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COLUMBIA,Mo. – Boone County’s high school track and field teams made a strong showing at the 2025 Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHAA) State Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City. The competition at Adkins Stadium saw multiple individual state champions crowned, and several local teams achieved top finishes.
Here’s a look at how Battle, Hickman, Rock bridge, and Tolton performed at the state meet:
Rock Bridge Boys Secure Top-Three Finish, Highlighted by Record-Breaking Relay
Rock Bridge’s boys track and field team achieved a notable third-place finish in class 5, accumulating 46 points. Nixa (50 points) and Rockhurst (59 points) finished ahead of them.
Head coach Neal Blackburn emphasized consistent excellence across all events, encouraging his athletes to strive for top performances and accumulate points as a team.
The Bruins’ 4×200 team, composed of Brennan Scott, Carter Atkinson, Drevyn Seamon, and Riley Rowling, not only won gold but also set a new Missouri high school record with a time of 1:25.13. Staley (1:25.53) and Lee’s Summit West (1:25.61) rounded out the top three.
The 4×400 team of scott, Adam Baehr, Justin Giles, and Nick Timbrook secured second place with a time of 3:17.68. Atkinson, Seamon, Rowling, and William Bliss finished fourth in the 4×100 relay with a time of 41.63.
Seamon earned two individual third-place finishes in the 100-meter (10.67) and 200-meter (21.19) dashes. Scott took fifth in the 400-meter dash (48.17), and Baron Carratura finished fifth in the 800-meter run (1:54.48). Samuel Shatto finished the 3200-meter run in 9:56.08, placing 16th.
The Bruins’ 4×800 team, consisting of Baehr, Carratura, Ethan Hockman, and Noah Canlas, finished sixth with a time of 7:53.19.
on the girls’ side, addie Morris placed 14th in both shot put and javelin, with distances of 19.91 meters and 34.56 meters, respectively. Kaitlyn Reid finished 16th in the 3200-meter run (12:27.47). The Rock Bridge girls’ 4×800 team, featuring Reid, Amelie Crane, Isabelle Ireland, and Sadie Richardson, placed 15th with a time of 10:23.45.
Hickman Boys Achieve Top-10 Finish, Fueled by Moss and Thomas
Hickman’s John Moss delivered a record-breaking performance, winning the Class 5 200-meter dash in 21.06 seconds, a new Class 5 record. He also secured second place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.09.The Kewpies finished sixth overall in Class 5 with 34 points.
Langston Thomas took fourth place in the long jump with a mark of 6.91 meters. He also finished fifth in the 200-meter dash (21.49) and seventh in the 100-meter dash (10.93).Collin Wise earned fourth place in pole vault (4.43 meters), while ben Roberds finished 11th in the same event (3.13 meters).Battle Boasts Two Individual State Champions
Vernell Holt secured his second consecutive state championship in the long jump, finishing first with a mark of 7.38 meters. Xavier Wandry also claimed a state title, winning the high jump with a mark of 2.01 meters.
Battle finished ninth in Class 5 with 26 points.
cha’ion Crump and Joshua Thompson also competed in the high jump, finishing ninth (1.88 meters) and 12th (1.83 meters), respectively. Ethan Morris placed 12th in javelin with a throw of 47.60 meters.
hickman’s Athena Peterson Concludes High School Career in Style
Hickman’s girls’ team finished 10th in Class 5, with all 24 points coming from Athena Peterson. The Louisville commit won the triple jump with a mark of 12.31 meters and took third in the long jump (5.74 meters). She also placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.48) and sixth in the 300-meter hurdles (43.39). Peterson concludes her high school career with over 10 state medals.
Tolton Girls Shine Again in Class 4
After moving to Class 4 in 2024 and finishing second, Tolton returned to the state meet and finished sixth with 34 points.
Tolton’s 4×800 team, consisting of Angelina Cotton, Elyse Wilmes, Makaylin Viet, and Sarah Kesterson, won first place with a time of 9:28.40.
Wilmes secured her fourth consecutive state title in the 800-meter run (2:07.52) and her third consecutive title in the 1600-meter run (4:53.13). Teammates Cottone and Viet finished ninth and 13th in the 1600-meter run with times of 5:09.65 and 5:23.71,respectively. Viet placed seventh in the 3200-meter run (11:27.84),and Cotton finished eighth (11:28.56).Sadie Sexauer placed eighth in javelin with a throw of 39.62 meters. On the boys’ side, Tolton’s 4×400 team, featuring Benjamin Schroeder, John Glaude, Sam Ryan, and Will Bramon, finished seventh with a time of 3:23.46.
