PHS athletes brought home eight medals from the MSHSAA Class 3 Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday.
In boys competition, Hayes Miller won medals in the 100, 200 and 400 meter.
Hayes Miller competes in the 400 meters at state. (Photo by Will Johnson, Gasconade Republican)
In girls competition, Candra King won medals in the discus and shot put, Abbey Redd and Alaina Loman won medals in the pole vault and Sydney Compton won a medal in the 100 meter hurdles.
Hayes, a junior, took sixth place in the 400 meters in a time of 50.60, seventh place in the 200 meters in a time of 22.40 and eighth place in the 100 meters in a time of 11.27.
King, a sophomore, took second place in the discus with a throw of 37.16 meters and seventh place in the shot put with a throw of 11.61 meters.
Candra King throws the discus at state. (Photo by Will Johnson, Gasconade Republican)
Redd, a junior, and Loman, a sophomore, finished second and third respectively in the pole vault. Redd’s best vault was 3.25 meters and Loman’s, 3.18 meters.
Compton, a freshman, took third place in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.61.
Competing but not medaling were:
Evan Pennewell, a freshman, 11th place in the pole vault at 3.5 meters;
Jansen Juette, a senior, 11th place in the triple jump with a leap of 10.41 meters; and
the girls 4 x 800 meter relay team of Loman, Jeorgia O’Brien, Alyssa Noland and Laurin Sheputis, 10th place, with a time of 10.19.
