The rain held off long enough for the MSHSAA Class 1-2 State Track meet at Adkins Stadium/Licklider Track in Jefferson City for events to finish on Friday, and Saturday's weather was great, helping to produce great individual performances and exciting team finishes. Below are the team results and photos of the 16 teams that made the podium, earning trophies.
Class 1 Girls Team Results
(W) - C. 1 - Team Rankings - 19 Events Scored
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1) New Haven 60 2) Mound City 53
3) Salisbury 47 4) Columbia Independent 36
5) Rock Port 33 6) Liberal 30
7) School of the Ozarks 28 7) Barat Academy 28
9) Dora 24 10) Wellington-Napoleon 23.50
11) Stanberry 23 12) Worth County 22.50
13) West Platte 21 14) Braymer 20
14) Paris 20 14) King City 20
14) Southwest (L.C.) 20 18) Jefferson (C.J.) 19
18) Green City 19 20) Orrick 16
21) Lutheran (Kansas City) 13 22) Midway 12
23) Glasgow 11 24) Osceola 10
24) Santa Fe 10 24) Knox County 10
27) Stewartsville 9.50 28) South Holt 9
29) Newburg 8 29) St. Elizabeth 8
31) Bakersfield 6 31) St. Joseph Christian 6
31) DeKalb 6 31) Calvary Lutheran 6
35) Bevier 5 35) Princeton 5
37) Fair Play 4 37) Crystal City 4
37) North Harrison 4 37) Grundy County 4
41) Drexel 3.50 42) Northwestern 3
43) La Plata 2.50 44) Sweet Springs 2
44) Hardin-Central 2 44) Harrisburg 2
44) Northeast (Cairo) 2 44) Stoutland 2
44) Valle Catholic 2 50) Greenfield 1.50
51) Scott County Central 1 51) New Franklin 1
51) Brashear 1 51) Appleton City 1
51) Silex 1
Columbia Independent School senior Khristen Bryant won a trophy all by herself. A year after scoring 33 points and taking fifth in the Class 1 standing last year, Bryant totaled 36 points to take fourth. Bryant won the pole vault-in state meet record fashion, as well as the 100-hurdles. She also took second in the long jump and 100-meter dash.
Trophy podium regulars Salisbury captured the third-place trophy with 47 points.
Despite losing star Emily Wedlock to graduation and Northwest Missouri State University, perennial trophy winners Mound City took second after their first-place finish last year.
A year after scoring 59 points and taking third at state, the New Haven Shamrocks tallied 60 points to earn the state title.
Class 1 Boys Team Results
(M) - C. 1 - Team Rankings - 19 Events Scored
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1) Van-Far 68 2) Rich Hill 46
3) Hardin-Central 45 4) Viburnum 31.50
5) Calvary Lutheran 30 6) Glasgow 28
6) Stewartsville 28 8) Knox County 25
8) Valle Catholic 25 10) Salisbury 24
10) Appleton City 24 12) Lockwood 23
13) Wellington-Napoleon 18 13) Drexel 18
15) Chamois 16 16) Canton 14
16) Harrisburg 14 16) Jasper 14
19) Lutheran (Kansas City) 13 20) Midway 12
21) Tarkio 11 21) Hermitage 11
23) Northland Christian 10 23) Thomas Jefferson Ind. 10
23) Humansville 10 23) King City 10
27) New Haven 9 27) Chadwick 9
29) Newburg 8.50 30) Brunswick 8
30) Paris 8 30) Worth County 8
30) St. Joseph Christian 8 30) Mound City 8
30) South Holt 8 36) North Shelby 7
37) Liberal 6 37) Pattonsburg 6
37) Richland (Essex) 6 37) Meadville 6
37) Jamestown 6 42) West Platte 5
42) Northeast (Cairo) 5 44) Crystal City 4.50
45) Green Ridge 4 45) La Plata 4
47) Santa Fe 3.50 47) Sweet Springs 3.50
47) North Andrew 3.50 50) Zalma 3
50) Wellsville 3 50) Novinger 3
53) Jefferson (C.J.) 2 53) Princeton 2
53) Southwest (L.C.) 2 56) St. Paul Lutheran (Farmin 1
56) Linn County 1 56) Osceola 1
Viburnum edged Calvary Lutheran (Jefferson City) by 1.5 points for fourth in Class 1 with 31.5.
Hardin-Central claimed at least their fourth straight trophy with a third-place finish this year. It's no coincidence the success has come while Riley Gorham's been at the school. Gorham totaled 35 points this weekend to help the Bulldogs total 45.
Rich Hill might have lost superstar Bryant Courter to graduation and South Dakota State University, but they managed to take second in Class 1 for the second straight year. Rich Hill edged Hardin-Central by one point for second, 46-45.
What an improvement from last year. The Van-Far boys went from 11th last year scoring 22 points, to state champions this year with 68.
Class 2 Girls Team Results
(W) - C. 2 - Team Rankings - 19 Events Scored
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1) New Covenant Academy 57 2) Jefferson (Festus) 56
3) Lafayette County 48 4) Plattsburg 46
5) Adrian 41 5) Cole Camp 41
7) Lathrop 34 8) Schuyler County 28
8) Marceline 28 10) Malden 22
10) Eugene 22 10) Knob Noster 22
13) East Buchanan 20 14) Mid-Buchanan 19
15) Butler 17 15) Putnam County 17
15) Ash Grove 17 18) University Academy Charte 16
19) Steelville 15 20) Clark County 14
21) Crane 13 22) Monroe City 11
23) Linn 10 23) Fayette 10
23) Caruthersville 10 26) Lone Jack 8
27) Lexington 7 27) Russellville 7
29) Westran 6 29) Mark Twain 6
29) Saxony Lutheran 6 29) Charleston 6
33) Purdy 5 33) Carrollton 5
33) Valley Park 5 33) Iberia 5
33) Highland 5 33) Maplewood-Richmond Hts. 5
33) Hartville 5 33) Sarcoxie 5
41) South Shelby 4 41) South Callaway 4
43) Licking 3 44) College Heights Christian 2
44) St. Vincent 2 44) Maysville 2
44) Penney 2 48) Gainesville 1
48) South Harrison 1 
After missing a trophy by one point last year, the Plattsburg girls totaled 46 points for fourth this year. Most of those, 32.5, came from senior Hanna Williams who swept the 100, 200, and 400-meter dashes, while also running on the runner-up 4x200 relay.
Lafayette County scored just four points at state last year. This year the ladies racked up 48 points to take third-place in Class 2.
Just barely a decade old, Jefferson High School in Festus scored 56 points to take second in Class 1, just one-point back of first. Sophomore sensation Anna Heacock scored half of the team's points with 28, including a victory in the 100-hurdles, a runner-up finish in the 300-hurdles, a third-place finish in the long jump and a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash.
New Covenant Academy won their fourth straight team trophy. Two years after winning the Class 1 title and a year removed from a second-place finish, NCA captured a state title in their first year in Class 2. They did so without one of the all-time great Class 1-2 runners in Claire Workman who's been hurt all season. But the team got a victory from Paige Cummings in the pole vault and great races from twin standouts Claire and Katie McCune. Claire and Katie went 1-2 in the 1600, 1-3 in the 3200, and 1-6 in the 800-meters. The team totaled 57 points for a one-point victory. The win gives the co-op team of Summit Prep Academy and New Covenant Academy out of Springfield, two state titles on the year after their cross country state title in the fall.
Class 2 Boys Team Results
(M) - C. 2 - Team Rankings - 19 Events Scored
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1) Cleveland N.J.R.O.T.C. 62.50 2) Monroe City 53
3) Charleston 43.50 4) Bishop LeBlond 43
5) Butler 41 6) College Heights Christian 36
7) Woodland 35 8) Penney 29
9) Brentwood 28 10) Hayti 24
10) Lathrop 24 12) Crest Ridge 21
13) Caruthersville 18 13) Russellville 18
15) New Bloomfield 15 16) Pierce City 14.50
17) McKinley Classical Leaders 14 18) Lexington 13.50
19) Maplewood-Richmond Hts. 12 19) South Shelby 12
21) Steelville 11 21) Malden 11
23) Tipton 10 23) Carrollton 10
25) Sherwood 9 26) Milan 8.75
27) Marceline 8.50 28) Richland 8
28) Chaffee 8 28) St. Vincent 8
31) Plato 7 32) Putnam County 6
32) Clark County 6 32) Jefferson (Festus) 6
35) South Callaway 5.50 36) Mark Twain 5
36) Knob Noster 5 36) Belle 5
39) Mid-Buchanan 4 39) Brookfield 4
39) Bourbon 4 39) Saxony Lutheran 4
39) Mansfield 4 44) Skyline 3.75
45) Linn 3 45) Crocker 3
45) Sarcoxie 3 48) Gallatin 2
48) Windsor 2 48) Plattsburg 2
48) Louisiana 2 52) Lafayette County 1
52) New Covenant Academy 1 52) Highland 1
55) Alton 0.75 55) Ash Grove 0.75 
Bishop LeBlond totaled 43 points to hold off Butler and the Bears 41 points for the fourth-place trophy in Class 2. LeBlond was led by senior Jack Hausman who won the 1600 and 3200-meter runs.
The Charleston boys appear to have gone from not scoring a point at state last year to 43.5 this year, good enough for third-place and just a half-point ahead of Bishop LeBlond.
The Monroe City boys missed a trophy by 2 points and 1 place last year. This year the Panthers took second with 53 points.
A year after Cleveland NJROTC scored 53 points and took second to Skyline, the Commanders racked up 62.5 points for the state title. Making their performance even more impressive was the fact they did so without injured junior Jerald Allen, the 1:57 800-meter runner who was third at state last year and ran on the winning 4x400 and runner-up 4x800 relays.
Congrats to all who made it to state and to those who took home some hardware!