Aniyah Brown leads Cardinal Ritter to Missouri girls Class 5 state track championship

By Jim Powers 

Aniyah Brown won two events and helped two relays to the top of the podium to help Cardinal Ritter claim its second straight Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 5 team title at the state meet held at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City this past weekend.

The Lions took the top spot with 85.5 points while Lee’s Summit West and Blue Springs tied for the second slot with 46 points. Pattonville finished the state meet in fourth place with 44 points.

Class 5 Top Performers:

100-meter dash – Aniyah Brown – Cardinal Ritter – 11.41

200-meter dash – Brown – Cardinal Ritter – 23.37

400-meter dash – A’laji Bradley – Pattonville – 55.35

800-meter run – Camryn Hubbard – Pattonville – 2:12.05

1600-meter run – Mya Trober – Blue Springs South – 4:52.11

3200-meter run – Trober – Blue Springs South – 10:40.97

110-meter high hurdles – Genesis Dixon - Kirkwood

300-meter hurdles – Maya Anderson – MICDS – 42.74

4x100-meter relay - Cardinal Ritter – Alexis Taylor, Charlye Moody, Brown, and Nazariah James – 46.14 (New Class 5 Record)

4x200-meter relay – Lee’s Summit West – Alivia Tolbert, Sidney Cole, Mikah Scott, and Whitney Farrington – 1:38.90

4x400-meter relay – Cardinal Ritter – Brown, Hannah Wallace, Kyndall Spain, and Neveah Bryant – 3:50.84 (New All-Class Record)

4x800-meter relay – Lafayette (Wildwood) – Grace Tyson, Elissa Barnard, Avery Brown, and Lauren Pauls – 9:20.99

High Jump – Kiara Strayhorn – Capital City – 1.69 meters

Pole Vault – Rachel Homoly – Liberty – 4.27 meters (New All-Class Record)

Long Jump – Strayhorn – Capital City – 6.01 meters

Triple Jump – Anderson – MICDS – 12.08 meters (New Class 5 Record)

Shot Put – Vanessa Polk – John Burroughs – 13.49

Discus – Tamyra Nevills – Rock Bridge – 42.03 meters

Javelin – Morgan Cannon – Liberty – 45.18 meters

100-meter Para – Camryn Ledford – Joplin – 19.32

200-meter Para – Ledford – Joplin – 37.27

400-meter Para – Ledford – Joplin – 1:18.32

800-meter Para – Ledford – Joplin – 2:47.58