It's time to vote for the Missouri Girls Performer Of The Week!
Congrats to the last poll winner Hailey Kroeger of Palmyra who got 51% of the votes. At the Last Chance Meet at Wentzville Timberland on May 6, the junior set a new school record with a javelin throw of 34.90 meters.
This week's Missouri standouts include some school records and other great performances!
There was...
Athena Peterson, Columbia Hickman
She won the long jump and triple jump at the Class 5 Sectional 2 meet in Columbia, while adding a runner-up finish in the 300-meter hurdles. The triple jump distance of 12.14 meters was a new school record.
She was on the winning 4x400-meter relay, won the 400-meter dash, was on a runner-up finish in the 4x200-meter relay and took fourth in the 200-meter dash for the MSHSAA Class 2 champs. Her time in the 400 -- 56.93 -- is a new school record.
She broke her own school record with a throw of 39 feet, 2 3/4 inches to win the sectional meet in West Plains and move on to the Class 3 state meet.
Elyse Wilmes, Father Tolton Catholic
She broke a pair of Class 2 records at the MSHSAA State Championships in the 800-meter (4:54.98) to break a mark that stood since 2014 and then her 2:10.48 in the 800-meter broke a mark that has stood since 1993.
