Several local athletes earn MSHSAA state championship crowns
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Five mid-Missouri track and field talents walked away from Adkins Stadium as state champions at Friday's MSHSAA State Championships.
Tolton's Elyse Wilmes won two state titles on Friday in the Class 4 Girls 1600m and 800m dash events, Battle's Anna Ferguson captured a state crown in the Class 5 Girls Pole Vault, Hickman's Addison Throckmorton claimed the top step of the podium in the Class 5 Girls Javelin Throw, Osage's Landon Childs cruised through the competition to win a state championship in the Class 4 Boys Pole Vault and Camdenton's Ty Wiethop was a state title winner in the Class 4 Boys Long Jump.
You can find a full list of local state medalists in the list below:
- Class 5 Girls Pole Vault:
- 1st Place: Anna Ferguson (Battle)
- Class 5 Girls Discus Throw:
- 6th Place: Tamyra Nevills (Rock Bridge)
- Class 4 Boys Pole Vault:
- 1st Place: Landon Childs (Osage)
- 5th Place: Levi Casey (Capital City)
- Class 4 Boys Long Jump:
- 1st Place: Ty Wiethop (Camdenton)
- Class 4 Boys Shot Put:
- 7th Place: Jayden Roling (Jefferson City)
- Class 4 Boys 4x800:
- 5th Place: Noah Doolittle, Daniel Morris, Harrison Knernschield, Ian Benne (Helias)
- Class 5 Boys 4x800:
- 7th Place: Luke Sievers, Ethan Hockman, Adam Baehr, Andrew Hauser (Rock Bridge)
- Class 4 Girls 1600m:
- 1st Place: Elyse Wilmes (Tolton)
- 3rd Place: Angelina Cottone (Tolton)
- Class 4 Boys High Jump:
- 4th Place: Stephen Caviness (Marshall)
- Class 5 Girls Long Jump:
- 3rd Place: Athena Peterson (Hickman)
- Class 4 Girls Triple Jump:
- 4th Place: Jaidyn Tabony (Osage)
- 8th Place: Shelley Thompson (Marshall)
- Class 4 Girls Shot Put:
- 2nd Place: Lillian Davis (Jefferson City)
- 4th Place: Stevenette Samuels (Jefferson City)
- 6th Place: Amaya Ford (Jefferson City)
- Class 5 Girls Javelin Throw:
- 1st Place: Addison Throckmorton (Hickman)
- Class 4 Girls 800m:
- 1st Place: Elyse Wilmes (Tolton)
- Class 5 Boys 3200m:
- 3rd Place: Andrew Hauser (Rock Bridge)
- 4th Place: Luke Sievers (Rock Bridge)
The final day of the 2024 MSHSAA Track and Field State Championships is scheduled for Saturday, May 25, starting at 9:30 a.m.
