By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

The DHS Track team hosted their lone meet of the year on Tuesday afternoon. The meet included teams from Chaffee, Saxony Lutheran, Poplar Bluff, Oran, Charleston, Delta, and Sikeston.

The Boys team finished seventh in an eight team field with 37 points. Charleston, with 108 points, edged Chaffee, with 101 points, for first place in the Boys division.

Dylan Heflin finished fifth in the discus with a 99' 5" throw, while Zach Lacy finished fifth in shot put with a 34' 10" throw. Alex Rybolt finished fourth in the 1600m (1 mile) run, with a 5:26.43 time, and also came in second place in the 3200m (2 mile) run with a time of 11:30.78. Jon Foels finished third in the long jump with a 18.3 jump, beating out Zach Comstock, who finished fifth with a 17.6 jump.

A big sign of hope for the Boys was the return of Austin Richardson; the junior had missed all of the season before yesterday's meet while recovering from knee surgery, and was cleared for competition yesterday morning. Richardson finished in a three-way tie for second place in the high jump, clearing 5' 4".

The Lady 'Cats rolled to an easy victory in the six team field; their 217 final score beat out second-place Chaffee by over 100 points.

Taylor Martin brought home gold in both the 100m and 200m dash, as well as first place medals by her 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams. Alexis Smith finished first in the 1600m run and 3200m run, with times of 6:14.09 and 13:39.16, respectively. Taylor Winstead finished third in the 400m run with a 1:13.47.

Mollie Whitehead finished first in the discus with a 96' 1/2" throw; Jessica Lindsey earned fourth place in the shot put with a 27' 1 1/2" toss. Lindsey Hindman and Courtney Potts finished one-two in the long jump, with 14.5 and 13.4 jumps, respectively.

The Track team will be back in action on Thursday (April 19), when they travel to New Madrid for the Riverbend Invitational.

Photo Above: Team-mates Taylor Martin (left) and Lindsey Hindman (far right) close in on the finish line during the 100m dash in yesterday's Dexter Open. Martin finished in first place, while Hindman came in sixth.