It's time to vote for the Missouri Girls Performer Of The Week! This is the 7th edition for the 2024 track and field season.
Congrats to last week's winner, Lexie Stewart from Springfield Kickapoo. She got 66% of the votes. The junior won the 2,00-meter steeplechase race at the SBU High School Invitational on April 22 in the Class 4-5 division. She had a time of 8:05.61 -- a 10-second margin of victory. She dropped nearly 40 seconds off her time from last year in the same race.
Last week's Missouri standouts include some school records and other great performances!
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The freshman broke a school and conference record at the Ozark Highland Conference meet on April 29 with a jump of 3.75 meters/12-3 3/4 in the pole vault -- breaking the mark set by state champion Annalee Gardner. Hiser added fourths in the 200- and 400-meter dash and at the Class 2 District 7 meet she moved to sectionals in the 400 and pole vault.
At the KC Suburban Gold Conference Varsity/JV Championships on May 3 in Peculiar, the senior won the Golden Shoe for the most points scored in the meet with 26. She won the 100-meter hurdles and triple jump and had fourths in the 300-meter hurdles and the 4x100-meter relay.
The multi-sport athlete blew away her personal best and broke the school record with a throw of 35.9 meters at the Central Ozark Conference HS Track and Field Championship on May 3. Her previous best mark was 32.93 meters.
Genesis Garner, Lutheran North (pictured above)
The sophomore picked up a pair of first-place finishes at Saturday's MSHSAA Class 2 District 2 meet. She won the 200-meter in 24.96 -- a new personal record -- and the 400-meter dash in 58.65.