Marion County’s Delaney Straus earned medals in three of her four events during the MSHSAA Class 1 State Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City Friday and Saturday.
Marion County’s Delaney Straus (far right) runs during the MSHSAA Class 1 Girls Track and Field Championships at Jefferson City High School’s Adkins Stadium. The Lady Mustang senior earned medals in the triple jump, 3,200 meters and 1,600 meters. (Photo by Will Johnson, Gasconade Republican)
Marion Couty’s Levi Wright (center) runs during the MSHSAA Class 1 Girls Track and Field Championships at Jefferson City High School’s Adkins Stadium. (Photo by Will Johnson, Gasconade Republican)
Competing at Jefferson City High School’s Adkins Stadium, the senior took:
third place in the triple jump at 10.7 meters;
fourth place in the 3,200 meters at 12:28.87; and
fifth place in the 1,600 meters at 5:38.13.
She also took ninth in the 800 meters 2:30.73, with the top eight placers earning medals.
Levi Wright also competed at state but did not medal in either of his events.
Wright, a freshman in his first state experience, finished:
11th in the 3,200 meters at 11:09.06 and
14th in the 1,600 meters at 4:56.52.
