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Area Individuals Advance in Track and Field Competition

Track and Field Postseason meets took place in many locations across Missouri on Saturday including in the Lakes Region.

The Branson Track Teams made their way to Carthage for Class 5 Districts and qualified several individuals to move on to next week's Sectional Meet which included a pair of District Champions, Allison Thomas in the Girls Javelin and Kyshin Isringhausen in the Boys Pole Vault. The complete list of qualifiers for next week's Sectional Meet are listed at the end of this story. 

Meanwhile, Hollister High School hosted both Class 3 and 4 District Meets. Hollister's Katherine Schaefer earned a pair of Class 3 District Championships in the Girls 800 and 1600 Meter Runs.

In Class 4,  Kaylee Geniuk  of Reeds Spring claimed the 100 Meter Hurdles District Title, won of four events she qualified in for next week's Sectional Meet.

The top four finishers in each event move on to Sectionals. 

Meanwhile, area Class 1 and 2 Athletes were in Point Lookout for the Sectional Meet hosted by School of the Ozarks.

The host Patriots claimed an individual Sectional Champion with John Carswell in the Boys Pole Vault. Blue Eye also claimed a Sectional Championship with Houston Parker in the Boys 800 Meter Run. Several other schools also had Sectional Champions with the top four athletes in each event moving on to the State Meet in Jefferson City. 

Area Athletes Qualifying for Sectional Meet
Branson
Boys
Kyshin Isringhausen Pole Vault
Max Chapman Pole Vault
Chris Vineyard 110 Meter Hurdles
Tristen Bough 800 Meter Run
Will Thornton 400 Meter Dash  
4 x 400 Meter Relay (Tristen Bough, Will Thornton, Adrian Manderson, Chris Vineyard) 

Girls
Allison Thomas Javelin
Talia Tompkins Triple Jump
Kaedyn Pierce 100 Meter Hurdles

Reeds Spring
Boys
Caden Wiest Shot Put
4 x 100, 4 x 200, 4 x 800 Meter Relays 

Girls
Kaylee Geniuk 100 Meter Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump

Hollister
Boys
Sinry Mendoza 400 Meter Dash, 800, 1600, 3200  Meter Runs
Devon Girard 300 Meter Hurdles

Girls
Katherine Schaefer 800, 1600 Meter Runs

Area Athletes Moving on to the Class 1 and 2 State Track Meets (* indicates First Place Finish)
School of the Ozarks
Boys
Si Martin 110 Meter Hurdles
Scott Carswell 300 Meter Hurdles, Triple Jump
John Carswell Pole Vault*
Shadrach Thompson Javelin
4 x 400 Meter Relay 

Girls
Faith Martin Triple Jump
Sophia Osborne Pole Vault
4 x 100, 4x 200, 4 x 400, and 4 x 800 Meter Relays

Blue Eye
Boys
Houston Parker 800 Meter Run*
Camden Fultz Javelin
4 x 200, 4 x 400, and 4 x 800 Meter Relays

Girls
4 x 100 Meter  

Crane
Boys
Carter Hayes High Jump*, Triple Jump
Christian Church 3200 Meter Run

Girls
Lily Woodward Triple Jump*, 300 Meter Hurdles
Kailey Vaught Triple Jump
Lillie McMenamy 300 Meter Hurdles
4 x 100 and 4 x 200 Meter Relays

Galena
Boys
Cameron Elder 200 Meter and 400 Meter Dashes
Colton Ellingsworth, 1600 Meter Run
Brayden Sartin High Jump*
4 x 800 Meter Relay

Girls
Jasmine Temich 100 and 200 Meter Dashes
Kaesha Walter High Jump   
Melanie Rice High Jump
Averi Foster Triple Jump
4 x 200* and 4 x 400 Meter Relays

Spokane
Boys
Gabriel Duarte Discus, Shot Put

Girls
Lily Hunsucker 800, 1600, 3200 Meter Runs
Sydney Bryan 200 Meter Dash, 100 and 300 Hurdles
4 x 400 and 4 x 800 Meter Relays 

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