Nerinx Hall junior Sophia Racette ran alone up front for the entire Class 4 District 3 race Saturday.
Nerinx Hall junior Sophia Racette ran alone up front for the entire Class 4 District 3 race Saturday.
St. Louis University High began the defense of its Class 4 state cross country title the same way it won the honor last year – as a pack.
A tight pack of front runners set the early pace at the Class 4 District 3 race Saturday at Forest Park, and it was Ladue’s Andrew Hutchens who emerged from the cluster at the end to claim the district title.
Dustan Davidson was uniquely familiar with some of the closest competitors as he closed out the Green Division JV race Saturday at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival.
Courtney Rogers stormed out to a huge lead in the White Division of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival, and she kept rolling all the way to the finish.
There was no hiding Taylor Werner’s intentions Saturday at Forest Park.
“A lot of people told me they were screaming their lungs off trying to tell me he was coming, but I had no idea,”
The size of the opponents didn’t matter in the slightest to Ste. Genevieve.
O’Fallon (IL) got a boost from Patrick Perrier’s record-setting victory Saturday in the Green Division of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival, but it was the team’s depth that allowed the Panthers to capture first place.
O’Fallon (IL) senior Patrick Perrier will be remembered on both sides of the Mississippi after his victory Saturday at the eighth annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival.
Two of Missouri’s fastest sprinters proved it when it counted last weekend at the Class 3-4 Missouri Track and Field Championships. Now Raymond Wingo and Anglerne Annelus will take on some of the best both Missouri and Illinois have to offer at Thursday’s Festival of Miles St. Louis Injury and Rehab All-Star 100-meter dash at St. Louis University High.
The second day of the Missouri Track and Field Championships began with a superb relay struggle that featured five lead changes and four teams scrambling for position in the final meters of the race.
The girls’ 400-meter dashes belong to a pair of diminutive stars. Howell’s Whitney Adams has been a mainstay in the event in Class 4, and Lutheran South’s Maya Cody is picking up the Class 3 reins.
Fort Osage junior Asia Cole was only able to defend one of her throws’ titles at the Class 4 Track and Field Championships.
Two girls cornered the market on the girls distance medal championships at the state meet this year. Ste. Genevieve’s Taylor Werner and Eureka’s Hannah Long won gold in every race they ran.
McCluer North senior Aaron Mallett felt he got a sliver of vindication when he crushed the 300-meter hurdles with a 36.98, falling just .76ths of a second off the state record.
Glendale senior Chris Mooneyham got a good glimpse Friday of what it would be like to get a gold medal draped around his neck. He finished fifth in the 1,600-meter run and was nearby on the podium when teammate Spencer Haik received his first-place medal. Mooneyham got to experience the feeling first hand Saturday when he claimed the Class 4 3,200-meter run in 9:06.86 at Dwight T. Reed Stadium.
Grandview has grown accustomed to winning state titles. The feeling was entirely new for Ste. Genevieve. Grandview won its third consecutive boys Class 3 state track title Saturday at Dwight T. Reed Stadium with 58 points despite battling key injuries.
Holt senior Nataliyah Friar was beside herself with giddy excitement after finally stepping on the top step of the Class 4 medal stand at Saturday’s state meet.
In the span of mere minutes, the disposition atop the podium at the Class 3-4 Track & Field Championships changed dramatically.
Ezekiel Elliott's future may be in football, but on Saturday he lit up the track at Dwight T. Reed Stadium.
There was some good-natured joking in the media tent to be alert for a potential inbound discus that could send the journalists scrambling. Timberland senior Josh McDonald didn’t quite reach the tent, but he did launch a winning throw of 188 feet, 8 inches to stand atop the Class 4 podium for the second consecutive year.
St. Joseph Central’s Drew Bodicky thought he had finally secured a medal at the Class 4 state track meet. He entered the 110-meter hurdles with one of the top seed times and was all but assured of at least making the finals and earning his first all-state status.
The Class 4 girls opted to start the 3,200-meter run relaxed and even-paced. As the second half of the race started, Cor Jesu’s Jill Whitman began to see her opening to make an early move and push the pace.
Ste. Genevieve freshman Taylor Werner was one gigantic grin following her 3,200-meter victory Friday.
Kain Ellis had been dreaming about this moment for a long time.
The Spencer Haik kick proved valuable yet again, but it was not the way he envisioned using it.
The favorites in the girls 3,200-meter relay did not disappoint at the Class 3-4 Track & Field Championships Friday at Dwight T. Reed Stadium.
Seckman’s Alyssa Carlton became very familiar with the podium at MICDS during Saturday’s Class 4 Sectional 1 track meet.