Brooke Hedger won two events as the Lady Cardinals dominated the distance events to capture the Class 5 - District 6 championship. Webb City captured five first place finishes, three runner up and six third place finishes in holding off Nixa.
Distance Events -
Brooke Hedger captured gold in both the 800M and 1600M with Araceli Perez claiming the 3200M as the Cardinals swept the distant running events. Tatym Buster was second in the 3200M. Araceli Perez also claimed third in the 1600M with teammate Emma McKinzie claiming bronze in the 800M. With the Cardinals claiming six of the nine top spots in those three events, they added 50 points to the team total.
Another victory by the 4X800 Relay finishing at 9:47.84 (nearly 30 seconds ahead of the pack) team added another 10 points.
Jumping Events -
Noa Shewamke and Chemmy Purcell went 1-2 in the pole vault. Noa reclaimed the school record with a jump of 3.22M (10' 6-3/4"). Chemmy (who had taken the record from Noa at the COC Championships) finished second, clearing 3.12M (10' 3").
Jaylee VanBecelaere recorded points with a third with a leap of nearly 36" (10.86M) in the triple jump and a seventh place finish in the long jump at 5.17M.
Selah Shewmake was one of four athletes to jump 1.52M (5'), but finished in third place after tiebreaker's were applied.
Throwing Events -
A couple of third place finishes from Eva Davied in the disc and Jocelyn Maxwell in the shot highlighted this group. Davied flung the disc nearly 120" (36.26M) in her podium finish. Maxwell's throw of 11.29M earned her the third place medal . Sophomore Lydia McKee added points to the total with a seventh place finish.
Running events (Sprints) -
Chasney Brown and Sydney Eck were both top six finishers in two different events. Chasney finished fourth in the 100M and fifth in the 200M. Eck grabbed sixth place finishes in both the 100M and 300M Hurdles.
Liz McKee (100M H), Emmie Bulger (100M) and Skye Lofland (400M) also finished in the top eight to earn team points.
The 4x400 Relay team set a new school record with a second place time of 4:00.45, just a little more than a second of the finishing pace.
The 4X100 (sixth) and the 4X200 (seventh) each scored in the event.
Summary
Champions
Brooke Hedger - 800M
Brooke Hedger - 1600M
Araceli Perez - 3200M
Noa Shewmake - Pole Vault
4X800 Relay
Runner Ups
Tatym Buster - 3200M
Chemmy Purcell - Pole Vault
4X400 Relay
Bronze Medals
Emma McKinzie 800M
Araceli Perez 1600M
Selah Shewmake - High Jump
Triple Jump - Jaylee VanBeceleare
Disc - Eva Davied
Shot - Jocelyn Maxwell