Rivera, Clay, Jenkins Win at District Meet

Sophia Rivera throws the discus in practice. On Saturday she qualified for her third sectional meet in both the discus and the shot put. (All photos by Steve Bowman)

9 Eagles qualify for Saturday’s sectional in Park Hills

By Steve Bowman
Editor, The Brentwood Spirit
email: bowmansj@sbcglobal.net

Five girls and four boys from Brentwood High School just took one step closer to qualifying for the state track and field meet. They each placed in the top four of at least one event on Saturday at the Class 2 District 2 meet in Monroe City. That puts them in the Class 2 sectional meet this Saturday at Central High School in Park Hills. The top four in each event there will qualify for the state championships in Jefferson City on May 22-23.

Brentwood’s male qualifiers are Jacob Clay and Kaylon Jenkins in the 100-meter dash, Jenkins in the 200, and those two plus Corey Carroll and Justice Harris in both the 400 relay and 800 relay. Together they scored 49 points, good enough for seventh place among 12 teams.

The female qualifiers are Sophia Rivera in the shot put and discus throw, Air’shay Lampkin in the long jump and 100, and the 400 relay team of Lampkin, Adrienne Silerio, Alesha Williams and Leanna Baudendistel. The five scored 40 points for eighth place among 11 teams.

Rivera and Clay are the only ones in the group who have qualified for a sectional before. It’s her third year in a row in the shot and discus. He made it in the 400 relay last year.

Brentwood will also take two alternates to the sectional meet: Deshaun Johnson and Abby Harper.

Brentwood's district champion 400-meter relay team is (from left) Corey Carroll, Kaylon Jenkins, Justice Bratcher and Jacob Clay. They're shown here at a meet in Clayton. — Brentwood’s district champion 400-meter relay team is (from left) Corey Carroll, Kaylon Jenkins, Justice Bratcher and Jacob Clay. They’re shown here at a meet last week in Clayton.

Brentwood Sectional Qualifiers — Boys
Class 2 District 2 Meet at Monroe City

100-meter dash: 1st, Jacob Clay, 11.64 seconds; 4th, Kaylon Jenkins, 11.79
200: 1st, Jenkins, 23.42
400 relay: 1st, Corey Carroll, Justice Harris, Clay, Jenkins, 45.00
800 relay: 2nd, Carroll, Harris, Clay, Jenkins, 1:37.8

Boys team scoring:
1. Monroe City, 145 points
2. Cleveland NJROTC, 102
3. Mark Twain, 78
4. Louisiana, 74
5. South Shelby, 63
6. Elsberry, 51
7. Brentwood, 49
8. McKinley, 44
9. Schuyler County, 34
10. Barat, 23
11. Scotland County, 16
12. Medical and Bio Science, 6

Air'shay Lampkin is on the 400 relay team that finished fourth at the district meet. — Air’shay Lampkin will compete in three events at the sectional: the 100, long jump and 400 relay.

Brentwood Sectional Qualifiers — Girls
Class 2 District 2 Meet at Monroe City

Discus: 1st, Sophia Rivera, 143 feet, 10 inches
Shot put: 1st, Rivera, 49-5
Long jump: 4th, Air’shay Lampkin, 14-11.75
100-meter dash: 4th, Lampkin, 13.65 seconds
400 relay: 4th, Lampkin, Adrienne Silerio, Alesha Williams, Leanna Baudendistel, 56.16

Girls team scoring:
1. Monroe City, 136 points
2. McKinley, 82
3. South Shelby, 73
4. Mark Twain, 68
5. Louisiana, 60
6. Medical and Bio Science, 50
7. Schuyler County, 48
8. Brentwood, 40
9. Elsberry, 35
10. Barat, 31
11. Cleveland and Scotland County, 26