Festus and Sikeston take district track honors

By DONN ADAMSON
Daily Journal Sports Editor

FARMINGTON — The Class 3, District 1 track meet was held on Saturday, and for the most part missing the afternoon deluge. The Sikeston boys team captured first as did the Festus girls team. Athletes finishing in the top four of each event qualify to participate in the sectional meet on Friday at Ste. Genevieve. (See full list below.)

 The Potosi Trojans placed second as a team only three points behind Sikeston which finished with 114. The North County Raiders took third with 79 points and Notre Dame came in fourth with 72.

The Trojans had 12 athletes make sectionals as individuals and one relay team. Damian Beachem placed first in the 110M hurdles, Joe Skelton took first in the 800m run, Nick Niggemann was first in the 160, and Jacob Swearingen came in first in the 3200 meter run, barely edging out Niggemann at the finish line.

North County also saw six of their runners advance along with three of their relay teams. Ethan Salazar placed first in both the 110m and 300m hurdles. Jeff Wilfong cleared 14 feet in the pole vault for first place. The Raiders 4x400m relay team of Salazar, Cody Smith, Gary Bennett, and Mike Miller also placed first  

The Farmington Knights were able to get six individual runners through to sectionals and also two relay teams. Ste. Genevieve had two athletes qualify for sectionals, and both Central and Fredericktown will have one representative each at the sectional meet.

In the girls meet, Festus sort of dominated on the 14 team field (boys meet had 15 teams). The Lady Tigers finished with 127 points to second-place Ste. Genevieve’s 81. Farmington was third with 76 points and De Soto came in fourth at 69.

The Hunters had five make it as individuals, and three of their relay teams qualified. Farmington qualified eight of its members to sectionals as well as three of their relay teams. Molly Barnes placed first in the pole vault at 10.6, a full foot above the closest competitor.

Potosi was spearheaded by Tiffany Johnson. Johnson scored 30 of the Lady Tojans 63 points with first place wins in the 100m, 200m and triple jump. North County was 3-3 between individuals and team qualifiers. Heather Rawson won both hurdle events. Chelsea Vogelsang won first place in the 400m dash, and the Raiders won first place in the 4x400m relay.

The Fredericktown Lady Cats had five individuals earn their way on with Brittany Davis taking first in the long jump.

The Valle Lady Warriors were involved on Saturday in trying to earn their way to state. They participated in the Class 1 Sectional Meet. Eleven Lady Warriors will make the trip to Jefferson City this Friday and Saturday to participate in the state meet.

Megan Basler took first in the pole vault, and Rachel Bruns was first in the triple jump. Valle’s 4x400m relay and 4x800 teams also qualified .

BOYS DISTRICT MEET     

Team Results —

1. Sikeston  114, 2. Potosi  111, 3. North County  79, 4. Notre Dame  72, 5t. Farmington  62, 5t. Perryville  62, 7. Festus 61, 8. New Madrid County Central  33, 9t. Herculaneum 27.50, 9t. Ste. Genevieve  27.50, 11. Kennett  24, 12. Fredericktown  12, 13. Park Hills Central  11, 14. Desoto  4, 15. Dexter  2.

Sectional Qualifiers —

High Jump - 1. Cal Lane, Sikeston 6’08”, 2. Josh Sutton, North County, 3. Jacob Coleman, Potosi, 4. Andrew Huhman, Farmington.

Pole Vault - 1. Jeff Wilfong, North County 14’00”, 2. Kevin Leclere, Ste. Genevieve, 3. Jacob Coleman, Potosi, 4. Easton Sucharski, Farmington.

Long Jump - 1, Cal Lane, Sikeston 22’05”, 2. Eli Jackson, Sikeston. 3. Brandon Bourbon, Potosi, 4. Jacob Coleman, Potosi.

Triple Jump - 1. Demetrious Jackson, Sikeston 45’04.5”, 2. Cal Lane, Sikeston, 3. Dominic Fondon, Sikeston, 4. Jacob Coleman, Potosi.

Discus Throw - 1. Matt Kiblinger, Notre Dame 149’04.5”, 2. Malcom Smith, Herculaneum, 3. Jeremy Sarno, Notre Dame, 4. Jared Griffin, Farmington.

Shot Put - 1. Garrett Lieble, Perryville  53’01”, 2. Shane Judd, Notre Dame, 3. Sedrick Hemphill, Central. 4. Chris Ste.arley, Fredericktown.

4x800 Meter Relay - 1. Festus  'A' 8:10.56 (Cole Allison, Deon Russell, Myles Becquette, Patrick Kopp), 2. Potosi, 3. North County (Aaron Parker, Mike Miller, Alex Leutzinger, Cody Smith), 4. Ste. Genevieve (Will Everett, Tim Lurk, Erich Diesel, Corey Samples.

110 Meter Hurdles - 1. Ethan Salazar, North County 15.42, 2. Damien Beacham, Potosi, 3t. Demetrius Childress, Kennett, 3t. Gavilian Bland, Sikeston.

100 Meter Dash - 1. Brandon Washington, Sikeston 11.58, 2. Brandon Bourbon, Potosi, 3. Josh Perreault, Perryville, 4. Tyler White, Festus.

4x200 Meter Relay - 1. Sikeston 1:32.26 (Brandon Washington, Tommy Strong, Dominque McCray, Dominic Fondon), 2. Farmington (Houston Hargiss, Tyler Tucker, Alex Rhodes, Andrew Huhman), 3. Perryville  (Kris Cottner, Josh Perreault, Ryan Lorenz, Brandon Kennon), 4. Notre Dame (Mark Zimmer, Ricky Harrington, Ethan Huber, Blake Kirkpatrick).

1600 Meter Run - Nick Niggemann, Potosi 4:28.17, 2. Deon Russell, Festus, 3. Jacob Swearingen, Potosi, 4. Cole Allison, Festus.               

4x100 Meter Relay - 1. Perryville 43.78 (Kris Cottner, Josh Perreault, Ryan Lorenz, Brandon Kennon), 2 North County  (Ethan Salazar, Jeff Wilfong, Adam Richardson, Mike Miller), 3. New Madrid County Central (Rodney Anderson, Markell Long, Eddie Macklin, Cory Rowe), 4. Festus  (Chandelor James, Myles Becquette, Tyler White, Michael Boyer).

400 Meter Dash - 1. Kris Cottner, Perryville 51.16, 2. Ismail Johnson, Sikeston, 3. Mark Zimmer, Notre Dame, 4. Brandon Hudson, Perryville.

300 Meter Hurdles - 1. Ethan Salazar, North County 40.18, 2. Trent Busenbark, Farmington, 3. Demetrius Childress, Kennett, 4. Gary Bennett, North County.

800 Meter Run - 1. Joe Skelton, Potosi 2:02.52, 2. Cody Smith, North County, 3. Andrew McLean, Farmington, 4. Alex Rhodes, Farmington.

200 Meter Dash - 1. Brandon Washington, Sikeston 23.22, 2. Brandon Bourbon, Potosi, 3. Michael Boyer, Festus, 4. Kris Cottner, Perryville.

3200 Meter Run - 1. Jacob Swearingen, Potosi, 9:42.60, 2. Nick Niggemann, Potosi, 3. Erich Diesel, Ste. Genevieve, 4. Logan Davis, Notre Dame.

4x400 Meter Relay - 1. North County 3:28.89 (Ethan Salazar, Gary Bennett, Cody Smith, Mike Miller), 2. Farmington (Houston Hargiss, Tyler Tucker, Alex Rhodes, Andrew Huhman), 3. Festus (Ste.venBalmer, Myles Becquette, Michael Boyer, Patrick Kopp), 4. Notre Dame (MarkZimmer, Neil Kanneberg, Ricky Harrington, Blake Kirkpatrick.

GIRLS DISTRICT MEET

Team Results —

1. Festus  127, 2. Ste. Genevieve  81, 3. Farmington  76, 4. De Soto  69, 5. North County  64, 6. Sikeston  63, 6. Potosi  63   8. Dexter  48,  9. Fredericktown  40, 10. Herculaneum  24, 11. Notre Dame  21, 12. New Madrid County Central  9, 12. Perryville  9, 14. Park Hills Central  1.

Sectional Qualifers —

High Jump - 1 Brittany Borman, Festus  5’00”, 2. Hannah Bradshaw, Festus, 3. Shelby Cable, DeSoto,  4. Jessica Satterfield, Dexter.

Pole Vault - 1. Molly Barnes, Farmington  10’06”, 2. Kaitlyn Callahan, Herculaneum, 3. Amber Vogt, Ste. Genevieve, 4. Jill Schnurbusch, Notre Dame.

Long Jump - 1. Brittney Davis, Fredericktown  16’04.5”,  2. Molly Barnes, Farmington, 3. Rachel Fechser, DeSoto, 4. Shelby Cable, De Soto.

Triple Jump - 1. Tiffany Johnson, Potosi  34’05”, 2. Kylie Oertel, Fredericktown, 3. Nadia Cox, Sikeston, 4. Morgan Ankrom, Farmington.

Discus - 1. Jessica Ecker, Festus  120’08.5”, 2. Brittany Borman, Festus, 3. Kaitlin Knox, Farmington, 4. Miriah Korokis, Fredericktown.      

Shot Put - 1. Brittany Borman, Festus  37’07”, 2. Janesha Culton, Festus, 3. Miriah Korokis, Fredericktown, 4. Kayla Dawson, De Soto.

4x800 Meter Relay - 1. Festus  9:59.11 (Sadie Darnell, Tiffany Smith, Nicole Beffa, Alyssa Allison), 2. Ste. Genevieve (Nicole Rottler, Allison Gettinger, Jennifer Bauman, Kelsea Inman), 3. Farmington (Morgan Ankrom, Molly Barnes, Taylin Persons, Angela Turner), 4. Dexter (Sammy Waldner, Brittney Waldner, Lizzie Kohlbaker, Madisson Baker).

100 Meter Hurdles - 1. Heather Rawson, North County 16.30, 2. Hannah Forsythe, Farmington, 3. Kylie Oertel, Fredericktown, 4. Tiffany Thurmond, Potosi.

100 Meter Dash - 1. Tiffany Johnson, Potosi  12.90, 2. Vonteria Applewhite,   Sikeston, 3. Asia Wansley, Festus, 4. Flye, Michel'le          Sikeston.

4x200 Meter Relay - 1. Sikeston 1:47.05, (LaShawna Turner, Michel'le Flye, Tyanne Townsend, Chasman Herrion), 2. North County (Ashley Walker, Samantha Dane, Marissa Bess, Chelsea Vogelsang), 3. Ste. Genevieve  (Tisha Meyer, Stacey Rucker, 3) Kristen Faulkner, Elizabeth Huck), 4. Dexter 1:55.34 (Katelyn Heil, Courtney Newell, Caroline Goessling, Jessica Satterfield).

1600 Meter Run - 1. Alyssa Allison, Festus  5:13.12, 2. Sadie Darnell, Festus, 3. Sarah White, Potosi, 4. Nicole Rottler, Ste. Genevieve.

4x100 Meter Relay - 1. Sikeston  51.39 (LaShawna Turner, Michel'le Flye, Tyanne Townsend, Chasman Herrion, 2. North County (Heather Rawson, Marissa Bess, Samantha Dane, Ashley Walker, 3. Potosi, 4. Farmington (Cassie Garcilaso, Molly Barnes, Hannah Forsythe, Holly Russell).

400 Meter Dash - 1. Chelsea Vogelsang, North County 1:00.08, 2. Ashley Duncan, Potosi, 3. Kelsey Lee, De Soto, 4. Marissa Bess, North County.

300 Meter Hurdles - 1. Heather Rawson, North County 47.75, 2. Sammy Waldner, Dexter, 3. Shelby Cable, 4. Hannah Forsythe, Farmington.

800 Meter Run - 1. Alyssa Allison, Festus 2:23.11, 2. Kelsea Inman, Ste. Genevieve, 3. Angela Turner, Farmington, 4. Brittney Waldner, Dexter.

200 Meter Dash - 1. Tiffany Johnson, Potosi 26.56, 2. Mykesha Jackson, Sikeston, 3. Kelsey Lee, De Soto, 4. Tyanne Townsend, Sikeston.

3200 Meter Run - 1. Alyssa Allison, Festus 11:15.05, 2. Sarah White, Potosi, 3. Sadie Darnell, Festus, 4. Jennifer Bauman, Ste. Genevieve.

4x400 Meter Relay - 1. North County 4:09.99 (Heather Rawson, Ashley Walker, Marissa Bess, Chelsea Vogelsang, 2. Ste. Genevieve Elizabeth Huck, Kristen Faulkner, Tisha Meyer, 3. Dexter (Sammy Waldner, Brittney Waldner, Caroline Goessling, Jessica Satterfield, 4. Sikeston (Mykesha Jackson, LaShawna Turner, Kasia Howard, Tyanne Townsend.

CLASS 1 SECTIONALS

Valle Girls —

First Place —

Megan Basler, pole vault  8’0”

Rachel Bruns, triple jump  31’1”

Second place —

4x800m Relay - Kelly Hermann, Hannah Kuenzel, Megan Basler, Rachael Naeger.

4x400m Relay - Kierstan Wolk, Kelly Hermann, Lindsey Manshack, Lizzy McClure.

Third Place —

Hannah Kuenzel, discus

Rachel Bruns, long jump

Fouth-Place —

Kelsey Abt, discus

Rachael Neager, 1600m run

Hannah Kuenzel, shot put