Big day at sectionals for Fatima, Eldon and Blair Oaks girls

ELDON, Mo. - Fatima, Eldon and Blair Oaks all will have strong girls contingents at the Class 3 state track and field championships after their performances Saturday at sectionals.

Fatima finished with 92 points, while Eldon totaled 78 and Blair Oaks finished with 59.

Brianna Haller claimed an individual title for Fatima, winning the 3,200-meter run. The Lady Comets were also first in the 4x100-, 4x200- and 4x800-meter relays.

Also advancing to state as individuals for the Lady Comets are Grace Brune in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, Michelle Barnhart in the 800-meter run, Katie Eichholz in the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump, and Hailey Buscher in the long jump.

Sara Rhine paced Eldon by capturing four events Saturday. The senior was first in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles as well as the high jump and long jump. Halle Herbert of the Lady Mustangs also advanced in the 300-meter hurdles, as did Macie Halderman in the triple jump and the Eldon 4x100-meter relay team.

Blair Oaks was first in two events Saturday. Abby Eskens claimed the 100-meter dash crown, while Veronica Wiebold won the discus.

Also advancing to state for the Lady Falcons are Cassie Twehus and Cassidy Prenger in the shot put, Robyn Schroeder in the discus and the Blair Oaks 4x800-meter relay team.

The School of the Osage girls won two events - Lacy Cotton in the pole vault and Isabel Morris in the shot put.

On the boys side, the Blair Oaks Falcons advanced to state in three events.

Nick Yaeger will compete in the 800-meter run, while the Falcons moved on in both the 4x200- and 4x800-meter relays.

Fatima was first in the 4x800-meter relay while James Rakestraw of the Comets advanced in the high jump.

Zachary Schaeffer of Eldon qualified in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. He will be joined by teammate Levi Shinn in the 110. The Mustangs also qualified in the 4x400-meter relay.

Charles Kempf of School of the Osage captured the title in the discus Saturday.

School of the Osage was the top area team finisher, taking sixth with 47 points. Eldon was ninth with 31, while Blair Oaks finished 10th with 28 and Fatima was 12th with 22.

Here are the complete team scores and individual results for area schools:

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Owensville 113; 2. Reeds Spring 90; 3. Strafford 63; 4. Mountain Grove 51; 5. Mountain View: Liberty 48; 6. School of the Osage 47; 7. Springfield Catholic 34; 8. Fair Grove 33; 9. Eldon 31; 10. Blair Oaks 28; 11. St. James 27; 12. Fatima 22; 13. Ava 17; 14. (tie) Willow Springs and Salem 15; 16. (tie) East Newton, Hollister and Aurora 14; 19. Mount Vernon 8; 20. Cassville 7.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Fatima (Logan Borland, Cody Huhn, Austin Muenks, Alex Krieg) 8:17.59; 2. Blair Oaks 8:18.24.

110-meter hurdles: 3. Levi Shinn, Eldon, 15.96; 4. Zachary Schaeffer, Eldon, 15.96.

100-meter dash: 5. Brandon Pierce, School of the Osage, 11.79; 6. William Simpson, Eldon, 11.79.

4x200-meter relay: 3. Blair Oaks 1:33.00.

1,600-meter run: 6. Jason Otto, Blair Oaks, 4:44.56.

4x100-meter relay: 5. School of the Osage 45.24.

300-meter hurdles: 3. Zachary Schaeffer, Eldon, 41.95.

800-meter run: 3. Nick Yaeger, Blair Oaks, 2:02.69.

200-meter dash: 7. Shane Randall, Eldon, 24.30.

3,200-meter run: 5. Alex Krieg, Fatima, 10:21.04; 6. Austin Muenks, Fatima, 10:43.21.

4x400-meter relay: 3. Blair Oaks 3:32.84; 4. Eldon 3:34.06.

Pole vault: 2. Jason Edwards, School of the Osage, 13-3.

High jump: 4. James Rakestraw, Fatima, 6-0.

Long jump: 4. Hayden Drace, School of the Osage, 19-9.5.

Triple jump: 5. Shane Randall, Eldon, 41-4.75.

Shot put: 2. Scott Brannan, School of the Osage, 47-11.

Discus: 1. Charles Kempf, School of the Osage, 155-1; 2. Samuel Smith, School of the Osage, 152-1.5.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Fatima 92; 2. Eldon 78; 3. Blair Oaks 59; 4. St. James 52; 5. East Newton 44; 6. School of the Osage 41; 7. (tie) Strafford and Owensville 37; 9. Fair Grove 34; 10. Hollister 30; 11. Aurora 26; 12. Springfield Catholic 25; 12. Mountain View: Liberty 24; 14. Cuba 21; 15. Ava 19; 16. Houston 18; 17. Mount Vernon 14; 18. Salem 13; 19. Reeds Spring 11; 20. (tie) Mountain Grove and Buffalo 8; 22. Cassville 3; 23. Seneca 2.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Fatima (Madison Day, Brittany Meyer, Brianna Haller, Michelle Barnhart) 10:06.37; 2. Blair Oaks 10:16.11; 5. Eldon 10:54.39.

100-meter hurdles: 1. Sara Rhine, Eldon, 15.69; 2. Katie Eichholz, Fatima 16.84; 6. Rose Colonius, School of the Osage, 17.44.

100-meter dash: 1. Abbey Eskins, Blair Oaks, 13.07; 3. Grace Brune, Fatima, 13.37.

4x200-meter relay: 1. Fatima (Hailey Buscher, Katie Eichholz, Leah Kesel, Grace Brune) 1:49.06; 7. Eldon 1:52.76.

1,600-meter run: 6. Madison Day, Fatima, 5:37.90; 7. Faith Parrent, Eldon, 5;56.25.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Fatima (Hailey Buscher, Katie Eichholz, Leah Kesel, Grace Brune) 51.22; 2. Eldon 52.36; 8. Blair Oaks 53.99.

400-meter dash: 5. Samantha Funderburk, School of the Osage, 1:04.21.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Sara Rhine, Eldon, 46.99; 4. Halle Herbert, Eldon, 49.11; 6. Rebecca Schroeder, Blair Oaks, 51.60.

800-meter run: 3. Michelle Barnhart, Fatima, 2:26.95; 7. Emily Yaeger, Blair Oaks, 2:43.60.

200-meter dash: 2. Grace Brune, Fatima, 27.54; 8. Leah Kesel, Fatima, 29.21.

3,200-meter run: 1. Brianna Haller, Fatima, 11:53.53; 7. Gabrielle Hill, School of the Osage, 12:32.85.

4x400-meter relay: 5. Fatima 4:21.15; 6. Blair Oaks 4:26.75.

Pole vault: 1. Lacey Cotton, School of the Osage, 9-9; 4. Logan Reed, Eldon, 8-9.

High jump: 1. Sara Rhine, Eldon, 5-8; 3. Jordyn Bartlett, School of the Osage, 5-2; 5. Jada Sullens, Eldon, 4-8.

Long jump: 1. Sara Rhine, Eldon, 16-7.75; 2. Katie Eichholz, Fatima, 16-.5; 3. Hailey Buscher, Fatima, 16-0.

Triple jump: 2. Macie Halderman, Eldon, 33-8.5; 4. Jordyn Bartlett, School of the Osage, 31-0.

Shot put: 1. Isabel Morris, School of the Osage, 39-6; 2. Cassie Twehus, Blair Oaks, 35-7.5; 3. Cassidy Prenger, Blair Oaks, 35-6.

Discus: 1. Vernoica Wiebold, Blair Oaks, 101-5; 2. Robyn Schroeder, Blair Oaks, 100-6; 7. MaShayla Crider, Fatima, 88-7.