Tigers set for Class 3 District 5 Track Meet Saturday

By Dave Roberts, Sports Writer
Posted 5/5/26

The St. James High track squad ended its regular season by hosting the St. James Invitational and competing in the Four Rivers Conference Meet last week.

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Tigers set for Class 3 District 5 Track Meet Saturday

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The St. James High track squad ended its regular season by hosting the St. James Invitational and competing in the Four Rivers Conference Meet last week.

The Tigers hosted the St. James Invitational Wednesday, April 29 at the St. James Track. The meet had been slated for Monday, April 27 but was backed up two days due to the weather.

And St. James was part of the Four Rivers Conference Meet Friday, May 1 at New Haven.
In the conference meet the Lady Tigers finished sixth in the team standings while the STJ boys were eighth. Union won the girls’ team FRC title with 176 points while Pacific was second with 142. St. James was sixth with 62. St. Clair was the boys’ team champion with 155 points while Owensville was second with 142.5. St. James was eighth with 41.

St. James won one event in the boys’ meet, with Austin Bell winning the triple jump at 40-2 3/4.

The Lady Tigers won three relays - the 4x100 with Madalynn McCracken, Avery Campbell, Alex Hughes and Adalee Richardson at :51.66; the 4x200 with McCracken, Anslee Stubblefield, Campbell and Richardson at 1:50.54, and the 4x400 with McCracken, Campbell, Stubblefield and Hughes at 4:20.83.

This week St. James begins its post-season run, competing in the Missouri Class 3 District 5 Meet Saturday, May 9 at Cuba High School.

May 1 at New Haven

Four Rivers Conference Meet

Varsity

Boys

Team Standings: 1. St. Clair 155, 2. Owensville 142.5, 3. Sullivan 104, 4. Pacific 91, 5. Hermann 76.5, 6. Union 76, 7. New Haven 44, 8. St. James 41.

Event winners and St. James results:

100-meter dash: 1. Ryan Webb, Union, :11.45. St. James results: 7. Whitten Woessner :11.90.

200-meter dash: 1. Logan Bartz, St. Clair, :23.04. St. James results: 13. Gaige Martin :26.19, 14. Joshua Rinehart :26.51.

400-meter dash: 1. Ryker Ash, Hermann, :51.68. St. James results: 13. Martin :59.11, 17. Preston Hash 1:04.33.

800-meter run: 1. Zachary Holtmeyer, Owensville, 2:02.67. St. James results: 6. Johnny Perkins 2:13.43.

1,600-meter run: 1. Benjamin Smith, Pacific, 4:27.03. St. James results: 8. Kylar Hodge 4:55.85.

3,200-meter run: 1. Noan Kopp, Hermann, 9:45.65. St. James results: 4. Ashton Moreland 10:23.69.

110-meter hurdles: 1. Landon Rulo, St. Clair, :16.22. 

300-meter hurdles: 1. Charlie Katsov, Owensville, :42.85. St. James results: 9. Brandon Siders :50.34.

4x100-meter relay: 1. St. Clair, :44.29.

4x200-meter relay: 1. St. Clair, 1:33.04.

4x400-meter relay: 1. St. Clair, 3:37.32; 8. St. James (Perkins, Hodge, Moreland, Ryder Byfield) 4:04.71.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Owensville, 8:46.97; 2. St. James (Perkins, Hodge, Moreland, Byfield) 8:52.31.

Shot put: 1. Connor Pehle, St. Clair, 43-10 1/2. St. James results: 10. Zane Achterberg 35-8, 12. Caden Brown 34-9 3/4.

Discus: 1. Andrew Budnik, Owensville, 131-6. St. James results: 14. Slade Williams 91-7, 19. Brown 72-9, 20. Blake Moore 66-7.

Javelin: 1. Joseph Zagarri, Union, 142-5. St. James results: 5. Achterberg 126-1, 10. Hash 104-11.

High jump: 1. Tayven Hopkins, Hermann, 6-2 3/4.

  Pole vault: 1. Ricardo Marquez, Owensville, 12-11 1/2. St. James results: 9. Jonas Deluca 10-0, 10. Cole Shields 9-0 1/4.

Long jump: 1. Hayden Oldham, Sullivan, 20-8 1/2. 6. Whitten Woessner 19-2.

Triple jump: 1. Austin Bell, St. James, 40-2 3/4.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Union 176, 2. Pacific 142, 3. Owensville 114.5, 4. Sullivan 64, 5. Hermann 63.5, 6. St. James 62, 7. St. Clair 56, 8. New Haven 43.

Event winners and St. James results:

100-meter dash: 1. Mildred Koenigsfeld, Union, :12.96. St. James results: 2. Adalee Richardson :13.03.

200-meter dash: 1. Koenigsfeld, Union, :26.55. St. James results: 2. Richardson :26.84, 7. Avery Campbell :28.55.

400-meter dash: 1. Lila Hinson, St. Clair, 1:02.81.

800-meter run: 1. Shelby Robinson, Union, 2:33.03. St. James results: 7. Adalyne Hash 2:44.36.

1,600-meter run: 1. Hannah Gehlert, Owensville, 5:36.72. St. James results: 10. Katherine Strackeljahn 6:25.15.

3,200-meter run: 1. Gehlert, Owensville, 12:18.47. St. James results: 4. Strackeljahn 14:03.33.

100-meter hurdles: 1. Emma-Lee Wehmeyer, Owensville, :16.31. St. James results: 6. Anslee Stubblefield :19.48.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Koenigsfeld, Union, :46.57. St. James results: 7. Stubblefield :56.56.

4x100-meter relay: 1. St. James (Madalynn McCracken, Avery Campbell, Alex Hughes, Adalee Richardson), :51.66.

4x200-meter relay: 1. St. James (McCracken, Stubblefield, Campbell, Richardson), 1:50.54.

4x400-meter relay: 1. St. James (McCracken, Campbell, Stubblefield, Alex Hughes), 4:20.83.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Pacific, 10:33.11.

Shot put: 1. McKenna Lay, Pacific, 41-7. St. James results: 9. Kirrah Drennan 28-5 ½, 18. Millicent Hartley 23-4 3/4.

Discus: 1. Lay, Pacific, 124-3. St. James results: 9. Drennan 80-6, 17. Hartley 56-1.

Javelin: 1. Lay, Pacific, 145-4. St. James results: 19. Aubrey Lind 55-3.

High jump: 1. Abigail Firebaugh, Sullivan, 5-1.

  Pole vault: 1. Kordylia Durham, Union, 9-10.

  Long jump: 1. Karlee Head, Sullivan, 17-2 3/4. 

Triple jump: 1. Kaylee Martin, St. Clair, 34-6 1/4. St. James results: 13. Landri Abel 23-6 3/4.

Junior Varsity

Boys

Team Standings: 1. St. Clair 112, 2. Sullivan 103, 3. Owensville 88.5, 4. Union 87, 5. Hermann 77.5, Pacific 56, 7. New Haven 47, 8. St. James 12.

St. James results:

800-meter run: 6. Kypton Earney 2:27.89, 12. Eric Bolte 2:35.75.

1,600-meter run: 4. Bolte 5:22.08, 5. Earney 5:22.42.

Shot put: 14. Tyler Knock 23-11 3/4.

Discus: 12. Knock 67-1.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. New Haven 151, 2. Union 145, 3. Hermann 105, 4. Pacific 55, 5. Sullivan 51, 6. St. Clair 34, 7. Owensville 26, 8. St. James 6.

Event winners and St. James results:

Javelin: 3. Shayden Madle 67-8.

April 29 at St. James H.S.

St. James Invitational

Host St. James finished second in the boys’ meet and was fifth in the girls’ event.

For the Tiger boys, event winners were Aiden Boone in the long jump at 19-6 3/4 and the triple jump at 42-4; Kylar Hodge in the 1,600-meter run at 4:54.00; Ashton Moreland in the 3,200-meter run at 10:41.57; the 4x100-meter relay squad of Westin Ridenhour, Austin Bell, Boone and Whitten Woessner at :45.72, and the 4x100-meter throwers relay squad of Mitchell Dekock, Blake Moore, Zane Achterberg and Preston Hash at :53.75.

The Lady Tigers won two events - the 4x100-meter squad of McCracken, Campbell, Hughes and Richardson at :52.20 and the 4x200-meter relay squad of McCracken, Hughes, Campbell and Richardson at 1:52.31.

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Salem 120, 2. St. James 117, 3. Steelville 101, 4. Dixon 79, 5. Cuba 66, 6. Willow Springs 50, 7. Belle 49.5, 8. Licking 41, 9. Newburg 25, 10. Iberia 15, 11. Crocker 14.5, 12. Richland 7, 12. Viburnum 7.

Event winners and St. James results:

100-meter dash: 1. Asher Smith, Willow Springs, :11.51. St. James results: 3. Whitten Woessner :11.60, 9. Gabrial Taylor :12.23, 13. Joshua Rinehart :12.49.

200-meter dash: 1. Ethan Stout, Licking, :23.97. St. James results: 8. Taylor :25.58, 9. Gaige Martin :25.71, 13. Joshua Rinehart :26.46. 

400-meter dash: 1. Hunter Starbeck, Steelville, :50.89. St. James results: 9. Martin :59.15, 13. Rinehart 1:00.54, 17. Preston Hash 1:02.87.

800-meter run: 1. Owen Rutledge, Steelville, 2:05.44. St. James results: 2. Ryder Byfield 2:06.62, 12. Johnny Perkins 2:23.32, 16. Kypton Earney 2:28.89.

1,600-meter run: 1. Kylar Hodge, St. James, 4:54.00. Other St. James results: 5. Perkins 5:12.18, 8. Earney 5:34.20.

3,200-meter run: 1. Ashton Moreland, St. James, 10:41.57. Other St. James results: 5. Eric Bolte 12:12.52.

110-meter hurdles: 1. Luke Pryor, Salem, :15.66.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Noah Halbert, Cuba, :44.14. St. James results: 8. Brandon Siders :50.48.

4x100-meter relay: 1. St. James (Westin Ridenhour, Austin Bell, Aiden Boone, Whitten Woessner), :45.72.

4x200-meter relay: 1. Dixon, 1:37.00; 4. St. James (Rinehart, Martin, Woessner, Taylor) 1:40.77.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Steelville, 3:39.32; 5. St. James (Perkins, Hodge, Moreland, Byfield) 4:04.00.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Steelville, 8:40.21; 2. St. James (Perkins, Hodge, Moreland, Byfield) 8:48.73.

4x100-meter throwers relay: 1. St. James (Mitchell Dekock, Blake Moore, Zane Achterberg, Preston Hash), :53.75.

Shot put: 1. Kirill Gantyuk, Willow Springs, 43-11 3/4. St. James results: 12. Achterberg 35-5 1/4, 15. Caden Brown 35-1, 26. Tyler Knock 23-11 1/2.

Discus: 1. Max Harmon, Steelville, 141-10. St. James results: 9. Slade Williams 99-0, 17. Blake Moore 79-8, 26. Brown 59-2, 27. Knock 56-2.

High jump: 1. Paxton Deason, Salem, 5-11 1/2. St. James results: 4. Aiden Boone 5-9 3/4.

Pole vault: 1. Christian DeLuna, Cuba, 10-6. St. James results: 3. Jonas Deluca 10-0, 4. Cole Shields 9-6 1/4.

Long jump: 1. Aiden Boone, St. James, 19-6 3/4. Other St. James results: 4. Ridenhour 18-9 1/4, 5. Woessner 18-9 1/4.

Triple jump: 1. Boone, St. James, 42-4.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Steelville 86, 2. Salem 84, 2. Cuba 84, 4. Licking 81, 5. St. James 71, 6. Newburg 67, 7. Dixon 60, 8. Iberia 49, 9. Belle 43, 10. Viburnum 8, 11. Richland 5, 12. Crocker 4, 13. Willow Springs 1.

Event winners and St. James results:

100-meter dash: 1. Belle Magner, Dixon, :12.75. St. James results: 2. Adalee Richardson :12.78, 4. Madalynn McCracken :13.28.

200-meter dash: 1. Magner, Dixon, :26.36. St. James results: 2. Adalee Richardson :26.44, 6. Avery Campbell :28.37.

400-meter dash: 1. Magner, Dixon, 1:05.02.

800-meter run: 1. Zoey Elliott, Salem, 2:39.67. St. James results: 3. Adalyne Hash 2:44.26.

1,600-meter run: 1. Adalei Perkins, Steelville, 6:04.16.

  3,200-meter run: 1. A. Perkins, Steelville, 13:28.48.

  100-meter hurdles: 1. Clair Whittle, Iberia, :18.03. St. James results: 4. Anslee Stubblefield :19.02.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Penelope Huff, Licking, :50.73. St. James results: 4. Stubblefield :54.81.

4x100-meter relay: 1. St. James (Madalynn McCracken, Avery Campbell, Alex Hughes, Adalee Richardson), :52.20.

4x200-meter relay: 1. St. James (McCracken, Hughes, Campbell, Richardson), 1:52.31.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Cuba, 4:46.08.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Newburg, 12:02.24.

4x100-meter throwers relay: 1. Cuba, 1:02.97; 4. St. James 1:06.73.

Shot put: 1. Page Russell, Iberia, 36-7. St. James results: 10. Kirrah Drennan 26-0 1/4, 14. Millicent Hartley 25-3 1/4, 17. Aubrey Lind 21-10 3/4.

Discus: 1. Shannon Black, Cuba, 96-6. St. James results: 4. Drennan 78-5, 16. Bridgett Hudson 62-0, 23. Hartley 52-7.

High jump: 1. Emma Schlag, Salem, 4-7 3/4.

Pole vault: 1. Emma Nelson, Newburg, 8-6 1/4.

  Long jump: 1. Magner, Dixon, 16-0 1/4.

Triple jump: 1. Emeri Perkins, Steelville, 32-0 1/4. St. James results: 3. Hughes 30-7, 9. Landri Abel 23-11 3/4.