After their season finally began last Tuesday at the Camdenton Laker Relays, California traveled to Boonville to take part in the Jack McCush Invitational.
California had a strong showing at the Invitational with the Lady Pintos finishing fourth overall and the Pintos finishing eighth.
On the boys side, Ian Miller took third place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:14. He followed that up with a sixth-place finish in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:07.
Senior Ryan Staton finished the 200 meter dash with a time 24.83 seconds and took home a fourth-place finish.
Senior Eli Dunnaway took home two medals with a third-place finish in the long jump and a win in the triple jump. Dunnaway also finished sixth in the 4oo-meter dash.
In the discus, senior Peter Dampf finished fourth with a throw of 32.99 meters.
For the Lady Pintos, each of the 4x400- and 4x800-meter relay teams finished second.
Freshman Kenzleigh Goans had an outstanding day in Boonville, winning the 3,200-meter run in 12:43 and finished second in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:02.
Freshman Hailey Rademan finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.33 seconds.
Freshman Emilia Collier finished the 1,600-meter run in 6:29 to finish fifth.
Freshman Allie Heather was fourth in the 800-meter run in 2:50.
Freshman Kierstyn Lawson and senior Ellie Clay finished fifth and sixth in the long jump, respectively.
Junior Emma Braby took fifth place in the javelin with a throw of 28.75 meters and the discus with a throw of 27.09 meters.
Senior Ryan Staton finished fourth in the 200m Dash with a time of 24.83 seconds in Boonville in Friday.
Senior Peter Dampf finished fourth in the discus in Boonville with a throw of 32.99 meters.
The Lady Pintos 4x800 team (Paige Morris, Kenzleigh Goans, Emilia Collier, and Allie Heather) finished 2nd at the Jack McCush Invitational in Boonville on Friday.
The Lady Pintos 4x400 team placed 2nd at the Jack McCush Invitational on Friday.
The Lady Pintos 4X400 team placed 4th in the Camdenton Relays last Saturday.
Freshman Kenzleigh Goans medaled twice at the Camedenton Relays last Saturday. Goans placed 3rd in the 1600m run and 1st in the 3200m run.