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Milesplit Arkansas contributor Robert Franks begins his offseason track & field preview, beginning with 3A's sneaky fast class of 2028 sprinters. ar.milesplit.com/articles/37954…
On his 6th & final toss, Drexel, Missouri's & Adrian HS Jr Bryson Jacobs launches a 67.13m/220-03 bomb to improve 9 feet & jump from 3rd to 1st by 1-inch!! Claiming @nsaf_track #NON javelin National Title!! Bryson Jacobs is a NATIONAL CHAMPION! in about as dramatic fashion as…
Bryson Jacobs, Adrian, Missouri wins the Nike Nationals Outdoor Elite Javelin event on his last throw! Congratulations!
2:03.74!!! 🔥 Elyse Wilmes breaks her own State Record!!! The Columbia, Missourian & Tolton Catholic HS @ToltonTrack Sr/Grad takes 5th in an incredible #NBNationals #NBNO2025 Girls Championship 800 to earn another All-American finish!!! #ALLTimeGreat #Legend…
NATIONAL RUNNER-UP!!!! Cardinal Ritter @CRCPTrack_Field Sr/Grad Kyndall Spain @kyndallspain runs 13.46,takes 2nd in #NBNationals Championship 100 Hurdles in Philly-🥈! The MO State Champ, Record Setter, placed 4th in Champ 400H Fri in 58.71, for another All-American finish!…
Wire to Wire Winner in Flight 3: Jackson Cantwell clears 71 feet for the win at Nike Outdoor Nats! 21.84m (71-8), his second national victory in as many days. KS star Joey Goodenow nearly clears 20 meters for the first time in his career, finishes 4th with 63-4 PR.

JR Rebecca McGuire finishes up at #NBNO2025 New Balance Nationals in Philadelphia, PA with a jump of 12’ 5.5” (3.80m) to take 9th!!
So proud of @jcantwell2499 U20 Nike Outdoor Nationals Shot Put Champion. Not bad for a kid who just turned 17. @nixaathletics @CentralOzarkCon @OzarksOzone
2025 National Runner-Up 2025 Penn Relays Champs 2x MO State Champs MO State Record (7:32.44) #12 Nationally All-Time - 2024 MO XC State Champs 2024 Nike Regional Runner-Up 2024 Nike Nationals - 13th Place Most importantly, incredible representatives of Rockhurst HS. Rock State!
Another State record for @HawkletsXC @GoHawklets at NBN Outdoor! Runner-ups to new National record holder Herriman (UT) and still #2 team in the US. Hats off, Rockhurst, on a historic season.

And in her first year of track & field, St. Louisan, & @LadueRamsTrack HS Sr/Grad, Zoey Brinker skips the @USATF U20 Long Jump to compete in the U20 High Jump, going at the same time, AND SHE WINS! She & 6 others clear 1.76m/5-9.25'' but cleared all 3 heights on 1st attempts…
First crew has arrived in Eugene! 400m & 200m State Champ Delaney Brinker and high jump extraordinaire Zoey Brinker prep for their @usatf U20 debuts. Zoe Coleman ( 4x2 State Champ ) in the Nike Outdoor Championships, freshman 100m.
Congrats to Warnicke for winning his heat in the Freshman Mile at New Balance Nationals Outdoor in Philadelphia tonight! #NBNationals His time of 4:26.56 for the full mile placed him 20th out of 90 competitors. That makes him the second fastest freshman miler in SLUH history.
Congratulations to our freshman, Jack McGovern for his 2nd place finish tonight at New Balance Nationals Outdoor in the mile with a time of 4:18.05! So proud of how he handled a rain delay and remained cool and positive.
Huge day for Caelan Harland over in Oregon! Inching closer to the State record of 5.61 meters.

Our 4x800 boys will head back to Philly for New Balance Nationals, on the same track where they won Penn Relays (7:33.83) back in April. These four have solidified themselves as the best 4x800 group in MO history, and will have one more shot at the *national* record of 7:28.75!