It's time to vote for the Missouri Boys Performer Of The Week! This is the 7th poll for the 2024 season.
Congrats to last week's winner Jacobi Oliphant from St. Louis University High.
He set a new school record for the Jr. Bills in the 110-meter hurdles, running 14.22 at the Dale Collier Invitational on April 26. The future Oklahoma State football defensive back also added a second-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles with a 39.76. His 14.22 110 hurdles mark puts him 3rd on the state list.
Last week's Missouri standouts include some school records and other great performances!
There was...
Vernell Holt, Columbia Battle (above)
The junior set a new school record in the long jump with a distance of 7.39 meters/24-3, winning the event at the Hillsboro Invitational. The jump moved him to 2nd on the state performance list. He was second in the 100-meter dash and sixth in the triple jump.
The senior had a pair of big meets last week. He set a school and conference record at the MEC Championship in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:24.60, which puts him 5th in Class 3 on the season. He was third in the 800 at the same meet. At the MSHSAA Class 3 District 8 meet, he won the 1,600 (4:43.10) and 800 (1:59.15).
Logan Hillman, Helias Catholic
The sophomore broke a school record that stood since 1986 when he jumped 6.78 meters/22 feet, 3 inches in the long jump in a meet on April 30. The mark puts him 6th on the Class 4 season performance list.
The freshman won his third long jump competition of the year on May 3rd when he took first in the Central Ozark Conference HS Track and Field Championship. His mark of 6.94 meters/22-9.25 broke a mark that was held by two previous Eagles and puts him 10th in the state and 8th in Class 5 on the season performance list.