Dexter, MO - One of the largest open meets in southeast Missouri was held on Tuesday, March 29th at Charles Bland Stadium on the campus of Dexter High School. Eighteen school participated in the meet.
Dexter boys track team finished in first place with a score of 119. Poplar Bluff finished 2nd with 97.5 point and Sikeston finished third with 93 points
The Dexter girls track team finished in second place with a total of 101 points. Cape Central girls finished 1st with 138 points and Saxony Lutheran finished third with 77 points.
Teams participating were Dexter, Poplar Bluff, Cape Central, Sikeston, jackson, Blytheville, Woodland, Charleston, Chaffee, Kelly, Doniphan, Bell City, Scott County Central, Zalma, Greenville, Saxony Lutheran, and Delta.
"There was a sense of pride and amazement to see all 18 team competing at Charles Bland Stadium, "I was proud to be a part of such a huge open meet. You really don't see big open meets anymore these days because they are so difficult to run. I was proud that we executed the meet so efficiently. I couldn't have asked for better volunteers to help run the meet. It takes a lot of people to run a meet that big and the Dexter Teaching staff as well as Dexter Parks & Rec. stepped up to the challenge! I couldn't have done it without all of them."
"We had a big day at our open as far as hitting goals early in the season. Josh Alday is picking up where he left off on Javelin last year at Sectionals. Lucas Alday, Dulcie Pullen, and Rachel Lin have gotten more explosive in our field events, I think we will them scoring a lot of points for us this season and doing well come districts. Ben Dowdy captured a 1st place in the 2 mile. Ben is only a freshman so I think we will see a lot more from him the season and over the next few years. Of course we have Gabby Brown who captured 1st in all her events. The question with Gabby is how many events will she go to state in? I believe she has a chance of going in all 3 this year! Damon Helton had a PR in the 100m Dash with a time of 10.91! Aniston Kyle like Josh is picking up where he left off on his Sectional time in the 400m Dash. RJ Famer is looking great on the 300m hurdles. We also have several relay teams that I believe have a shot at districts. I'm excited to see how far this team goes this year. I believe we have the potential to take several to State again this year!"
Scoreboard:
Josh Alday - 1st Place Javelin
Lucas Alday - 1st Place Discus
Ben Dowdy - 1st Place 3200m
Gabby Brown - 1st Place 800, 1st Place 1600m, 1st Place 3200m
Damon Helton - 1st Place 100m
Dulcie Pullen - 1st Place Shot Put
RJ Farmer - 1st Place 300m Hurdles
Anistin Kyle - 1st Place 400m
Rachel Lin - 1st Place Triple Jump
Avery Neely, Dulcie Pullen, Allison Turnbo, Marie Fees - 1st Place 4x400 Girls Relay
Anistin Kyle, RJ Farmer, Levi Dement, Christ Stone - 1st Place 4x400 Boys Relay
Clayton Bell, Ben Dowdy, Cameron Bell, Christ Stone - 1st Place 4x800 Boys Relay
