The Missouri Outdoor Track and Field season is off and running (and jumping, and throwing, of course).
In our first week plus with meets, we saw several incredible performances from around the State. Vote now on who you think posted the best performances from March 21st to March 29th.
Voting will close on Friday April 4th at 12:00pm.
Shout out to Pattonville's Havyn Smith for winning our most recent poll and being crowned the 2025 Indoor Season Performer of the Year!
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Ella Rew - Blue Springs South - Rew took down a star-studded field in the Elite Girls 3200 at the McCullough-Douglas Invitational, running a new personal best of 11:05.34. She doubled back for the win in the 800, as well, chasing down two Rockwood Summit stars and running a new outdoor best of 2:21.33.
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Grace Alexander - Liberty Wentzville - Alexander has burst onto the scene after being featured in our freshmen to watch article. She won the 100 and 200 at the McCullough-Douglas Invitational, running 12.28 and 26.01. She ran 25.96 in the 200 at a home quad meet on Tuesday.
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Samantha Dowd - McDonald County - Dowd opened up her season with wins on her home track in the 100 and 200, running 12.22 and 24.71. Her 200 time is tops in the state so far.
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Rae'na Muhammad - Jefferson City - Muhammad has also burst onto the scene since being featured in our freshmen to watch article. She has already cleared 5.44m (17-10.25) in the long jump and 1.63m (5-4.25) in the high jump, the latter of which being tops in the state so far.
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Ansley Drake - Liberty - Drake is off to a hot start after climbing to a new lifetime personal best of 3.71m (12-2) in the pole vault this winter. She is now at 3.73m (12-2.75), a mark which earned her the win at the Darwin Rold Invitational. She also won the Ron Ives Invitational, giving her victories in the two biggest meets on the western side of the state so far.
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Penelope Hansen - Sparta - Hansen has one mark to her name in the early-goings, but it is a good one. She threw the shot put 12.6m (41-4) at the Tiger Invite in Hollister, the top mark in the state so far.