As we head into the 2025 season, we will take a look at the top returners in each event by classification for the upcoming 2025 season. Click through to check out the top 100 returners in the Boys 300m Hurdles by classification for this upcoming 2025 track and field season.
The fastest returner in all of Classes 1, 2, and 3 is East Buchanan's Seth Spencer, pictured at the top.
The fastest returner in all of Classes 1, 2, and 3 is East Buchanan's Seth Spencer, pictured at the top.
The top returner in Class 3 is Blair Oaks senior and State Runner-up Jaxon Englebrecht, whose 39.17 state final time puts him atop the list.
Class 3 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
| RANK | TIME | ATHLETE/TEAM | GRADE | MEET DATE PLACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39.17 | Blair Oaks High School | 2025 | |
| 2 | 40.60 | Eldon High School | 2027 | |
| 3 | 40.75 | Kelly High School | 2026 | |
| 4 | 40.96 | Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) High School | 2027 | |
| 5 | 41.13 | Clever High School | 2025 | |
| 6 | 41.38 | Central (Kansas City) HS | 2025 | |
| 7 | 41.42 | Lutheran North High School | 2026 | |
| 8 | 42.06 | Buffalo High School | 2026 | Buffalo Invitational 1st F |
| 9 | 42.21 | Lawson HS | 2025 | Nick Sloop Invitational 1st F |
| 10 | 42.36 | Bowling Green High School | 2025 | |
| 11 | 42.64 | Lift for Life Academy Charter High School | 2026 | |
| 12 | 42.71 | Ste. Genevieve High School | 2025 | MAAA Conference Meet 3rd F |
| 13 | 42.72 | Owensville High School | 2025 | |
| 14 | 42.74 | Lamar High School | 2025 | |
| 15 | 42.89 | East Newton High School | 2026 | |
| 16 | 42.96 | Maryville High School | 2025 | Mineral Water Classic 2nd F |
| 17 | 43.08 | Willow Springs High School | 2025 | Hillcrest Invitational 2024 10th F |
| 18 | 43.29 | Liberty (Mountain View) High School | 2025 | SCA Conference Meet 1st F |
| 19 | 43.78 | Owensville High School | 2025 | |
| 20 | 43.82 | Montgomery County High School | 2025 | |
| 21 | 44.01 | East Newton High School | 2025 | Big 8 Championships 2nd F |
| 22 | 44.19 | Richmond High School | 2025 | |
| 23 | 44.24 | Holden High School | 2025 | Husker Invitational 2nd F |
| 23 | 44.24 | Fredericktown High School | 2026 | |
| 25 | 44.36 | Fair Grove High School | 2026 | Mid Lakes 3rd F |
| 26 | 44.53 | Herculaneum High School | 2026 | |
| 27 | 44.54 | El Dorado Springs High School | 2025 | Lamar Quad 2nd F |
| 28 | 44.61 | Mt. Vernon High School | 2026 | |
| 29 | 44.66 | Central (New Madrid County) High School | 2025 | Riverbend Invitational 2nd F |
| 30 | 44.73 | Reeds Spring High School | 2025 | Big 8 Championships 5th F |
| 31 | 44.86 | Clinton High School | 2025 | |
| 31 | 44.86 | Palmyra High School | 2026 | |
| 33 | 44.88 | KIPP Legacy High School | 2025 | Mineral Water Classic 5th F |
| 34 | 45.00 | Fredericktown High School | 2027 | |
| 35 | 45.01 | Maryville High School | 2025 | Joe Shy Relays 6th F |
| 36 | 45.04 | Crossroads Prep Academy | 2026 | |
| 37 | 45.21 | Bowling Green High School | 2026 | EMO Conference 4th F |
| 38 | 45.22 | Ewing Marion Kauffman School | 2026 | Darwin Rold Invitational 9th F |
| 39 | 45.24 | Mountain Grove High School | 2027 | |
| 40 | 45.26 | Reeds Spring High School | 2025 | Big 8 Championships 7th F |
| 41 | 45.28 | Chillicothe High School | 2027 | MEC Championship 2nd F |
| 42 | 45.34 | Southern Boone High School | 2025 | Tomahawk Relays 4th F |
| 43 | 45.38 | Ewing Marion Kauffman School | 2026 | |
| 44 | 45.47 | Central (Kansas City) HS | 2026 | |
| 45 | 45.52 | Seneca High School | 2026 | |
| 46 | 45.54 | California High School | 2025 | Tomahawk Relays 5th F |
| 47 | 45.56 | STEAM McCluer South-Berkeley High School | 2025 | Hazelwood Invitational 8th F |
| 48 | 45.58 | Lone Jack High School | 2026 | |
| 49 | 45.65 | Aurora High School | 2026 | Big 8 Championships 9th F |
| 50 | 45.66 | Cameron High School | 2025 | |
| 51 | 45.67 | Aurora High School | 2025 | Big 8 Championships 10th F |
| 52 | 45.73 | Bowling Green High School | 2027 | Centralia Open #1 4th F |
| 53 | 45.77 | Cassville High School | 2026 | Big 8 Championships 11th F |
| 54 | 45.82 | Ewing Marion Kauffman School | 2025 | |
| 55 | 45.87 | Lamar High School | 2027 | |
| 56 | 46.04 | Maryville High School | 2026 | Winnetonka Invitational 6th F |
| 57 | 46.27 | Cuba High School | 2026 | GVC 4th F |
| 58 | 46.30 | Moberly High School | 2025 | Ken Asbury Invitational 1st F |
| 59 | 46.36 | Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) High School | 2027 | |
| 60 | 46.37 | Blair Oaks High School | 2025 | |
| 61 | 46.49 | Hollister High School | 2027 | Big 8 Championships 14th F |
| 62 | 46.54 | Mt. Vernon High School | 2027 | Big 8 Championships 15th F |
| 63 | 46.58 | St. Charles West High School | 2025 | GAC North Championships 7th F |
| 64 | 46.75 | Fredericktown High School | 2025 | |
| 65 | 46.82 | Vashon High School | 2025 | |
| 66 | 46.85 | Bowling Green High School | 2026 | Paris Invitational 4th F |
| 67 | 46.93 | Maryville High School | 2026 | HS Blue Jay Relays 7th F |
| 68 | 46.97 | Macon High School | 2025 | |
| 69 | 47.07 | Pembroke Hill School | 2027 | |
| 69 | 47.07 | Montgomery County High School | 2026 | |
| 71 | 47.29 | Lawson HS | 2026 | Nick Sloop Invitational 6th F |
| 72 | 47.51 | Blair Oaks High School | 2026 | Centralia Invitational 12th F |
| 73 | 47.54 | Lone Jack High School | 2026 | |
| 74 | 47.58 | Lutheran South High School | 2025 | |
| 75 | 47.62 | Houston High School | 2025 | |
| 76 | 47.72 | Pembroke Hill School | 2027 | |
| 77 | 47.84 | Dexter High School | 2026 | |
| 78 | 47.89 | Chillicothe High School | 2027 | Hoot Middleton 11th F |
| 79 | 47.90 | Lift for Life Academy Charter High School | 2026 | |
| 79 | 47.90 | Mt. Vernon High School | 2026 | |
| 81 | 47.96 | Fatima High School | 2027 | MSHSAA Class 3 District 5 14th F |
| 82 | 48.00 | Blair Oaks High School | 2027 | Centralia Invitational 14th F |
| 83 | 48.07 | Dexter High School | 2025 | Dexter OpenVite 2024 9th F |
| 84 | 48.09 | Orchard Farm High School | 2027 | |
| 84 | 48.09 | Moberly High School | 2026 | Centralia Invitational 15th F |
| 86 | 48.10 | St. Pius X (Kansas City) High School | 2027 | Mineral Water Classic 12th F |
| 87 | 48.16 | John Burroughs High School | 2025 | Henle Holmes Invite 19th F |
| 88 | 48.23 | Reeds Spring High School | 2026 | |
| 89 | 48.27 | Warsaw High School | 2025 | MSHSAA Class 3 District 7 11th F |
| 90 | 48.33 | Arcadia Valley High School | 2027 | North County Raider Relays 12th F |
| 91 | 48.41 | KIPP Legacy High School | 2026 | |
| 92 | 48.51 | Southeast High School | 2026 | |
| 93 | 48.54 | St. Michael the Archangel High School | 2025 | MSHSAA Class 3 District 7 12th F |
| 94 | 48.60 | St. James High School | 2027 | MSHSAA Class 3 District 5 15th F |
| 95 | 48.63 | Clinton High School | 2027 | 2024 MRVC West 9th F |
| 96 | 48.73 | Versailles High School | 2026 | |
| 97 | 48.79 | Salem High School | 2027 | |
| 98 | 48.84 | St. Francis Borgia High School | 2025 | |
| 98 | 48.84 | Seneca High School | 2026 | Joplin JV Invitational 9th F |
| 100 | 48.87 | Houston High School | 2025 | SCA Conference Meet 5th F |