Thomason, Deckerd qualify for state in four events

There will be Saxony Lutheran representation at top track meet this spring. Five athletes qualified after competing in the Class 2 sectional meet Saturday at Lutheran North High School. Anna Thomason and Isabella Deckerd will each compete in four events, while Bianca Scholl and Ava Brown will be part of the 4x100 meter relay team.
Landon Ochs qualified for the state meet in the high jump.
To qualify for the state meet, an athlete had to place in the top four in any event.
Thomason and Deckerd, who have been the most consistent Crusaders this spring, showed off on Saturday.
Deckerd finished first in the 200-meter dash (26.01 seconds), second in the 100 meter (12.73). and second in the long jump (16 feet-10 inches). Thomason finished first in the 100-meter hurdles (15.46) by nearly two seconds over Laticia Hamilton of Caruthersville. She also finished second in the high jump (5-3.00), and second in the triple jump (36-1.50).
Thomason and Deckerd were part of the 4x100 meter relay team with Scholl and Brown, which finished first (51.25). Ochs took third in the high jump (5-10.0) to qualify for the state meet.
Other Crusaders competed as well at the sectional meet, but did not qualify. Bryanna Hale finished fifth in the 100-meter dash (17.91) to narrowly miss qualification.
Freshman Myra Roth finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run (13:58.74) and Rebecca Yunck finished seventh in the javelin and pole vault.
The state meet is Friday and Saturday in Columbia.

SV qualifies two relays

St. Vincent qualified multiple relay teams to the Class 1 sectional on Saturday at Lutheran North. Two of them will move on to state. The 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams will move on, while Jackson Unterreiner qualified for state individually in the 1,600-meter run.
The 4x400 team of Ethan Leible, Clayton Gremaud, Dane Kline, and Trenton Heine finished third with a time of 3:44.95
The 4x200 team of Leible, Gremaud, Kline and James Unterreiner finished fourth with a time of 1:40.64.
St. Vincent sent other athletes to the sectional as well who did not qualify for state.
The 4x800 relay team (Leible, Jackson Unterreiner Ethan Buerck, and Gabriel Anders) finished fifth (9:09.70)
Aiden Blessing in the high jump (4-7.75) and Reese Zoellner in the pole vault (6-4.75) finished sixth in their respective events.
Buerck (800 meter, 2:26.62), Claire Otte (shot put, 29-4.75), Sophia Martin (3,200 meter) Christian Layton (javelin, 106-9) each finished eighth in their respective events.

PHS sends two athletes
Perryville will send two athletes to the Class 4 sectional meet as Dominic Mathathath and Tegan Bishop will move on after competing in the Class 4, District 1 meet at Cape Central Saturday. Mathathath qualified for the sectional meet after finishing second in the triple jump (40-9.25).
Bishop qualified in two distance events. Bishop finished second in the 800 meter (2:29.23) and third in the 3,200 meter (12:26.15)