Parkway Central wins first Missouri Class 4A girls state track championship

Parkway Central won five events en route to its first Class 4 girls team title at the Missouri State High School Activities Association State Track and Field Championships at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City. Skyye Lee won both hurdles events and was a part of two winning relay teams to aid the Colts in winning the team title. 

The Colts scored 78 points to claim the team race while West Plains earned second place with 52 points and Kearney placed third with 45 points. Nerinx Hall rounded out the podium with a fourth-place finish as the Markers scored 38 points.

Class 4 Top Performers:

100-meter dash – Zaya Akins – Raytown South – 11.32

200-meter dash – Kayelyn Tate – Parkway Central – 24.48

400-meter dash – Akins – Raytown South – 53.41 (New All-Class Record)

800-meter run – Jadyn Barnes – Kearney – 2:17.00

1600-meter run – Frances Lina – Cor Jesu – 5:04.21

3200-meter run – Cami Crouch – Nerinx Hall – 11:06.02

110-meter high hurdles – Skyye Lee – Parkway Central – 13.84 (New Class 4 Record)

300-meter hurdles- Lee – Parkway Central – 43.76

4x100-meter relay – Ruskin – Rahkia Moore, Samya Fontleroy, Todjai Ross, and Myala Taylor – 48.76

4x200-meter relay – Parkway Central – Lee, Tate, Nnenna Okpara, and Mychael Green – 1:39.49

4x400-meter relay – Parkway Central – Okpara, Tate, Lee, and Green – 3:58.42

4x800-meter relay - Nerinx Hall – Marisa Jacknewitz, Luciana Medina, Madelyn Schillinger, and Crouch – 9:27.17

High Jump – Ja’Nyiah Davis – Raytown South – 1.64 meters

Pole Vault – Sophia Schrader – Parkway North – 3.66 meters

Long Jump – Ross – Ruskin – 5.42 meters

Triple Jump – Ava Lawless – Kearney – 11.57 meters

Shot Put – Reagan Kimrey – Pleasant Hill – 13.43 meters

Discus – Kimrey – Pleasant Hill – 44.45 meters

Javelin – Reagan Reedy – Rolla – 41.31 meters