Young RHS track athletes compete

ROLLA – In a meet for junior varsity and other younger members of the squad, the Rolla High School boys’ and girls’ track team competed against Jefferson City High School Tuesday, April 15 at the Rolla Community Track.

No team scores were kept. Rolla’s girls won 10 of the 18 events with 13 second places and 10 third places. The RHS boys won six of 18 events, with 10 second places and 12 third places.

On Friday, April 18 Rolla will send athletes to both the Owensville Relays and the Waynesville Invitational.

Here are Rolla results from Tuesday:

800 meter - Jacob Sells - 2:16

1600 meter - Jacob Sells - 5:10

3200 meter - Monty Abdelsalam - 12:16

Shot Put - Ethan Fowler - 38' 2"

4 x 100 Relay - 48.07

Davon Siripet, Maurice Penn, Aaron Back, Jamie Phelps

4 x 800 Relay - 10:37

Monty Abdelsalam, Trevor Constance, Jacob Emmett, Josh Miller

400 meter - Mylhan Myers - 56.4

1600 meter - Victor Lane-Hayes - 5:56

3200 meter - Josh Miller - 13:20

High Jump - Andrew Chism - 5' 4"

Long Jump - Andrew Chism - 17' 8"

Discus - Kevin Phelps - 89' 6"

Shot Put - Kevin Phelps - 38' 2"

4 x 200 Relay - 1:44.6

Jeremy Bassett, Sam Hofheins, Mac Crain, Christian Ball

4 x 400 Relay - 4:04

Mylhan Myers, Trevor Constance, Bill Scrivener, Colin Watson

4 x 800 Relay - 10:56

Victor Lane-Hayes, Blake Davis, Daniel Almekinder, Logan Roberts

100 meter - Phylicia Grayson - 13.78

200 meter - Tyundra Miller - 28.13

800 meter - Katie Williams - 2:50

1600 meter - Katie Williams - 6:33

3200 meter - Anne Fraley - 14:58

High Jump - Ashton Tiddy - 4 ' 6"

Long Jump - Samatha Maples - 14' 8"

4 x 100 Relay - 52.5

Phylicia Grayson. Monique Matos, Mercedes McCann, Caryn Ranney

4 x 200 Relay - 2:00.7

Kim Wronkiewicz, Caryn Ranney, Julia Rigsby, Mercedes McCann

4 x 400 Relay - 4:46

Christine Drallmeier, Lindsey Heimbaugh, Anna West, Ashton Tiddy

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RHS track competes in Capital City Relays

JEFFERSON CITY – The Rolla High School girls’ track team placed seventh while the RHS boys finished 12^th in the 16-school Capital City Relays, held Saturday, April 12 on the campus of Lincoln University.

In the girls’ meet Jefferson City High School easily won the team title with 215 points followed by Lee’s Summit North with 125 points, Raytown South 106, St. Louis Berkeley 69, Hannibal 67, Columbia Hickman 59, Rolla 38, Jefferson City Helias 29, Quincy, Ill. 26, Wentzville Holt 19, Columbia Rock Bridge 16 and Mexico two.

In the boys’ meet East St. Louis, Ill. won the team crown with 150 points followed by Jefferson City High with 141, Raytown South 121, Lee’s Summit North 87, Columbia Hickman 85, Columbia Rock Bridge 51, Quincy, Ill. 28, Hannibal 27, Wentzville Holt 24, Helias 17, Berkeley 15, Rolla 12, Mexico nine and St. Louis Soldan three.

RHS was scheduled to compete again Tuesday, April 15, hosting Jefferson City High in a junior varsity dual meet.

Here were the placers for the RHS girls’ and boys’ squads:

Second Place – Shuttle hurdle relay (Ijeoma Okafor, Clair KafkaDuda, Ebony Florence, Anni Villeme), 1:14.31.

Fourth Place – Jasmine Rector, high jump, 4-8; Montoya Marshall, shot put, 33-10.

Fifth Place – 4x100-meter relay (Phylicia Grayson, Monique Matos, Mercedes McCann, Caryn Ranney), :54.5.

Sixth Place – Ijeoma Okafor, 300-meter hurdles, :51.5; Rebecca Fryer, pole vault, 7-6; Kelsey Hunt, pentathlon (100, long jump, shot put, high jump, 800), 1,282 points.

Seventh Place – 4x200-meter relay (Grayson, Matos, Lindsey Crutcher, Ranney), 1:56; 1,600-meter medley relay (Katie Williams, Grayson, Crutcher, Ranney), 4:59; distance medley relay (Anna West, Anne Fraley, Brittany Passini, Lindsey Heimbaugh), 15:30.

Eighth Place – Clair KafkaDuda, 100-meter hurdles, :17.59.

Third Place – Tyler Edwards, 300-meter hurdles, :41.37.

Fifth Place – 1,600-meter medley relay (Edwards, Matt Duncan, Ryan Peterson, Davon Siripet), 3:49.

Seventh Place – Distance medley relay (Duncan, Peterson, Justin Bassett, Michael Wilbanks), 11:46.

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RHS track squads compete in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD – The Rolla High School boys’ and girls’ track teams competed in Springfield in a couple of different meets on April 3-4.

On Thursday, April 3 the Lady Bulldogs competed in the Springfield Girls Night Out Meet. And on April 4 the RHS boys’ squad participated in the Hillcrest Invitational. Both events were held at JFK Stadium. There were 23 schools competing in the girls’ event and 30 schools in the boys’ event. No team scores were kept.

Here are Rolla’s top finishes from those events:

The Bulldogs medaled in one event, as Tyler Edwards placed third n the 300-meter hurdles with a time of :41.07.

Also for RHS Ryan Peterson was 10^th in the 400-meter dash. Edwards ran :15.77 in the 110-meter high hurdles but didn’t make the finals. The RHS 4x800-meter relay team placed 15^th overall.

Ijeoma Okafor won the 300-meter hurdles race with a time of :49.94.

Third places for the Lady Bulldogs came from Jasmine Rector in the high jump at 4-10 and the throwers 4x100-meter relay team of Kelsey Hunt, Rebecca Fryer, Megan Swarmes and Candice McIntyre at 1:01.75.

RHS fifth places came from Montoya Marshall in the shot put at 35-11 and the 4x200-meter relay team of Tyundra Miller, Lindsey Crutcher, Phylicia Grayson and Caryn Ranney at 1:53.45.

Fryer was eighth in the pole vault at 8-0.

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Okafor wins event at Girls Night Out

SPRINGFIELD – Sophomore Ijeoma Okafor of the Rolla High School girls’ track team recorded a first-place finish during the 18-team Springfield Girls Night Out Track Meet, held Thursday, April 3 at JFK Stadium.

No team scores were kept during the event.

Okafor captured the 300-meter hurdles with a time of :50.58.

Rolla had two other top-3 finishes during the meet.

Senior Montoya Marshall was third n the shot put at 35-1 while junior Jasmine Rector placed third in the high jump at 4-10.

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