SBU hosted 20 area Class 4-5 programs on Monday. The Waynesville boys and Kickapoo girls came away with the team titles.
Blake, relays lead Waynesville boys
Waynesville won four relay and two individual events on the way to 105.5 points and the team title.
Jayzen Blake swept the hurdle events to claim the two individual titles. He won the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 15.33, which bested runner-up Mamady Embola from Ozark’s time of 15.53.
In the 300 hurdles, Blake overcame an early deficit to run a personal best time of 40.44 and win the race. Nixa’s Gideon Carter finished runner-up in 40.55.
“(Going into) the 300 (hurdles) I did not feel good at all. I prayed and said just try your hardest. The guy was beating me, and I said ‘(no), I had to get him’. Boom. New PR, I do believe,” Blake said. “In the 110’s, I took first last year, so I had to take first again this year.”
Blake continues to lower personal records, but it is the school’s records he is chasing. The Waynesville hurdle records have stood since 2009.
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“I run as fast as I can because I want my name to be on that school record board, so I have to put in that work,” Blake said.
The rest of the championship medals belonged to relay teams. The 3200-meter relay team just missed out on breaking the eight-minute barrier in a time of 8:00.10. Each leg got faster for Waynesville going 2:01.87-2:01.50-1:59.91-1:56.84.
The sprint relays then went to work with the 4×200 running 1:29.66 and the 4×100 clocking 42.99. The 4×400 relay finished off the meet with a dominant 3:24.98, which was almost six seconds faster than runner-up Kickapoo.
Kickapoo girls claim team title
The Kickapoo girls posted four first-place and nine total top three finishes on the way to a team championship with 92 points. Republic finished runner-up at 82 points.
University of Kansas signee Taylor Mayo swept the horizontal jumps winning the long jump at 18’0.5 and the triple jump at 37’8. Both victories were dominant for Mayo with a 16.5-inch win in the long jump and a more than two-foot win in the triple jump.
Parker Papa won gold in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.30. She also finished third in the 200-meter dash.
The 3200-meter relay team was the final gold medalist running a time of 9:54.10.
Dickerson runs away with 100-meter dash title
Camdenton’s Angel Dickerson is not used to trailing when he runs 100-meter dashes, and Monday was no different. Dickerson ran a 10.96 into a headwind to easily win the 100-meter dash over runner-up William Wolfe from Webb City who ran 11.38.
Competition like SBU brings out the best in Dickerson.
“Whenever it comes to running against guys who are almost as fast as me or faster than me, it makes me go way faster,” Dickerson said. “Whenever it comes to me running against guys who aren’t near as fast, I am just running with myself, and I don’t run as fast. I really like competition.”
Dickerson also finished runner-up in the long jump to Republic’s Zion Allen. Allen jumped 22’0.75 to win the event, which was just ahead of Dickerson’s 21’11. Allen also won the high jump with a height of 6’2.75.
Cantwell continues dominant freshman season
Nixa’s Jackson Cantwell easily swept the discus and shot put on Monday. His first throw of the day in the discus proved to be the best at 184’6. That mark bested fellow Nixa freshman Hayden Mays’ runner-up throw of 158’12.
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In shot put, all four of Cantwell’s throws were good enough to win the event, but his final throw was his best at 60’7.75.
Missouri State football signee Caden Wiest finished runner-up in shot put at 54’6. Wiest pulled off the rare feat of finishing top two in shot put and winning a sprint event. He took the 200-meter dash title in a time of 22.83.
Four other girls win two individual events
Carl Junction’s Sydney Ward, Webb City’s Abigail Street, Glendale’s Aryah Moore and Bolivar’s Dailyn VanDeren each brought home two individual gold medals on Monday.
Ward made her case as the fastest sprinter in southwest Missouri with a sweep of the 100 and 200. She went 12.29 in the 100 and 25.70 in the 200. She is the current state leader for Class 4 in the 200. Her time of 12.29 in the 100 is .21 behind the current Class 4 lead.
Street dominated the distance events, winning the 1600 and 3200. Her 1600-meter time of 5:10.70 is the new Class 4 leader. She followed that up with a time of 11:07.91 in the 3200.
Moore won her gold medals in the hurdles. She was the only runner to break 16 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles finishing with a time of 15.84. The 300-meter hurdles were a little closer with her time of 47.43 just beating out West Plains’ Audrey Oliver’s finish time of 47.74.
VanDeren came from behind to win both the shot and discus.
In the shot put, VanDeren was sitting in fifth place heading into her final throw. She unleased a monster throw of 38’0.75 to go from trailing the leader by over a foot to winning the competition by almost two feet.
In the discus, VanDeren’s first throw had her sitting sixth in the competition. Her second throw traveled 112’5 and held up for the rest of the competition to give VanDeren her second gold medal of the day.
TOP THREE FINISHERS
Boys
100-Meter Dash
1. Angel Dickerson – Camdenton (10.96)
2. William Wolfe – Webb City (11.38)
3. Chase Thomas-Plummer – Waynesville (11.41)
200-Meter Dash
1. Caden Wiest – Reeds Spring (22.83)
2. Brandon Howard – Waynesville (22.86)
3. Dayvion Harris – Marshfield (23.10)
400-Meter Run
1. Price Hodson – Kickapoo (49.95)
2. Faheem Mujahid – Waynesville (50.70)
3. Sam Clark – Ozark (50.96)
800-Meter Run
1. Miguel Solano – Carthage (1:56.90)
2. Tyrell Phinn – Waynesville (1:57.52)
3. Gavin Crawford-Yates – Bolivar (1:58.92)
1,600-Meter Run
1. Kyle Keltner – Kickapoo (4:18.32)
2. Evan Stevens – Webb City (4:19.87)
3. Cameron Martensen – Rolla (4:26.84)
3200-Meter Run
1. Evan Stevens – Webb City (9:37.69)
2. Zach Mitchell – Marshfield (9:50.72)
3. Jackson Leeds – North County (9:51.59)
110-Meter Hurdles
1. Jayzen Blake – Waynesville (15.33)
2. Mamady Embola – Ozark (15.53)
3. Daryl Martin – Carthage (15.96)
300-Meter Hurdles
1. Jayzen Blake – Waynesville (40.44)
2. Gideon Carter – Nixa (40.55)
3. Mamady Embola – Ozark (41.21)
2,000-Meter Steeplechase
1. Lincoln Crews – Glendale (6:38.24)
2. Matthew Martin – Nixa (6:43.06)
3. Ryder Randles – Rogersville (7:09.83)
4×100 Relay
1. Waynesville (42.99)
2. Camdenton (43.21)
3. Webb City (43.25)
4×200 Relay
1. Waynesville (1:29.66)
2. West Plains (1:30.47)
3. Marshfield (1:31.00)
4×400 Relay
1. Waynesville (3:24.98)
2. Kickapoo (3:30.63)
3. Carthage (3:32.46)
4×800 Relay
1. Waynesville (8:00.10)
2. Kickapoo (8:08.91)
3. Lebanon (8:21.33)
High Jump
1. Zion Allen – Republic (6’2.75)
2. Braxton Baker – Hillcrest (6’0.75)
3. Peyton Ligon – Ozark (6’0.75)
Long Jump
1. Zion Allen – Republic (22’0.75)
2. Angel Dickerson – Camdenton (21’11)
3. Ethan Barr – Rolla (21’6.75)
Triple Jump
1. Caden Morris – Lebanon (42’11.75)
2. Brayden Hicks – Marshfield (42’0)
3. Jason Wilkinson – Bolivar (41’4.5)
Shot Put
1. Jackson Cantwell – Nixa (60’7.75)
2. Caden Wiest – Reeds Spring (54’6)
3. Tracen Tate – Hillcrest (53’2.25)
Discus
1. Jackson Cantwell – Nixa (184’6)
2. Hayden Mays – Nixa (159’0)
3. Tracen Tate – Hillcrest (154’4)
Javelin
1. Trey Roets – Webb City (174’1)
2. Bryant Bull – Marshfield (169’8)
3. Tucker Liberatore – Webb City (162’6)
Pole Vault
1. Grayson Smith – Webb City (14’7.25)
2. Justin Allen – Webb City (14’1.25)
3. Travis Greenfield – Marshfield (13’7.25)
Girls
100-Meter Dash
1. Sydney Ward – Carl Junction (12.29)
2. Erykah Lee – Parkview (12.66)
3. Gabrielle Pitts – Glendale (12.70)
200-Meter Dash
1. Sydney Ward – Carl Junction (25.70)
2. Erykah Lee – Parkview (26.54)
3. Parker Papa – Kickapoo (26.69)
400-Meter Run
1. Parker Papa – Kickapoo (59.30)
2. Blaire Pace – Ozark (60.08)
3. Alexis Stroup – Camdenton (60.83)
800-Meter Run
1. Brooke Hedger – Webb City (2:22.46)
2. Kristin Probst – Republic (2:23.25)
3. Georgi Carolus – Camdenton (2:24.09)
1,600-Meter Run
1. Abigail Street – Webb City (5:10.70)
2. Gracie Troester – Republic (5:16.10)
3. Brooke Heder – Webb City (5:25.05)
3200-Meter Run
1. Abigail Street – Webb City (11:07.91)
2. Isabella Frost – Rolla (11:18.42)
3. Gracie Troester – Republic (11:23.58)
100-Meter Hurdles
1. Aryah Moore – Glendale (15.84)
2. Audrey Oliver – West Plains (16.54)
3. Kaylee Geniuk – Reeds Spring (16.90)
300-Meter Hurdles
1. Aryah Moore – Glendale (47.43)
2. Audrey Oliver – West Plains (47.74)
3. Sonte Keys – Waynesville (48.40)
2,000-Meter Steeplechase
1. Rebecca Waterman – Parkview (8:09.66)
2. Brynlee Hodson – Kickapoo (8:43.54)
3. Lexie Stewart – Kickapoo (8:43.86)
4×100 Relay
1. West Plains (49.96)
2. Marshfield (50.10)
3. Kickapoo (50.44)
4×200 Relay
1. West Plains (1:45.11)
2. Kickapoo (1:45.77)
3. Republic (1:48.07)
4×400 Relay
1. West Plains (4:09.47)
2. Republic (4:10.29)
3. Ozark (4:14.46)
4×800 Relay
1. Kickapoo (9:54.10)
2. Bolivar (9:57.90)
3. Ozark (9:59.09)
High Jump
1. Addyson Rebmann – Lebanon (5’3)
2. Grace Kimrey – Marshfield (5’1)
3. Kailey Manes – Republic (4’11)
Long Jump
1. Taylor Mayo – Kickapoo (18’0.5)
2. Jenna Belcher – Republic (16’8)
3. Abigail McBride – Marshfield (16’3.75)
Triple Jump
1. Taylor Mayo – Kickapoo (37’8)
2. Allison Norris – Glendale (35’4.5)
3. Abigail McBride – Marshfield (35’1.25)
Shot Put
1. Dailynn VanDeren – Bolivar (38’0.75)
2. Alaina Norman – Republic (36’2.25)
3. Jessica Mace – Rolla (36’1.25)
Discus
1. Dailynn VanDeren – Bolivar (112’5)
2. Alexandra Dickerson – Camdenton (109’11)
3. Ava Owens – Nixa (108’5)
Javelin
1. Dawsyn Decker – Webb City (136’10)
2. Alaina Norman – Republic (131’0)
3. Brooklynn O’Cain – Lebanon (128’9)
Pole Vault
1. Abby Beets – Ozark (11’0.25)
2. Acadia Badgley – Carl Junction (9’8)
3. Riley Brown – Republic (9’8)
