Mid-Missouri athletes earn seven state titles at MSHSAA Track & Field Championships

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

The MSHSAA Track & Field Championships has made its grand return to Adkins Stadium.

Missouri's best athletes from Class 1, 2 and 3 competed for state titles across 33 events, and six different Mid-Missouri natives were among those crowned state champions.

Landen Chapman (Paris) won state championships in both the Class 2 Boys 1600m and 800m runs with times of 4:20.07 and 1:56.58 respectively. Ilene Limberg (Owensville) also took the top step of the podium in a track event, winning the Class 3 Girls 3200m run with a 10:54.00 time.

Daeden Hopkins (Hermann), who is a Mizzou Football signee, and Rylan Roberts (Fayette) each earned state titles and broke MSHSAA records. Hopkins set a new Class 3 Boys Javelin record with a 57.38-meter throw, and Roberts shattered an 18-year-old Class 2 Girls Triple Jump record with an 11.60-meter leap as a freshman.

Patrick White (Salisbury) and Adara Langatau (Iberia) also became state champions in Friday's field events, winning the Class 2 Boys High Jump (1.96-meter leap) and Class 2 Girls Discus (40.26-meter throw) respectively.

Centralia (Class 3 Girls) and Paris (Class 2 Boys) are currently in first place in the team standings. Fayette (Class 2 Girls), Harrisburg (Class 2 Girls), Iberia (Class 2 Girls) and Owensville (Class 3 Girls) are also in position to hoist a team trophy. The Falcons, Bulldogs and Rangers are all tied for second place while the Dutchmen are sitting in fourth place.

You can find a full list of day one's local state medalists below:

• Class 2 Girls Pole Vault:
  • 4th Place: Poppy Spry (Harrisburg)
  • 5th Place: Audra Whittle (Russellville)
• Class 2 Boys High Jump:
  • 1st Place: Patrick White (Salisbury)
  • 7th Place: Trace Combs (Harrisburg)
• Class 3 Girls Discus Throw:
  • 2nd Place: Samantha Turner (Montgomery County)
  • 3rd Place: Kassena Ridgel (Centralia)
  • 4th Place: Cora King (Centralia)
  • 7th Place: Corin Davis (Eldon)
• Class 1 Girls Pole Vault:
  • 4th Place: Pressly Wright (St. Elizabeth)
  • 7th Place: Kaitlyn Monnig (Glasgow)
• Class 3 Boys Long Jump:
  • 6th Place: Tyler Erwin (Montgomery County)
  • 7th Place: Tomas Gonzalez (Blair Oaks)
• Class 2 Boys Shot Put:
  • 5th Place: Bender Wardrip (Harrisburg)
  • 7th Place: Jonathan Darwent (Harrisburg)
• Class 1 Boys Javelin:
  • 5th Place: Jackson Meyer (Glasgow)
  • 8th Place: Wyatt Case (Prairie Home)
• Class 2 Girls 4x800:
  • 7th Place: Emily Darling, Katey Kussman, Emery Dodd & Ella Moseley (Marceline)
• Class 3 Girls 4x800:
  • 4th Place: Ilene Limberg, Brynn Wright, Abbie Gibson & Hannah Gehlert (Owensville)
  • 5th Place: Katelynn Asbury, Elizabeth Romine, Rebecca Erisman, Kenedee Moss (Centralia)
  • 8th Place: Heidi Struemph, Elise Dickneite, Addison Bower, Brie Massman (Fatima)
• Class 3 Boys High Jump:
  • 2nd Place: Will Richardson (Eldon)
  • 4th Place: Landon Conz (Boonville)
  • 5th Place: Tatum Braman (Hallsville)
• Class 1 Girls Discus Throw:
  • 4th Place: Aly Prentzler (Glasgow)
  • 5th Place: Ava Kloeppel (Vienna)
• Class 1 Boys Long Jump:
  • 5th Place: Colby Jenkins (Brunswick)
  • 7th Place: Kevin Russell (Vienna)
• Class 2 Girls Triple Jump:
  • 1st Place: Rylan Roberts (Fayette)
• Class 3 Boys Shot Put:
  • 4th Place: Aiden McDaniel (Southern Boone)
  • 8th Place: Tison Perrigo (Hallsville)
• Class 2 Boys Javelin:
  • 4th Place: Carter Vroman (Fayette)
  • 7th Place: Kenneth Spencer (Iberia)
• Class 3 Girls Pole Vault:
  • 4th Place: Claire Page (Centralia)
  • 6th Place: Ariana Jones (St. James)
  • 7th Place: Kaleighia Brown (Moberly)
  • 8th Place: Bella Abell (Hallsville)
  • 8th Place: Margaret Peters (Fatima)
• Class 2 Boys 1600m:
  • 1st Place: Landen Chapman (Paris)
  • 8th Place: Reece Sickler (Westran)
• Class 3 Boys 1600m:
  • 4th Place: Nolan Spickert (Centralia)
• Class 1 Boys High Jump:
  • 6th Place: Jalen Knox (Slater)
  • 8th Place: Gage Marshall (Wellsville-Middletown)
• Class 2 Girls Discus Throw:
  • 1st Place: Adara Langatau (Iberia)
  • 3rd Place: Kate Hollmann (Westran)
  • 4th Place: Bradey Simpson (Harrisburg)
• Class 2 Boys Long Jump:
  • 4th Place: Trenton Boessen (New Bloomfield)
• Class 3 Girls Triple Jump:
  • 3rd Place: Kylee Richey (Versailles)
  • 7th Place: Isabella Imhoff (Boonville)
• Class 3 Boys Javelin:
  • 1st Place: Daeden Hopkins (Hermann)
• Class 2 Boys 800m:
  • 1st Place: Landen Chapman (Paris)
• Class 1 Girls 3200m:
  • 7th Place: Addison Barringhaus (Glasgow)
• Class 2 Girls 3200m:
  • 3rd Place: Samantha Sharp (Brookfield)
• Class 3 Girls 3200m:
  • 1st Place: Ilene Limberg (Owensville)
  • 7th Place: Emily Pickett (Blair Oaks)

The MSHSAA Track & Field Championships for Class 1, 2 and 3 are scheduled to wrap up on Saturday, May 24. The first event is expected to start at 9 a.m.