The busiest weekend of the year is behind us and with every one of the state's best athletes competing at their highest level, sifting through the amazing performances to narrow down 5 candidates was near impossible. But here we are, as we prepare for Class 1-3 State and Class 4-5 Sectionals, at our final performer of the week poll.
Each Monday this season, we will be running a poll with five candidates for Performer of the Week that was, highlighting five athletes from around the state who did something amazing in the last seven days. Vote for who you think deserves the honor!
Polls open at 7:00am on Monday and remain open until 5:00pm on Friday. The athlete who wins will move to our end-of-the-season "Performer of the Year" poll and will not be nominated again for the weekly poll for the rest of the season. Athletes who were nominated and do not win will not be eligible to be nominated for one full week.
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Congratulations to our recent poll winners:
Here are this week's nominees:
Kauryn Durrah - Cardinal Ritter
Durrah hit a new personal best in the 200 of 23.83, MO #15 all-time all-conditions, to win the Class 5 District 2 championship. She also finished second in the 100 with a 12.05 mark and contributed to qualifying relays.
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Gabrielle Moresi - Parkway Central
Moresi was busy on at the Class 4 District 5 meet as she won the 800 and 1600, and finished third in the 3200. She also ran a leg on their champion 4x800 relay. Moresi's 5:01.31 1600 personal best led the weekend and puts her #2 in Class 4.
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Eva Alexander - Oak Grove
Alexander set personal bests in the discus and shot put on Saturday and qualified for the Class 3 State Championship in both events as a result. The discus mark of 42.97m (140-11.75) is MO #2 overall and tops in Class 3 as the junior looks to defend her state title in the event. The shot put mark of 11.55m (37-10.75) was good enough for third and is now Class 3 #7.
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McKenna Lay - Pacific
Lay had a massive day at the Class 4 District 5 meet, throwing 50.62m (166-1) for the win, and even more, the US #2 mark and MO #3 all-time mark. She also won the shot put and finished second in discus.
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Nikyah Chappell - Park Hill South
Chappell cleared a massive personal best in the triple jump at the Class 5 District 8 meet, jumping 11.97m (39-3.25) in the triple jump and claiming first place overall. It is a MO #3 mark and #2 in Class 5.