It's State week for Class 1, 2, and 3 schools, and State-qualifying week for Class 4 and 5 schools. With a ton of incredible performances from the busiest weekend of the year, we sifted through and picked out five of the best. Vote for who you thinks to be our final Performer of the Week for the 2025 season!
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Voting closes on Friday May 23rd at 9:00am.
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Shout out to last week's winner: Adam Ashworth of St. Francis Borgia! Being a Class 3 pole vaulter is hard right now, and even harder in Class 3 Sectional 2. But Ashworth had a standout performance at the Class 3 District 3 meet, clearing a personal best of 4.73m (15-6.25). Sectional 2 will feature five boys over 4.3 meters and five of the top six vaulters in all of Class 3 (one of the six finished fifth in District 4). He will move on to next week's Performer of the Year poll!
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Previous winners:
Week 1 - Robert Collins, Jr. - Staley
Week 2 - Caden Scalfaro - Blue Springs South
Week 3 - Harry Mitchell - St. Francis Borgia
Week 4 - Bryson Jacobs - Adrian
Week 5 - Tomas Gonzalez - Blair Oaks
Week 6 - Jaxon Engelbrecht - Blair Oaks
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Jackson Cantwell - Nixa - After a season of incredible performances, Jackson Cantwell finally lands on our weekly poll after jumping up another foot in the shot put and also winning the Class 5 District 6 Discus. After committing to the University of Miami for football this past week, he threw 22.79m (74-9.25), a centimeter off his lifetime best from last year, and 57.18m (187-7.25) in the Discus. He has thrown a lifetime best 62.79m (206-0) this spring.
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Femi Nilson - Liberty - Nilson jumped up to the top spot in the entire state in the 300m hurdles when he ran 38.41 for the Class 5 District 8 victory. He picked up a runner-up finish in a tight-knit and star-studded 110m hurdles race, running a personal best of 14.19.
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Christopher Artis - Sikeston - Artis popped off a new personal best in the long jump at Saturday's Class 4 District 1 meet. He cleared 7.25m (23-7.5), the leading mark in the state overall. He also won the 200 in 22.54 and helped his 4x200m relay team grab a second place medal.
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Keller Bradshaw - Norwood - In his first season, the senior from Class 1 Norwood cleared 2.07m (6-9.5), a Class 1 state-leading mark by 7 centimeters and only 2 centimeters behind the overall state-leader. Expect Bradshaw to challenge the Class 1 State meet record this weekend: 2.08m.
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Kristoff Bailey - Ft. Zumwalt East - Bailey has been enjoying a major breakout season in 2025 coming off a 2024 lost to injury. He was the Class 4 District 3 champion in the 100 (10.49), 200 (21.65), and 400 (48.52). The 100 and 400 were personal bests and he still leads Class 4 with his 21.56 200m personal best.