The calendar has turned to May and the State series is upon us for Classes 1-3. The competition is officially starting to heat up and we are hopeful that the rain stays away from here on out.
As we get further into the season, we are still looking for athletes who have not been featured as nominees yet, which is difficult when so many Missourians are putting together the top marks in their respective events week in and week out. So here are five nominees from the week of 4/28-5/3.
Voting ends May 9th at 12:00pm.
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Shout out to last week's winner: Tomas Gonzalez - Blair Oaks. Gonzalez shattered a 34-year-old pole vault meet record at the Nix Relays at Washington on Wednesday by a foot and a half, clearing 16 feet for the first time in his illustrious career (4.88m). The mark put Gonzalez 2nd on the state performance list and tied him for 50th in the US. He will move on to the end-of-season poll to see who was the Performer of the Year!
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Previous Winners:
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Graham Stevener - Kirkwood
Stevener put the entire state on notice with his performance in the 1600 at Saturday's Dale Collier Invitational. In the driving rain, Stevener, with his efficient stride, dropped a 2:01 second half and 58 final lap to run a MO No. 1 4:11.78 for the win in a strong field.
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Nick Gormly - Lee's Summit
Gormly continued his excellent breakout senior season with a 10.62 mark in the 100 meter dash for the win at the Gary Parker Invitational. It was his fourth straight mark under 10.80 seconds and second under 10.70 this season.
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Reid Williams - Francis Howell
Williams picked up victories at both the Troy Trojan Invitational and Francis Howell Varsity Invite. He won the 200 at the former in a new personal best of 22.66 and ran the fastest quarter mile of the week at the latter with his 48.78 performance.
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Jaxon Engelbrecht - Blair Oaks
Engelbrecht had a busy week with races at the Tri-County Conference meet on Tuesday and Guy Rush Invitational on Thursday. The highlight of his week came on Thursday when he ran a Class 3 state-leading time of 38.88 in the 300m hurdles.
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Paul Taylor - Ste. Genevieve
Taylor launched the second-best shot put mark in the state so far, second only to national leader Jackson Cantwell. He hit 18.89m (61-11.75) at the Ste. Genevieve Throwers Meet on Wednesday. He also hit a new personal best in the Discus at the MAAA Conference meet.
The calendar has turned to May and the State series is upon us for Classes 1-3. The competition is officially starting to heat up and we are hopeful that the rain stays away from here on out.
As we get further into the season, we are still looking for athletes who have not been featured as nominees yet, which is difficult when so many Missourians are putting together the top marks in their respective events week in and week out. So here are five nominees from the week of 4/28-5/3.
Voting ends May 9th at 12:00pm.
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