Track & Field: California, Southern Boone advance athletes

From Class 3 sectional at Montgomery City

MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. - The Southern Boone Lady Eagles advanced to state in seven of their nine sectional events en route to a sectional championship Saturday.

Southern Boone scored 78 points and won four events, with Hannah Crow getting first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and the 4x400-meter relay. Cassey Poole also took first in the 800-meter run.

The California girls finished 12th with 33 points, advancing Audrey Pickering and Cameron Meyer to state for the Lady Pintos in both the shot put and discus.

The California boys tied for fifth place in the team standings with 52 points. The Southern Boone Eagles finished seventh with 38.

Gunner Baquet won the long jump for the Pintos' lone sectional win, while also advancing to state in the triple jump.

Devon Perry will head to state in two events and had the Eagles' top finish of the day, taking second in the 100-meter dash.

Here are the complete team scores and area finishers from Saturday's sectional:

BOYS

Team scores: 1. McCluer South-Berkeley 114-2; Centralia 93; 3. Lutheran North 92; 4. Orchard Farm 58; 5. (tie) California (C) and Trinity Catholic 52; 7. Southern Boone (SB) 38; 8. Hallsville 31; 9. Montgomery County 28; 10. North Technical 24; 11. (tie) Macon and Palmyra 21; 13. Christian 19; 14. Transportation and Law 17; 15. (tie) Bowling Green, North Callaway and Winfield 15; 18. Lutheran: St. Charles 11; 19. Duchesne 10; 20. Wright City 9; 21. Boonville 8; 22. Father Tolton 7.

100-meter dash: 2. Devon Perry (SB) 10.96.

4x200-meter relay: 5. Southern Boone (Ian McCluskey, Devon Perry, Nic Ditter and Ross Trittler) 1:34.28; 7. California (Gunner Baquet, Isaac Ash, Toby Dalbey and Alex Meisenheimer) 1:34.77.

1,600-meter run: 2. Hunter Carpenter (C) 4:44.51; 6. Tyler Reinkemeyer (SB) 5:01.85; 7. Jess Newkirk (SB) 5:08.85.

4x100-meter relay: 4. Southern Boone (Ian McCluskey, Tristen John, Nic Ditter and Devon Perry) 45.09.

400-meter dash: 5. Isaac Ash (C) 52.86.

800-meter run: 6. Isaac Smith (SB) 2:09.93.

4x400-meter relay: 3. Southern Boone (Devon Heckman, Devon Perry, Tyler Reinkemeyer and Ross Trittler) 3:31.19; 5. California (Alex Meisenheimer, Gunner Baquet, Hunter Carpenter and Isaac Ash) 3:37.23.

Pole vault: 6. Cory Friedmeyer (C) 12-0.

Long jump: 1. Gunner Baquet (C) 21-4.75.

Triple jump: 2. Gunner Baquet (C) 41-10; 5. Rece Gilmore (SB) 40-9.; 6. Isaac Ash (C) 40-3.

Shot put: 6. Nicolas Graddy (SB) 45-2.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Southern Boone 78; 2. McCluer South-Berkeley 69; 3. Father Tolton 65; 4. Lutheran North 43; 5. Centralia 45; 6. Montgomery County 44; 7. Lutheran: St. Charles 43; 8. Bowling Green 42; 9. Orchard Farm 41; 10. Christian 38; 11. North Technical 36; 12. California (C) 33; 13. (tie) North Callaway and Trinity Catholic 29; 15. Wright City 26; 16. Hallsville 20; 17. Palmyra 11; 18. Macon 9; 19. Winfield 8; 20. Boonville 7.

4x800-meter relay: 6. Southern Boone (Haley Kellmann, Grace LeCure, Cassey Poole and Macy Thompson) 10:47.87.

100-meter hurdles: 1. Hannah Crow (SB) 15.17; 3. Sayde Taggart (SB) 15.96; 5. Cora Kuykendall (C) 17.52.

4x100-meter relay: 5. Southern Boone (Hannah Crow, Carrie Ponder, Saye Taggart and Brooke Trammell) 51.25.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Hannah Crow (SB) 15.17; 3. Sayde Taggart (SB) 15.96.

800-meter run: 1. Cassey Poole (SB) 2:25.39.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Southern Boone (Hannah Crow, Cassey Poole, Sayde Taggart and Brooke Trammell) 4:07.42; 8. California (Allison Bailey, McKala Alber, Makayla Schanzmeyer and Ellie Wirts) 4:25.17.

Long jump: 2. Brooke Trammell (SB) 16-4.5.

Triple jump: 3. Dani Post (SB) 33-9.

Shot put: 1. Audrey Pickering (C) 43-5.5; 4. Cameron Meyer (C) 35-2.5.

Discus: 2. Cameron Meyer (C) 115-6; 2. Audrey Pickering (C) 108-5.

Javelin: 3. Dani Post (SB) 113-9.