Prep Track: Blair Oaks at Asbury Invitational

MOBERLY - The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons finished second out of 11 teams Thursday at the Ken Asbury Invitational.

Blair Oaks scored 103 points in the girls team standings, trailing only Marceline with 134.5 points.

The Blair Oaks boys took fifth place in the team standings with 69 points. Mexico won the boys title with 127.5 points.

The Lady Falcons came away with four event wins.

Grace Scott and Emily Yaeger each won in two event. Scott took first in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:50.60, while Yaeger finished first in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:29.19.

Scott and Yaeger also ran in the 4x800-meter relay, along with Katie Schoeneberg and Natalie Heckman. They won with a time of 10:44.40.

Annette Peterson also won the discus for Blair Oaks with a distance of 111 feet, 6 inches, nearly 10 feet better than her nearest competitor.

Emily Sporleder recorded a pair of top-3 finishes in the sprinting events, taking second in the 100-meter dash (13.35 seconds) and third in the 200-meter dash (28.83).

Schoeneberg also finished third in the 1,600 with a time of 6:08.10.

The Lady Falcons added a pair of third-place finishes in the relay events. Kaelin Forck, Malerie Strong, Lanie Lowry and Bailey Rissmiller clocked a time of 55.29 seconds in the 4x100, while Kayla Jones, Lauren Strange, Chloe Cox and Yaeger ran the 4x400 in 4:30.35.

Josh Haxton and Cole Brenneke posted second-place finishes for the Falcons. Haxton had a throw of 131-2 in the discus and Brenneke ran a time of 54.95 seconds in the 400-meter dash.

Adam McCauley placed third in the 800 with a time of 2:07.52.

Like the Lady Falcons, the Falcons also had a pair of third-place times in the relay events. Hayden Irvin, Chase Forck, Kyler Griep and Marcus Edler finished the 4x200 in 1:37.55, while McCauley, Josh Malone, Edler and Brenneke clocked a time of 3:39.93 in the 4x400.

Here are the team scores and Blair Oaks' top eight finishers in each event from the Invitational:

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Mexico, 127.5; 2. Southern Boone, 111.5; 3. Fulton, 73; 4. Kirksville, 71; 5. Blair Oaks, 69; 6. Macon, 65; 7. Marceline, 61; 8. Father Tolton, 53; 9. Moberly, 43; 10. Westran, 24; 11. Higbee, 4.

110-meter hurdles: 4. Trinity Scott, 18.04.

100-meter dash: 4. Marcus Edler, 11.58.

4x200-meter relay: 3. Hayden Irvin, Chase Forck, Kyler Griep, Marcus Edler, 1:37.55.

1,600-meter run: 5. Josh Malone, 5:12.30; 7. Adam McCauley, 5:17.40.

4x100-meter relay: 4. Marcus Edler, Chase Forck, Trinity Scott, Hayden Irvin, 47.00.

400-meter dash: 2. Cole Brenneke, 54.95.

300-meter hurdles: 7. Trinity Scott, 47.41.

800-meter run: 3. Adam McCauley, 2:07.52; 4. Kyler Griep, 2:09.94.

3,200-meter run: 7. Caleb Hock, 11:56.17.

4x400-meter relay: 3. Adam McCauley, Josh Malone, Marcus Edler, Cole Brenneke, 3:39.93.

Triple jump: 7. Chase Forck, 38-0.5.

Discus: 2. Josh Haxton, 131-2; 6. Tucker Downing, 120-2.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Marceline, 134.5; 2. Blair Oaks, 103; 3. Fulton, 96; 4. Mexico, 87; 5. Moberly, 86; 6. Macon, 61; 7. Southern Boone, 59; 8. Father Tolton, 28; 9. Kirksville, 20; 10. Westran, 14; 11. Higbee, 9.5.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Emily Yaeger, Katie Schoeneberg, Natalie Heckman, Grace Scott, 10:44.40.

100-meter hurdles: 7. Chloe Cox, 18.25.

100-meter dash: 2. Emily Sporleder, 13.35.

4x200-meter relay: 6. Kayla Jones, Bailey Rissmiller, Claire Russell, Lauren Strange, 1:59.86.

1,600-meter run: 1. Grace Scott, 5:50.60; 3. Katie Schoeneberg, 6:08.10.

4x100-meter relay: 3. Kaelin Forck, Malerie Strong, Lanie Lowry, Bailey Rissmiller, 55.29.

400-meter dash: 4. Emily Sporleder, 1:05.17; 5. Kayla Jones, 1:05.24.

300-meter hurdles: 5. Chloe Cox, 54.90; 6. Kaelin Forck, 55.55.

800-meter run: 1. Emily Yaeger, 2:29.19; 4. Natalie Heckman, 2:43.50.

200-meter dash: 3. Emily Sporleder, 28.83.

4x400-meter relay: 3. Kayla Jones, Lauren Strange, Chloe Cox, Emily Yaeger, 4:30.35.

High jump: 4. Lanie Lowry, 4-8.

Discus: 1. Annette Peterson, 111-6.

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