar Bluff hosts the Class 5 Sectional 1 meet on Saturday, May 20.

__Class 1 Sectional 1__

St. Vincent sent all four boys' relay teams to the Class 1 State meet on Saturday in New Haven. Payton Unterreiner (400m) and Claire Otte (javelin) advanced to states with fourth-place finishes. Reese Zoellner got bronze in the girls' pole vault and Jacob Schremp won silver in the boys' discus throw.

Bell City senior Bo Lacy took the sectional title in the boys' discus throw. Freshman Kale Richardson (shotput) and junior Kennett Rampley also advance to states with second-place finishes.

Delta sent three athletes to the Class 1 State meet. Adisen Crowden finished third in the girls' 200m while Casey Crowden finished fourth in the boys' high jump. Carter Scherer made it to states by placing fourth in the discus and javelin.

Kaylee Stafford was the lone representative in sectionals for Marquand-Zion and advanced to states with a fourth-place finish in the girls' discus. The Marquand-Zion track team is in its second year as a program and both years result in Stafford appearing in states.

__Class 2 Sectional 1__

The Woodland boys' track & field team went from winning the C2D1 championship a week ago to sending three athletes and the 4x800m relay team to the state meet on Saturday in New Haven. Senior Lane Vangennip won the silver medal in the boys' javelin (161-11.00). The Layton brothers of Calvin (10:20.08) and Reed (10:21.54) finished in second and third place in the boys' 3200m. Reed also advanced to state in the 1600m (4:36.54) with a fourth-place finish.

Blake Yarbro became Chaffee's lone representative in the state meet by taking third place in the shot put (43-05.00).

Allysa Pruitt became Scott City's lone state representative with a third-place finish in the girls' 100m hurdles (17.54) Saxony Lutheran's Abigail Haley won the event with a time of 16.90 seconds.