Area Track Teams Compete In Dardanelle Meet
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High school track athletes from Ozark, Clarksville and Lamar competed in the Senior Sand Lizard Relays at Dardanelle on Thursday, April 9.
In the boys division, Jake Reames of Lamar took first place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.03, finished second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.29 and second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.72.
Liam Kile of Ozark clocked an 11:13.59 for first place in the 3,200-meter run, and Guillermo Perez of Clarksville placed second in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:57.38.
Ozark’s 4×100-meter relay team of Jaxon Sontchi, Blaze Mayer, Deacon Gage and Xander Johnson took second place with a finish of 45.44.
In team standings, the Ozark boys placed fourth.
Top finishers in the girls division included Phoenix Sanders of Lamar, who won the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.92 and the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:03.86. Lamar’s Alexis Lara won the shot put with a throw of 28’9”.
The 4×200-meter relay team from Ozark, consisting of Brooklyn Akers, Laci Stegeman, Makiah Jones and Ruby Whitlock, took second place with a time of 2:03.70. Akers also placed second in the pole vault with a vault of 6’.
As a team, the Lamar girls took fourth place and the Ozark girls finished fifth.
Other results were as follows.
Boys
100-meter dash: Xander Johnson, Ozark, fourth place, 11.47; Blaze Mayer, Ozark, 13th place, 12.20; Khamari Burns, Clarksville, 14th place, 12.22; Kendrick Carr, Lamar, 23rd place, 13.01; Brady Casey, Clarksville, 25th place, 13.22.
200-meter dash: Blaze Mayer, Ozark, sixth place, 24.68; Xander Johnson, Ozark, 10th place, 25.51; Blaine Berry, Lamar, 15th place, 25.80.
400-meter dash: Guillermo Perez, Clarksville, 12th place, 59.49; Hunter Reding, Lamar, 14th place, 59.64; Ben Elliott, Ozark, 15th place, 1:01.12; Daniel Willis, Ozark, 22nd place, 1:06.39; Mark Winters, Clarksville, 24th place, 1:20.66.
800-meter run: Guillermo Perez, Clarksville, third place, 2:21.37; Keaton Jones, Ozark, fourth place, 2:22.42; Noah Melton, Ozark, ninth place, 2:45.93.
1,600-meter run: Liam Kile, Ozark, fourth place, 5:03.70; Keaton Jones, Ozark, ninth place, 5:31.68; Luke Jones, Lamar, 13th place, 6:05.26.
110-meter hurdles: Deacon Gage, Ozark, fourth place, 17.09; A.J. Fowler, Lamar, 14th place, 21.46.
300-meter hurdles: Trae Duggar, Ozark, seventh place, 48.51.
4×100-meter relay: Brady Casey, Khamari Burns, Denver Pickartz, Jayden Hasty, Clarksville, seventh place, 51.54.
4×200-meter relay: Evan Estep, Deacon Gage, Blaze Mayer, Xander Johnson, Ozark, fifth place, 1:41.09; Khamari Burns, Ty Kimbrough, Denver Pickartz, Jayden Hasty, Clarksville, 10th place, 1:48.75.
4×400-meter relay: Daniel Willis, Brock Lord, Liam Kile, Matthew Gober, Ozark, sixth place, 4:18.08.
4×800-meter relay: Daniel Willis, Brock Lord, Liam Kile, Matthew Gober, Ozark, fifth place, 10:20.21; Hunter Reding, Jake Reames, Kyler Parmenter, Cordae Green, Lamar, sixth place, 11:32.58.
Long jump: Xander Johnson, Ozark, fifth place, 19’1.25”; Evan Estep, Ozark, 20th place, 13’11.5”.
Triple jump: Deacon Gage, Ozark, fourth place, 38’3.25”.
Pole vault: Deacon Gage, Ozark, third place, 11’; Trae Duggar, Ozark, sixth place, 10’; Luke Jones, Lamar, eighth place, 8’6”.
Discus: Cole Frizzell, Clarksville, sixth place, 111’3”; Destin Price, Lamar, 10th place, 101’.
Shot put: Cole Frizzell, Clarksville, sixth place, 41’4”; Denver Pickartz, Clarksville, eighth place, 36’10”; Destin Price, Lamar, ninth place, 36’8”.
Girls
100-meter dash: Laci Stegeman, Ozark, fourth place, 13.92; Phoenix Sanders, Lamar, fifth place, 13.94; Ruby Whitlock, Ozark, sixth place, 14.14; Courtney Easterling, Lamar, 13th place, 15.75.
200-meter dash: Cordella Denniston, Clarksville, seventh place, 31.55; Laci Stegeman, Ozark, ninth place, 32.12; Rylee Alston, Clarksville, 11th place, 32.59; Ryleigh Battles, Ozark, 15th place, 34.48; Courtney Easterling, Lamar, 16th place, 34.72.
400-meter dash: Cordella Denniston, Clarksville, 10th place, 1:20.97; Avery Fisher, Lamar, 11th place, 1:22.78; Khloe Muldoon, Clarksville, 13th place, 1:23.06.
800-meter run: Brooklyn Meimerstorf, Lamar, fourth place, 3:02.55; Avery Fisher, Lamar, ninth place, 3:45.45.
1,600-meter run: Brooklyn Meimerstorf, Lamar, third place, 6:50.20; Ava Matra, Lamar, seventh place, 7:57.45.
100-meter hurdles: Makiah Jones, Ozark, fifth place, 20.26; Sarah Robison, Ozark, sixth place, 20.54.
4×100-meter relay: Brooklyn Akers, Laci Stegeman, Sarah Robison, Ruby Whitlock, Ozark, fourth place, 59.25; Khloe Muldoon, Camila Ortega, Cordella Denniston, Rylee Alston, Clarksville, fifth place, 1:00.
4×200-meter relay: Khloe Muldoon, Camila Ortega, Cordella Denniston, Rylee Alston, Clarksville, third place, 2:10.44.
Long jump: Ruby Whitlock, Ozark, 10th place, 13’6.5”; Sarah Robison, Ozark, 11th place, 13’4”; Cordella Denniston, Clarksville, 13th place, 12’7”.
Triple jump: Laci Stegeman, Ozark, 10th place, 28’11”.
Discus: Addylee Warren, Ozark, seventh place, 66’9”.
Shot put: Emily Whitwam, Ozark, third place, 27’5”.
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Deacon Gage of Ozark runs his leg of the 4×100-meter relay at the Sand Lizard Relays on April 9.
–Photo courtesy Wanda Gage
Ozark’s Brooklyn Akers takes the baton from Ruby Whitlock while Clarksville’s Khloe Muldoon (back) takes over from Camila Ortega in the 4×200-meter relay at Dardanelle on Thursday.
–Photo courtesy Wanda Gage
