Eight Dexter Bearcats Track and Field athletes will compete in the Class 3 State Championship on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri at the Mizzou Track and Field Complex.  The meet was originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City; however due to the tornado the event changed to a Saturday only event.

Austin Guy, Margo Nea and Seth Rogers as well as the 4x200 boys and 4x800 girls relay teams qualified for state at the Class 3 sectional meet at Hillsboro High School on Saturday.

Cole Barker, Austin Guy, Seth Rogers and Drew Soule broke their own school record in the 4xx200 meter relay to finish fourth in the sectional meet.  The top four finishers qualify for state.  they posted a time of 1.31.22, beating their old record of 1:32.89 which they set at the Sikeston bulldog Invitation on April 16, 2019.

Austin Guy finished third in the high jump at 6 feet and Seth Rogers placed fourth in the 100-meter with a time of 11.24 seconds.

Margo Nea placed second in both the 1600 and 800.  Her time in the 1600 was 5:36.37 and the 800 was 2:30.33.

Gabbie Brown, Rachel Lin, Margo Nea, and Avery Neely finished third in the 4x800 with a time of 10:48.76.

Dexter placed 9th overall in the girls team standings.  The boys finished 10th in team standings.  Cardinal Ritter took first place in both the girls and boys team standings.