Helias boys third, girls fourth at Whittaker Invitational

MEXICO, Mo. - The Helias boys finished third and the girls were fourth in the weather-shortened Ron Whittaker Invitational on Saturday.

The Crusaders finished with 76 points to place behind Hannibal (96.5) and Battle (84). They got event wins from Josh Woodruff in the 110-meter hurdles and J.C. Szumigala in the 400-meter dash, as well as the 4x200-meter relay team of Ryan Tannehill, Jordan Walker, Szumigala and Woodruff.

The Lady Crusaders had 69 points to come in behind Centralia (76), Battle (72.5) and Moberly (70). Kaitlyn Shea's victory in the 1,600-meter run was the lone win for the Helias girls.

Here are the top-eight finishers for Helias:

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Hannibal 96.5; 2. Battle 84; 3. Helias 76; 4. Centralia 65; 5. Kirksville 55; 6. Quincy 52; 7. Moberly 44.5; 8. Rock Bridge 35; 9. (tie) Fulton and Mexico 30; 11. Missouri Military Academy 17.

4x800-meter relay: 3. Helias (Thomas Asmar, Evan Block, Chandler Luebbert and Matt Lorang), 8:48.1.

110-meter hurdles: 1. Josh Woodruff, 15.38; 7. Shane Colonius, 17.58.

4x200-meter relay: 1. Helias (Ryan Tannehill, Jordan Walker, J.C. Szumigala and Woodruff), 1:31.7

4x100-meter relay: 5. Helias (Tannehill, Szumigala, Colonius and Walker), 46.69.

400-meter dash: 1. Szumigala, 52.11.

300-meter hurdles: 3. Colonius, 43.70.

Pole vault: 2. Tyler Schrimpf, 12-0.

High jump: 8. Noah Blume, 5-6.

Long jump: 3. Tim Struemph, 19-1 1/2; 5. Collin Caywood, 18-11.

Triple jump: 5. Struemph, 38-8 1/4.

Discus: 4. Merlin Phelps, 126-10.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Centralia 76; 2. Battle 72.5; 3. Moberly 70; 4. Helias 69; 5. Hannibal 65; 6. Kirksville 64.5; 7. Quincy 54; 8. Mexico 46; 9. Rock Bridge 38; 10. Fulton 27.

4x800-meter relay: 2. Helias (Kylie Frank, Lydia Linsenbardt, Macy Randolph and Kaitlyn Shea), 10:22.4.

100-meter hurdles: 5. Danielle Schrimpf, 17.18.

4x200-meter relay: 5. Helias (Gretchen Rauch, Heather Perrey, Baylee Francka and Katy Macy), 1:54.90.

1,600-meter run: 1. Shea, 5:23.4; 5. Kylie Frank, 5:32.6

4x100-meter relay: 5. Helias (Rauch, Laura Schieber, Perrey and Macy), 54.89.

400-meter dash: 2. Rauch, 1:04.68.

800-meter run: 2. Frank, 2:27.40; 7. Alli Wieberg, 2:37.18.

High jump: 7. (tie) Brenna McNutt and Rachel Bryan, 4-6.

Long jump: 8. Schieber, 15- 1/2.

Triple jump: 4. Schieber, 32-10 3/4.

Shot put: 7. Emma Albertson, 32-11.

Discus: 3. Cassidy Roling, 103-11.