March 25 at SLUH Track

The weather was less than ideal as we battle rain so not all events were competed, but it was great to have Rockwood Summit and DeSmet Jesuit join us for the first track meet for the program in 670 days. Full results can be found here.

March 27 at Festus High School (501 Westwind Dr, Festus, MO 63028)

The varsity were able to open their season at the McCullough-Douglass Invitational. We were able to have 4 individual event champions. Ryan Wingo won the 100 and the 200 with new state-leading times. Eric Piening won the high jump in 1.98 meters, which is just short of 6'6", and is the new state leader in the high jump. Baker Pashea won the 800 as well and is now ranked 3rd in the state. Teamwise, we were 3rd overall. Full boys results can be found here.

April 1 at SLUH

Thank you to everyone that helped make the SLUH Invitational happen. This was the first varsity meet we have hosted outside of our conference meet in the 16 years that I have coached at SLUH. This meet doesn’t happen without the generosity of our parents and the athletes who weren’t competing.

Some highlights include our event champions, Conner Greninger in the 300 hurdles, Eric Piening in the high jump, Ryan Wingo in the 400, Baker Pashea in the 1600, and Sam Kean in the pole vault. We also had 2 relays that were champions as well with the 4x800 and 4x400 relays. In the JV division, Steffan Mayer won the 400. A shout out to Aidan Byrne who compete in 4 events, 2^nd in the 200, 4^th in the 400, and strong legs of both the 4x400 and 4x200.

Team-wise, we were varsity champions of the meet with 123 points. Second place was Lafayette with 74 points. In the JV, we finished 5^th with 45 points (Lafayette won with 101 points).

Full results can be found here.

April 8 at Eureka High School (4525 MO-109, Eureka, MO 63025)

With many of our athletes on retreat and it being a cold and wet evening, we were still able to take second overall at the Eureka Invitational. We were able to set meet records in 3 events. Ryan Wingo broke the record in the 100 and 200 and Eric Piening broke the high jump record. Full meet results can be found here.

April 14 at SLUH

We welcomed 4 other schools to our second JV/C meet of the season. CBC, DeSmet, Rockwood, and Vianney joined us. While we had lots of great efforts, a highlight would be Steffan Mayer winning the 800 in 2:11.9 and Eli Smith getting over the 100 feet barrier in the javelin. Full results from the meet can be found here.

April 17 at Rockwood Summit High School (1780 Hawkins Rd, Fenton, MO 63026)

We were fortunate to win the 8 team Corey Seibert Invitational on Saturday at Rockwood Summit. We were able to score 165 points in the meet to hold off Kirkwood, who had 145.5 points.  Of the 19 events, we were able to score points in 17 of them. Congrats to our event winners: Eric Piening in high jump, Andrew Harris in triple jump, the 4x800 relay of Glass, Kellogg, Meara, and Pashea, the 4x200 relay of Brooks, Byrne, Meehan, and Wingo, Baker Pashea in the 400, and the 4x400 relay of Pashea, Byrne, Piening, and Wingo. It was a great team day! Full results can be found here.

April 21 at Hixson Jr. High School (630 S Elm Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119)

Braving cold and windy conditions, the JV team finished 4th of 10 teams at the Webster Boys JV Invitational. Medalists include the 4x8 (Lowe, Cox, Purschke, and Alford), Bailey and Chaffee in the 100, Steffan Mayer in the 1600, the 4x1 (Bailey, Verzino, Salcedo, and Chaffee), Francis Alford in the 3200, the 4x4 (Mayer, Mittendorf, Simer, and Seal),  and Trey Smith in both the long and triple jumps. Full results can be found here.

April 24 at Lafayette High School (17050 Clayton Rd, Wildwood, MO 63011)

The team battled more wet conditions to finish 2nd overall at the first ever Lafayette Invitational. Medalists were Sam Kean in the pole vault, Eric Piening in the high jump, the 4x800 relay (Glass, Kellogg, Freeman, and LaBarge), Conner Greninger in the 110 hurdles, Ryan Wingo in the 100 and 200, the 4x100 relay (Brooks, Byrne, Chaffee, Wingo), Baker Pashea in the 800, and the 4x400 relay (Pashea, Byrne, Piening, Wingo). Full results can be found here.

April 27 at Vianney High School (1311 S Kirkwood Rd, St. Louis, MO 63122)

Our top JV athletes along with a select few varsity athletes got some good racing experience at the Jim Farrell Invitational, hosted by Vianney. This group was 5th out of 11 teams. Top 3 performances include the 4x8 (Alford, Seal, Lowe, Greiner), Greninger in the 110 hurdles, Kam Bailey in the 100, the 4x2 (Bailey, Greninger, Parker, Chaffee), the 4x1 (Bailey, Greninger, Parker, Chaffee), Steffan Mayer in the 400, Keshon Parker in the 300 hurdles, Time Greiner in the 800, and Will Riggan in the 3200. Full results can be found here.

April 29 at Kirkwood High School (801 W Essex Ave, Kirkwood, MO 63122)

The Kirkwood C Invitational was rescheduled for Thursday, April 29 due to snow on April 20. The 4x800 of Moffett, Murray, Evers, and Zangara were event champions as well as Anthony Zangara in the 3200 and Eli Smith in the pole vault. Charlie Murray and Andrew Moffett medaled in the 1600 as did Dominic Novotny in the shot put, Ben Kean in the pole vault, and Eli Smith in the javelin. Full results can be found here.

April 29 at DeSmet Jesuit High School (233 N New Ballas Rd, St. Louis, MO 63141)

A majority of the team competed in the JV Invitational at DeSmet against DeSmet, Northwest, and Vianney. We had top 3 performances in the 100m (Salcedo), 200m (Salcedo), 800m (Mayer), 1600m (Greiner, Alford, Seal), 3200m (Jones, Purschke, O'Connell), 4x1 and 4x2 (Salcedo, Hopcraft, Baur, Verzino), 4x4 (Nesser, Arens, James, Siemer), 4x8 (Mayer, Barks, O'Connell, Purschke), and the long and triple jump (Trey Smith). Full results can be found here.

May 1 at Kirkwood High School (801 W Essex Ave, Kirkwood, MO 63122)

The team finished 2nd overall at the 43rd annual Dale Collier Invitational, hosted by Kirkwood High School. Top 3 finishes included Ryan Wingo in the 400, Baker Pashea in the 1600, Conner Greninger in the 110 hurdles, the 4x400 (Pashea, Byrne, Meehan, Wingo), Eric Piening in the high jump, and Andrew Harris in the triple jump. Full results can be found here.

May 3 at Vianney High School (1311 S Kirkwood Rd, St. Louis, MO 63122)

May 5 at SLUH.

SLUH was victorious in both divisions of the MCC Championships.

On the JV level, we scored 140 points to claim the victory. Event champions included Sean Chaffee (100m, 200m), Tim Greiner (800m), Carter Lowe (1600m), Nolan Meara (3200m), Wyatt Seal (110H, 300H), 4x400 Relay (Alford, Lowe, Mittendorf, Greiner), 4x800 Relay (Alford, Greiner, Meara, Zangara), Trey Smith (Triple Jump),  and Eli Smith (Javelin).  We also had top 3 performances in the JV division by Peter James (400m), Francis Alford and Will Riggan (800m),  Will Riggan and Nicholas Purschke (1600m), Anthony Zangara and Brendan Jones (3200), Nathan Sewell (110H), Tyler Barks (300H), 4x100 Relay (Seal, Chaffee, Verzino, Baur), Trey Smith (High Jump),  and Eli Smith (Pole Vault).

On the varsity level, we scored 164 points. Event champions include Ryan Wingo (100m, 200m), Baker Pashea (800m, 1600m), Justin Glass (3200m), Conner Greninger (100H, 300H), 4x100 Relay (Brooks, Bailey, Byrne, Wingo), 4x400 Relay (Pashea, Byrne, Mayer, Wingo), 4x800 Relay (Mayer, Glass, Hogan, LaBarge), Eric Piening (High Jump, Triple Jump), and Sam Kean (Pole Vault). We also had top 3 performances in the varsity division by Aidan Byrne (200m), Joe LaBarge (800m), Sean Kellogg (1600m), Daniel Hogan (3200m),  Keshon Parker (110H, 300H), 4x200 Relay (Brooks, Bailey, Meehan, Byrne),  Andrew Harris (Triple Jump, and Corey Luaders (Javelin).

Full results from the day can be found here.

May 3 at SLUH

What a great night for so many of our athletes at our final JV meet of the year. A few highlights: Sophomore Sean Chaffee wins the 100m in 11.5, and takes second in the 200m in 23.5. Chaffee and sophomore Kam Bailey (who took 4th/3rd in the 100/200) had great duels in both races. 60 athletes raced the 1600m over three heats, and junior Francis Alford took the win in 4:43. Sophomore Nolan Meara and freshman Anthony Zangara were not far behind in 2nd and 3rd. Congrats to sophomore Cody Cody and freshman Charlie Murray for their first sub-5 in the 1600. Freshman Dylan Freeman, after two weeks of no running due to a sprain, returned in the 800m, taking 2nd in 2:09. Sophomore Will Riggan was close behind in 3rd. Sophomore Tim Greiner took the win in the 3200m in a strong solo effort of 10:23. Sophomore Nick Purschke took 3rd, sneaking under the 11-minute barrier with a 10:59, and sophomore Lucas Rammacher pushed through some nagging knee pain to finish the first 32 of his career. Sophomore Wyatt Seal ran the 100m and the 200m tonight, concluding a season where he ran every race/relay at some point (except the 3200). Sophomore Trey Smith competed in all three jumps tonight, and took second in the high jump. Freshmen Eli Smith and Ben Kean went 1-2 in the PV. The night, and the JV season, concluded with a ferocious 4x400m where three SLUH relays battled strong teams from Webster Groves and Marquette.

Full results of the meet can be found here.

May 15 at Francis Howell Central High School (5199 Hwy N, Cottleville, MO 63304)

We had a very successful District meet that ended as meet champions by 78.5 points. We were able to qualify in 16 of the 19 events. Congratulations to our sectional qualifiers!

3200 – Sean Kellogg

4x800 – Steffan Mayer, Justin Glass, Joe LaBarge, Baker Pashea – District Champions

110 Hurdles – Conner Greninger (District Champion) and Keshon Parker

100 – Ryan Wingo (District Champion)

1600 – Daniel Hogan

4x100 – Chris Brooks, Sean Chaffee, Aidan Byrne, Ryan Wingo – District Champions

400 – Joey Meehan

300 Hurdles - Conner Greninger (District Champion) and Keshon Parker

800 – Baker Pashea

200 – Ryan Wingo (District Champion)

4x400 – Baker Pashea, Aidan Byrne, Steffan Mayer, Joey Meehan

Pole Vault – Sam Kean (District Champion) and Eli Smith

High Jump – Eric Piening (District Champion)

Triple Jump – Eric Piening (District Champion) and Andrew Harris

Long Jump – Eric Piening

Javelin – Drew Renaud (District Champion) and Corey Luaders

Full results of the meet can be found here.

May 22 at Northwest High School (6005 Cedar Hill Rd, Cedar Hill, MO 63016)

We were able to qualify for state in 10 of the 19 events. Here are the state qualifiers.

High Jump - Eric Piening - 1.87 meters (2nd place)

Pole Vault - Sam Kean - 3.35 meters (4th place)

Triple Jump - Eric Piening - 13.48 meters (2nd place)

Triple Jump - Andy Harris - 13.04 meters (3rd place)

4x800 - Mayer, Glass, LaBarge, Pashea - 8:13.02 (2nd place)

110 Hurdles - Conner Greninger - 15.97 (3rd place)

100 meters - Ryan Wingo - 10.94 (1st place)

4x100 - Brooks, Chaffee, Byrne, Wingo - 42.90 (1st place)

800 - Baker Pashea - 1:56.76 (1st place)

200 - Ryan Wingo - 22.26 (1st place)

4x400 - Pashea, Byrne, Meehan, Wingo - 3:25.83 (2nd place)

Full results can be found here.

May 27 at Jefferson City High School (609 Union St, Jefferson City, MO 65101)

Congratulations to all of our state qualifiers. We qualified to the state meet in 10 events and we were able to score points in 5 of those events. Congratulations to these all-state athletes. Their efforts scored 28 points for 11th place overall.

100 - Ryan Wingo - 11.00 (6th place)

200 - Ryan Wingo - 21.94 (3rd place)

800 - Baker Pashea - 1:55.36 (2nd place)

4x100 - Chris Brooks, Sean Chaffee, Aidan Byrne, Ryan Wingo - 43.12 (4th place)

High Jump - Eric Piening - 1.96m (3rd place)

Full Results from the meet can be found here.