Signing update: Kirkwood duo ink scholarships

As we head closer to the start of the spring track and field season, more student-athletes are inking national letters of intent to compete at the collegiate level.

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At Kirkwood High School, Jessie Beaumont and Genesis Dixon signed.

Dixon, a multiple-time all-state athlete, is headed to the Southeastern Conference to compete for Kentucky.

She won the 100-meter hurdles and was fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and long jump at the MSHSAA Class 5 State Championship last spring.


Dixon was third in the 100-meter dash and 300 hurdles and fifth in the long jump during the 2021 MSHSAA Class 5 State Championship.


Beaumont is a 100- and 200-meter runner for the Pioneers, but also did cross country in 2020 and 2021.