Mexico, Community R-6, Van-Far and North Callaway were among the 15 schools competing Tuesday night at the Thunderbird High School Invitational in Kingdom City.
Mexico was highlighted by Tyler Grimes winning the 800-meter run and being part of the winning 4x400 relay team with Jordan Shelton, Morgan Grubb and Anthony Shivers. Shelton won the long jump, Grubb won the pole vault, and Thomas Peuster won the 3200. The boys finished fourth with 92 points as Harrisburg won both team titles with 124 points on the boys side and 105.33 points on the girls side. The girls had Maggie Ramsey take second in the 3200 and the 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams also were second. Ramsey was part of the 4x800 team with Viviana Benjamin, Emma Seibert and Sidney Turlington and Turlington, Alexandra Terry, Alexis Smythe and Ella Raines were the 4x400 team.
Community had Adriana Woodson as its highest finisher as he took second in the 300-meter hurdles while Gavin Allen had the Trojan boys best finish by taking third in the shot put.
Van-Far had Brooklyn Forman's third-place 800-meter run finish as its best performance while the 4x800 relay team of Forman, Madelynn Caldwell, Abbie Shelton and Trinity Skwirtz finished third.
North Callaway had Caleb Rohrbach win the shot put and several second-place finishes from Isiah Craighead in the javelin and Tristan Young in the pole vault and third-place marks by Brendan Reinhard in the high jump and Levi Drake in the 800. The boys finished third with 92.75 points. For the girls, Pressley Schmauch won the 3200 while runners-up included Corynne Miller in the 100, Kymorie Myers in the discus and Ellie Bedsworth in the shot put. Finishing third were Miller in the 200 and Jalyn Leible in the triple jump as part of the Ladybirds' fifth-place team finish with 76 points.
Look for the story and photos from the meet in the Saturday, April 15, 2023, edition of the Mexico Ledger.
