This past week was supposed to be our first truly big week of meets of the season, but Mother Nature had other plans. With several meets being cancelled or rescheduled due to the severe storms and heavy rain, the performances from which to choose for this week's Athlete of the Week are much slimmer than we anticipated.
Coaches and meet directors: If you see your meet on the calendar from last week, please let us know if we should expect results, or update the meet name to include "cancelled." Send all results or other inquiries to kdeeken1@gmail.com.
Voting for this week's poll will close on Friday April 11th at 12:00pm.
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Shout out to Staley's Robert Collins Jr for winning our most recent poll and being Male Athlete of the Week for Week 1! He ran all-conditions personal bests in prelims and finals of the 100 meter dash, posting a 10.59 (+1.1) mark first, then a 10.51 (+2.2) mark in finals. He also was a key piece of the team's sizzling 1:26.97 4x200 mark, a MO No.1 and US No. 46. He will be a part of our end-of-season poll to crown the winner of the Outdoor Performance of the Year.
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Last year's 110 and 300 meter hurdles champ in Class 2 has started out strong in 2025. He won the 110s at the North Platte HS Invitational in a new personal best of 14.54, the third fastest time in the entire state so far. He also won the 200 meter dash in a new personal best of 22.41, the top mark so far in Class 2.
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Blackwell picked up victories in seven events across two different meets last week, most notably in the high jump and triple jump at the Thunderbird Early Invite on Tuesday. His new personal bests of 1.96m (6-5) and 13.46m (44-2) in the respective events are tops in Class 2 so far.
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Another Class 2 athlete with a stellar week last week, Jacobs threw the javelin at three different meets. His most notable performance was a 60.38m (198-1.25) personal best at the Miles Humbird Memorial on Monday.
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Laytham is looking to build off a stellar freshman campaign, particularly in the middle distance events. He ran 1:58.26, his second mark under 2:00, and 4:27.89 in the 1600 (a personal best), for wins at the Carthage Invitational. He also cleared 1.8 meters in the high jump twice and is already up to 1.9m (6-2.75).
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Scalfaro has already broken his sophomore year personal best in the 3200 twice in his junior year. He ran 9:36.68 for the win at his home meet - the Rusty Hodge Invitational.
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