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There were a handful of athletes that were state champions and almost state champions again.
Lilian Jackson from St. Charles West won the 1,600-meter championship in 5:10.99, after earning all-state honors in the same race last year in Class 4. Jackson was the runner-up in the 3,200-meter, coming in .55 of a second behind Volkart in a dramatic homestretch finish. She also took 6th in the 800 in 2:22 and ran the anchor on the Warriors 6th-place 4x800 relay.
St. Charles West's Lilian Jackson added another state title and four more All-State honors to her incredible resume.
Potosi senior Anita McCaul won the 300-meter hurdles and was the runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles.
Potosi's Anita McCaul won 13 of the 15 300-meter hurdles races she competed in this year, including the Class 3 State final in 44.31-seconds.
The 100 and 200-meter dash champions flipped flopped spots on the podium. Incarnate Word's Chavi Flowers won the 100-meter dash title in 11.88, beating STEAM Academy's Leah Thames - who was a state champion in Class 2 last year.
In the 200, Thames won the title - as she did last year in Class 2 - in 24.52. Flowers was the runner-up in 24.79. The pair also battled for the top spot on the awards podium as anchors of their 4x100 teams. Flowers and the Red Knights held off Thames and the Bulldogs, 48.40 to 48.57.
STEAM Academy @ McCluer South-Berkely's Leah Thames and Incarnate Word's Chavi Flowers battled three times for 1st and 2nd-place at state. Above, Flowers and Incarnate Word hold off Thames and Berkeley in the 4x100. Below, Thames wins the 200 as Flowers settles for 2nd.
