Seven Mid-Missouri state champions crowned at MSHSAA Track & Field Championships

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

The first weekend of the 2025 MSHSAA Track & Field Championships is complete.

After two days of action at Adkins Stadium, Mid-Missouri claimed 15 state titles, including eight championships from seven different athletes at Saturday's competition. Collectively, local athletes accounted for 167 state medals in Class 1, 2 and 3 combined.

Effie Morris (Boonville) captured state crowns in both the Class 3 Girls 100m Hurdles and 300m Hurdles, recording times of 14.58 and 44.30 in each event, respectively. She was one of three Mid-Missouri athletes who won state championships in two events at this meet.

Ilene Limberg (Owensville) was another local athlete who clinched more than one state title over the weekend. After earning the top spot in the Class 3 Girls 3200m run on Friday, Limberg clinched a second state championship in the Class 3 Girls 1600m race at the final day of competition with a 5:06.02 time.

Jaxon Engelbrecht (Blair Oaks), Jackson Hensley (California) and Brie Massman (Fatima) also took the top step of the podium in running events. Engelbrecht tallied a time of 38.13 in the Class 3 Boys 300m Hurdles while Hensley posted a 14.40 in the Class 3 Boys 110m Hurdles and Massman ran a sub-2:20.00 (2:19.39) in the Class 3 Girls 800m race.

Finally, Caelan Harland (Macon) and Aubrey Rehmert (Belle) shined in the field events, winning the Class 3 Boys Pole Vault with a 4.83-meter effort and the Class 2 Girls Javelin with a 42.60-meter throw. Harland became the third four-time state champion in the pole vault in MSHSAA history.

Along with the individual success, four Mid-Missouri programs also lifted team trophies. Blair Oaks (fourth place) and New Bloomfield (fourth place) each secured top four team finishes at the MSHSAA Track & Field Championships for the first time in program history in the Class 3 Boys and Class 2 Boys divisions. Then, Fayette and Owensville both ended the meet in third place in the Class 2 Girls and Class 3 Girls groups.

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

• Class 2 Boys Pole Vault:
  • 2nd Place: Colten Crocker (South Callaway)
  • 3rd Place: Gage Kempker (Westran)
• Class 2 Girls High Jump:
  • 3rd Place: Emma Wortman (Westran)
• Class 3 Boys Discus Throw:
  • 6th Place: Eli Graham (Owensville)
  • 8th Place: Josh Russell (Centralia)
• Class 1 Boys Pole Vault:
  • 5th Place: Ryland Skaggs (Pilot Grove)
  • 7th Place: Finn Johnson (Glasgow)
• Class 3 Girls Long Jump:
  • 3rd Place: Bryleigh Knox (Moberly)
  • 5th Place: Cameron Nowack (Owensville)
  • 7th Place: Kylee Richey (Versailles)
• Class 1 Boys Triple Jump:
  • 3rd Place: Tyler Wilson (Jamestown)
  • 4th Place: Balston Brown (Brunswick)
• Class 1 Boys 4x800:
  • 5th Place: Kyler Kottman, Jackson Strodtman, Zachary Sayler & Joshua Sayler (Glasgow)
  • 6th Place: Cooper Auten, Bryce Ewers, Hunter Schwartze & Troy Wulff (Vienna)
• Class 3 Boys 4x800:
  • 2nd Place: Dryst Bostick, Carter Moss, Wesley Robertson & Nolan Spickert (Centralia)
  • 5th Place: Carter Kempker, Philip Boessen, Caiden Casey & Ethan Pickett (Blair Oaks)
• Class 2 Girls 100m Hurdles:
  • 3rd Place: Browyn Eubanks (Fayette)
  • 4th Place: Karleigh Grayson (Russellville)
• Class 3 Girls 100m Hurdles:
  • 1st Place: Effie Morris (Boonville)
  • 3rd Place: Payge Kemnitzer (St. James)
  • 6th Place: Zoey Hannam (Moberly)
  • 7th Place: Emma-lee Wehmeyer (Owensville)
• Class 1 Boys 110m Hurdles:
  • 6th Place: Cooper Henderson (Wellsville-Middletown)
• Class 2 Boys 110m Hurdles:
  • 5th Place: Keaton Schrimpf (Russellville)
  • 7th Place: Jacob Fuhriman (New Bloomfield)
• Class 3 Boys 110m Hurdles:
  • 1st Place: Jackson Hensley (California)
  • 3rd Place: Jaxon Engelbrecht (Blair Oaks)
• Class 1 Girls 100m:
  • 4th Place: Elly Cash (Wellsville-Middletown)
• Class 2 Girls 100m:
  • 4th Place: Rylan Roberts (Fayette)
  • 6th Place: Reece Pahl (South Callaway)
  • 7th Place: Ayla King (Salisbury)
• Class 3 Girls 100m:
  • 8th Place: Bryleigh Knox (Moberly)
• Class 1 Boys 100m:
  • 8th Place: Mykel Roop (Sturgeon)
• Class 2 Boys 100m:
  • 3rd Place: Brayden White (Salisbury)
• Class 3 Boys 100m:
  • 6th Place: Hudson Talley (Southern Boone)
  • 7th Place: Ethan Ross (Centralia)
• Class 3 Girls High Jump:
  • 2nd Place: Mikala Huckabee (Eldon)
  • 4th Place: Isabella Imhoff (Boonville)
  • 8th Place: Beth Giroux (Boonville)
• Class 1 Boys Discus Throw:
  • 8th Place: Maddox Thornton (New Franklin)
• Class 1 Girls 4x200:
  • 4th Place: Samantha Wilson, Addison Marshall, Rylee Hirschvogel & Alyssa Hees (Jamestown)
  • 7th Place: Braegan Richards, Kyra Allen, Addie Wood, Brooke Smith (Sturgeon)
• Class 2 Girls 4x200:
  • 8th Place: Hayden Sage, Chloe Bier, Payton Kindle & Paige Vroman (Fayette)
• Class 2 Boys 4x200:
  • 7th Place: Gavin Harmon, Owen Wyatt, Grant Morrison & Brayden White (Salisbury)
• Class 3 Boys 4x200:
  • 4th Place: Colin Brisbin, Josiah Gozho, Jalen Beckmann & Andrew Beanland (Eldon)
  • 8th Place: Luke Amelunke, Hudson Talley, Braidan Jackson & Timothy Lutz (Southern Boone)
• Class 2 Boys Triple Jump:
  • 2nd Place: Trenton Boessen (New Bloomfield)
  • 6th Place: Sam Katsaros (Harrisburg)
  • 7th Place: Marshall Kitchen (Westran)
• Class 3 Girls Shot Put:
  • 3rd Place: Samantha Turner (Montgomery County)
  • 8th Place: Cora King (Centralia)
• Class 2 Girls Javelin:
  • 1st Place: Aubrey Rehmert (Belle)
  • 5th Place: Camri Wekenborg (Salisbury)
• Class 3 Boys Pole Vault:
  • 1st Place: Caelan Harland (Macon)
  • 2nd Place: Tomas Gonzalez (Blair Oaks)
  • 6th Place: Jacob Beard (Centralia)
  • 6th Place: Jesiah Simmons (Eldon)
  • 8th Place: Landon Beanland (Eldon)
• Class 2 Girls 1600m:
  • 4th Place: Samantha Sharp (Brookfield)
• Class 3 Girls 1600m:
  • 1st Place: Ilene Limberg (Owensville)
  • 3rd Place: Kenedee Moss (Centralia)
  • 5th Place: Kenzleigh Goans (California)
• Class 2 Girls 4x100:
  • 6th Place: Brantley Henry, Katlyn Dickinson, Destiny Mealy & Reece Pahl (South Callaway)
• Class 1 Boys 4x100:
  • 4th Place: Aaron Nolen, Ben Gochenour, Nixon Sanders & Jalen Knox (Slater)
• Class 2 Boys 4x100:
  • 4th Place: Riley Connell, Hunter Rackers, Jacob Fuhriman & Trenton Boessen (New Bloomfield)
• Class 3 Boys 4x100:
  • 3rd Place: Andrew Beanland, Hugh Beanland, Jalen Beckmann & Brody Beanland (Eldon)
  • 7th Place: Luke Amelunke, Braidan Jackson, Timothy Lutz & Hudson Talley (Southern Boone)
• Class 1 Girls 400m:
  • 5th Place: Alyssa Hees (Jamestown)
• Class 2 Girls 400m:
  • 5th Place: Rylan Roberts (Fayette)
  • 6th Place: Ella Moseley (Marceline)
• Class 3 Girls 400m:
  • 6th Place: Lilah Hinton (Southern Boone)
• Class 1 Boys 400m:
  • 4th Place: Blake Morris (Columbia Independent)
• Class 3 Boys 400m:
  • 4th Place: Ethan Ross (Centralia)
• Class 2 Girls 300m Hurdles:
  • 4th Place: Browyn Eubanks (Fayette)
  • 7th Place: Payton Kindle (Fayette)
  • 8th Place: Emma Wortman (Westran)
• Class 3 Girls 300m Hurdles:
  • 1st Place: Effie Morris (Boonville)
  • 7th Place: Zoey Hannam (Moberly)
• Class 2 Boys 300m Hurdles:
  • 7th Place: Jacob Fuhriman (New Bloomfield)
  • 8th Place: Keaton Schrimpf (Russellville)
• Class 3 Boys 300m Hurdles:
  • 1st Place: Jaxon Engelbrecht (Blair Oaks)
  • 2nd Place: Colin Brisbin (Eldon)
  • 5th Place: Ethan Land (Moberly)
• Class 1 Girls 800m:
  • 8th Place: Lily Chitwood (New Franklin)
• Class 2 Girls 800m:
  • 2nd Place: Shelby Redd (Skyline)
• Class 3 Girls 800m:
  • 1st Place: Brie Massman (Fatima)
  • 3rd Place: Ilene Limberg (Owensville)
  • 8th Place: Emma Rodgers (Montgomery County)
• Class 1 Girls High Jump:
  • 3rd Place: Riley Olendorff (Glasgow)
  • 6th Place: Sarah Backes (St. Elizabeth)
• Class 2 Boys Discus Throw:
  • 3rd Place: Carter Vroman (Fayette)
  • 4th Place: Daunte White (Salisbury)
• Class 1 Girls 200m:
  • 6th Place: Elly Cash (Wellsville-Middletown)
• Class 2 Girls 200m:
  • 5th Place: Rylan Roberts (Fayette)
  • 6th Place: Mia Kendrick (Paris)
• Class 3 Girls 200m:
  • 8th Place: Bryleigh Knox (Moberly)
• Class 1 Boys 200m:
  • 5th Place: Blake Morris (Columbia Independent)
• Class 2 Boys 200m:
  • 3rd Place: Brayden White (Salisbury)
• Class 3 Boys Triple Jump:
  • 8th Place: Collin Knox (Moberly)
• Class 1 Girls Shot Put:
  • 3rd Place: Aubrey Schwartze (Vienna)
  • 5th Place: Ava Kloeppel (Vienna)
• Class 2 Boys 3200m:
  • 4th Place: Landen Chapman (Paris)
• Class 3 Boys 3200m:
  • 2nd Place: Nolan Spickert (Centralia)
  • 7th Place: Nolan Kopp (Hermann)
• Class 1 Girls 4x400:
  • 7th Place: Samantha Wilson, Rylee Hirschvogel, Ayala Deraps & Alyssa Hees (Jamestown)
• Class 2 Girls 4x400:
  • 4th Place: LeeAnna Haslett, Katey Kussman, Emery Dodd & Ella Moseley (Marceline)
  • 5th Place: Lydea Britt, Kinsley Lenhoff, Addison Schiltz & Ayla King (Salisbury)
• Class 3 Girls 4x400:
  • 4th Place: Jacy Lowrance, Ava Willson, Ella Holtmeyer & Avery Schoeneberg (Blair Oaks)
  • 7th Place: Alison Byrd, Heather Bradfield, Haven Evers & Mikala Huckabee (Eldon)
• Class 2 Boys 4x400:
  • 2nd Place: Hunter Rackers, Jacob Fuhriman, Conor Lawrence & Riley Connell (New Bloomfield)
  • 4th Place: Trace Combs, Caleb Nichols, Isaac DeMuth & Sam Katsaros (Harrisburg)
• Class 3 Boys 4x400:
  • 6th Place: Caiden Casey, Ethan Pickett, Philip Boessen & Jaxon Engelbrecht (Blair Oaks)
  • 8th Place: Mason Bivins, Amar'e Hawkins, Collin Knox & Ethan Land (Moberly)

The MSHSAA Track & Field Championships resume on Friday, May 30 with qualifiers in the Class 4 and 5 divisions. The first event is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m.