Big River Indoor Championships Recap: National Leaderboard Takeover!

Big River Running High School Indoor Championship Series Finals

Feb 24, 2017

Photo: John Jost

Boy's Field Events

Triple Jump

In a meet with such amazing performances, it is hard to pick a single outstanding event. However, the boy's triple jump gets the nod for the event of the meet after producing not one, but two top ten performances national performances. Papay and Rayvon battled back and forth all day. Papay squeaked away with the win, besting Ravon by three inches, 49-10 to 49-7 respectively. Outside of the top two finishers, the triple jump featured many other preseason all-state athletes.

PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	WIND	H#
1	Papay Glaywulu	12	Park Hill High School	49-10.00		1
2	Rayvon Allen	12	Rockwood Summit High School	49-07.00		1
3	Cirr Davis	12	Grandview High School	44-06.25		1
4	Ethan Cadenhead	12	Webster Groves High School	44-00.25		1

Long Jump

In the long jump, Papay Glaywulumo again, but this time with Tyree Sorrells. Mizzou's facility has the advantage of having a raised jumping surface and Sorrells and Glaywulu used that to launch into the national leaderboard. The elevated surface allows for more spring from the floor at the penultimate step. Both athletes broke the 23-foot barrier at 23-5 and 23-1.25 respectively. Sorrells's mark was good for 12^th in the nationally and Glaywulumo's jump is currently ranked 26^th in the nation.

PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	WIND	H#
1	Tyree Sorrells	12	Raytown South High School	23-05.00		1
2	Papay Glaywulu	12	Park Hill High School	23-01.25		1
3	Connor Artman	11	Illini West High School	21-09.50		1
4	Devon Ridenhour	12	Owensville High School	20-11.25		1

Pole Vault

KC Lightfoot has been on an absolute tear this winter hitting personal best almost weekly in the pole vault. Last weekend was no exception as his vault of 17-4.25 was good for 3^rd in the nation.

PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	WIND	H#
1	Kc Lightfoot	11	Lee's Summit High School	17-04.25		1
2	Seger Nelson	10	Kirksville High School	15-05.00		1
3	Nicco Bersi	11	Har-Ber High School	14-05.25		1
4	Jack Pompe	11	Dunlap High School	14-05.25		1

Shot Put

Additionally, St. Joe Central's Garr, who ranks 28^th in the nation after his throw of 58-3.75 at the Big River Qualifier #2, was able to narrowly take the victory over Nathan Swadley in the boy's shot put.

PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	WIND	H#
1	Jordan Garr	12	Central (St. Joseph) High School	55-06.50		1
2	Nathan Swadley	11	Willard High School	55-02.25		1
3	Christian Turner	11	Winston High School	54-00.75		1
4	Jake Wirthwein	12	Warrensburg High School	52-02.00		1